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Jon Bellion

Jon Bellion (Jonathan David Bellion, born 1990, Lake Grove, NY) is an American singer-songwriter and producer; debut The Human Condition hit No. 5 on the Billboard 200, he co-wrote "The Monster," and returned in 2025 with FATHER FIGURE.

Jon English

Jon English (Jonathan James English, 1949–2016) was an English-born Australian singer, actor and songwriter, famous as Judas in the 1972 Australian Jesus Christ Superstar, for hits like Six Ribbons, and for The Pirates of Penzance.

Jon Fishman

Jon Fishman (born Jonathan Fishman, 1965, Philadelphia) is the drummer and vocalist of the jam band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983 at the University of Vermont; known for the vacuum-cleaner solo, Henrietta personas, and the Mimi Fishman Foundation.

Jon Lord

Jon Lord (Jonathan Douglas Lord, 1941-2012) was an English keyboardist and composer who co-founded Deep Purple, pioneered the amplified Hammond organ through a Marshall amp, wrote the Concerto for Group and Orchestra, played in Whitesnake, and left the band in 2002 to compose orchestral works such as the Durham Concerto.

Jon Moss

Jon Moss (Jonathan Aubrey Moss, b. 1957, Wandsworth, London), English drummer and founding member of Culture Club (1981-2018); earlier punk bands the Clash, the Damned, London, Adam and the Ants; £1.75m 2023 settlement after 2018 expulsion. Not the football referee of the same name.

Jon Nödtveidt

Jon Nödtveidt, full name Jon Andreas Nödtveidt, was a Swedish musician who founded the black and death metal band Dissection, known for The Somberlain and Storm of the Light's Bane.

Jon Pardi

Jon Pardi (Jonathan Ryan Pardi, born 1985) is an American country singer-songwriter from Dixon, California, signed to Capitol Nashville, known for California Sunrise, six Country Airplay No. 1s, and as the first California native inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.

Jon Schaffer

Jon Ryan Schaffer (born 1968) is the American guitarist who founded and led heavy metal band Iced Earth and the Demons & Wizards project with Hansi Kürsch, and the first January 6 Capitol riot defendant to plead guilty, later sentenced to probation.

Jon Stevens

Jon Stevens, New Zealand-born rock singer based in Melbourne, fronted Noiseworks, INXS (2000-2003), and The Dead Daisies; teen No. 1 hit 'Jezebel' (1979), 2025 solo album Shimmer.

Jon Theodore

Jon Theodore is an American drummer for Queens of the Stone Age since 2013, formerly of The Mars Volta and One Day as a Lion, known for De-Loused in the Comatorium and QOTSA's Villains.

Jon Toogood

Jon Toogood (born 1971, Wellington) is the New Zealand rock musician who fronted Shihad for 37 years, founded supergroup The Adults, recorded the Sudanese-inspired album Haja, and released the 2024 solo album Last of the Lonely Gods. Not the mining company Toogood Gold Corp.

Jona Lewie

Jona Lewie, born John Lewis in 1947 in Southampton, is an English pub rock and new wave singer-songwriter of Stiff Records fame, known for Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs' "Seaside Shuffle" and the 1980 hits "You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties" and "Stop the Cavalry".

Jonas Brothers

Jonas Brothers: American pop rock band of brothers Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas, formed 2005 in New Jersey, Disney-era teen idols, split 2013, 2019 reunion with first No. 1 single "Sucker."

Jonas Brothers discography

Jonas Brothers discography: seven studio albums (2006-2025) by Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas, from It's About Time and the Disney-era Hollywood Records run to Republic's Happiness Begins, The Album, and Greetings from Your Hometown.

Jonas Kaufmann

Jonas Kaufmann (born 1969, Munich) is a German tenor of the Met, Bayreuth, La Scala, and Vienna State Opera, known for a dark-toned voice across Italian, French, and German repertoire; intendant of Tiroler Festspiele Erl since 2024.

