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Lisa Origliasso
Lisa Origliasso (Lisa Marie Origliasso, born 1984, Brisbane) is an Australian singer-songwriter, twin sister of Jessica Origliasso; together they are the pop duo The Veronicas.
Lisa Scott-Lee
Lisa Scott-Lee (born 1975, St Asaph, Wales) is a Welsh singer, Steps member from 1997, and solo artist whose 2003 single "Lately" hit UK No.6; her album Never or Now finally surfaced in 2007 and 2023.
Lisa Stansfield
Lisa Stansfield (born 1966) is an English soul and R&B singer from Rochdale, formerly of Blue Zone, whose 1989 hit "All Around the World" topped UK and US R&B charts; she has sold over 20 million records and won three BRIT Awards.
Lissie
Lissie (Elisabeth Corrin Maurus, born 1982, Rock Island, Illinois) is an American folk-rock singer-songwriter whose 2010 debut Catching a Tiger went Gold in the UK; later albums include Castles and Carving Canyons.
List of 1950s musical artists
1950s musical artists: rock and roll pioneers (Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Buddy Holly, Fats Domino, Bill Haley), R&B figures (Ruth Brown, Big Joe Turner, Big Mama Thornton), and the pop and jazz acts they displaced on the charts between 1954 and 1956.
List of artists influenced by Michael Jackson
List of artists influenced by Michael Jackson: pop, R&B, and hip-hop performers including Usher, Justin Timberlake, Beyoncé, Ne-Yo, Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, BTS, and Madonna who cite Jackson as an influence, plus contemporary visual artists from Warhol to the On the Wall exhibition.
List of awards and nominations received by A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman awards and nominations: two Oscars (Best Original Score and "Jai Ho" song) for Slumdog Millionaire, two Grammys, a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, seven National Film Awards, and the Padma Bhushan.
List of Baroque composers
List of Baroque composers: major European art-music composers c. 1600–1750, from Monteverdi, Schütz, and Frescobaldi through Lully, Purcell, Corelli, Vivaldi, Telemann, Rameau, Bach, and Handel, grouped by national style and period phase.
List of Canadian musicians
Canadian musicians: performers and composers qualifying under MAPL CanCon rules or CARAS JUNO criteria, from Joni Mitchell, Cohen, Young, and Dion to Drake, The Weeknd, and Tate McRae, supported by the Canada Music Fund, Junos, and national archives.
List of Classical-era composers
List of Classical-era composers: musicians of the Classical period (c. 1750–1820), led by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, with contemporaries such as Boccherini, Clementi, Salieri, Gluck, C.P.E. Bach, and period-boundary and classification notes.
List of country music performers
List of country music performers: reference coverage of country singers from the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers to Parton, Pride, and Swift, with inclusion criteria, era organization, chart records, and Hall of Fame notability standards.
List of crooners
Crooners: singers performing soft, intimate close-miked vocals, from 1920s radio stars Rudy Vallée, Jack Smith, Vaughn DeLeath, and Bing Crosby through Sinatra, Eckstine, Hartman, and later figures like Barry White and Nas.
List of music artists by net worth
List of music artists by net worth: rankings of the wealthiest musicians, led by Jay-Z at $2.8 billion, ahead of Taylor Swift ($2.1 billion) and Rihanna ($1.4 billion).
List of musician and band name etymologies
List of musician and band name etymologies: a reference compilation of how musical acts chose their names, covering classic rock names (Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd), book- and slang-derived names (Velvet Underground, L7), and naming-pattern research.
List of Nigerian musicians
List of Nigerian musicians: overview of Nigeria's recording artists across highlife, juju, Fuji, Afrobeat, and Afrobeats, from I.K. Dairo, King Sunny Ade, and Fela Kuti to Wizkid, Burna Boy, Tems, and Rema, with Grammy and streaming milestones.
List of one-hit wonders in the United States
One-hit wonders in the United States: acts with exactly one Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, defined by Jancik's book and Molanphy's three-prong rules, with examples from Vanilla Ice to Gotye and changing chart rates.
List of tenors in non-classical music
Tenors in non-classical music: male pop, rock, and soul singers labeled tenor by perceived range (roughly C3–G4), a looser use than the classical term based on tessitura and timbre; examples include Bruno Mars, Michael Jackson, and Ed Sheeran.
Lisztomania
Lisztomania (German Lisztomanie) was the fan frenzy around pianist Franz Liszt's 1840s concerts, named by Heinrich Heine in 1844; it began in Berlin in 1842 and prefigured Beatlemania.
Lita Ford
Lita Ford, also Lita Rossanna Ford, is a London-born American guitarist and singer, Runaways lead guitarist from 1975 to 1979, whose 1988 album Lita with "Kiss Me Deadly" and the Ozzy Osbourne duet "Close My Eyes Forever" made her a Platinum-selling glam-metal solo artist.
Little Anthony
Little Anthony is Jerome Anthony Gourdine (born 1941), Brooklyn-born lead singer of Little Anthony and the Imperials, known for "Tears on My Pillow," "Goin' Out of My Head," and his high falsetto; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (2009), still performing at 85.
Little Eva
Little Eva (Eva Narcissus Boyd, 1943 or 1945–2003) was an American singer from Belhaven, North Carolina, whose "The Loco-Motion" hit No. 1 in 1962 while she babysat for songwriters Goffin and King.
Little Jimmy Dickens
Little Jimmy Dickens, James Cecil Dickens, was a country singer who joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1948 and was the first to wear rhinestone suits.
Little Richard
Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman, 1932-2020), Macon, Georgia-born singer, pianist, and songwriter; architect of rock and roll via 1955's "Tutti Frutti" and Specialty Records hits; 1986 Rock Hall inaugural inductee; queer Black pioneer of 1950s pop.
Liu Suola
Liu Suola (刘索拉, also written Liu Sola, born 1955) is a Chinese composer and writer known for the novella You Have No Choice, a landmark of 1980s Chinese modernist fiction.
Liv Warfield
Liv Warfield (Olivia Warfield, born 1979, Peoria, Illinois) is an American soul/R&B singer and New Power Generation vocalist under Prince; solo albums include The Unexpected (2014) and The Edge (2023).
Livingston (musician)
Livingston (Drake Jon Livingston, Jr., born 2002, Denton, Texas) is an American alt-pop singer-songwriter, formerly of Elektra, whose debut album A Hometown Odyssey topped the Billboard Heatseekers chart in 2024.
Livingston Taylor
Livingston Taylor, born 1951 in Boston, is an American folk-pop singer-songwriter, younger brother of James Taylor, known for Top 40 hits like "Carolina Day" and "I Will Be in Love with You," Berklee teaching since 1989, and the 2025 album Symphonic Steps.
Liz McClarnon
Liz McClarnon (Elizabeth McClarnon), Liverpool-born English singer, original and longest-serving member of Atomic Kitten (1998-2008); solo top 5 hit 'Woman in Love' (2006), Celebrity MasterChef winner 2008, later country singer and No Fly Traveller founder.
Liz Mitchell
Liz Mitchell (Elizabeth Rebecca Mitchell, born 1952, Clarendon, Jamaica) is the Jamaican-born British lead vocalist of disco group Boney M., singing Daddy Cool, Rivers of Babylon and Rasputin, an MBE honouree touring as Boney M. feat. Liz Mitchell.
Liz Phair
Liz Phair, born Elizabeth Clark Phair, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who began with self-released Girly Sound cassettes before her acclaimed 1993 debut Exile in Guyville.