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Anaïs Mitchell
Anaïs Mitchell (born 1981, Montpelier, Vermont) is an American folk singer-songwriter and playwright, creator of the Tony- and Grammy-winning musical Hadestown, member of Bonny Light Horseman, and solo artist behind the 2022 self-titled album.
Anand Bakshi
Anand Bakshi (आनंद बख़्शी), 1930-2002, Hindi film lyricist from Rawalpindi; wrote 3,500+ songs in 630+ films, won 4 Filmfare Awards, famed for simple 'people's poet' lyrics.
Ananya Birla
Ananya Birla (Ananyashree Birla), Indian singer-songwriter and entrepreneur, daughter of Kumar Mangalam Birla; first Indian artist with a platinum English-language single ("Meant to Be", 2017) and founder of Svatantra Microfin, India's second-largest NBFC-MFI.
Anastacia
Anastacia (Anastacia Lyn Newkirk, born 1968), American pop-soul singer behind Not That Kind (2000) and I'm Outta Love; a European superstar with 12 UK Top 40 hits, two breast cancer battles, and albums Resurrection, Evolution, and Our Songs.
Anberlin
Anberlin (アンバーリン): American alternative rock band from Winter Haven, Florida, formed 2002, active 2002–2014 and 2018–present; Tooth & Nail then Universal Republic; over 1.5 million U.S. albums sold; now fronted by Matty Mullins with ninth album Currency (2026).
Anders Colsefni
Anders Colsefni (Andrew Richard Rouw, b. 1972) is an American metal vocalist, Slipknot co-founder and original singer on Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. (1996), later of Painface and On a Pale Horse.
Anderson East
Anderson East is an American singer and multi-instrumentalist known for fusing Southern soul and roots rock. He received a Grammy nomination for his 2018 song "All on My Mind."
Andra Day
Andra Day, born Cassandra Monique Batie (1984), is an American soul/R&B singer and actress. Known for "Rise Up" (2015) and her Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated Billie Holiday in The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021); albums Cheers to the Fall and CASSANDRA (cherith).
Andraé Crouch
Andraé Crouch (1942–2015), American gospel singer, songwriter, arranger, and pastor; pioneer of contemporary gospel; seven Grammys, Oscar nomination for The Color Purple, vocal arranger for Man in the Mirror and Like a Prayer, pastor of Christ Memorial COGIC in Los Angeles.
André Cymone
André Cymone (born Andre Simon Anderson, 1958) is a Minneapolis bassist, singer, and producer, Prince's childhood friend and 1978–1981 touring bassist, a Minneapolis sound architect, and the producer of Jody Watley's biggest hits.
André Rieu
André Rieu (born 1949, Maastricht) is a Dutch violinist and conductor, founder of the Johann Strauss Orchestra, known for his 1994 Shostakovich Second Waltz breakthrough, sold-out waltz spectacle concerts, and annual Vrijthof concerts in Maastricht.
Andrea Bocelli
Andrea Bocelli (born 1958, Lajatico, Tuscany) is an Italian tenor, blind since age 12, who won Sanremo 1994, sold over 90 million records, and is touring in 2026-2027 on the Romanza 30th Anniversary World Tour.
Andrea Corr
Andrea Jane Corr (born 1974, Dundalk) is the Irish lead vocalist and tin whistle player of The Corrs, the Celtic pop band with siblings Sharon, Caroline, and Jim; over 40 million albums sold, hits "Breathless" and "Runaway", plus solo albums Ten Feet High, Lifelines, and memoir Barefoot Pilgrimage.
Andrés Segovia
Andrés Segovia (Andrés Segovia Torres, 1893–1987) was a self-taught Spanish classical guitarist who elevated the guitar to the concert stage and inspired over 500 new works.
Andrew Bird
Andrew Wegman Bird (born 1973) is an American indie-rock singer-songwriter and violinist, ex-Bowl of Fire, known for live looping, whistling, The Mysterious Production of Eggs, Armchair Apocrypha, and 2024's Sunday Morning Put-On and Cunningham Bird.
