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Aaron Rowe (singer)
Aaron Rowe is an Irish folk-pop singer-songwriter from Dublin, discovered by Lewis Capaldi in 2025, whose debut EP Exodus drew millions of streams on Columbia Records.
Aaron Tippin
Aaron Tippin (born 1958, Pensacola, Florida) is an American country singer-songwriter and commercial pilot with three No. 1 country singles, six gold albums, and one platinum certification; hits include "You've Got to Stand for Something" and "Kiss This."
ABBA
ABBA, a Swedish pop quartet made up of Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad, won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with "Waterloo."
ABC (band)
ABC is an English pop band formed in Sheffield in 1980, best known for The Lexicon of Love (1982), a Trevor Horn-produced UK number one album.
Abdel Halim Hafez (عبد الحليم حافظ)
Abdel Halim Hafez (عبد الحليم حافظ), born Abdel Halim Ali Shabana, 1929–1977, Egyptian singer called El-Andaleeb el-Asmar; 230 songs, 16 films, Nasser-era patriotic music, died in London of bilharzia-related liver fibrosis.
Abdu Rozik
Abdu Rozik, born Abdurozik Savriqul Muhammadroziqi in 2003, is a Tajik singer, boxer, and social media personality known as the world's smallest singer and for Bigg Boss 16.
Abdullahi Qarshe
Abdullahi Qarshe (Somali: Cabdillaahi Qarshe; Arabic: عبدالله قارشي) was a Somali musician and poet, considered the father of northern Somali music and composer of Somalia's national anthem.
Abel Meeropol
Abel Meeropol (Lewis Allan), 1903–1986, American songwriter, poet, and Bronx English teacher who wrote "Strange Fruit," recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939, and "The House I Live In," and adopted the Rosenberg sons.
Abi Carter
Abi Carter, American singer-songwriter and pianist from Indio, California; winner of American Idol season 22 (May 19, 2024), first woman to win in four seasons; debut album ghosts in the backyard (2024), independent artist.
Abigail Morris (musician)
Abigail Morris (born 1999, London) is the English lead vocalist of The Last Dinner Party, the baroque-pop band behind the UK number-one debut Prelude to Ecstasy (2024) and From the Pyre (2025); distinct from the theatre director of the same name.
Able Heart
Able Heart (John Paciolla, born 1991) is a Philadelphia independent pop singer-songwriter-producer, Songland 2019 winner who wrote the Jonas Brothers' iTunes No. 1 "Greenlight," known for solfeggio-frequency manifestation singles like Magnet (639Hz).
Above the Law (group)
Above the Law (A.T.L.) is a Pomona, California gangsta rap group formed in 1989, known for Livin' Like Hustlers (1990) on Ruthless Records and Cold 187um's disputed claim to pioneering G-Funk.
Abraham Quintanilla
Abraham Isaac Quintanilla Jr. (1939–2025), American Tejano singer, producer, and manager, member of Los Dinos, father and manager of Selena, founder of Q Productions.
Absolutely (musician)
Absolutely is the stage name of Abby-Lynn Keen, a British alt-pop singer, songwriter, and producer from Tooting, South London, sister of RAYE. After writing for Anitta, Guetta, and Normani, she released CEREBRUM (2023) and Paracosm (2026) on Epic Records.
Abz Love
Abz Love (Richard Abidin Breen, born 1979), also Abs Breen, English singer and rapper, member of boy band Five (20 million records, 2000 Brit Award), later solo artist, Celebrity Big Brother runner-up, Welsh farmer, rejoined Five in 2025.
AC/DC
AC/DC, nicknamed Acca Dacca, is an Australian hard rock band formed in Sydney in November 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Over 200 million albums sold; Back in Black (1980) is the bestselling album by any band; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees since 2003, currently on the Power Up Tour.
Ace (band)
Ace (band): English pub rock band formed in Sheffield in December 1972 (originally Ace Flash and the Dynamos), led by Alan 'Bam' King and singer Paul Carrack; known for the 1974 hit 'How Long,' which reached No. 3 in the US and No. 20 in the UK. Disbanded July 1977 after three Anchor albums; distinct from Ace Frehley and the Los Angeles ACE band.
Ace Frehley
Ace Frehley (Paul Daniel Frehley, 1951–2025), American guitarist, founding lead guitarist of Kiss as the Spaceman, 1973–1982 and 1996–2002; solo hit New York Groove; died of fall injuries in Morristown, NJ.
Ace of Base
Ace of Base: Swedish pop group from Gothenburg (Berggren siblings and Ulf Ekberg), formed from Tech Noir; 1990s hits All That She Wants, The Sign, Don't Turn Around; over 50 million records sold; Swedish Music Hall of Fame 2024.
Ace Von Johnson
Ace Von Johnson, Los Angeles guitarist, lead guitar for Faster Pussycat 2010–2019 and L.A. Guns guitarist since 2018, also of Neon Coven, punk bands Madcap and Cheap Sex, voice actor and dog rescue advocate.
Acker Bilk
Acker Bilk (Bernard Stanley Bilk) was an English jazz clarinettist and bandleader central to the traditional jazz boom, best known for the 1962 hit 'Stranger on the Shore.'
Acoustic Alchemy
Acoustic Alchemy is an English smooth jazz band formed in London in 1981 by Nick Webb and Simon James, later led by Greg Carmichael and Miles Gilderdale, with three Grammy nominations and albums including Red Dust & Spanish Lace and AArt.
Adam and the Ants
Adam and the Ants were a London new wave/post-punk band formed by Adam Ant (Stuart Goddard) in 1977, famous for the Burundi-beat albums Kings of the Wild Frontier and Prince Charming, two 1981 number-one singles, and the McLaren poaching that created Bow Wow Wow.
Adam Ant
Adam Ant, born Stuart Leslie Goddard in 1954, is an English singer who led Adam and the Ants before a solo career with the hit "Goody Two Shoes".
Adam Clayton
Adam Clayton (born 1960, Chinnor, Oxfordshire) is the bass guitarist of Irish rock band U2, a founding member since the 1976 Feedback rehearsals, known for economical, root-focused basslines, a 1973 Fender Precision Bass, and Fender and Warwick signature instruments.
Adam Cohen (musician)
Adam Cohen (born 1972, Montreal) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, son of Leonard Cohen and Suzanne Elrod. Albums include Adam Cohen (1998), Melancolista, Like a Man (gold in Canada), We Go Home; he produced You Want It Darker and Thanks for the Dance and leads the Everybody Knows tribute tour. Distinct from the jazz bassist Adam Cohen and the Harvard biologist Adam E. Cohen.
Adam de la Halle
Adam de la Halle, also known as Adam le Bossu, was a 13th-century French trouvère, poet, and composer who wrote Le Jeu de Robin et Marion.
Adam Duritz
Adam Duritz (born 1964, Baltimore) is the American singer-songwriter and co-founder, with David Bryson, of Counting Crows, known for August and Everything After, "Mr. Jones," Recovering the Satellites, and open discussion of his dissociative disorder.
Adam Dutkiewicz
Adam Dutkiewicz is an American guitarist, drummer, and record producer, a founding member of the Massachusetts metalcore band Killswitch Engage and a prolific producer for metalcore bands including All That Remains and Parkway Drive.
Adam Faith
Adam Faith (Terence Nelhams, 1940-2003), English teen idol, singer, and actor. UK No 1s "What Do You Want?" (1959) and "Poor Me" (1960); later star of Budgie, manager of Leo Sayer, and bankrupt financial guru.