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Kitty Wells
Kitty Wells (Ellen Muriel Deason, 1919-2012), the Queen of Country Music, first woman to top the country charts with 1952's "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"; 35 Top Ten hits, Hall of Fame 1976.
Kix Brooks
Kix Brooks (Leon Eric Brooks III, born 1955, Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American country singer-songwriter and radio host who, with Ronnie Dunn, formed Brooks & Dunn in 1990, the best-selling country duo with 20 #1 hits and over 30 million records sold.
Kizz Daniel
Kizz Daniel (born Oluwatobiloba Daniel Anidugbe, 1994, Abeokuta) is a Nigerian Afropop singer, formerly Kiss Daniel, known for "Woju", "Buga (Lo Lo Lo)" (most Shazammed song of 2022), the Flyboy Inc label, and albums New Era through Uncle K: Lemon Chase.
Klaus Badelt
Klaus Badelt is a German film score composer and producer, born 1967 in Frankfurt, best known as the credited composer of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and for his Media Ventures apprenticeship under Hans Zimmer.
Klaus Meine
Klaus Meine (born 1948, Hanover) is the German lead vocalist and lyricist of the Scorpions, joining in 1969/70 after Mushrooms and Copernicus. Known for surviving a 1981 vocal-cord crisis before Blackout and for writing Wind of Change.
Klaus Nomi
Klaus Nomi (Klaus Sperber, 1944–1983) was a German countertenor and New Wave performance artist in New York's East Village, famous for his six-octave operatic voice, alien persona, 1979 Saturday Night Live appearance with David Bowie, and albums Klaus Nomi and Simple Man.
Klaus Schulze
Klaus Schulze (1947–2022), German electronic music pioneer of the Berlin School, godfather of techno. Drummer for Tangerine Dream and Ash Ra Tempel; solo albums Irrlicht, Timewind, Moondawn, Dune; more than 60 albums.
Klaus Voormann
Klaus Voormann, born Berlin 1938, German graphic designer, illustrator, bassist, and producer. Designed the Beatles' Revolver cover (1966 Grammy), played bass in the Plastic Ono Band, on Imagine, and at the Concert for Bangladesh; produced Trio.
Kmoe
kmoe (Kale Moses Itkonen, born 2004) is a Canadian hyperpop/digicore singer-producer from Vancouver, signed to DeadAir Records, known for "Homeswitcher" with Jane Remover and the 2025 debut album K1.
Knox (American musician)
Knox, full name Knox Morris, is an American pop singer-songwriter from Ohio known for the viral 2022 single "Sneakers" and the 2023 hit "Not The 1975".
Kody Nielson
Kody Nielson (Carl Kody Nielson, born 1982) is a New Zealand multi-instrumentalist: Mint Chicks frontman, Unknown Mortal Orchestra drummer, Opossom and Silicon leader, and Taite Music Prize winner for Personal Computer.
Koffi Olomide
Koffi Olomidé (Antoine Christophe Agbepa Mumba, born 1956, Kisangani) is a Congolese rumba and soukous singer, founder of Quartier Latin International, creator of tcha tcho, first African artist to fill Bercy, and mentor of Fally Ipupa.
Komitas (Կոմիտաս)
Komitas (Կոմիտաս), born Soghomon Soghomonyan (1869–1935), Armenian priest, composer, and pioneer ethnomusicologist; founder of the Armenian national school, collector of thousands of folk songs, composer of the 1914 Patarag liturgy.
Koos Kombuis
Koos Kombuis is the stage name of André le Roux du Toit (born 1954), an Afrikaans singer, poet, and writer known for 1980s anti-apartheid protest music.
Kostiantyn Dankevych
Kostiantyn Fedorovych Dankevych (Костянтин Данькевич; 1905, Odesa – 1984, Kyiv) was a Ukrainian and Soviet composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher, named People's Artist of the USSR in 1954.
Kris Allen
Kris Allen (Kristopher Neil Allen, born 1985) is an American singer-songwriter from Conway, Arkansas, winner of American Idol season 8 in 2009 over Adam Lambert; known for the platinum single Live Like We're Dying and six studio albums.
Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson, born Kristoffer Kristofferson, was an American singer-songwriter and actor whose songs "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Help Me Make It Through the Night" redefined country music.
Krish (singer)
Krish (கிரிஷ்), born Vijay Balakrishnan in 1977, is an Indian playback singer in Tamil cinema, debuting with "Manjal Veyil" (Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu, 2006) under Harris Jayaraj; also an actor and music director, distinct from other artists named Krish.
Krist Novoselic
Krist Novoselic, born Krist Anthony Novoselic in 1965, is an American musician best known as the bassist and a founding member of the rock band Nirvana.
Kristen Pfaff
Kristen Marie Pfaff (1967–1994), American bassist from Amherst, New York, in Minneapolis noise-rock band Janitor Joe and Seattle's Hole; bassist on Live Through This, died June 1994.
Kristin Hersh
Kristin Hersh (born 1966, Atlanta) is an American singer-songwriter, Throwing Muses co-founder and 4AD's first American signing, also of 50 Foot Wave; her 13th solo album Sugar On Blackstone appeared on Fire Records in 2026.
Kristinia DeBarge
Kristinia DeBarge, born 1990 in Pasadena, California, is an American pop-R&B singer and actress, daughter of James DeBarge of the group DeBarge. Her 2009 single "Goodbye" hit No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and her debut album Exposed was released on Babyface's Soda Pop label.
Krystal Keith
Krystal Keith (Krystal Ladawn Covel Sandubrae, born 1985), American country singer-songwriter from Norman, Oklahoma, daughter of Toby Keith; debut album Whiskey & Lace (2013) on Show Dog-Universal, known for "Daddy Dance with Me" and the Boulder EP.
Krzysztof Penderecki
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020), Polish composer and conductor, pioneer of sonorism with Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima and St Luke Passion, later neo-romantic symphonist, five-time Grammy winner.
KT Tunstall
KT Tunstall (Kate Victoria Tunstall, born 1975) is a Scottish singer-songwriter from St Andrews whose loop-pedal hit Black Horse and the Cherry Tree and album Eye to the Telescope (over 5 million sold) won her a 2006 BRIT Award; she now also writes musicals.
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain (Kurt Donald Cobain), born 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington, was Nirvana's singer, guitarist, and songwriter, leader of grunge; Nevermind hit No. 1 in 1992; he died in Seattle April 5, 1994.
Kurt Hugo Schneider
Kurt Hugo Schneider, born in Baltimore in 1988, is an American music producer and director best known for YouTube music videos combining cover arrangements with inventive editing.
Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile (born 1980, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania) is an American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, ex-War on Drugs co-founder, known for hypnotic fingerpicked guitar. Tenth album Philadelphia's been good to me released May 29, 2026 on Verve Records.
Kyle Alessandro
Kyle Alessandro (Kyle Alessandro Helgesen Villalobos, born 2006, Levanger) is a Norwegian pop singer from Steinkjer who won Melodi Grand Prix 2025 with "Lighter" and represented Norway at Eurovision 2025 in Basel.
Kyle Eastwood
Kyle Eastwood (born 1968, Los Angeles) is an American jazz bassist and composer, son of Clint Eastwood; leader since the 1998 debut From There to Here and composer with Michael Stevens for Mystic River, Gran Torino, and Letters from Iwo Jima.