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Alison Balsom

Alison Balsom (born 1978) is an English classical trumpet soloist, EMI and Warner Classics recording artist, three-time Classical Brits winner, and 2016 OBE, known for natural-trumpet Baroque recordings, the MacMillan Seraph commission, and her 2025 farewell at the Last Night of the Proms.

Alison Goldfrapp

Alison Goldfrapp is an English singer and songwriter, frontwoman of the electronic duo Goldfrapp (formed 1999 with Will Gregory; Felt Mountain, Supernature) and solo artist behind The Love Invention (2023) and Flux (2025).

Alison Krauss

Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass and country singer and fiddler, born in 1971 in Decatur, Illinois, who leads Union Station and holds 27 Grammy Awards.

Alison Mosshart

Alison Mosshart (Alison Nicole Mosshart, aka VV), American singer born 1978 in Vero Beach, Florida; lead vocalist of the Kills and the Dead Weather, visual artist, and author of CAR MA.

Alison Moyet

Alison Moyet (Geneviève Alison Jane Moyet, born 1961) is an English singer with a bluesy contralto voice, ex-Yazoo vocalist with Vince Clarke, and solo artist whose albums Alf, Raindancing, the minutes, and Key charted in the UK.

Alissa White-Gluz

Alissa White-Gluz, Canadian metal vocalist from Quebec, ex-The Agonist (2007–2013) and ex-Arch Enemy (2014–2025) frontwoman, now solo artist on Napalm Records, Blue Medusa founder, and DragonForce vocalist.

Alissic

Alissic is the stage name of Alissa Salls, a Brazilian-born, England-based alt-pop singer who modeled from age 15, self-released debut single "Like" in 2020, signed to Ministry of Sound, and released debut EP ARC 01: MAIDEN (2025).

Alizée

Alizée (Alizée Jacotey), French pop singer born 1984 in Ajaccio, Corsica; discovered on Graines de star, famous for "Moi... Lolita" (2000) written by Mylène Farmer; debut album Gourmandises sold 4 million worldwide; won Danse avec les stars 2013; 2025 Olympia comeback.

Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from Chicago, formed in 1996 and known for dark, macabre lyrics set against catchy pop-punk melodies led by Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano.

All About Eve (band)

All About Eve were an English alternative rock band formed in 1984, fronted by Julianne Regan, known for the 1988 top 10 hit "Martha's Harbour".

All Angels

All Angels: British classical crossover vocal quartet formed in 2006 in London by UCJ. Members Charlotte Ritchie, Daisy Chute, Laura Wright, Melanie Nakhla; debut album peaked UK No. 9 with 33,000 first-week sales, the fastest-selling classical debut in UK chart history.

All Saints (group)

All Saints: British-Canadian girl group (Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis, Natalie and Nicole Appleton) formed in London in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5; five UK number-one singles including Never Ever and Pure Shores, over 12 million records sold.

All Time Low

All Time Low: American pop-punk band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed 2003 (Gaskarth, Barakat, Dawson, Merrick); ten studio albums, five consecutive Billboard Top 200 Top 10s, UK number one Future Hearts, and tenth album Everyone's Talking! (2025) on Basement Noise Records.

All-4-One

All-4-One is an American R&B/pop vocal quartet (Tony Borowiak, Jamie Jones, Delious Kennedy, Alfred Nevarez) formed 1993 in Antelope Valley, California, famous for "I Swear", 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 1994, and a 1995 Grammy.

Alla Pugacheva (Алла Борисовна Пугачёва)

Alla Pugacheva, also known as Alla Borisovna Pugacheva, is a Soviet and Russian estrada singer born in Moscow in 1949, famous across the late Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia.

Alla Rakha

Alla Rakha (Allah Rakha Qureshi, 1919-2000), Indian tabla master of the Punjab gharana, Ravi Shankar's longtime accompanist at Monterey, Woodstock, and Bangladesh, film composer as A.R. Qureshi, founder of the 1985 Alla Rakha Institute, father of Zakir Hussain.

