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Screaming Trees

Screaming Trees were an American rock band formed in 1984 in Ellensburg, Washington, part of the Pacific Northwest grunge scene and fronted by singer Mark Lanegan.

Screeching Weasel

Screeching Weasel: Chicago-suburb pop-punk band formed 1986 by Ben Weasel (Ben Foster) and John Jughead; known for My Brain Hurts (1991), Bark Like a Dog (1996), repeated breakups, and ongoing touring.

Scritti Politti

Scritti Politti: British band formed 1977 in Leeds, vehicle for Welsh singer Green Gartside; post-punk Marxist collective turned sophisti-pop act behind Cupid & Psyche 85 (UK No. 5) and hits Wood Beez, The Word Girl, Perfect Way.

Seal (musician)

Seal (Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, born 1963, London) is a British soul-pop singer behind "Killer", "Crazy", and "Kiss from a Rose", a four-time Grammy winner who rose from the UK rave scene with producer Trevor Horn.

Seals and Crofts

Seals and Crofts (also Seals & Croft), American soft rock duo of Jim Seals and Dash Crofts, ex-Champs and Dawnbreakers; Baháʼí-themed 1970s hits "Summer Breeze," "Diamond Girl," "Get Closer," each No. 6 Hot 100.

Sean Garrett

Sean Garrett (Garrett Hamler), Atlanta R&B songwriter-producer nicknamed "The Pen" by Jay-Z; wrote 2004–2006 Hot 100 No. 1s "Yeah!", "Goodies", "Run It!", "London Bridge", "Check on It"; solo album Turbo 919.

Sean Kinney

Sean Kinney, born in Seattle in 1966, is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Alice in Chains since its 1990 debut Facelift.

Sean Lennon

Sean Ono Lennon (Sean Taro Ono Lennon, born 1975, New York) is the only child of John Lennon and Yoko Ono: solo albums Into the Sun, Friendly Fire, Asterisms; bands GOASTT, Mystical Weapons, Claypool Lennon Delirium; 2024 Oscar for War is Over!.

Sean Levert

Sean Levert (1968-2008), American R&B singer with the Cleveland trio LeVert (with brother Gerald and Marc Gordon), solo album The Other Side (1995); died in Cuyahoga County Jail six days into a child-support sentence.

Sean Roldan

Sean Roldan (Tamil: சீன் ரோல்டன்), stage name of Raghavendra Raja Rao (b. 1987, Chennai), is a Tamil film composer, playback singer, and Carnatic-trained vocalist, son of mridangam artist Srimushnam V. Raja Rao; distinct from the American producer Sean Roldan.

Sean Watkins

Sean Watkins (born 1977), American guitarist and songwriter, guitarist of the Grammy-winning progressive bluegrass trio Nickel Creek, which he co-founded in 1989; also of Fiction Family and Watkins Family Hour, with five solo albums.

Sean Yseult

Sean Yseult (Shauna Reynolds, born 1966) is an American musician, photographer, and designer, co-founder and bassist of White Zombie for 11 years, later a New Orleans-based photographer, author of I'm in the Band, and founder of Yseult Designs.

Seasons in the Abyss

Seasons in the Abyss is Slayer's fifth studio album, released October 9, 1990 on Def American Recordings; produced by Rick Rubin and Andy Wallace, it expands South of Heaven's moodier direction with tracks such as War Ensemble and Dead Skin Mask.

Sebastian Bach

Sebastian Bach (Sebastian Philip Bierk, born 1968, Freeport, Bahamas) is a hard rock singer and actor, lead vocalist of Skid Row 1987–1996 (Skid Row 1989, Slave to the Grind No. 1 in 1991), later a Broadway and TV performer and solo artist (Angel Down, Child Within the Man), and Twisted Sister's singer from 2026.

Sebastian Murphy (singer)

Sebastian Murphy is a Swedish-American singer, frontman and lyricist of Stockholm post-punk band Viagra Boys; born in San Francisco, raised in San Rafael, recruited after singing a Mariah Carey song, and a former tattoo artist with a LÖS forehead tattoo.

