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Kim Milford
Kim Milford (Richard Kim Milford, 1951-1988), American stage actor and rock singer, original Rocky in the Roxy 1974 and Broadway 1975 Rocky Horror Show, briefly fronted Beck, Bogert & Appice, appeared in Corvette Summer, died in Chicago after heart surgery.
Kim Mitchell
Kim Mitchell, born Joseph Kim Mitchell in 1952, is a Canadian rocker who fronted Max Webster and scored solo hits with "Go for Soda" and "Patio Lanterns".
Kim Petras
Kim Petras (born 1992), German-born pop singer and songwriter; first openly trans artist with a US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 and a major-category Grammy ('Unholy' with Sam Smith, 2023); albums Feed the Beast (2023) and Detour (2026).
Kim Shattuck
Kim Shattuck (1963–2019), American singer-guitarist and songwriter, fronted the Muffs, played bass with the Pandoras and briefly the Pixies, and recorded the Clueless soundtrack cover "Kids in America"; she died of ALS.
Kim Sledge
Kim Sledge (born 1957, Philadelphia) is an American singer, founding member of Sister Sledge with sisters Debbie, Joni, and Kathy, known for the 1979 hit "We Are Family"; later solo work and WHO campaign.
Kim Thayil
Kim Thayil (born 1960, Seattle) is the Indian-American founding guitarist of Soundgarden, known for drop-D tunings, the Guild S-100, five-times-platinum Superunknown, two Grammys, and his 2026 memoir A Screaming Life.
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde, born Kim Smith in 1960, is an English pop singer known for "Kids in America" and the chart-topping "You Keep Me Hangin' On".
Kimberley Locke
Kimberley Dawn Locke, American singer born 1978 in Hartsville, Tennessee; third-place finisher on American Idol season 2 (2003), Curb Records artist known for "8th World Wonder" and three straight #1 Christmas AC songs. Distinct from Canadian country singer Kimberley Dawn.
Kimberley Walsh
Kimberley Jane Scott (née Walsh), born 1981 in Bradford, English singer, actress and presenter, member of Girls Aloud formed 2002 on Popstars: The Rivals; solo album Centre Stage 2013, Strictly 2012 runner-up, married Justin Scott 2016.
Kimberly Davis (singer)
Kimberly Davis, Brooklyn-born American singer and vocal coach, lead singer for Nile Rodgers and Chic; her 2017 single "My Fire" with Tony Moran and Rodgers hit number one on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart.
Kimberly Schlapman
Kimberly Schlapman (born 1969) is an American country singer, alto vocalist, and founding member of Little Big Town, a 3-time Grammy winner, Grand Ole Opry member, cookbook author of Oh Gussie!, and TV cooking host.
Kimbra
Kimbra (Kimbra Lee Johnson, born 1990, Hamilton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand art-pop singer and producer, famous for Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" and albums Vows, The Golden Echo, Primal Heart, A Reckoning, and Idols & Vices, Vol. 1.
Kimiko Kasai (笠井紀美子)
Kimiko Kasai (笠井紀美子), born 1945 in Kyoto, is a retired Japanese jazz vocalist who recorded with Gil Evans, Cedar Walton, and Herbie Hancock (Butterfly, 1979) and whose 1977 album Tokyo Special links her to Japanese city pop.
Kimya Dawson
Kimya Dawson (born 1972, Newark, NJ) is an American anti-folk singer-songwriter, co-founder of the Moldy Peaches, solo lo-fi acoustic artist with eight albums, and contributor of eight songs to the chart-topping Juno soundtrack.
Kina Grannis
Kina Grannis (Kina Kasuya Grannis), born 1985 in Mission Viejo, California, is a Japanese-American acoustic folk-pop singer-songwriter who won Doritos' Crash the Super Bowl in 2008 with "Message from Your Heart," self-released Stairwells (2010), and runs the fan-funded label KG Records.
