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James LaBrie
James LaBrie (Kevin James LaBrie, born 1963, Penetanguishene, Ontario) is the Canadian lead vocalist of progressive metal band Dream Theater since 1991, first on Images and Words (1992); a 1994 vocal injury changed his singing, and he also leads a solo career, most recently Beautiful Shade of Grey (2022).
James Last
James Last (Hans Last, 1929-2015), German bandleader, composer, and arranger, creator of the 'Happy Sound' and the Non Stop Dancing series; over 190 albums, tens of millions sold, Gentleman of Music nickname.
James Levine
James Lawrence Levine (1943–2021) was an American conductor and pianist who served as the Metropolitan Opera's music director for over 40 years, conducting more than 2,500 performances.
James Marriott
James Marriott (James William Marriott), English indie rock/indie pop musician and former YouTuber born in Switzerland in 1997, based in Brighton. Albums: Are We There Yet? (2023, UK No. 17), Don't Tell The Dog (2025, UK No. 1), Warning Signs (2027).
James McCartney
James McCartney (born 1977), British singer-songwriter and only son of Paul and Linda McCartney; EPs Available Light and Close at Hand, albums Me (2013), The Blackberry Train (2016), Beautiful Nothing (2024).
James McMurtry
James McMurtry (born 1962, Fort Worth, Texas) is an Americana singer-songwriter, son of novelist Larry McMurtry, known for story-songs like "We Can't Make It Here" and albums from Too Long in the Wasteland (1989) to The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy (2025).
James Mercer (musician)
James Russell Mercer is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, frontman of indie rock band The Shins (formed 1996, Albuquerque) and half of Broken Bells with Danger Mouse; known for Garden State's "New Slang" and Wincing the Night Away.
James Morrison (singer)
James Morrison (James Morrison Catchpole, born 1984) is an English soul-pop singer-songwriter from Rugby, known for "You Give Me Something", the No 1 album Undiscovered (2006), the 2007 Brit Award, and the duet Broken Strings with Nelly Furtado.
James Newton Howard
James Newton Howard (born 1951, Los Angeles) is an American film composer, nine-time Oscar nominee, and Emmy and Grammy winner known for The Fugitive, The Sixth Sense, The Hunger Games, and his Elton John session years.
James Pankow
James Carter Pankow (born 1947, St. Louis) is an American trombonist, composer, and horn arranger, founding member of rock band Chicago; wrote "Make Me Smile", "Colour My World", "Just You 'N' Me", and the suite "Ballet for a Girl in Buchannon".
James Righton
James Righton (James Nicholas Righton), English musician born 1983 in Stratford-upon-Avon; Klaxons keyboardist and co-vocalist, 2007 Mercury Prize winner, later Shock Machine, solo albums, ABBA Voyage musical director, and film and TV composer.
James Shaffer
James "Munky" Shaffer, also known as James the Gorilla, is the American guitarist and founding member of nu metal band Korn, also of L.A.P.D. and the ambient project Venera. He introduced seven-string Ibanez guitars to mainstream metal and has signature APEX and K7YIN models.
James Taylor
James Vernon Taylor (born 1948, Boston) is the American singer-songwriter of "Fire and Rain" and "You've Got a Friend," a 1970s adult-contemporary figure with 50 million albums sold, a Diamond Greatest Hits, six Grammys-era honors, and the Medal of Freedom.
James Taylor Quartet
The James Taylor Quartet (JTQ) is a British jazz-funk band led by Hammond organist James Taylor, formed after The Prisoners split; known for 'Blow-Up', 'Theme From Starsky and Hutch', acid jazz, and In the Hand of the Inevitable.
James Valentine (musician)
James Valentine (born 1978, Lincoln, Nebraska) is the American lead guitarist of Maroon 5, joined in 2001 after his band Square won the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands; he also has Ernie Ball Music Man signature guitars.
James Young (American musician)
James "J.Y." Young (James Vincent Young, born 1949, Chicago) is Styx's founding lead guitarist and vocalist, writer of "Miss America" and "Snowblind," an IIT engineering graduate, still touring with Styx after 50 years.
Jamey Johnson
Jamey Johnson, Alabama-born former Marine and Grand Ole Opry country singer-songwriter; "In Color" and That Lonesome Song (2008) defined his outlaw-country breakthrough, ten-time Grammy nominee, returned with Midnight Gasoline (2024).
Jamie Cullum
Jamie Cullum is an English jazz-pop crossover singer, songwriter, and pianist from Wiltshire. His 2003 album Twentysomething made him the UK's biggest-selling jazz artist; he has sold 10 million albums and hosts a BBC Radio 2 jazz show.
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.
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai (ジャミロクワイ), English acid jazz/funk band formed in London in 1992 by Jay Kay; name fuses jam and Iroquois; eight studio albums, Virtual Insanity, 35 million records sold, ninth album due 2026.
Jan and Dean
Jan and Dean: Los Angeles vocal duo of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence, pioneers of vocal surf and hot-rod pop with "Surf City" (1963); their hit run ended with Berry's near-fatal 1966 car crash.
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.