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Catfish and the Bottlemen
Catfish and the Bottlemen, Welsh indie rock band formed 2007 in Llandudno (originally The Prestige), led by Van McCann; albums The Balcony, The Ride, The Balance; BRIT Breakthrough Act 2016.
Cathedral School
Cathedral School refers to schools attached to cathedrals, originally choir schools. Covers Llandaff (9th-century origins, Woodard since 1957), Salisbury (founded 1091), Mumbai (1860), New York (1901), Indianapolis (1918), and Portland (1896).
Cavalera Conspiracy
Cavalera Conspiracy, also known as Cavalera, is a death/thrash metal band formed in 2007 in Phoenix, AZ by ex-Sepultura brothers Max and Igor Cavalera; albums Inflikted (2008) through Psychosis (2017), then Sepultura re-recordings.
Celldweller
Celldweller, project of Detroit producer Klayton (Scott Albert, b. 1969), blends electronic and metal music; albums on his FiXT label, over 1,000 film/TV/game placements, and side projects Circle of Dust, Scandroid, FreqGen.
Celtic Thunder
Celtic Thunder: Irish male vocal ensemble and stage show founded in Dublin in 2007 by Sharon Browne with Phil Coulter, known for PBS specials, platinum albums like The Show and Heritage, and theatrical Celtic-pop concerts.
Celtic Woman
Celtic Woman is an all-female Irish music ensemble founded in Dublin in 2004 by David Downes, known for PBS specials, an 81-week Billboard World Music No. 1 debut album, rotating lineups, and over 12.5 million album sales.
Chad & Jeremy
Chad & Jeremy, English folk-pop duo of Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde, British Invasion act whose soft-harmony hits "Yesterday's Gone" and "A Summer Song" (No. 7, 1964) scored seven US Top 40 singles; split 1968, reunited periodically until Stuart's 2020 death.
Chanticleer (ensemble)
Chanticleer is a Grammy-winning, 12-voice all-male a cappella ensemble founded in San Francisco in 1978 by Louis Botto, known for Renaissance-rooted repertoire spanning classical, gospel, jazz, and pop.
Chapel Royal
Chapel Royal: the English monarch's own establishment of priests and singers, not a single building; choir based at St James's Palace, with chapels at Hampton Court and the Tower; home of Tallis, Byrd and Purcell.
Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1904-1999), American film actor and bandleader from Olathe, Kansas; star of Wings (1927), first Best Picture Oscar winner; husband of Mary Pickford; led the California Cavaliers.
Charles & Eddie
Charles & Eddie were a 1990s American soul duo, Charles Pettigrew and Eddie Chacon, who met on a New York subway in 1990. Their 1992 debut Duophonic produced the UK number-one hit Would I Lie to You?; Chocolate Milk (1995) followed before the split.
Chas & Dave
Chas & Dave (Chas Hodges and Dave Peacock), London rockney duo blending cockney lyrics with rock'n'roll and music hall; hits "Rabbit" (No. 8), "Ain't No Pleasing You" (No. 2), "Snooker Loopy"; Hodges died 2018.
Chase Atlantic
Chase Atlantic: Australian alt-pop trio of Mitchel Cave, Clinton Cave, and Christian Anthony from Cairns, Queensland. Albums Chase Atlantic (2017), PHASES, BEAUTY IN DEATH, LOST IN HEAVEN; viral singles "Friends" and "Swim"; signed to MDDN by the Maddens in 2016.
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick, American rock band formed 1973 in Rockford, Illinois (Zander, Nielsen, Petersson, Carlos), fusing power pop and hard rock; broke through with At Budokan (1978), hit No. 6 with Dream Police, scored No. 1 with The Flame, and entered the Rock Hall in 2016.
Cheat Codes (DJs)
Cheat Codes is an American electronic music trio from Los Angeles formed in 2014, known for the 2016 single "Sex" and "No Promises" with Demi Lovato.
Chevelle (band)
Chevelle: American alternative metal band formed 1995 in Grayslake, Illinois by Loeffler brothers. Albums Point #1 through Bright as Blasphemy; Wonder What's Next went platinum; hits The Red, Send the Pain Below.
Chic (band)
Chic, the American disco-funk band founded in New York in 1976 by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, creators of "Le Freak," "Good Times," and the Sister Sledge and Diana Ross productions that shaped post-disco pop and hip-hop.
Chicago (band)
Chicago, originally called the Big Thing, is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, known for blending horns with rock and selling over 100 million records.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), founded 1891 by Theodore Thomas in Chicago; home Orchestra Hall/Symphony Center, summer home Ravinia. Ten music directors through Muti; Klaus Mäkelä becomes 11th in 2027; 65 Grammys; association renamed Chicago Symphony in 2026.
Chickenfoot
Chickenfoot: American hard rock supergroup formed 2008 by Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Chad Smith; Gold 2009 debut, Chickenfoot III (2011), LV, Best + Live.
Chilliwack (band)
Chilliwack is a Canadian rock band formed in Vancouver in 1970 from The Collectors, led by Bill Henderson. Known for Lonesome Mary, Fly at Night, and My Girl (Gone Gone Gone), it entered the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2019 and Canada's Walk of Fame in 2023.
China Crisis
China Crisis: English new wave/synth-pop band formed 1979 in Kirkby, Merseyside, by Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon; known for "Wishful Thinking" (UK No. 9) and the Walter Becker-produced Flaunt the Imperfection (1985), distinct from the IAU 'China crisis'.
Chinese American Bear (华裔美国熊)
Chinese American Bear (华裔美国熊) is a Seattle-based bilingual indie pop duo of married couple Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten; three albums including Wah!!! (2024) and Dim Sum & Then Some (2026), tours in North America, Europe, and China.
Chinese Football
Chinese Football (国足乐队) is a Chinese indie rock and math rock band formed in Wuhan in 2011, one of few mainland China indie bands with a large international following.
Chinese orchestra
Chinese orchestra (民族管弦乐队, guoyuetuan): a 20th-century large ensemble of Chinese wind, bowed-string, plucked-string, and percussion instruments modeled on the Western symphony orchestra, begun with Shanghai's 1920 Datong Music Society and standardized after 1949.
Chiodos
Chiodos, American post-hardcore band formed 2001 in Davison, Michigan as the Chiodos Bros; albums All's Well That Ends Well, Bone Palace Ballet, Illuminaudio, Devil; 2024 reunion with Craig Owens, SharpTone single Tapdat.
Chloe x Halle
Chloe x Halle, the R&B duo of sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey from Atlanta, rose via YouTube covers of Beyoncé, signed to Parkwood, and released The Kids Are Alright (2018) and Ungodly Hour (2020), earning five Grammy nominations.
Choir
Choir (also chorus, vocal ensemble): a group of people who sing together, usually conductor-led, from chamber choirs of a dozen voices to thousand-strong festival choruses; typically SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), rooted in church and liturgical singing.
Chon (band)
Chon (CHON) is an American instrumental math rock band formed in 2008 in San Diego, named for Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen. Albums Grow (2015), Homey (2017), Chon (2019) on Sumerian Records.
Choral festival
A choral festival is an organized public event where choirs perform in graded competition before adjudicators, or as a non-competitive showcase with workshops and shared concerts.