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Marie Osmond

Marie Osmond (Olive Marie Osmond, born 1959, Ogden, Utah) is an American country-pop singer and TV personality, the only Osmond sister; known for "Paper Roses" (1973), the ABC variety show Donny & Marie (1976-79), CMA Duo of the Year 1986, and co-founding Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

Marie Serneholt

Marie Serneholt (Marie Eleonor Serneholt, born 1983) is a Swedish singer, presenter, and model, a member of A*Teens, solo artist with Enjoy the Ride (2006), Melodifestivalen 2011 host, and 2026 A*Teens finalist.

Mariel Gomerez

Mariel Gomerez, or Mariel Gomerez-Rodriguez, is a Dominican-American A&R executive and producer behind Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter, RAYE's My 21st Century Blues, and Kehlani's CRASH, and founder of Bodega Records.

Marietta (band)

Marietta: Philadelphia emo revival band (2011-2015) by Evan Lescallette, Ethan Willard, Ben Johnson, Andrew Weigel; albums Summer Death (2013) and As It Were (2015); reunited 2025. Not the Georgia city or high school band.

Marillion

Marillion: British progressive rock band formed 1979 in Aylesbury as Silmarillion. Fish-era UK No. 1 Misplaced Childhood (1985) with Kayleigh; Steve Hogarth frontman since 1989; crowdfunding pioneers with Anoraknophobia (2001).

Marilyn (singer)

Marilyn is the stage name of Peter Robinson (born 1962, Kingston, Jamaica), a British New Romantic pop singer. His 1983 single Calling Your Name hit UK No. 4; his only album was Despite Straight Lines (1985). A Boy George friend, he disappeared for 20 years into heroin addiction before a 2016 comeback with Love or Money.

Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson is the stage name of Brian Hugh Warner (born 1969, Canton, Ohio), American shock-rock singer blending Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson's names; frontman of the band Marilyn Manson, known for Antichrist Superstar and Mechanical Animals.

Marilyn Manson (band)

American rock band formed in 1989 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, fronted by singer Marilyn Manson (Brian Warner); also Marilyn Manson & the Spooky Kids. Known for Antichrist Superstar (1996), the Columbine moral panic, and abuse allegations from 2021.

Marilyn Martin

Marilyn Martin, born 1954 in Tennessee, is an American pop/rock singer known for "Separate Lives," her 1985 number-one duet with Phil Collins from White Nights, and for Atlantic albums Marilyn Martin (1986) and This Is Serious (1988).

Marilyn McCoo

Marilyn McCoo (born 1943, Jersey City, NJ) is an American singer and TV host, founding member and lead female vocalist of the 5th Dimension, later a Grammy-winning duo with husband Billy Davis Jr., and host of Solid Gold.

Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford

Marilyn Wilson-Rutherford, born Marilyn Sandra Rovell, is an American singer of the Honeys and American Spring, first wife of Brian Wilson, and mother of Carnie and Wendy Wilson of Wilson Phillips.

Marin Alsop

Marin Alsop, born 1956, is an American conductor who led the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2021, the first woman to head a major American orchestra.

Marin Marais

Marin Marais (1656-1728), French viola da gamba virtuoso and composer, Ordinaire de la Chambre du Roy 1679-1725, five books of Pièces de viole, four operas including Alcyone, pupil of Sainte-Colombe and Lully.

Marina Diamandis

Marina Diamandis (Marina Lambrini Diamandis), stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer-songwriter of Greek and Welsh parentage; debut album The Family Jewels (2010), persona album Electra Heart (2012).

Marina Viotti

Marina Viotti, Franco-Swiss mezzo-soprano, daughter of conductor Marcello Viotti and sister of Lorenzo Viotti; sang with Gojira at Paris 2024 Olympics, won a 2025 Grammy for Best Metal Performance, and sings Rosina, Carmen, and Charlotte worldwide.

