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Sera Cahoone
Sera Cahoone (born 1975, Denver) is a Seattle-based American singer-songwriter and drummer, formerly of Carissa's Wierd and Band of Horses' debut, with solo albums on Sub Pop and her Lady Muleskinner label.
Serebro
Serebro (Серебро, SEREBRO), Russian girl group created by Maxim Fadeev in Moscow in 2006; third place at Eurovision 2007 with "Song #1"; disbanded 2019, relaunched 2024 with Kuznetsova, Valiulina, Rak; hits include Mama Lover.
Serena Brancale
Serena Brancale (born 1989, Bari) is an Italian jazz, soul, and nu-soul singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist known for "Galleggiare" (Sanremo 2015), the viral 2024 dialect hit "Baccalà", Sanremo 2025's platinum "Anema e core", Sanremo 2026's "Qui con me", and the 2026 album Sacro.
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg (1928-1991), French singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker; wrote Poupée de cire, Je t'aime moi non plus, Histoire de Melody Nelson and the reggae Aux armes et cætera.
Serge Pizzorno
Serge Pizzorno (Sergio Lorenzo Pizzorno, born 1980, Salford) is the British co-founder, chief songwriter, guitarist, and since 2020 frontman of Kasabian, with six UK No 1 albums, a 2019 solo album The S.L.P., and the 2024 album Happenings.
Sergei Prokofiev (Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев)
Sergei Prokofiev (Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев, 1891–1953), Soviet composer, pianist, and conductor from Sontsovka; St Petersburg Conservatory graduate under Lyadov and Rimsky-Korsakov, creator of Romeo and Juliet, Peter and the Wolf, and the Fifth Symphony, censured in 1948.
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов, 1873–1943), Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor; composer of four piano concertos, three symphonies, Aleko, and the Symphonic Dances, who left Russia in 1917 and died in Beverly Hills.
Sergey Lazarev (Сергей Вячеславович Лазарев)
Sergey Lazarev (Сергей Вячеславович Лазарев), born 1983 in Moscow, Russian pop singer, actor, and TV presenter; ex-Smash!! duo member, two-time Eurovision third-place finisher (2016, 2019), distinct from psychologist Sergey Nikolaevich Lazarev.
Sergio Andrade
Sergio Gustavo Andrade Sánchez (born 1955, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz), Mexican producer behind Gloria Trevi and the Trevi-Andrade clan; sentenced in 2005 to 7 years 10 months for kidnapping, aggravated rape, and corruption of minors.
Serj Tankian
Serj Tankian (born 1967), Armenian-American singer, songwriter, and activist; founder and lead vocalist of System of a Down, Grammy winner for "B.Y.O.B.", and solo artist behind Elect the Dead and Invocations.
Set It Off (band)
Set It Off is an American pop rock band formed in Tampa in 2008, now a Los Angeles trio of Cody Carson, Zach DeWall, and Maxx Danziger, known for "Wolf In Sheep's Clothing" and six albums from Cinematics (2012) to a self-titled 2025 independent release.
Seth Avett
Seth Avett (Timothy Seth Avett, born 1980, Charlotte NC) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, co-leader of the Avett Brothers, and solo artist as Timothy Seth Avett as Darling, with albums including Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown and Feathe.
Seth Putnam
Seth Edward Putnam (1968–2011), American grindcore musician, founder and frontman of Anal Cunt; also involved in Impaled Northern Moonforest, Adolf Satan, and Siege. Known for deliberately offensive satirical lyrics, a 2004 Ambien-overdose coma, guest vocals on Pantera's The Great Southern Trendkill, and final 2011 album Fuckin' A.
Sevdaliza
Sevdaliza (Sevda Alizadeh), Iranian-Dutch singer and producer from Tehran via Rotterdam; left-field trip-hop/art pop artist behind ISON, Shabrang, Heroina, and the 2024 viral hit "Alibi", with 1.5 billion streams and no major label.
Severina (singer)
Severina (Severina Kojić, née Vučković), Croatian pop singer born 1972 in Split, active since 1990; twelve studio albums, Eurovision 2006 entrant with "Moja štikla", best known for "Dalmatinka" and "Djevojka sa sela".
