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Adam Gontier

Adam Gontier, Canadian rock singer and guitarist, original vocalist of Three Days Grace (1997-2013, returned 2024) and founder of Saint Asonia; known for 'I Hate Everything About You' and 'Never Too Late'.

Adam Granduciel

Adam Granduciel (Adam Granofsky), born 1979, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, frontman and co-founder with Kurt Vile of the War on Drugs; creator of Lost in the Dream and the Grammy-winning A Deeper Understanding.

Adam Jones (musician)

Adam Jones (born 1965, Libertyville, Illinois) is the Tool guitarist and former Hollywood special-effects artist, known for drop-D riffing, Silverburst Les Pauls, and directing Tool's videos.

Adam Lambert

Adam Mitchel Lambert (born 1982) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and stage actor: American Idol season 8 runner-up, Billboard-topping solo albums including Trespassing, and Queen's lead vocalist since 2011.

Adam Levine

Adam Noah Levine (born 1979, Los Angeles), American singer-songwriter and Maroon 5 frontman, formerly of Kara's Flowers; The Voice coach for 16 seasons; 13 Grammy nominations, 32 Hot 100 hits, 25 billion Spotify streams.

Adam Met

Adam Met (Adam Brett Metzger) is the bassist and eldest brother in the multi-Platinum indie pop band AJR, formed 2005 in New York. Distinguished from bandmates Jack and Ryan Met by his PhD from the University of Birmingham, his climate nonprofit Planet Reimagined, and the 2024 TIME Earth Award.

Adam Ockelford

Adam Ockelford is a British professor of music at the University of Roehampton known for his zygonic theory of musical understanding and work with special needs children.

Adam Schlesinger

Adam Lyons Schlesinger (1967–2020), American songwriter, bassist of Fountains of Wayne, Ivy, and Tinted Windows; wrote Oscar-nominated 'That Thing You Do!' and 'Stacy's Mom'; won three Emmys and a Grammy.

Adam Young

Adam Young is an American multi-instrumentalist from Owatonna, Minnesota, sole member of electro-pop project Owl City, whose 2009 diamond single "Fireflies" topped charts worldwide; he also records as Port Blue, Sky Sailing, and Adam Young Scores.

Adekunle Gold

Adekunle Gold (Omoba Adekunle Kosoko, born 1987, Lagos) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter, and graphic designer of the Kosoko royal family. Known as AG Baby, his "urban high life" sound evolved from the 2014 hit "Sade" through six albums including Gold, Catch Me If You Can, Tequila Ever After, and Fuji.

Adéla (singer)

Adéla (Adéla Jergová, born 2003 in Bratislava) is a Slovak pop singer, eliminated from HYBE/Geffen's Dream Academy in 2023, signed to Capitol Records, known for The Provocateur EP and the 2026 debut album PRIMA.

Adelaide Hall

Adelaide Hall (1901–1993), American-born British jazz singer and entertainer, famed for her wordless vocal on Duke Ellington's 1927 "Creole Love Call", Blackbirds of 1928, Cotton Club headlining, wartime ENSA work, and 1980s comeback.

Adele

Adele (Adele Adkins), English singer-songwriter of 19, 21, 25, and 30; lyric mezzo-soprano known for soulful power, melisma, and chart-topping albums including 24 weeks at US No. 1 with 21.

Adema

Adema is an American nu metal/alternative rock band formed in 2000 in Bakersfield, California, gold-certified for its 2001 Arista debut with singles "Giving In" and "The Way You Like It"; its fifth album Cruel Machine is due 2026 on Cleopatra Records.

Adie (Filipino singer)

Adie (Adrian Garcia Eugenio) is a Filipino singer-songwriter from Biñan, Laguna, signed to O/C Records, known for "Paraluman," "Mahika" with Janine Berdin, and debut album Senaryo.