Allah-Las

Allah-Las are an American garage-rock/neo-psychedelic band formed in 2008 in Los Angeles by Miles Michaud, Pedrum Siadatian, Spencer Dunham and Matthew Correia, three of whom met working at Amoeba Music. Known for 1960s surf-psych revivalism and later albums Zuma 85 and Sirenas, plus Reverberation Radio and Calico Discos.

Allan Clarke (singer)

Allan Clarke (Harold Allan Clarke, born 1942, Salford) is an English singer, founding lead vocalist of the Hollies with Graham Nash, voice of 'He Ain't Heavy' and 'The Air That I Breathe', with intermittent solo albums and a 2019 comeback.

Allan Sherman

Allan Sherman, born Allan Copelon, was an American song parodist and comedian whose "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh" reached No. 2 in 1963 and won a Grammy.

Allen Collins

Allen Collins (Larkin Allen Collins Jr., 1952–1990), Lynyrd Skynyrd founding guitarist from Jacksonville, Florida; co-wrote and played the solo of Free Bird on his 1964 Gibson Firebird; survived the 1977 plane crash, later led the Rossington Collins Band, was paralyzed in a 1986 car crash, and died of pneumonia in 1990.

Allen Levi

Allen Levi is an American singer-songwriter and novelist who transitioned from law. He has released twenty-three albums and published the New York Times bestseller Theo of Golden.

Allen Stone

Allen Stone (born 1987) is an American soul/R&B singer-songwriter from Chewelah, Washington, a pastor's son whose gospel-rooted voice, self-titled 2011 album, and albums Radius, Building Balance, and APART define his career.

Allen Toussaint

Allen Toussaint (1938–2015), New Orleans pianist, songwriter, producer, and arranger behind hits like "Mother-in-Law" and "Working in the Coal Mine"; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 1998, National Medal of Arts 2012.

Allie Sherlock

Allie Sherlock (born 2005) is an Irish singer-songwriter and busker from Cork, known for her 2017 viral Grafton Street cover of 'Supermarket Flowers', a 2018 Ellen Show appearance, and her Patriot Records deal with Ryan Tedder.

Allie X

Allie X, stage name of Canadian singer-songwriter Alexandra Ashley Hughes (born 1985, Oakville, Ontario), makes synth-pop; albums CollXtion II, Cape God, Girl With No Face; writes for Troye Sivan and BTS.

Alline Bullock

Alline Bullock (Ruby Alline Bullock, later Selico; 1936–2010), American songwriter, older sister of Tina Turner, manager of the Ikettes; wrote "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter" on Workin' Together (1970), covered by Nina Simone.

Ally Brooke

Ally Brooke (Allyson Brooke Hernandez, born 1993, San Antonio) is an American pop and Latin singer, Fifth Harmony member 2012–2018, later a solo Atlantic/Duars/Snafu artist known for "Low Key," DWTS season 28 third place, and the memoir Finding Your Harmony.

Ally the Piper

Ally the Piper, real name Ally Crowley-Duncan, is an American bagpiper from Schenectady, New York, famous for viral rock covers like Free Bird (100M+ views), EUSPBA Grade 1 piping credentials, Mia x Ally tours, and the 2025 album The Session.

Alma (Finnish singer)

Alma (Alma-Sofia Miettinen, born 1996, Kuopio) is a Finnish pop singer-songwriter behind "Karma", "Dye My Hair", and "Chasing Highs", albums Have U Seen Her? and Time Machine, and cowrites for Miley Cyrus; distinct from Alma Alanko and Alma Pöysti.

Alma Cogan

Alma Cogan (Alma Angela Cohen, 1932-1966), British pop singer of the 1950s, 'girl with the laugh in her voice'; 18 UK chart entries, No. 1 with Dreamboat (1955), own BBC TV show, later subject of Gordon Burn's novel Alma.