Andrew Eldritch
Andrew Eldritch (Andrew William Harvey Taylor, born 1959, Ely, England) is the frontman, chief songwriter, and sole constant member of The Sisters of Mercy, known for his baritone vocals, Doktor Avalanche drum machine, three studio albums, and rejection of the goth label.
Andrew Gold
Andrew Gold (1951–2011), also Wax UK co-founder, American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the 1970s L.A. soft-rock scene. Known for "Lonely Boy", "Never Let Her Slip Away", "Thank You for Being a Friend", his Linda Ronstadt work, and Bryndle.
Andrew Hyra
Andrew Hyra (born 1964) is an American singer-songwriter, half of the folk-rock duo Billy Pilgrim with Kristian Bush (Atlantic albums 1994-1995), later a solo artist (Spill, Curios) and leader of Smokin' Novas.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, formally The Lord Lloyd-Webber, is a British composer born 1948 in London, creator of Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, and Phantom, an EGOT winner and owner of six London theatres.
Andrew McMahon
Andrew McMahon (born 1982, Concord, Massachusetts) is the American singer-pianist behind Something Corporate, Jack's Mannequin, and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, a leukemia survivor, Dear Jack Foundation founder, and author of the 2021 memoir Three Pianos.
Andrew Ranken
Andrew Ranken (1953-2026), English drummer nicknamed The Clobberer, founding member and drummer of the Celtic punk band the Pogues, playing on all seven studio albums from Red Roses for Me to Pogue Mahone; distinct from accordionist Andrew Rankine and lawyer Andrew Rankin.
Andrew Ridgeley
Andrew Ridgeley (born 1963) is an English musician, co-founder of Wham! with George Michael, co-writer of Wham Rap!, Club Tropicana, and Careless Whisper; later solo album Son of Albert and 2019 memoir Wham! George & Me.
Andrew Scheps
Andrew Scheps is an American Grammy-winning mix engineer, producer, and plugin designer known for Adele's 21, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium, Metallica's Death Magnetic, in-the-box mixing, and his rear bus parallel compression technique.
Andrew Strong
Andrew Strong (born 1973, Dublin) is an Irish soul, blues, and rock singer and actor who played Deco Cuffe, lead singer of the fictional band in Alan Parker's 1991 film The Commitments, at age 16; the soundtrack sold over 12 million copies, and he later released solo albums including Strong (1993).
Andrew VanWyngarden
Andrew VanWyngarden (born 1983) is an American musician, co-founder, lead vocalist, and songwriter of psychedelic pop duo MGMT with Ben Goldwasser, known for Oracular Spectacular's "Kids," "Time to Pretend," and "Electric Feel" and five albums through Loss of Life (2024).
Andrew W.K.
Andrew W.K. (Andrew Fetterly Wilkes-Krier, born 1979) is an American hard rock musician from Ann Arbor, Michigan, whose 2001 debut I Get Wet and single Party Hard made him a polarizing party-rock figure and later a motivational speaker.
Andrew Wood (singer)
Andrew Patrick Wood (1966–1990) was an American rock singer from Seattle, flamboyant frontman of Malfunkshun and Mother Love Bone, whose heroin overdose death at 24 inspired Temple of the Dog.
Andrew Wyatt
Andrew Wyatt (Andrew Wyatt Blakemore, born 1971, New York) is an American songwriter, producer, and Miike Snow lead singer; Oscar and Grammy winner for "Shallow" and co-writer of Barbie's "I'm Just Ken".
Andy Allo
Andy Allo (born 1989, Bamenda, Cameroon) is a Cameroonian-American singer-guitarist and actress, former New Power Generation member with Prince, star of Upload's Nora Antony, now a Cameroonian-cuisine chef.
Andy Bell (singer)
Andy Bell (Andrew Ivan Bell, born 1964) is the English vocalist of synth-pop duo Erasure, formed with Vince Clarke in 1985 after a Melody Maker audition. He has sold 25 million albums, recorded three solo albums including Ten Crowns (2025), and is a prominent openly gay, HIV-positive performer.