Sebastian Robertson

Sebastian Robertson (Sebastian Barnaby Robertson) is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and children's author, son of the Band's Robbie Robertson. He founded Sonic Beat Records in 2015, scored The Irishman and Sitting Bull (2026 Clio Award), and wrote Cyberpunk 2077 radio tracks.

Secret Garden (duo)

Secret Garden is a Norwegian-Irish duo of Rolf Løvland and violinist Fionnuala Sherry, formed 1994, who won Eurovision 1995 for Norway with the near-instrumental "Nocturne" and later wrote "You Raise Me Up."

Seduction (group)

Seduction was an American dance-pop and freestyle girl group from New York, assembled by producers Robert Clivillés and David Cole, best known for the 1990 hit "Two to Make It Right."

Seether

Seether is a South African hard rock/post-grunge band formed 1999 in Pretoria as Saron Gas; also known by that original name. Known for "Fine Again", "Broken" with Amy Lee, "Fake It", and Top Five U.S. albums Isolate and Medicate (2014) and Holding Onto Strings (2011).

Seiji Ozawa (小澤征爾)

Seiji Ozawa (小澤征爾, 1935–2024), Japanese conductor; Boston Symphony Orchestra music director 1973–2002, its longest tenure, then Vienna State Opera 2002–2010; founded Saito Kinen Orchestra and Matsumoto Festival.

Sekou (singer)

Sekou (Sekou Sylla, born 2004) is a British baritone singer from Leicester blending retro-soul, R&B, and pop; debut single "Better Man" (2023), youngest BRIT Rising Star nominee, mixtape In a World We Don't Belong (2025–2026).

Selena Gomez & the Scene

Selena Gomez & the Scene: American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in 2008 around lead vocalist Selena Gomez, also called Selena Gomez and the Scene. Released three Hollywood Records albums (Kiss & Tell, A Year Without Rain, When the Sun Goes Down) that each hit the Billboard 200 Top Ten; split in 2012.

Selena y Los Dinos

Selena y Los Dinos: Corpus Christi Tejano family band formed by Abraham Quintanilla, fronted by Selena Quintanilla with siblings Suzette and A.B.; EMI Latin act, Grammy 1994, over 1.5 million records sold before 1995.

Self Esteem (musician)

Self Esteem is the stage name of Rebecca Lucy Taylor (born 1986, Rotherham), an English pop musician, formerly of the indie duo Slow Club, known for Prioritise Pleasure (2021) and A Complicated Woman (2025) and West End acting.

Semisonic

Semisonic is an American rock trio formed in Minneapolis in 1993 by Dan Wilson, John Munson, and Jacob Slichter, best known for the chart-topping 1998 single "Closing Time."

Senses Fail

Senses Fail is an American rock band from Ridgewood, New Jersey, formed in 2002, blending emo, screamo, and post-hardcore, fronted by vocalist Buddy Nielsen, the only constant member.

Senza Cri

Senza Cri is the stage name of non-binary Italian singer-songwriter Cristiana Carella (born 2000, Brindisi), known from Premio Tenco 2021, Amici 24, Sanremo Giovani 2021/2025 with "Spiagge", and the EP Tokyo Nite (2025).

Seona Dancing

Seona Dancing: English new wave duo (1982–1984) of Ricky Gervais and Bill Macrae; two failed 1983 London Records singles, yet 'More to Lose' became a radio anthem in the Philippines.

Seong-Jin Cho (조성진)

Seong-Jin Cho (조성진), South Korean classical pianist born 1994 in Seoul; 2015 International Chopin Piano Competition winner (first South Korean), exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist, Berlin-based, Ho-Am Prize 2023.

Seph Schlueter

Seph Schlueter (Joseph Schlueter) is an American contemporary Christian music singer and songwriter known for the 2023 viral single "Counting My Blessings" and for founding Damascus Worship.