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Jimmy Urine
Jimmy Urine is the professional name of James Euringer (born 1969), an American musician and actor best known as co-founder and frontman of the electropunk band Mindless Self Indulgence.
Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb (James Layne Webb, born 1946, Elk City, Oklahoma) is an American songwriter and pianist who wrote "Up, Up and Away," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston," and "MacArthur Park," and is the only artist with Grammys for music, lyrics, and orchestration.
Jivani
Jivani (Ջիվանի), born Serob Stepani Levonyan (1846–1909), was an Armenian ashugh, a folk singer-poet, and the leading representative of the national school of Armenian ashugh song.
JJ (singer)
JJ, stage name of Austrian-Filipino singer Johannes Pietsch (born 2001, Vienna; raised in Dubai), is a countertenor-sopranoist who won Eurovision 2025 for Austria with "Wasted Love" (436 points) and released the EP Into the Unknown in 2026.
JJ Cale
JJ Cale, born John Weldon Cale (1938–2013), was an American singer-songwriter from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who created the Tulsa Sound and wrote hits for Eric Clapton.
JLS
JLS (Jack the Lad Swing) are a British pop-R&B boy band from London: Oritsé Williams, Aston Merrygold, Marvin Humes, and JB Gill. 2008 X Factor runners-up with five UK number-one singles, two Brits, five MOBOs, a 2013 split, and a 2021 reunion.
Jo Dee Messina
Jo Dee Messina, American country singer born 1970 in Framingham, Massachusetts; 1996 debut, first female country artist with three consecutive multi-week No. 1s from one album (I'm Alright, 1998); new album Bridges (2026) and 30th-anniversary Bridges Tour.
Jo O'Meara
Jo O'Meara (born 1979, Romford, Essex) is an English singer, lead vocalist of S Club 7, later a solo artist with the albums Relentless (2005) and With Love (2021), and a Celebrity Big Brother 2007 contestant.
Jo Stafford
Jo Stafford (November 12, 1917 – July 16, 2008) was an American traditional pop singer of the Pied Pipers and Tommy Dorsey band; "You Belong to Me", 25 million records, a comedy Grammy as Darlene Edwards, and three Walk of Fame stars set her apart.
Joakim Brodén
Joakim Brodén, born 1980 in Falun, Sweden, is the Swedish-Czech lead vocalist, keyboardist, and principal composer of heavy metal band Sabaton, known for his gruff baritone, military-history lyrics, and metal-plated stage vest.
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading, born 1950 in St Kitts, is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, the first Black British female artist with international success, known for Love and Affection and Drop the Pilot, MBE and CBE honoree.
Joan Baez
Joan Baez, American folk singer and activist born 1941, star of the 1960s folk revival, Newport 1959, Vanguard debut 1960, civil rights and antiwar activist, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2017.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: American rock band formed 1979 by ex-Runaway Joan Jett with Kenny Laguna; founders of Blackheart Records; known for "I Love Rock 'n Roll" (7 weeks at Billboard number 1, 1982) and 2015 Rock Hall induction.
Joan of Arc (band)
Joan of Arc was an American indie rock band from Chicago, formed in 1995 after Cap'n Jazz broke up, with Tim Kinsella as its sole constant member.
Joan Osborne
Joan Osborne (Joan Elizabeth Osborne, born 1962, Anchorage, Kentucky) is an American singer-songwriter whose 1995 album Relish and hit "One of Us" brought five Grammy nominations; later work spans blues, soul, and Bob Dylan songbook albums.
Joan Sutherland
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, known as La Stupenda, was an Australian coloratura soprano whose 1959 Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden revived bel canto opera.
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin is an American composer and professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, known for founding CREATE in 1986 and directing the AlloSphere Research Facility.
Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom is an American harpist and singer-songwriter who studied composition at Mills College and is known for her ethereal voice and complex, long-form compositions.
Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall (born 1962, Sheffield) is an English vocalist, one of the two female singers of synth-pop band The Human League since 1980, recruited by Philip Oakey at the Crazy Daisy nightclub; sang on Dare and Don't You Want Me.
Joanne Rogers
Joanne Rogers (Sara Joanne Byrd, 1928-2021), American concert pianist, widow of Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; Rollins College graduate, Rogers-Morrison piano duo with Jeannine Morrison, namesake of Queen Sara Saturday, steward of his legacy.
João Carlos Martins
João Carlos Martins, Brazilian pianist and conductor born 1940 in São Paulo, famed Bach interpreter who recorded Bach's complete piano works on 20 CDs, lost hand movement to focal dystonia, injuries, and a 1995 Bulgaria attack, then returned via conducting and bionic gloves.
João Gilberto
João Gilberto (João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira, 1931–2019), Bahia-born Brazilian singer-guitarist who, with Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, created bossa nova; his 1958 "Chega de Saudade" and 1964 Getz/Gilberto defined the genre.
Jodeci
Jodeci is an American R&B quartet of two pairs of gospel-reared brothers, K-Ci and JoJo Hailey and DeVante Swing and Dalvin DeGrate, formed in Charlotte, North Carolina. Three 1991–1995 Uptown/MCA albums topped the R&B chart, defined hip-hop soul, and launched Timbaland and Missy Elliott.
Jody Watley
Jody Watley (born 1959) is an American Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and producer, ex-Soul Train dancer and Shalamar member, known for "Looking for a New Love," Best New Artist 1988, and her Avitone label.
Joe (singer)
Joe (Joseph Lewis Thomas, born 1973) is an American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter and producer from Columbus, Georgia, known for "Stutter", "I Wanna Know", the triple-platinum album My Name Is Joe, and seven Grammy nominations.
Joe Boyd
Joe Boyd (born 1942, Boston) is an American record and film producer, founder of Witchseason Productions and Hannibal Records, producer of Pink Floyd's "Arnold Layne," Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, and R.E.M., and author of White Bicycles.
Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker, born John Robert Cocker, was an English blues-rock singer known for his rasping voice and his 1968 cover of "With a Little Help from My Friends".
Joe Dart
Joe Dart, American funk bassist of Vulfpeck (with Jack Stratton, Theo Katzman, Woody Goss), known for Dean Town, Music Man and Sterling signature basses including the knobless Vision, and Markbass rig.
Joe Dassin
Joe Dassin (Joseph Ira Dassin, 1938-1980), American-born French pop singer, son of director Jules Dassin; CBS France's first French signer, famous for Les Champs-Élysées, L'Été indien, and Et si tu n'existais pas; died in Papeete, Tahiti, aged 41.
Joe Diffie
Joe Diffie, born 1958 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was an American country singer of the 1990s whose debut produced four No. 1 singles; he won a 1999 Grammy for "Same Old Train" and joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1993.