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Kim Burrell

Kim Burrell, full name Kimberly Jean Burrell, is an American gospel singer and pastor from Houston known for "jazz gospel" and collaborations with Pharrell Williams and Stevie Wonder.

Kim Carnes

Kim Carnes (born 1945) is an American singer-songwriter from Pasadena, California, whose raspy-voiced 1981 hit "Bette Davis Eyes" spent nine weeks at No. 1 and won Record and Song of the Year Grammys; also a Nashville country songwriter.

Kim Deal

Kim Deal (born 1961, Dayton, Ohio) is an American musician, original Pixies bassist and Breeders frontwoman with twin sister Kelley; Last Splash sold over a million copies, and her 2024 solo debut Nobody Loves You More was made partly with Steve Albini.

Kim Dracula

Kim Dracula is the trap-metal and genre-fusing project of Tasmanian musician Samuel Wellings, viral from a 2020 Paparazzi cover, debut album A Gradual Decline in Morale (2023), later signed to Rise Records.

Kim Fowley

Kim Fowley (Kim Vincent Fowley, 1939–2015), American record producer, songwriter and manager, creator of the Runaways; behind 1960s novelty hits "Alley Oop" and "Nut Rocker"; died of bladder cancer.

Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon (born 1953) is an American musician, visual artist, and writer, bassist and vocalist of Sonic Youth (1981–2011), later of Body/Head, with solo albums No Home Record, The Collective, and Play Me.

Kim Hea Kyung

Kim Hea Kyung (김혜경), First Lady of South Korea since 4 June 2025 as wife of President Lee Jae Myung; profiles describe pianist training, but detailed pianist records under the name belong to namesakes and require disambiguation.

Kim Milford

Kim Milford (Richard Kim Milford, 1951-1988), American stage actor and rock singer, original Rocky in the Roxy 1974 and Broadway 1975 Rocky Horror Show, briefly fronted Beck, Bogert & Appice, appeared in Corvette Summer, died in Chicago after heart surgery.

Kim Mitchell

Kim Mitchell, born Joseph Kim Mitchell in 1952, is a Canadian rocker who fronted Max Webster and scored solo hits with "Go for Soda" and "Patio Lanterns".

Kim Petras

Kim Petras (born 1992), German-born pop singer and songwriter; first openly trans artist with a US Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 and a major-category Grammy ('Unholy' with Sam Smith, 2023); albums Feed the Beast (2023) and Detour (2026).

Kim Shattuck

Kim Shattuck (1963–2019), American singer-guitarist and songwriter, fronted the Muffs, played bass with the Pandoras and briefly the Pixies, and recorded the Clueless soundtrack cover "Kids in America"; she died of ALS.

Kim Sledge

Kim Sledge (born 1957, Philadelphia) is an American singer, founding member of Sister Sledge with sisters Debbie, Joni, and Kathy, known for the 1979 hit "We Are Family"; later solo work and WHO campaign.

Kim Thayil

Kim Thayil (born 1960, Seattle) is the Indian-American founding guitarist of Soundgarden, known for drop-D tunings, the Guild S-100, five-times-platinum Superunknown, two Grammys, and his 2026 memoir A Screaming Life.

Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde, born Kim Smith in 1960, is an English pop singer known for "Kids in America" and the chart-topping "You Keep Me Hangin' On".

Kimberley Locke

Kimberley Dawn Locke, American singer born 1978 in Hartsville, Tennessee; third-place finisher on American Idol season 2 (2003), Curb Records artist known for "8th World Wonder" and three straight #1 Christmas AC songs. Distinct from Canadian country singer Kimberley Dawn.

Kimberley Walsh

Kimberley Jane Scott (née Walsh), born 1981 in Bradford, English singer, actress and presenter, member of Girls Aloud formed 2002 on Popstars: The Rivals; solo album Centre Stage 2013, Strictly 2012 runner-up, married Justin Scott 2016.

Kimberly Davis (singer)

Kimberly Davis, Brooklyn-born American singer and vocal coach, lead singer for Nile Rodgers and Chic; her 2017 single "My Fire" with Tony Moran and Rodgers hit number one on Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart.

Kimberly Schlapman

Kimberly Schlapman (born 1969) is an American country singer, alto vocalist, and founding member of Little Big Town, a 3-time Grammy winner, Grand Ole Opry member, cookbook author of Oh Gussie!, and TV cooking host.

Kimbra

Kimbra (Kimbra Lee Johnson, born 1990, Hamilton, New Zealand) is a New Zealand art-pop singer and producer, famous for Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" and albums Vows, The Golden Echo, Primal Heart, A Reckoning, and Idols & Vices, Vol. 1.

Kimiko Kasai (笠井紀美子)

Kimiko Kasai (笠井紀美子), born 1945 in Kyoto, is a retired Japanese jazz vocalist who recorded with Gil Evans, Cedar Walton, and Herbie Hancock (Butterfly, 1979) and whose 1977 album Tokyo Special links her to Japanese city pop.

Kimya Dawson

Kimya Dawson (born 1972, Newark, NJ) is an American anti-folk singer-songwriter, co-founder of the Moldy Peaches, solo lo-fi acoustic artist with eight albums, and contributor of eight songs to the chart-topping Juno soundtrack.

Kina Grannis

Kina Grannis (Kina Kasuya Grannis), born 1985 in Mission Viejo, California, is a Japanese-American acoustic folk-pop singer-songwriter who won Doritos' Crash the Super Bowl in 2008 with "Message from Your Heart," self-released Stairwells (2010), and runs the fan-funded label KG Records.

King Crimson

King Crimson, English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968–69, led throughout by guitarist Robert Fripp. Known for In the Court of the Crimson King (1969), constant lineup changes, 13 studio albums, and influence on prog and metal.

King Diamond

King Diamond (Kim Bendix Petersen, born 1956, Copenhagen) is a Danish heavy metal vocalist fronting Mercyful Fate and his own band, known for falsetto, corpse paint, and the 1987 concept album Abigail.

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard: prolific Australian psychedelic rock band from Melbourne, formed 2010, known for Nonagon Infinity's infinite loop, microtonal albums, five-album years, bootleg live releases, and the 2026 EDM album Alien Metal.

King Harvest

King Harvest, the French-American rock band formed by Cornell friends in Paris around 1970, best known for the Sherman Kelly song "Dancing in the Moonlight", a No. 13 Billboard Hot 100 hit in 1973.

King Krule

King Krule (Archy Ivan Marshall, born 1994), formerly Zoo Kid, is an English singer-songwriter from London blending baritone croon, punk, jazz, and dub; albums include 6 Feet Beneath the Moon, The Ooz, Man Alive!, and Space Heavy.

King Princess

King Princess is the stage name of Mikaela Straus (born 1998), Brooklyn queer pop singer-songwriter and producer behind the platinum 2018 single "1950" and albums Cheap Queen, Hold On Baby, and Girl Violence.

Kings of Convenience

Kings of Convenience, Norwegian folk-pop duo from Bergen of Eirik Glambek Bøe and Erlend Øye (both born 1975), known for hushed acoustic two-voice harmony albums Quiet Is the New Loud (2001) through Peace or Love (2021).

Kings of Leon

Kings of Leon, American rock band formed in Nashville in 2001 by the Followill brothers Caleb, Jared, Nathan and cousin Matthew; Southern rock roots, UK-first breakthrough, Sex on Fire, ten albums through O My Beloved (2026).