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Jamie Hince
Jamie Hince (born 1968, Buckinghamshire) is the English guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter known as Hotel in the indie-rock duo the Kills with Alison Mosshart; noted for Höfner 176 guitars, Selmer amps, and injury-adapted playing.
Jamie Lawson (musician)
Jamie Lawson (born 1975) is an English singer-songwriter from Plymouth, first artist signed to Ed Sheeran's Gingerbread Man Records. His song "Wasn't Expecting That" hit Ireland in 2011 and UK No. 6 in 2015; his self-titled album topped the UK Albums Chart.
Jamie MacDonald (singer)
Jamie MacDonald (born 1984, Michigan) is an American Contemporary Christian singer-songwriter, also known early as Jamie Lyn, signed to Capitol CMG in 2024; her 2026 self-titled debut produced the No. 1 Christian radio hits "Desperate," "Left It In The River," and "Ain't No Way."
Jamie T
Jamie T (Jamie Alexander Treays, born 1986, Wimbledon) is an English indie singer-songwriter whose Mercury-nominated 2007 debut Panic Prevention began a career of UK Top 5 albums, long hiatuses, and the 2026 album Ghosts (100 Days of Morning).
Jamila Woods
Jamila Woods (born 1989, Chicago) is an American R&B singer-songwriter, poet, and activist, formerly of the duo M&O, known for HEAVN (2016), LEGACY! LEGACY! (2019), and Water Made Us (2023) and collaborations with Chance the Rapper.
Jan Axel Blomberg
Jan Axel Blomberg, known as Hellhammer, is a Norwegian heavy metal drummer best known as the longtime drummer of black metal band Mayhem, which he joined in 1988.
Jan Hammer
Jan Hammer (born 1948, Prague) is a Czech-American keyboardist and composer, founding member of the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jeff Beck collaborator on Wired, and Grammy-winning composer of the Miami Vice Theme and Crockett's Theme.
Jan Lewan
Jan Lewan (Jan Lewandowski, born 1941, Bydgoszcz) is a Polish-American polka bandleader, Grammy nominee, and convicted fraudster who sold $5 million in unregistered promissory notes, served prison time, and inspired the 2017 Jack Black film The Polka King.
Jana Kramer
Jana Rae Kramer (born 1983, Rochester Hills, Michigan) is an American actress and country-pop singer known for playing Alex Dupré on One Tree Hill, Top 20 debut album Jana Kramer (2012), Top Ten album Thirty One, the Whine Down podcast, and Lifetime movies.
Janani K. Jha
Janani K. Jha (fka J. Maya), born Janani Krishnan-Jha, is an Indian-American singer-songwriter from the Bay Area known for mythology-infused nerd-pop, the albums The Rest of the Laurels and Epilogue, and roles in EPIC: The Musical and Survivor 45.
Jane Child
Jane Child (born Jane Richmond Hyslop, 1967, Toronto) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer known for the 1990 hit "Don't Wanna Fall in Love."
Jane McDonald
Jane McDonald, born 1963 in Wakefield, is an English singer and TV presenter who rose to fame on BBC's The Cruise (1998), scored a number one platinum debut album, won a BAFTA for Cruising with Jane McDonald, and released the Nashville-recorded album Living the Dream in 2026.
Jane Wiedlin
Jane Wiedlin (Jane Marie Genevieve Wiedlin) is an American musician who played rhythm guitar for the new wave band the Go-Go's and co-wrote "Our Lips Are Sealed".
Janelle Monáe
Janelle Monáe (Janelle Monáe Robinson), American singer, rapper, and actress born 1985 in Kansas City, Kansas; creator of the Cindi Mayweather Metropolis concept albums and an Afrofuturism figure; four studio albums, ten Grammy nominations, and film roles in Moonlight, Hidden Figures, and Glass Onion.
Janet Devlin
Janet Devlin (born 1994, Gortin, County Tyrone) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter who finished fifth on The X Factor 2011. Albums: Running With Scissors (2014), Confessional (2020), country-leaning Emotional Rodeo (2024).