King Diamond
King Diamond (Kim Bendix Petersen, born 1956, Copenhagen) is a Danish heavy metal vocalist fronting Mercyful Fate and his own band, known for falsetto, corpse paint, and the 1987 concept album Abigail.
King Krule
King Krule (Archy Ivan Marshall, born 1994), formerly Zoo Kid, is an English singer-songwriter from London blending baritone croon, punk, jazz, and dub; albums include 6 Feet Beneath the Moon, The Ooz, Man Alive!, and Space Heavy.
King Princess
King Princess is the stage name of Mikaela Straus (born 1998), Brooklyn queer pop singer-songwriter and producer behind the platinum 2018 single "1950" and albums Cheap Queen, Hold On Baby, and Girl Violence.
Kinky Friedman
Kinky Friedman (Richard Samet Friedman, 1944-2024), American country satirist, leader of the Texas Jewboys, author of 18 Kinky Friedman detective novels, and 2006 independent candidate for Texas governor who won 12.6% of the vote.
Kip Moore
Kip Moore (born 1980, Tifton, Georgia) is an American country singer-songwriter whose 2012 debut Up All Night produced three No. 1 singles; later albums include Slowheart, Damn Love, and Solitary Tracks on Virgin Music Group.
Kip Winger
Kip Winger (Charles Frederick Kip Winger, born 1961, Denver) is an American singer-bassist who fronted the platinum hard rock band Winger and became a Grammy-nominated classical composer with Ghosts, Conversations with Nijinsky, and Nashville Symphony works.
Kiri Te Kanawa
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (born 1944, Gisborne, New Zealand) is a lyric soprano famous as the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro at Covent Garden (1971), the 1981 royal wedding soloist, a 1984 Grammy winner, and a performer who retired from public singing in 2017.
Kirk Brandon
Kirk Brandon (born 1956) is an English post-punk singer-songwriter, frontman of Theatre of Hate (Westworld, 1982) and founder of Spear of Destiny (Never Take Me Alive, UK No. 14, 1987); also of The Pack.
Kirk Franklin
Kirk Franklin (born 1970, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American gospel singer, songwriter, producer, and choir director whose 1993 debut sold over a million copies.
Kirk Hammett
Kirk Hammett (Kirk Lee Hammett), born 1962 in San Francisco, is lead guitarist of Metallica since 1983, replacing Dave Mustaine after co-founding Exodus; known for wah-driven leads, Satriani training, the Greeny Les Paul, and the 2022 Portals EP.
Kirsten Flagstad
Kirsten Flagstad (Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad, 1895–1962), Norwegian Wagnerian dramatic soprano; Metropolitan Opera debut as Sieglinde 2 February 1935; first director of Den Norske Opera; cleared of wartime collaboration charges.
Kirstin Maldonado
Kirstin Maldonado (born 1992, Fort Worth, Texas) is an American singer, founding member and lone female voice of a cappella group Pentatonix (three Grammys), solo artist as Kirstin (EP L O V E, 2017), and Broadway performer in Kinky Boots (2018) and SIX (2026).
Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty MacColl (1959–2000), English singer-songwriter, daughter of Ewan MacColl; known for Fairytale of New York with The Pogues, A New England, and albums Kite, Titanic Days, Tropical Brainstorm.
Kishi Bashi
Kishi Bashi is the stage name of Kaoru Ishibashi (born 1975), American violinist, singer, and Berklee-trained film-scoring composer known for loop-based indie pop albums 151a, Lighght, Sonderlust, Omoiyari, and Kantos, plus the Omoiyari documentary on Japanese American incarceration.
Kitarō (喜多郎)
Kitarō (喜多郎), real name Masanori Takahashi, is a Japanese new age composer and synthesizer artist born 1953 in Toyohashi; famous for NHK's Silk Road score, Golden Globe for Heaven & Earth, and 2001 Grammy for Thinking of You.