Jonathan and Charlotte

Jonathan and Charlotte: English classical crossover duo of Jonathan Antoine and Charlotte Jaconelli, 2012 Britain's Got Talent runners-up singing 'The Prayer', with UK top-five albums Together and Perhaps Love before their amicable 2014 split into solo careers.

Jonathan Antoine

Jonathan Antoine, English classical crossover tenor born 1995 in Essex; rose to fame as runner-up on Britain's Got Talent 2012 with duo Jonathan & Charlotte, then built a solo career of chart-topping classical albums including Tenore and Speaking to You.

Jonathan Cain

Jonathan Cain (Jonathan Leonard Friga, born 1950, Chicago) is Journey's keyboardist and songwriter since 1980, ex-the Babys and Bad English, co-writer of Don't Stop Believin' and Open Arms.

Jonathan Coulton

Jonathan Coulton (born 1970), Brooklyn-based geek singer-songwriter, aka JoCo, who quit software in 2005 for the Thing a Week podcast (52 songs) and wrote "Still Alive" and "Want You Gone" for Valve's Portal games.

Jonathan Davis

Jonathan Davis is the American lead vocalist and songwriter of Korn, the Bakersfield band credited with launching nu-metal via its 1994 debut. Known for raw lyrics on trauma and bullying, quintuple-platinum Follow the Leader, and later dubstep experiments; distinct from other people named Jonathan Davis.

Jonathan King

Jonathan King (Kenneth George King, born 1944) is an English pop singer, producer and TV presenter who discovered Genesis, ran UK Records, and was convicted in 2001 of child sex offences, serving three and a half years.

Jonathan Knight

Jonathan Rashleigh Knight (born 1968), American-Canadian singer, oldest member of New Kids on the Block with brother Jordan; left the band in 1994, became a home renovator, and hosts HGTV's Farmhouse Fixer and Crashers while touring with NKOTB.

Jonathan Moffett

Jonathan "Sugarfoot" Moffett (born 1954, New Orleans) is an American drummer, songwriter, and producer, Michael Jackson's live drummer from 1979's Destiny Tour through This Is It; also toured with Madonna and Elton John.

Jonathan Richman

Jonathan Richman (born 1951, Natick, Massachusetts) is an American singer-songwriter who founded proto-punk band the Modern Lovers in 1970, wrote "Roadrunner," then pursued a long acoustic solo career including I, Jonathan (1992) and Only Frozen Sky Anyway (2025).

Joni Mitchell

Joni Mitchell (Roberta Joan Anderson, born 1943), Canadian singer-songwriter and painter of Blue and Court and Spark, known for open-tuned guitar, jazz turn, Gershwin Prize, Grammys, and Joni Jam comeback.

Joni Mitchell blackface controversy

Joni Mitchell blackface controversy: her 1976 Halloween appearance as a Black man, the Art Nouveau persona on the Don Juan's Reckless Daughter cover, and later criticism and scholarship.

Joni Sledge

Joni Sledge (Joan Elise Sledge, 1956-2017), American singer, co-founded Sister Sledge in Philadelphia in 1971 with sisters Debbie, Kim, and Kathy; sang lead on "Lost in Music" from the 1979 album We Are Family.

Jonny Buckland

Jonny Buckland (Jonathan Mark Buckland, born 1977) is Coldplay's English lead guitarist, a founding UCL bandmate of Chris Martin. Known for sparse, delay- and reverb-laden chiming parts compared to The Edge, Telecaster Thinline gear, and Martin's remark that there would be no Coldplay music without him.

Jonny Craig

Jonny Craig (born 1986, Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a Canadian-American post-hardcore vocalist ex-Dance Gavin Dance, Emarosa, Slaves, Isles & Glaciers, known for soul-influenced singing, the 2011 MacBook scam, and solo albums including The Places We'll Never Be.

Jonny Greenwood

Jonny Greenwood (born 1971, Oxford) is Radiohead's lead guitarist and an Oscar-nominated film composer, scoring every Paul Thomas Anderson film since There Will Be Blood (2007), and a concert composer known for the ondes Martenot and works like Popcorn Superhet Receiver.