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Temple of the Dog

Temple of the Dog: Seattle grunge supergroup formed in 1990 by Chris Cornell to honor Andrew Wood, with Soundgarden and Pearl Jam members; one 1991 A&M album, "Hunger Strike" hit.

Tems

Tems (Temilade Openiyi, born 1995, Lagos) is a Nigerian alté/R&B singer, songwriter, and producer; two-time Grammy winner via "WAIT FOR U", breakout on Wizkid's "Essence", debut album Born in the Wild (2024), EP Love Is A Kingdom (2025).

Ten Years After

Ten Years After: English blues rock band formed in Nottingham in 1966 (Alvin Lee, Leo Lyons, Ric Lee, Chick Churchill), famous for "I'm Going Home" at Woodstock 1969 and albums like A Space in Time.

Tenacious D

Tenacious D is an American comedy rock duo formed in Los Angeles in 1994 by Jack Black and Kyle Gass, known for the platinum 2001 debut and "Tribute".

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tennessee Ernie Ford (Ernest Jennings Ford, 1919–1991) was an American country, pop, and gospel singer and TV host from Bristol, Tennessee, famous for the 1955 four-million-selling crossover hit "Sixteen Tons" and NBC's The Ford Show.

Terence Blanchard

Terence Blanchard (born 1962, New Orleans) is an American jazz trumpeter and composer, ex-Jazz Messengers music director, two-time Oscar nominee for BlacKkKlansman and Da 5 Bloods, and composer of Fire Shut Up in My Bones, the first opera by a Black composer staged at the Metropolitan Opera.

Terence Trent D'Arby

Terence Trent D'Arby, stage name of Sananda Maitreya (born Terence Trent Howard, 1962), American soul-rock singer whose 1987 debut sold eight million copies; he legally changed his name in October 2001.

Terrace Martin

Terrace Martin, also known as Terrace Jamahl Martin, is an American multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and composer from Los Angeles who fuses live jazz with West Coast hip-hop production.

Terri Clark

Terri Clark (born Terri Lynn Sauson, 1968) is a Canadian country singer-songwriter from Medicine Hat, Alberta, a Grand Ole Opry member (2004) with over five million albums sold, 19 CCMA Awards, three Junos, and 2023 Canadian Music Hall of Fame induction.

Terri Nunn

Terri Nunn (Terri Kathleen Nunn) is an American singer and actress, lead vocalist of new wave band Berlin since 1979; her hits include "Sex (I'm A...)", "The Metro", "No More Words", and the Oscar-winning 1986 No. 1 "Take My Breath Away" from Top Gun.

Terry Balsamo

Terry Balsamo (Terry Philip Balsamo II, born 1972), American guitarist; lead guitarist of Evanescence 2003–2015 and Cold, early Limp Bizkit stint, co-wrote The Open Door with Amy Lee, suffered a 2005 stroke.

Terry Bozzio

Terry Bozzio (born 1950, San Francisco) is an American drummer known for Frank Zappa, UK, Missing Persons, and Jeff Beck's Grammy-winning Guitar Shop, and for solo drum music on his huge tuned Big Kit.

Terry Ellis

Terry Lynn Ellis (born 1963, Houston) is an American singer, founding member of R&B group En Vogue, solo album Southern Gal (1995), co-founder of En Vogue Records, still touring with the group.

Terry Glaze

Terry Glaze is an American rock singer and guitarist, known for his time with Pantera in the 1980s, and later as the frontman for Lord Tracy and Axe Dragger.

Terry Hall (singer)

Terry Hall (Terence Edward Hall, 1959-2022) was the English lead singer of Coventry 2 Tone band the Specials, frontman of Fun Boy Three and the Colourfield, co-writer of Our Lips Are Sealed, who died of pancreatic cancer aged 63.

Terry Jacks

Terry Jacks, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer of the Poppy Family, whose soft rock "Seasons in the Sun" (1974), adapted from Jacques Brel's "Le Moribond", hit #1 in the US, UK, and Canada.