Adina Howard

Adina Howard, born 1974 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is an American R&B singer-songwriter whose 1995 platinum single Freak Like Me and gold debut Do You Wanna Ride? pioneered explicit female sexual expression in 1990s R&B; her second album was shelved by Elektra.

Adore Delano

Adore Delano, stage name of Danny Noriega from Azusa, California, is an American singer and drag performer, American Idol season 7 contestant and Drag Race season 6 runner-up, known for pop-rock albums like Till Death Do Us Party.

Adrian Belew

Adrian Belew (born 1949) is an American experimental rock guitarist and singer, frontman of King Crimson for three decades and sideman to Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Talking Heads, Nine Inch Nails, and Paul Simon, known for animal-noise guitar effects and the Beat project.

Adrian Smith (musician)

Adrian Smith, fully Adrian Frederick Smith, is an English guitarist born in 1957 in Hackney, London, best known as a member of Iron Maiden, which he joined in 1980.

Adrianne Lenker

Adrianne Lenker (born 1991, Indiana) is an American singer-songwriter, frontwoman of Big Thief and solo artist behind songs/instrumentals (2020) and Bright Future (2024), a Grammy-nominated folk album.

Adriano Celentano

Adriano Celentano, "il Molleggiato" (born 1938, Milan), Italian singer, actor, and TV host; founder of Clan Celentano; hits Azzurro, Prisencolinensinainciusol; about 150 million records sold.

Adrien Nunez

Adrien Nunez (born 1999), Brooklyn-born former University of Michigan basketball player and TikTok influencer, is a country-pop singer signed to Warner Music Nashville. Known for the Gold single "Low Road" with Avery Anna, EPs LOW ROAD and Don't Wanna Go Home, a Diplo collaboration, and 2026 Grand Ole Opry and Stagecoach debuts.

Adult DVD

Adult DVD is a six-piece dance-punk band from Leeds, England, formed in 2020 lockdown by Harry Hanson and Greg Lonsdale. Known for synth-heavy rave-punk and comic characters, it released EPs Fountain of Youth and Next Day Shipping before its self-titled 2026 debut album on Fat Possum Records.

Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American hard rock band formed in Boston in 1970 by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. Known for Toys in the Attic, Walk This Way, the Run-D.M.C. collaboration, and a 1980s comeback; over 70 million albums sold.

AFI (band)

AFI (A Fire Inside), American rock band formed 1991 in Ukiah, California by Davey Havok and Adam Carson; hardcore punk origins, platinum Sing the Sorrow (2003) and chart-topping Decemberunderground (2006), 2025 album Silver Bleeds the Black Sun.

Afida Turner

Afida Turner, born Haffida Messaï in 1976 in Auchel, France, is a singer and TV personality from Loft Story 2 (2002), with albums Roc Attitude and Paris-Hollywood, married to Ronnie Turner, Tina Turner's son.

After (band)

After is a Los Angeles trip-pop duo formed in 2023 by Justine Dorsey and Graham Epstein, who met on Hinge. Known for Y2K-nostalgic "trip pop," the viral single "300 Dreams," the EPs After EP and After EP 2 on Mom + Pop, and the 2026 debut album Fell Asleep in the Sun; distinct from After 7 and After Arizona.

After 7

After 7 is an American R&B vocal trio formed in Indianapolis in 1987 by Melvin Edmonds, Kevon Edmonds, and Keith Mitchell, known for "Ready or Not" and "Can't Stop" and its Babyface family connection.

Against Me!

Against Me!: American punk rock band formed in Gainesville, Florida in 1997 by Tom Gabel, later Laura Jane Grace; folk-punk roots, albums Reinventing Axl Rose and Transgender Dysphoria Blues, labels No Idea, Sire, Total Treble.

Against the Current (band)

Against the Current (ATC) is an American pop rock trio formed in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 2011: Chrissy Costanza, Dan Gow, Will Ferri. Known for YouTube covers, the Fueled by Ramen albums In Our Bones and Past Lives, and the independent 2026 album Till Death & Back.