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Taylor Mitchell

Taylor Mitchell, born Taylor Luciow, was a Canadian country folk singer-songwriter from Toronto who died at 19 in a 2009 coyote attack in Nova Scotia.

Taylor Momsen

Taylor Momsen (born 1993, St. Louis) is an American singer-songwriter and former actress, frontwoman of The Pretty Reckless since 2009 and formerly Cindy Lou Who in The Grinch and Jenny Humphrey on Gossip Girl; her fifth album Dear God arrived in 2026.

Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift (born 1989, Reading, Pennsylvania) is an American singer-songwriter, also known for the Eras Tour and Taylor's Versions. Four-time Album of the Year Grammy winner with 14 Grammys; her 12th album The Life of a Showgirl (2025) had history's biggest first week.

Taylor Swift–Kanye West feud

The Taylor Swift–Kanye West feud, also called the Kimye feud, is a celebrity conflict beginning at the 2009 MTV VMAs stage interruption, escalating over West's song "Famous", Kim Kardashian's Snapchat leak, the 2020 full-call leak, and Swift's 2025 cease-and-desist.

Taylor York

Taylor Benjamin York (born 1989, Nashville) is Paramore's lead guitarist, principal songwriter, and producer since Brand New Eyes (2009); three-time Grammy winner for "Ain't It Fun" and This Is Why, and producer of Hayley Williams' Petals for Armor.

Tdf (producer)

tdf is Tyrese Jones (born 2003), a Minneapolis plugg and terror plugg producer known for RELIGION, BLUEPRINT, CULTURE, the i love you mixtapes, distorted 808s, and collaborations with Okaymar and OsamaSon.

Te Rangi Pai

Te Rangi Pai was the stage name of Fanny Rose Howie (1868–1916), a Māori contralto who performed as Princess Te Rangi Pai and wrote the lullaby 'Hine e hine'.

Tears for Fears

Tears for Fears: English synth-pop duo Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith, formed in Bath in 1981; Janov-inspired debut The Hurting (1983), multi-million-selling Songs from the Big Chair (1985), 1991 split, 2022 return with The Tipping Point.

Technical death metal

Technical death metal (tech-death) is a death metal subgenre from roughly 1989-1993 emphasizing virtuosic instrumental skill, complex riffs, polyrhythms, and unconventional time signatures, pioneered by Death, Atheist, Pestilence, Cynic, and Nocturnus and carried on by Origin, Obscura, and Archspire.

Technotronic

Technotronic was a Belgian studio-based dance music project formed around producer Jo Bogaert, best known for "Pump Up the Jam" (1989), a pioneering house hit featuring rapper Ya Kid K.

Ted Gärdestad

Ted Gärdestad (1956–1997) was a Swedish pop singer-songwriter; with lyricist brother Kenneth he made 1970s Polar Music hits like "Jag vill ha en egen måne" and Eurovision 1979's "Satellit".

Ted Hawkins

Ted Hawkins (Theodore Hawkins Jnr., 1936-1995) was an American soul-blues singer-guitarist who busked on Venice Beach for 30 years before his 1994 Geffen album The Next Hundred Years; distinct from dancer Erick Hawkins and saxophonist Coleman Hawkins.

Ted Lucas (musician)

Ted Lucas (1939-1992), Detroit folk-rock songwriter and Motown session sitarist, self-released the 1975 private-press psychedelic folk LP Ted Lucas (the OM album), later reissued by Third Man Records and anthologized on the Images of Life box set; not the Slip-N-Slide founder.

Ted Neeley

Ted Neeley (born 1943) is an American actor, singer, and composer best known for portraying Jesus in the 1973 film Jesus Christ Superstar and on stage for five decades.

Ted Nugent

Ted Nugent (Theodore Anthony Nugent, born 1948), the Motor City Madman, American hard rock guitarist from Detroit; Amboy Dukes founder, solo star of Cat Scratch Fever, Damn Yankees member, NRA board member and hunting advocate.