Terry Kath

Terry Alan Kath (1946-1978), American guitarist, vocalist, and founding member of Chicago; self-taught, non-reading player praised by Jimi Hendrix; died accidentally at 31 from a self-inflicted gunshot in January 1978.

Terry Melcher

Terry Melcher (Terrence Paul Jorden, 1942-2004), American record producer, son of Doris Day. Columbia staff producer behind the Byrds' Mr. Tambourine Man and Paul Revere & the Raiders; co-wrote the Beach Boys' Kokomo; linked to the 1969 Manson Tate murders at his former Cielo Drive home.

Terry Reid

Terry Reid, "Superlungs", English rock singer-guitarist; rose up with Peter Jay and the Jaywalkers, declined fronting Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, and recorded Bang Bang You're Terry Reid, River, and Seed of Memory; died 2025 aged 75.

Terry Riley

Terry Riley (born June 24, 1935) is the American minimalist composer of In C (1964) and A Rainbow in Curved Air, a Pandit Pran Nath disciple, Kronos Quartet collaborator, and tape-loop pioneer now living in Japan.

Tesla (band)

Tesla (band), American hard rock band from Sacramento, California, formed as City Kidd; signed to Geffen Records. Known for Mechanical Resonance, The Great Radio Controversy, Five Man Acoustical Jam, the hit cover "Signs," and 14 million U.S. albums sold.

Tess Parks

Tess Parks (born 1992, Toronto) is a Canadian neo-psychedelic singer-songwriter and photographer, known for Blood Hot (2013), the 2022 album And Those Who Were Seen Dancing, Pomegranate (2024), and her collaborations with Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe.

Tessa Violet

Tessa Violet (Tessa Violet Williams), formerly the YouTuber Meekakitty, is an American indie-pop singer-songwriter. Albums: Maybe Trapped Mostly Troubled (2014), Bad Ideas (2019), MY GOD! (2023); viral singles "Crush" and "YES MOM."

Tevin Campbell

Tevin Campbell (Tevin Jermod Campbell, born 1976, Waxahachie, Texas), American R&B singer discovered via Quincy Jones and Prince, known for T.E.V.I.N., I'm Ready, 'Can We Talk', three Hot 100 Top 10 hits, five Grammy nominations.

Tex Ritter

Tex Ritter (Woodward Maurice Ritter, 1905–1974) was an American country singing-cowboy film star and Country Music Hall of Fame (1964) inductee, first country signer of Capitol Records, known for "High Noon" and as father of actor John Ritter.

Texas (band)

Texas (band): Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1986 by Sharleen Spiteri, Johnny McElhone, and Ally McErlaine, named after the film Paris, Texas. Debut single I Don't Want a Lover (1989); revival album White on Blonde (1997); over 40 million records sold; tenth album Hi (2021) reached British number one.

Teyana Taylor

Teyana Taylor, also known as Teyana Me Shay Jacqueli Taylor, is an American R&B singer, choreographer, and actress from Harlem. Known for VII, K.T.S.E., The Album, and her Golden Globe-winning, Oscar-nominated role in One Battle After Another.

Tezzus & Diamond*

Tezzus & Diamond are an Atlanta hip hop duo, also known as ØWay co-founders, who signed to Young Thug's YSL in October 2025 after "Bada Bing, Bada Bøøm" and released the debut mixtape UY SCUTI BØYZ in April 2026.

Tha Dogg Pound

Tha Dogg Pound, an American West Coast rap duo consisting of Kurupt and Daz Dillinger, was central to the early to mid-1990s Death Row Records era.

Thara Prashad

Thara Prashad (Thara Natalie Prashad, born 1982) is an American R&B singer and model, aka Thara, formerly of DJ Clue's Desert Storm label; debut album Thara (2007), known for "Ghetto" with Fabolous and "Murder" with Jay Sean, whom she married.