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Mark Farner

Mark Farner (born 1948, Flint, Michigan) is the American singer, guitarist, and songwriter who fronted Grand Funk Railroad, scoring No. 1 hits with "We're an American Band" and "The Loco-Motion", then pursued a solo and Contemporary Christian career and now tours as Mark Farner's American Band.

Mark Feehily

Mark (Markus) Feehily, born 1980 in Sligo, Ireland, is an Irish singer, co-lead vocalist of Westlife from 1999 to 2012 and from the 2018 reunion, who came out in 2005, released the solo album Fire in 2015, and stopped touring with Westlife in 2024 for health reasons.

Mark Forster (singer)

Mark Forster, born Mark Ćwiertnia (1984, Winnweiler), is a German pop singer-songwriter behind "Au Revoir", "Wir sind groß", and "Chöre" and a longtime coach on The Voice of Germany.

Mark Foster (musician)

Mark Derek Foster (born 1984) is the American singer, songwriter, and frontman of Foster the People, whose 2010 hit Pumped Up Kicks led to four albums; also a composer, producer, and ex-husband of Julia Garner.

Mark Hollis

Mark David Hollis (1955-2019) was an English singer-songwriter, frontman of Talk Talk, moving from synth-pop hits like It's My Life to the post-rock precursors Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock, then a 1998 solo album and retreat.

Mark Hoppus

Mark Hoppus (born 1972, Ridgecrest, California) is the American bassist and co-lead vocalist who co-founded pop-punk band blink-182 in 1992, which has sold over 50 million albums; also of +44 and Simple Creatures, and author of the 2025 memoir Fahrenheit-182.

Mark Hudson (musician)

Mark Hudson (musician), full name Mark Jeffery Hudson, born 1951, is an American producer, songwriter, and former Hudson Brothers member known for producing Ringo Starr and co-writing Aerosmith's 'Livin' on the Edge'; distinct from the Jamaican producer Mark 'Stone Cold' Hudson and the British writer Mark Hudson.

Mark Isham

Mark Isham (born 1951) is an American trumpeter and composer who has scored more than 100 films, including Crash and A River Runs Through It.

Mark King (musician)

Mark King (born 1958, Cowes, Isle of Wight) is the English bassist, singer and frontman of Level 42, famed for his fast "machine gun" thumb-slap bass technique, 1980s hits like "Something About You," and solo albums Influences and One Man.

Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler (born 1949, Glasgow) is a British guitarist, singer, and songwriter, leader of Dire Straits (Sultans of Swing, Brothers in Arms) and solo artist since Golden Heart (1996), known for fingerstyle electric guitar without a pick.

Mark Kozelek

Mark Kozelek (born 1967, Massillon, Ohio) is an American singer-songwriter frontman of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon, founder of Caldo Verde Records, known for slowcore and diaristic song cycles.

Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan (1964–2022), American singer and author, frontman of Screaming Trees, solo artist behind The Winding Sheet, and prolific collaborator with Queens of the Stone Age, Isobel Campbell, and the Gutter Twins; died in Killarney, Ireland.

Mark Lindsay

Mark Lindsay (born 1942, Eugene, Oregon) is an American singer, saxophonist, and producer, co-founder and original lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders, known for "Kicks," "Indian Reservation," and his solo gold hit "Arizona."

Mark Lowry

Mark Lowry (born 1958, Houston, Texas) is an American gospel singer, comedian, and songwriter, lyricist of "Mary, Did You Know?" and longtime baritone of the Gaither Vocal Band (1988-2001, 2009-2013) and Homecoming series.

Mark Mancina

Mark Mancina (born 1957, Santa Monica) is an American film composer, three-time Grammy winner and Tony nominee, known for Speed, Twister, Training Day, Disney's Tarzan and Moana, and The Lion King on Broadway.

Mark McGrath

Mark McGrath is an American singer and TV host, lead singer of Sugar Ray ("Fly", "Every Morning"). Co-founded the band in 1988; later hosted Extra, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, and Celebrity Big Brother.

Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Mothersbaugh (born 1950, Akron, Ohio) is a Devo co-founder, lead vocalist, and keyboardist behind "Whip It," and a prolific film, TV, and video game composer via Mutato Muzika, also a visual artist with the Myopia retrospective.

Mark Oliver Everett

Mark Oliver Everett, known as E, is the American founder and sole permanent member of the indie rock band Eels, author of the memoir Things the Grandchildren Should Know, and son of quantum physicist Hugh Everett III.

Mark Owen

Mark Owen (born 1972, Oldham) is the English singer-songwriter of Take That, distinct from the Canadian actor and the UK civil servant Marc Owen. Solo albums Green Man (1996) through Land of Dreams (2022, UK No. 5).

Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson (born 1975, London) is an English DJ, producer, and songwriter behind Back to Black, Uptown Funk, Shallow, and Barbie; 9 Grammy wins, 18 nominations, and a 2019 Oscar.

Mark Sandman

Mark Sandman (1952–1999), American singer-songwriter and two-string slide bassist, frontman of the Cambridge, Massachusetts trio Morphine of "low rock" fame, also of Treat Her Right, died of a heart attack on stage in Palestrina, Italy, in 1999.

Mark Sheehan

Mark Sheehan (Mark Anthony Sheehan, 1976–2023) was the Irish guitarist, songwriter, and producer who co-founded The Script with Danny O'Donoghue and Glen Power after the boy band Mytown, co-writing hits like Breakeven and Superheroes before his death at 46. Not the Oxford bioethicist, Victoria University of Wellington historian, or AI-policy analyst of the same name.

Mark Sonnenblick

Mark Sonnenblick is an American songwriter and composer for theater, film, and television, best known for co-writing "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters (2025), an Oscar and Grammy winner.

Mark St. John

Mark St. John (born Mark Norton, 1956) was an American guitarist, Kiss's short-lived 1984 lead guitarist who recorded Animalize before reactive arthritis ended his tenure; replaced by Bruce Kulick, died 2007.

Mark Stoermer

Mark Stoermer is an American bassist, best known as a member of The Killers since 2002 and as a solo artist on his St. August Records label (Another Life, Dark Arts, Filthy Apes and Lions, Darker Arts). Born in Texas, Las Vegas-raised, he stopped touring with the band in 2017 and toured with the Smashing Pumpkins in 2014.

Mark Tremonti

Mark Tremonti, American rock guitarist and songwriter (born 1974, Detroit): founding member of Creed, guitarist of Alter Bridge, and leader of solo band Tremonti; Grammy-winning co-writer of "With Arms Wide Open," PRS signature artist known for alternate tunings.

Mark Volman

Mark Volman (1947–2025), American singer and guitarist, co-founded the Turtles of "Happy Together" fame, performed as "Flo" of Flo & Eddie with Howard Kaylan, sang with Zappa's Mothers of Invention, and later taught music business at Belmont University.

Marka (singer)

Marka is the stage name of Serge Van Laeken (born 1961), Belgian singer-songwriter, ex-bassist of Allez Allez, hitmaker of "Accouplés" (1995), father of Angèle and Roméo Elvis, and maker of the 2025 album Appelez-moi Serge.

Markéta Irglová

Markéta Irglová (born 1988, Valašské Meziříčí) is a Czech singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor of The Swell Season with Glen Hansard; she won the 2008 Oscar for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly" from Once, lives in Iceland, and has released Anar, Muna, Lila, and Where You Belong.

Marko Perković

Marko Perković, known by the stage name Thompson, is a Croatian singer who rose to fame in the 1991–95 Croatian War of Independence, singing about nation, faith, and family.