Sevyn Streeter
Sevyn Streeter, born Amber Denise Streeter in 1986, is an American R&B singer-songwriter from ex-groups TG4 and RichGirl; wrote for Chris Brown and Ariana Grande, known for "It Won't Stop" and the albums Girl Disrupted and Drunken Wordz Sober Thoughtz.
Sex Pistols
English punk rock band formed in London in 1972, originally called The Strand or The Swankers. Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Glen Matlock, and John Lydon; McLaren-managed, one album, Never Mind the Bollocks (1977), number 1 in the UK, split in 1978.
Sezen Aksu
Sezen Aksu (Fatma Sezen Yıldırım, also Minik Serçe, Sezen Seley), born 1954, is a Turkish pop singer-songwriter; star of Gülümse (1991), 40 million albums sold, mentor to Tarkan and Sertab Erener.
Sha Na Na
Sha Na Na is an American doo-wop and 1950s rock-and-roll revival group formed in 1969 from Columbia University's Kingsmen a cappella group. Named after the Silhouettes' "Get a Job" hook, they played Woodstock in August 1969 before Jimi Hendrix, hosted a 1977-1981 TV series, and appeared in Grease (1978).
Shabareesh Varma
Shabareesh Varma (ശബരീഷ് വർമ്മ), born 1985 in North Paravur, Kerala, is a Malayalam cinema lyricist, playback singer, and actor known for "Pistah" in Neram (2013) and the Premam (2015) songs, later lead of the web series Inspection Bungalow.
Shabbir Kumar (शब्बीर कुमार)
Shabbir Kumar (शब्बीर कुमार), born Shabbir Shaikh 1954 in Baroda, is an Indian playback singer who dominated 1980s Hindi cinema in a Rafi-like voice on Coolie, Betaab, and Mard, and debuted as lyricist in 2026.
Shaboozey
Shaboozey is the stage name of Collins Obinna Chibueze, a Nigerian-American country-hip-hop singer from Woodbridge, Virginia. Known for "A Bar Song (Tipsy)", 19 weeks atop the Hot 100, and Cowboy Carter features.
Shahzad Ismaily
Shahzad Ismaily (b. 1972, Philadelphia) is a Pakistani-American Brooklyn bassist and multi-instrumentalist in Ceramic Dog, Secret Chiefs 3, and Love in Exile, founder of Figure 8 studio and the figureight label, with two 2024 Grammy nominations.
Shakespears Sister
Shakespears Sister, the pop-rock duo of Siobhan Fahey (ex-Bananarama) and Marcella Detroit, formed 1988; their 1992 single Stay spent eight weeks at UK No. 1 before a 1993 split and 2019 reunion.
Shakey Graves
Shakey Graves is the stage name of Alejandro Rose-Garcia, an American singer-songwriter from Austin, Texas, whose one-man blues and folk act features a suitcase bass drum.
Shakin' Stevens
Shakin' Stevens, stage name of Welsh singer Michael Barratt (born 1948, Ely, Cardiff), was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s, with four No. 1 singles including "This Ole House" and "Merry Christmas Everyone".
Shakira
Shakira (Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, b. 1977, Barranquilla) is a Colombian singer-songwriter behind Pies Descalzos, Laundry Service, 'Hips Don't Lie,' and Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, a Grammy and Latin Grammy winner and best-selling Latin female artist.
Shalamar
Shalamar, American R&B and dance group formed in Los Angeles in 1976 by Don Cornelius and Dick Griffey; classic lineup Howard Hewett, Jody Watley, Jeffrey Daniel; hits "The Second Time Around" and "A Night to Remember"; over 25 million records sold; Jeffrey Daniel's backslide became the moonwalk.
Sham 69
Sham 69, English punk band formed 1975 in Hersham, Surrey by Jimmy Pursey; five consecutive UK top 20 singles including "If the Kids Are United" and "Hurry Up Harry"; broke up 1980 amid gig violence; major influence on Oi! and street punk.
Shane Filan
Shane Filan, Irish singer from Sligo, lead vocalist of Westlife (14 UK and Irish number-one singles, 44 million records), later solo artist with You & Me (2013); bankrupt in 2012 after Shafin Developments failed; on Westlife's 2026 25th anniversary tour.