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Josh Farro
Josh Farro, American guitarist and songwriter, co-founded Paramore at 16 with brother Zac and Hayley Williams, wrote its first three albums, left in 2010, and later wrote worship songs including "This Is Amazing Grace."
Josh Freese
Josh Freese (Joshua Ryan Freese, born 1972) is an American session and touring drummer from Orlando, Florida, with 500-plus credits; member of The Vandals, Devo, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails, and briefly Foo Fighters (2023-2025).
Josh Groban
Josh Groban, American baritone singer, songwriter, and actor in classical crossover pop; multi-platinum albums including Noel, Broadway roles in The Great Comet and Sweeney Todd, over 30 million records sold.
Josh Homme
Josh Homme (born 1973) is the American founder, singer, and guitarist of Queens of the Stone Age, formerly of Kyuss, also in Them Crooked Vultures and Eagles of Death Metal, and producer for Arctic Monkeys and Iggy Pop.
Josh Kaufman (singer)
Josh Kaufman (born 1976, Sarasota, Florida) is an Indianapolis-based soul and R&B singer who won season 6 of NBC's The Voice in 2014 on Team Usher; distinct from the producer namesake of Bonny Light Horseman.
Josh Kelley
Josh Kelley (Joshua Bishop Kelley, born 1980, Augusta, Georgia) is an American singer-songwriter known for the 2003 hit "Amazing," the Heatseekers No. 1 album Almost Honest, and his 2011 country crossover Georgia Clay; brother of Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley and husband of Katherine Heigl.
Josh Klinghoffer
Josh Klinghoffer is an American multi-instrumentalist, ex-Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist (2007/2009–2019), Pearl Jam touring member since 2020, Rock Hall inductee, and solo artist Pluralone.
Josh Ramsay
Josh Ramsay is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer, lead vocalist of Marianas Trench and co-writer/producer of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe"; his debut solo album is The Josh Ramsay Show (2022).
Josh Ritter
Josh Ritter, born 1976 in Moscow, Idaho, is an American singer-songwriter with the Royal City Band, known for narrative folk lyrics and the album The Animal Years.
Josh Turner
Josh Turner (born 1977) is an American country singer from Hannah, South Carolina, a bass-baritone known for "Long Black Train" and "Your Man," a Grand Ole Opry member with five No. 1 singles and 6 billion streams.
Joshua Baraka
Joshua Baraka (born 2001) is a Ugandan singer, songwriter, and producer from Kampala, also called the Nana hitmaker. Known for Afrobeats-R&B fusion with Luganda lyrics, EPs Baby Steps and Recess, and the 2025 debut album Juvie.
Joshua Bell
Joshua Bell (born 1967, Bloomington, Indiana) is an American violinist and conductor, Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields since 2011, Grammy winner for Maw's Violin Concerto, Red Violin soloist, and player of the 1713 Huberman Stradivarius.
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton
Joshua Chuquimia Crampton, also JCC (born 1983, San Diego), Aymara (Great Pakajaqi Nation) experimental guitarist of Los Thuthanaka with sibling Chuquimamani-Condori; solo albums The Heart's Wash (2020) through Anata (2026), loud unmastered ceremonial guitar music.
Joshua Redman
Joshua Redman (born 1969, Berkeley, California) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer, son of Dewey Redman, 1991 Thelonious Monk Competition winner, leader of the MoodSwing quartet, Elastic Band, James Farm, and Blue Note albums where are we and Words Fall Short.
Josiah Queen
Josiah Queen (born 2003, Clearwater, Florida) is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter behind "The Prodigal" and "Dusty Bibles," with No. 1 Billboard Top Christian Albums and a Hot 100 hit.
Josquin des Prez
Josquin des Prez (ca. 1450–1521), Franco-Flemish Renaissance composer also called Josquin Des Prés, princeps musicorum, active in Milan, Rome, Ferrara, and Condé-sur-l'Escaut; famed for Missa Pange lingua and Ave Maria, with only 143 of 335 attributed works accepted as authentic.
