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Lydia Night
Lydia Night (Lydia Victoria Night), born 2000 in New Orleans, is an American singer-songwriter, former frontwoman of the Regrettes (Feel Your Feelings Fool!, How Do You Love?, Further Joy), and solo pop artist whose 2025 debut album is Parody of Pleasure.
Lydian Nadhaswaram
Lydian Nadhaswaram, Chennai-born pianist, drummer, and composer who won CBS's The World's Best in 2019 with a $1 million prize, later created Chromatic Grammatic, The Thirukkural 1330, and Symphony No. 1 with the London Symphony Orchestra.
Lyfe Jennings
Lyfe Jennings (Chester Jermaine Jennings), Toledo, Ohio-born R&B and soul singer-songwriter and producer; served about ten years for arson, won Amateur Night at the Apollo five times, and released Lyfe 268-192 (2004), the gold-certified The Phoenix (2006), and 777 (2019).
Lykke Li
Lykke Li (Li Lykke Timotej Zachrisson, born 1986, Ystad, Sweden) is a Swedish singer-songwriter of melancholic indie and electro-pop. Albums: Youth Novels (2008) through The Afterparty (2026); known for I Follow Rivers and open-wound songwriting.
Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett (Lyle Pearce Lovett), American singer-songwriter from Klein, Texas, blending country, Western swing, jazz, and folk; four Grammy wins from 18 nominations, leader of the Large Band, actor in Altman films, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee.
Lynn Anderson
Lynn René Anderson was an American country singer whose 1970 crossover hit "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden" won her a Grammy Award in 1971.
Lynsey de Paul
Lynsey de Paul (Lynsey Monckton Rubin, 1948–2014), English singer-songwriter and pianist; hits "Sugar Me" (UK No. 5), "Won't Somebody Dance With Me"; first woman to win an Ivor Novello Award; UK Eurovision 1977 entrant.
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd, also styled Leonard Skinnerd or Lynard Skynard, is a Jacksonville, Florida Southern rock band formed in 1964, known for "Free Bird" and "Sweet Home Alabama," the fatal 1977 plane crash, its 1987 reunion under Johnny Van Zant, and 2006 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
Lyrica Anderson
Lyrica Anderson, also Lyrica Nasha Anderson, is a Los Angeles-born R&B singer-songwriter who co-wrote Charice's "Pyramid" and Beyoncé's "Jealous," released Hello (2015), and starred on Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood.
Lzzy Hale
Lzzy Hale (Elizabeth Mae Hale, born 1983, Red Lion, Pennsylvania) is the American singer-guitarist and frontwoman of Halestorm, the Grammy-winning hard rock band she co-founded with brother Arejay in 1997; first female-fronted band to win Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance (2013).
M Lamar
M. Lamar, born 1984 in Mobile, Alabama, is an American composer and countertenor, twin brother of Laverne Cox, known for Negrogothic works spanning opera, metal, and performance art.
M People
M People: English house/dance-pop band formed 1990 in Manchester by Mike Pickering, Heather Small, and Paul Heard; won the 1994 Mercury Prize for Elegant Slumming and BRIT Best British Dance Act 1994 and 1995.
M-Flo
M-flo (エム-フロウ) is a Japanese hip-hop and electronic group formed in 1998 by ☆Taku Takahashi and VERBAL with vocalist LISA; known for the tripod e.p. debut, the 800,000-selling EXPO EXPO, the 41-artist m-flo loves series, and the 2026 album SUPERLIMINAL.
M. Balamuralikrishna (మంగళంపల్లి బాలమురళీకృష్ణ)
M. Balamuralikrishna (మంగళంపల్లి బాలమురళీకృష్ణ, 1930–2016) was an Indian Carnatic vocalist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who composed in all 72 Melakarta ragas, created new ragas like Lavangi and Mahathi, and received the Padma Vibhushan.
M. Pokora
M. Pokora, also known as Matt Pokora (born Matthieu Tota in 1985), is a French pop and R&B singer who won Popstars in 2003 and has recorded ten albums.