Teddy Geiger

Teddy Geiger, born John Theodore Geiger II in 1988, is an American singer, songwriter, and producer from Rochester, New York, co-writing hits for Shawn Mendes.

Teddy Park (박홍준)

Teddy Park (박홍준, born 1978) is a Korean-American rapper and record producer who led YG's 1TYM, produced 2NE1, BigBang, and Blackpink hits, founded THEBLACKLABEL in 2016, and produced the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack including "Golden".

Teddy Pendergrass

Teddy Pendergrass (Theodore DeReese Pendergrass, 1950–2010), Philadelphia soul singer, lead voice of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, then first black male artist with five consecutive platinum solo albums; quadriplegic after a 1982 car crash.

Teddy Sinclair

Teddy Sinclair, born Natalia Cappuccini, is the British singer-songwriter formerly known as Natalia Kills and Verbalicious; albums Perfectionist and Trouble, the Cruel Youth band with Willy Moon, and co-writing Rihanna's Kiss It Better distinguish her from other Sinclairs.

Teddy Swims

Teddy Swims is the stage name of Jaten Collin Dimsdale, an American soul, R&B, country, and pop singer from Conyers, Georgia. Known for YouTube covers from 2019 and the record 32-week Hot 100 climb of "Lose Control."

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Tedeschi Trucks Band is an American blues-rock big band formed in 2010 in Jacksonville, Florida, led by the married guitarists and singers Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks.

Teen idol

Teen idol: a young pop vocalist with a large teenage, mostly female fan base and a nonthreatening image. Classic era late 1950s to early 1960s (Pat Boone, Paul Anka, Fabian, Frankie Avalon), promoted via American Bandstand; revived as 1970s AM-pop and later boy bands.

Teen Mortgage

Teen Mortgage: Washington, D.C. garage punk duo formed 2017 by James Guile (vocals, guitar, ex-Liverpool) and Ed Barakauskas (drums), met via Craigslist; EPs Life/Death and Smoked, Roadrunner-signed debut album Devil Ultrasonic Dream (2025).

Teena Marie

Teena Marie (Mary Christine Brockert, 1956–2010), the "Ivory Queen of Soul," was a white American R&B singer-songwriter and producer discovered by Rick James at Motown; her hits included "Lovergirl" and "Square Biz," and her Motown lawsuit produced the Brockert Initiative artists' rights law.

Teenage Fanclub

Teenage Fanclub: Scottish indie rock/power pop band from Bellshill near Glasgow, formed 1989. Creation Records era albums Bandwagonesque (1991), Grand Prix (1995); three-songwriter format; Gerard Love left 2018; 13th album Do Not Dare to Dream (2026, Merge).

Tegan and Sara

Tegan and Sara (Tegan and Sara Quin) are Canadian identical twin sisters and an indie-pop duo formed in 1995 in Calgary; ten studio albums including So Jealous, The Con, Heartthrob, and Crybaby, three Junos, the Tegan and Sara Foundation, and the memoir High School.

Tekno (musician)

Tekno, born Augustine Miles Kelechi Okechukwu in 1992 in Bauchi State, is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer, songwriter, and producer known for "Duro" (2015), "Pana" (2016), albums Old Romance, The More The Better, and Where Did Love Go?, and production work for Beyoncé and Swae Lee.

Telepath (musician)

Telepath, also known as t e l e p a t h, is the vaporwave project of musician Luke Laurila, based in Ohio and active since 2013; its long ambient tracks helped shape slushwave.

Television (band)

Television: American rock band formed in New York in 1973, led by Tom Verlaine with Richard Lloyd, Richard Hell, and Billy Ficca; CBGB pioneers whose 1977 album Marquee Moon shaped post-punk.

Temper City

Temper City is an Israeli alternative rock trio from Los Angeles, formed in 2021. Their debut single, "Self Aware," made them the first Israeli band on the Billboard Hot 100.