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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".
Jane's Addiction
Jane's Addiction: Los Angeles alternative rock band formed 1985 by Perry Farrell and Eric Avery, with Dave Navarro and Stephen Perkins; albums Nothing's Shocking (1988) and Ritual de lo Habitual (1990); founded Lollapalooza; split after 2024 onstage fight.
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.
Japan (band)
Japan: English art rock/new wave band formed in London, 1974 (Sylvian, Karn, Barbieri, Jansen, Dean). Five albums from glam rock to synth art pop, peaking with Tin Drum (1981, UK No. 12) and the hit "Ghosts"; split 1982, reunited as Rain Tree Crow 1991.
Japanese big bands
Japanese big bands are large jazz ensembles, typically sixteen or more players, that have performed and recorded in Japan since the dance bands of the late 1920s.
Japanese Breakfast
Japanese Breakfast is an American indie pop band formed 2013 in Philadelphia, led by Korean-American musician Michelle Zauner, formerly of Little Big League. Albums: Psychopomp, Soft Sounds from Another Planet, Jubilee, For Melancholy Brunettes; two Grammy nominations; memoir Crying in H Mart.
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.
Jars of Clay
Jars of Clay, American Christian alternative rock band formed 1993 at Greenville College, Illinois; members Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, Matt Odmark; known for the 1995 crossover hit "Flood" and three Grammy-winning Pop/Contemporary Gospel albums.
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.
Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening
Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Evening (JBLZE), formerly Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, is a tribute concert project led by John Bonham's son since 2010, renamed in 2018, performing two-hour multimedia Led Zeppelin shows.
Jason Cropper
Jason Cropper (born 1971) is an American musician best known as the founding guitarist of the rock band Weezer, dismissed during recording of the band's 1994 debut.
Jason Derulo
Jason Derulo (Jason Joel Desrouleaux, also Jason Desrouleaux), American Haitian-descent pop/R&B singer born 1989; "Whatcha Say" Hot 100 No. 1, UK hits, Savage Love, TikTok fame, Nu King (2024).
Jason Donovan
Jason Donovan (Jason Sean Donovan), Australian actor and singer born 1968 in Melbourne, rose to fame as Scott Robinson in Neighbours, scored four UK No.1 singles including Especially for You with Kylie Minogue, and became a musical theatre star in Joseph and Rocky Horror.
Jason Everman
Jason Everman (born 1967, Ouzinkie, Alaska) is an American musician and U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, known as second guitarist of Nirvana and bassist of Soundgarden, and later a Ranger and Green Beret.