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2 Unlimited
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Career
2009: Formation
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A-L-X
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Ambitious Lovers
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Army of Lovers
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Rick Astley
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Bad Boys Blue
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Zoë Badwi
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Bananarama
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Azealia Banks
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Bardeux
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Betty Who
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The Beu Sisters
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Justin Bieber
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The Black Eyed Peas
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Black Kids
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Blood Orange
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Bloodshy & Avant
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The Boomtang Boys
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La Bouche
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David Bowie
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Emma Bunton
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C+C Music Factory
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Can-linn
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Dina Carroll
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Aaron Carter
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Cascada
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Charli XCX
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Ciara
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Classixx
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Clean Bandit
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Taio Cruz
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Cut Copy
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Da Pump
is a Japanese boy band made up of lead vocalist, Issa Hentona and MCs Ken Okumoto, Yukinari Tamaki and Shinobu Miyara. The band formed as students at Okinawa Actors School in 1996. They made their debut on the Avex Trax subsidiary avex tune un ...
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Taylor Dayne
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*DB Boulevard
*Dead Disco
*Dead or Alive (band), Dead or Alive
*Dee Dee (band), Dee Dee
*Deee-Lite
*Delorean (band), Delorean
*Kat DeLuna
*Destiny's Child
*Deuce (band), Deuce
*Dev (singer), Dev
*DHT (band), DHT
*Celine Dion
*Disclosure (band), Disclosure
*DJ BoBo
*DJ Encore
*Dubstar
*Hilary Duff
E
*Stacy Earl
*East 17
*Eiffel 65
*Sophie Ellis-Bextor
*Empire of the Sun (band), Empire of the Sun
*Jocelyn Enriquez
*Gloria Estefan
*Everything Everything
*Exposé (group), Exposé
F
*Sky Ferreira
*Fifth Harmony
*Five (band), Five
*Flo Rida
*Foster the People
*Samantha Fox
*Frankie Goes to Hollywood
*Fun Factory (band), Fun Factory
G
*Debbie Gibson
*Girls Aloud
*Globe (band), globe
*The Go! Team (UK band), The Go! Team
*Selena Gomez
*Wynter Gordon
*Gorillaz
*Ellie Goulding
*Ariana Grande
*David Guetta
H
*Her Majesty & the Wolves
*Paris Hilton
*Hurts
I
*Innosense
J
*La Toya Jackson
*Janet Jackson
*Michael Jackson
*Samantha James
*Jewel (singer), Jewel
*Joée
*Joy (Austrian band), Joy
*Jump5
*Junior Senior
*Juvelen
*Lady Gaga
*Laila Bagge Wahlgren, Laila
*George Lamond
*Jessy Lanza
*LCD Soundsystem
*Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
*LMFAO
*Locomía
*Jennifer Lopez
*Louie Louie (musician), Louie Louie
*Luciana (singer), Luciana
M
*M People
*Madonna
*Maroon 5
*Lisa Matassa (as Lysa Lynn)
*Matt and Kim
*Ava Max
*Mel and Kim
*Javiera Mena
*M.I.A. (rapper), M.I.A.
*Miami Sound Machine
*George Michael
*MiChi
*Mika (singer), Mika
*Milli Vanilli
*Nicki Minaj
*Dannii Minogue
*Kylie Minogue
*Modern Talking
*Moloko
*Momoiro Clover Z
*Alanis Morissette
*Move (Japanese band), m.o.v.e
*Movetron
*Samantha Mumba
*James Murphy (electronic musician), James Murphy
*Róisín Murphy
N
*N-Trance
*Nabiha
*The Neptunes
*New Kids on the Block
*Olivia Newton-John
*Ne-Yo
*Nikkole
*NRG (South Korean band), NRG
*NSYNC
O
*Sven Väth, OFF
*Emily Osment
*Donny Osmond
P
*Kevin Paige
*Paradiso Girls
*Sarina Paris
*Perri "Pebbles" Reid, Pebbles
*Katy Perry
*Paul Pesco
*Pet Shop Boys
*Pink (singer), Pink
*Pizzicato Five
*Play (Swedish group), Play
*Pnau
*Gabry Ponte
*Prima J
*Prince (musician), Prince
*Private (band), Private
*The Pussycat Dolls
Q
*Cara Quici
R
*Raze (Christian pop group), Raze
*Richard X
*Ricki-Lee Coulter, Ricki-Lee
*Right Said Fred
*Rihanna
*Robyn
*Rockell
*Kelly Rowland
S
*S Club 7
*Marta Sánchez
*Santigold
*The Saturdays
*Seiko Matsuda
*Selena Gomez & the Scene
*Petra Marklund, September
*Shakira
*Shinee
*Shura (English singer), Shura
*Sia
*Jessica Simpson
*Troye Sivan
*Sam Smith (singer), Sam Smith
*Solid HarmoniE
*Tommy Sparks
*Britney Spears
*Speed (Japanese band), Speed
*Spice Girls
*Stacey Q
*Bo Johan Renck, Stakka Bo
*Alexandra Stan
*Lisa Stansfield
*Brenda K. Starr
*Gwen Stefani
*Steps (group), Steps
*Stevie B
*Stock Aitken Waterman
*Sugababes
*Linda Sundblad
*Swedish House Mafia
*Taylor Swift
*Sylvan Esso
T
*T-ara
*T-Spoon
*Take That
*Tarkan (singer), Tarkan
*t.A.T.u.
*Tegan and Sara
*Therese Grankvist, Therese
*Tiësto
*Tiffany Darwish, Tiffany
*Timbaland
*Justin Timberlake
*The Ting Tings
*Katy Tiz
*Melissa Tkautz
*TLC (group), TLC
*Judy Torres
*Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
*Jolin Tsai
U
*Usher (singer), Usher
V
*Vassy (singer), Vassy
*Vengaboys
*V*Enna
*The Very Best (band), The Very Best
*Vitamin C (singer), Vitamin C
W
*Wallpaper (musician), Wallpaper
*Jessie Ware
*Pete Waterman
*Jody Watley
*Wham!
*Karyn White
*Wild Orchid (band), Wild Orchid
*Will to Power (band), Will to Power
*Vanessa L. Williams
*Kimberly Wyatt
X
*XLR8
*Xuxa
Y
*Yazz
*Yelle
*Yuri (Mexican singer), Yuri
Z
*ZOEgirl
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Lists of musicians by genre, Dance-pop
Lists of dance musicians, Dance-pop