Joss Stone
Joss Stone (Joscelyn Eve Stoker, born 1987) is an English soul singer who debuted with The Soul Sessions (2003), became the youngest female artist to top the UK album chart with Mind, Body & Soul, won a Grammy and two BRITs, and completed a six-year Total World Tour.
Joy Crookes
Joy Elizabeth Akther Crookes (born 1998, Lambeth, London) is a British singer-songwriter of Bangladeshi-Irish heritage from South London. Her debut album Skin (2021) hit UK No. 5 and was Mercury-shortlisted; Juniper (2025) peaked at No. 13.
Joy Villa
Joy Villa (Joy Angela Villa), American singer, actress, and conservative activist born 1986 in Orange, California; known for the 2017 MAGA Grammy dress, Billboard 200 hit EP I Make the Static, Trump support, and leaving Scientology after 15 years.
Joy Williams (singer)
Joy Williams, born 1982 in West Branch, Michigan, is an American singer-songwriter, ex-contemporary Christian artist, and four-time Grammy winner as half of the Civil Wars with John Paul White; solo albums Venus (2015) and Front Porch (2019).
Joyce Wrice
Joyce Wrice is an American R&B singer-songwriter from San Diego, of Japanese and Black heritage. Debut EP Stay Around (2016); albums Overgrown (2021) and MACHIKO (October 9, 2026, BMG), 180 million streams.
JP Cooper
JP Cooper (John Paul Cooper, b. 1983, Middleton, Greater Manchester), English soul-pop singer-songwriter; breakthrough via Jonas Blue's Perfect Strangers and 2016 double-platinum September Song; albums Raised Under Grey Skies (2017) and Just A Few Folk (2026).
JP Saxe
JP Saxe (Jonathan Percy Starker Saxe), Toronto-born, Los Angeles-based pop singer-songwriter, grandson of cellist János Starker; Grammy-nominated for "If the World Was Ending" with Julia Michaels; albums Dangerous Levels of Introspection, A Grey Area, Okay Piano Guy.
Juan García Esquivel
Juan García Esquivel (Esquivel!, 1918-2002), Mexican pianist, arranger, and composer, father of Space Age Pop lounge music, RCA Victor stereo pioneer, composer of Mucha Muchacha and Odisea Burbujas, revived in the 1990s.
Juana Molina
Juana Molina, Argentine singer-songwriter born 1961 in Buenos Aires, former star of the sketch show Juana y sus hermanas, left acting in 1996 for music; albums Segundo, Halo, and DOGA (2025) on her label Sonamos.
Judee Sill
Judee Sill (Judy Lynn Sill, 1944-1979) was an American singer-songwriter, the first artist signed to Asylum Records, who recorded Judee Sill (1971) and Heart Food (1973) before dying at 35 and being rediscovered posthumously.
Judith Durham
Judith Durham (1943–2022), Australian singer and lead vocalist of the Seekers; hits "I'll Never Find Another You" and "Georgy Girl"; first Australian group at UK and US No. 1.
Judith Hill
Judith Hill (Judith Glory Hill), American soul singer-songwriter and pianist; Michael Jackson's 2009 This Is It duet partner, Prince protegee who produced Back in Time (2015); 20 Feet from Stardom; four solo albums including Letters from a Black Widow (2024).
Judith Holofernes
Judith Holofernes (Judith Holfelder-Roy, b. 1976, Berlin), German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author; frontwoman of Wir sind Helden (2000–2012), solo albums Ein leichtes Schwert and Ich bin das Chaos, poetry and prose writer.
Judy Collins
Judy Collins (Judith Marjorie Collins, born 1939) is an American folk singer-songwriter known for Both Sides Now, Amazing Grace, and Send in the Clowns, a 1968 Grammy winner, Elektra recording artist from 1961, and 2026 farewell-tour subject.