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Sophia Grace & Rosie
Sophia Grace & Rosie: British cousins Sophia Grace Brownlee (b. 2003) and Rosie McClelland (b. 2006) from Essex, viral in 2011 for a 'Super Bass' cover, Ellen Show regulars, later film, books, and solo careers.
Sophia James
Sophia James, born Sophia Louise Wackerman (1999), is an Australian-born, Los Angeles-based indie/power pop singer-songwriter, a 2020 American Idol Top 10 finalist under her given name, and creator of the 2025 viral TikTok "Group 7" trend with "So Unfair".
Sophia Laforteza
Sophia Laforteza (Sophia Elizabeth Guevara Laforteza), born 2002, is the Filipino-American leader of the global girl group KATSEYE, formed via HYBE x Geffen's The Debut: Dream Academy, which she won in first place in November 2023.
Sophia Stel
Sophia Johanna Stel (born 1998, Saanich, British Columbia) is a Canadian alt-pop singer, songwriter, and producer from Vancouver, signed to A24 Music as its second artist, known for the EPs Object Permanence and How to Win at Solitaire and the 2026 debut album the greatest album of all time.
Sophie B. Hawkins
Sophie B. Hawkins is an American singer-songwriter from New York City, known for her platinum 1992 debut Tongues and Tails and the hit "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover."
Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Ellis-Bextor (Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor, born 1979) is an English singer-songwriter, formerly of theaudience, famous for Spiller's "Groovejet" and "Murder on the Dancefloor", revived by Saltburn in 2024.
Sophie Lloyd
Sophie Lloyd is a London-based British rock and metal guitarist who rose from YouTube shred covers to touring with Machine Gun Kelly from 2022, released the debut album Imposter Syndrome in 2023 on Autumn Records, and holds the first female signature model with Kiesel.
Sophie Powers
Sophie Powers (Sophie Luborsky, born 2004, Toronto) is a Canadian hyperpop/pop-punk singer-songwriter and fashion designer based in Los Angeles; EPs Red in Revenge (2022) and Glitch: Lvl 1 (2024), independent since 2022, viral 2025 American Idol audition, K-pop collaborations with ILLIT and NMIXX.
Sophie Simmons
Sophie Simmons (Sophie Tweed-Simmons), born 1992, American pop singer-songwriter, daughter of KISS's Gene Simmons and Shannon Tweed; independent artist behind "Black Mirror" and songwriter for NewJeans, Leah Kate, and others.
Sophie Tucker
Sophie Tucker (Sonia Kalish, 1884-1966), American singer and comedienne of vaudeville, Broadway, and nightclubs, the "Red Hot Mama"; recorded "Some of These Days" in 1911 and "My Yiddishe Momme" in 1925.
Søren Rasted
Søren Nystrøm Rasted, born 1969, Danish keyboardist, songwriter, and producer of Aqua, co-writer of Barbie Girl, over 33 million records sold; also Lazyboy and Hej Matematik; Aqua ended live performances in 2026.
Søren Torpegaard Lund
Søren Torpegaard Lund (born 1998) is a Danish musical theatre performer and pop songwriter, known for Før Vi Går Hjem. Youngest ever accepted to the Danish National School of Performing Arts; won Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2026 and finished 7th for Denmark at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna.
Sory Kandia Kouyaté
Sory Kandia Kouyaté, also credited as El Hadj Sory Kandia Kouyaté, was a Guinean griot, singer, and composer nicknamed "The Voice of the Revolution", who died in 1977.
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum, originally Loud Fast Rules, is an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis in 1981. Its 1992 album Grave Dancers Union and the Grammy-winning hit "Runaway Train" brought mainstream success; Dave Pirner still leads the band.
Soul Coughing
Soul Coughing, also M. Doughty's band, was a New York alternative rock quartet (1992-2000) blending jazz, hip-hop, samples, and spoken word on Ruby Vroom, Irresistible Bliss, and El Oso, reuniting in 2024.
Soul for Real
Soul for Real (also Soul IV Real): American contemporary R&B quartet of the four Dalyrimple brothers from Wyandanch, NY, formed 1992; debut single "Candy Rain" (1994) hit number 2 on the Hot 100 and the album went platinum; later albums For Life and Heat.
Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul, the London collective founded by Jazzie B (Trevor Beresford Romeo), began as a sound system and scored 1989 UK number one hits 'Back to Life' and the albums Club Classics Vol.1 and Volume II, winning two Grammys and still touring.
Soulidified
Soulidified (briefly Iconyx) is an American R&B-pop boy band of Shade Jenifer, Malik Heard, Bradley Rittmann, and Landon Boyce, formed third-place on Netflix's Building the Band, later signed to Atlantic Records.
Soulquarians
Soulquarians: loose hip-hop/R&B collective (Questlove, D'Angelo, J Dilla, James Poyser, plus Badu, Common, Q-Tip) recording at Electric Lady Studios, late 1990s to early 2000s; named for shared Aquarius sign; produced Voodoo, Things Fall Apart, Mama's Gun; no group album released.
Sound system (DJ)
Sound system (DJ): a crew-built rig of turntables, amplifiers and custom speaker stacks, born in 1950s Kingston with Coxsone Dodd and Duke Reid, spread to the UK via the Windrush generation, and central to clash, dubplate and club culture.
Soundgarden
Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1984, fronted by Chris Cornell. Among the first grunge bands, it peaked with Superunknown in 1994.
South Arcade
South Arcade: Oxford, England alternative rock quartet (Harmony Cavelle, Harry Winks, Ollie Green, Cody Jones) formed 2021; self-described Y2K-core act blending 2000s pop-punk and nu-metal; breakout TikTok single DANGER; EPs 2005 (2024) and PLAY! (2025) on BKM/LAB Records.
Southern rock
Southern rock: American rock genre fusing blues rock with country, pioneered by the Allman Brothers Band (1969, Macon) and defined by Lynyrd Skynyrd's three-guitar sound, "Free Bird," and "Sweet Home Alabama."
Space (English band)
Space are an English alternative rock band formed in Liverpool in 1993, known for "Female of the Species" and the albums Spiders (1996) and Tin Planet (1998); distinct from the French disco band Space.
Spacehog
Spacehog: English alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1994 by Leeds musicians Royston and Antony Langdon, Jonny Cragg, and Richard Steel; glam-influenced debut Resident Alien (1995) yielded the hit In the Meantime, later featured in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3: English neo-psychedelic drone rock band formed 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) and Jason Pierce (J Spaceman), motto "taking drugs to make music to take drugs to"; four albums, disbanded 1991.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet: English pop band formed in Islington in 1976 (earlier names The Makers, The Gentry), leading New Romantic act from London's Blitz club; lineup Hadley, Kemp brothers, Norman, Keeble; 1983 hit "True".
Spanky and Our Gang
Spanky and Our Gang, an American sunshine pop and folk-rock group formed in Chicago in 1966, led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane; hits included "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" (number 9, 1967) and "Lazy Day."
Sparkle (singer)
Sparkle (Stephanie Edwards), Chicago-born contemporary R&B singer born 1975; 1998 debut single "Be Careful" with R. Kelly topped R&B Airplay six weeks; self-titled debut reached Billboard 200 number three; testified against R. Kelly in 2008; returned with the Obstacle Course EP (2022).
Sparklehorse
Sparklehorse was the indie rock project of Virginia songwriter Mark Linkous (1995-2010), known for Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, It's a Wonderful Life, Dark Night of the Soul, and the 2023 posthumous Bird Machine.