Marinella (Μαρινέλλα)

Marinella (Μαρινέλλα), born Kyriaki Papadopoulou in Thessaloniki in 1938, was a Greek laiko and entechno singer, the Great Lady of Greek song; active 1956 to 2024, Eurovision 1974, died 28 March 2026.

Mario (singer)

Mario (Mario Dewar Barrett, born 1986, Baltimore) is an American R&B singer whose "Let Me Love You" topped the Hot 100 for nine weeks in 2004; six albums from Mario (2002) to Glad You Came (2024).

Mario Lanza

Mario Lanza (Alfredo Arnold Cocozza, 1921-1959), American lirico spinto tenor and MGM film star from South Philadelphia. Star of The Great Caruso; million-selling RCA recordings; influenced the Three Tenors; died in Rome aged 38.

Mario Winans

Mario Winans (Mario Mendell Winans, born Mario Mendell Brown, 1974) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and producer of the Winans gospel family, known for "I Don't Wanna Know" (2004) and Bad Boy Hitmen production work.

Marion Hutton

Marion Hutton (Marion Thornburg, 1919-1987), American big band vocalist, Glenn Miller Orchestra's featured female singer 1938-1942, sister of Betty Hutton; sang "Kalamazoo" and "Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree," later founded Residence XII alcohol treatment center.

Marion Raven

Marion Raven, stage name of Marion Elise Ravn (born 1984, Lørenskog, Norway), is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, formerly of pop duo M2M with Marit Larsen, later a solo artist with seven albums including Here I Am and the Norwegian-language Mellom disse 4 vegger.

Marion Stein

Marion Stein, later Marion Thorpe (1926–2014), Austrian-born British concert pianist, co-founder with Fanny Waterman of the Leeds International Piano Competition, wife of the 7th Earl of Harewood and then of Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe.

Mariska Veres

Mariska Veres (Maria Elisabeth Ender, 1947–2006), Dutch singer, lead vocalist of Shocking Blue; sang "Venus", the first Dutch No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 (1970); later jazz projects; died of cancer in The Hague.

Mariss Jansons

Mariss Jansons (1943–2019), full name Mariss Ivars Georgs Jansons, was a Latvian conductor who led the Oslo Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony, and Concertgebouw orchestras, recorded a Grammy-winning Shostakovich cycle, and conducted the Vienna New Year's Concert in 2006 and 2012.

Marjorie Finlay

Marjorie Finlay (1928–2003), American opera singer and TV personality, Taylor Swift's maternal grandmother; won ABC's Music With the Girls contest in 1950, hosted El Show Pan-Americano in Puerto Rico, featured on Swift's 2020 song "Marjorie".

Mark Ambor

Mark Ambor (Mark Gregory Damboragian, born 1997), American singer-songwriter from Pleasantville, New York. Breakthrough viral hit "Belong Together" (2024) from debut album Rockwood; over 1 billion streams; Capitol Records artist.

Mark Applebaum

Mark Applebaum, born 1967 in Chicago, is an American composer and Stanford University composition professor known for graphic scores, invented instruments, and a concerto for florist.

Mark Chesnutt

Mark Nelson Chesnutt, born 1963 in Beaumont, Texas, is an American neotraditionalist country and honky-tonk singer. Signed to MCA Nashville in 1989, he scored 1990s hits like "Brother Jukebox" and "Too Cold at Home," won the 1993 CMA Horizon Award, and later recorded on independent labels.

Mark E. Smith

Mark E. Smith (1957–2018), English singer and lyricist, founder and sole constant member of Manchester post-punk band the Fall; 66 bandmates, 30-plus studio albums, and the disputed 2026 posthumous album Post Script.

Mark Evans (musician)

Mark Whitmore Evans (born 1956, Melbourne) is an Australian bassist, AC/DC's bass player March 1975 to 1977, playing on T.N.T., Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, and Let There Be Rock before Cliff Williams replaced him; later Rose Tattoo bassist and memoirist.