Janet Jackson
Janet Jackson (Janet Damita Jo Jackson), born 1966, is an American singer and actress, youngest of the Jackson family, known for Control (1986) and Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989).
Jani Lane
Jani Lane (John Kennedy Oswald, 1964–2011), American singer-songwriter, lead vocalist of glam metal band Warrant; wrote "Heaven" and "Cherry Pie", left Warrant in 2002, died in Los Angeles at 47.
Janick Gers
Janick Gers (born 1957, Hartlepool) is an English guitarist and Iron Maiden member since 1990; previously of White Spirit, Gillan, Gogmagog, Fish, and Bruce Dickinson's solo band; known for spontaneous solos and a signature Fender Stratocaster.
Janis Ian
Janis Ian (born Janis Eddy Fink, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter of "Society's Child" and "At Seventeen," a two-time Grammy winner who came out in 1993 with Breaking Silence.
Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin (Janis Lyn Joplin, 1943–1970), American blues-rock singer from Port Arthur, Texas, fronted Big Brother and the Holding Company, went solo with the Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie, and died of an accidental heroin and alcohol overdose at 27 after recording Pearl.
Jann Arden
Jann Arden, Canadian singer-songwriter from Calgary, Alberta, born 1962; 16 albums, 19 top-ten singles, "Insensitive"; 8 Junos, Order of Canada, sitcom JANN, author of six books.
Jared Hasselhoff
Jared Hasselhoff, aka "Evil" Jared, born Jared Victor Hennegan (1971), American bassist of the Bloodhound Gang; based in Berlin since 2006 and a German TV personality on shows like Evil Science and Arctic Warrior.
Jaret Reddick
Jaret Reddick (born 1972, Grapevine, Texas), also recording as Jaret Ray Reddick, is the Bowling for Soup frontman, the voice of Chuck E. Cheese, a Phineas and Ferb contributor, and a Texas country solo artist whose 2022 debut album is Just Woke Up.
Jarvis Cocker
Jarvis Cocker, English singer-songwriter and broadcaster (born 1963, Sheffield), founder and frontman of Pulp, Britpop figure behind Different Class and Common People; also Jarv Is, Relaxed Muscle, BBC 6 Music presenter, and 2025 comeback album More.
Jascha Heifetz (Яша Хейфец)
Jascha Heifetz (Яша Хейфец), 1901-1987, Lithuanian-born American violin virtuoso, dubbed "king of violinists"; St. Petersburg Conservatory under Auer, 1917 Carnegie Hall debut, hundreds of RCA Victor recordings, USC teacher.
Jasmin Wagner
Jasmin Wagner, born 1980 in Hamburg, is a German singer, actress, and TV host known as Blümchen, the 1990s happy hardcore and Eurodance star behind "Herz an Herz" and "Boomerang", with about 30 million records sold, a 2019 comeback, and a farewell tour announced in 2025.
Jasmine Thompson
Jasmine Thompson, London-born singer-songwriter (born 2000), rose from YouTube covers at age 10 to dance hits with Robin Schulz, Felix Jaehn, and Zedd, EPs Adore, Wonderland, and Colour, and co-writing Selena Gomez's Kinda Crazy.
Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean (Jason Aldine Williams, born 1977, Macon, Georgia) is an American country singer on Broken Bow Records with 31 No. 1 singles, ACM Artist of the Decade honors, and the 2023 Hot 100 chart-topper "Try That in a Small Town."
Jason Becker
Jason Becker (born 1969, Richmond, California), American heavy metal guitarist of Cacophony with Marty Friedman, Perpetual Burn, and David Lee Roth's A Little Ain't Enough; diagnosed with ALS at 20, composes via eye movements.
Jason Bonham
Jason Bonham (born 1966, Birmingham, England), son of Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, drummer for the 2007 O2 reunion, Foreigner, Black Country Communion, The Circle, and JBLZE.