M. S. Subbulakshmi (மதுரை சண்முகவடிவு சுப்புலட்சுமி)
Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi, known as M.S., Carnatic vocalist (1916–2004); first musician to win the Bharat Ratna (1998), first woman Sangita Kalanidhi (1968), first Indian musician to sing at the UN General Assembly (1966).
M. Shadows
M. Shadows, born Matthew Charles Sanders in 1981, is the American lead vocalist of Avenged Sevenfold, known for vocal surgeries, hematoma injuries in 2017 and 2025, Seth Riggs training, and two No. 1 Billboard albums.
M. Ward
M. Ward (Matthew Stephen Ward, b. 1973), American indie folk singer-songwriter-guitarist from Portland, Oregon; 12 solo albums mainly on Merge, plus She & Him with Zooey Deschanel and Monsters of Folk.
M.O.P.
M.O.P. (Mash Out Posse), American hardcore hip-hop duo of Billy Danze and Lil' Fame from Brownsville, Brooklyn, formed 1992; best known for "Ante Up" and "Cold As Ice" and albums To the Death through Sparta.
M2M (band)
M2M, also Marion & Marit, a Norwegian pop duo of Marit Larsen and Marion Raven; hit "Don't Say You Love Me" (Pokémon movie), albums Shades of Purple (2000) and The Big Room (2002), 12 million sales, split 2002, reunited 2024.
M83 (band)
M83 is a French electronic project formed in 1999 in Antibes by Anthony Gonzalez and Nicolas Fromageau, named after the Messier 83 galaxy; known for Hurry Up, We're Dreaming and Midnight City.
Maalavika Sundar
Maalavika Sundar is a Chennai-born Carnatic-trained playback singer known as "Dang Dang Maalavika" after her 2014 debut in Manam Kothi Paravai, a Super Singer and Indian Idol finalist, and the 2026 viral Vaazha 2 singer.
Maayan Licht (מַעֲיִין לִיכט)
Maayan Licht (מַעֲיִין לִיכט) is an Israeli sopranista, or male soprano, winner of the Oper! Award Best Newcomer 2025, known for Baroque roles such as Vinci's Alessandro and Handel's Xerxes and for the Technopera project.
Mabel (singer)
Mabel (Mabel Alabama-Pearl McVey) is a British-Swedish pop/R&B singer, daughter of Neneh Cherry and Cameron McVey; hits "Finders Keepers" and "Don't Call Me Up", debut album High Expectations (2019), 2020 Brit Award winner.
Mac Davis
Mac Davis (1942–2020), American songwriter, singer, and actor from Lubbock, Texas; wrote Elvis Presley hits In the Ghetto, A Little Less Conversation, and Don't Cry Daddy, and scored his own No. 1 with Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me (1972).
Mac DeMarco
Mac DeMarco (born 1990, Duncan, British Columbia) is a Canadian indie singer-songwriter, birth name Vernor Winfield MacBriare Smith IV, known for Salad Days, jizz jazz, Mac's Record Label, and the 2025 album Guitar.
Mac McAnally
Mac McAnally (Lyman Corbitt McAnally Jr., born 1957), American country/Americana singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, record 10-time CMA Musician of the Year, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member, and longtime guitarist in Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band.
Mack David
Mack David (1912–1993) was an American Tin Pan Alley lyricist and songwriter, older brother of Hal David, known for Disney's Cinderella songs, "La Vie en Rose" English lyrics, TV themes, and eight Oscar nominations.
Mack Geiger
Mack Geiger is an Australian country singer-songwriter-guitarist from Mount Larcom, Queensland, in the neo-traditional honky tonk style. Breakout single "String By" (2025) led to RECORDS Nashville/Columbia, the debut EP "Walk a Straight Line" (2026), and a Grand Ole Opry debut.
Mackenzie Carpenter
Mackenzie Carpenter (born 1999, Hull, Georgia) is an American country singer-songwriter signed to The Valory Music Co. in 2022; debut album Hey Country Queen (2025), co-writer of Megan Moroney's "I'm Not Pretty" and Lily Rose's "Villain." Not the Dance Moms singer Mackenzie Ziegler.