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Chanel Beads
Chanel Beads is the New York experimental pop project of Shane Lavers, with Maya McGrory and Zachary Paul; two albums both titled Your Day Will Come (2024, 2026) on Jagjaguwar distinguish it.
Chanel Haynes
Chanelle "Chanel" Haynes, American gospel singer born 1978 in New Orleans, lead singer of Trin-i-tee 5:7, solo artist, Tina Turner in the West End musical Tina, and Rolling Stones background vocalist singing "Gimme Shelter".
Chang Kiha (장기하)
Chang Kiha (장기하), born 1982 in Seoul, is a Korean singer-songwriter who led the indie band Kiha & The Faces (2008–2018, seven Korean Music Awards) and works solo since 2022, also acting and composing for film.
Chantal Kreviazuk
Chantal Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer, songwriter, and pianist from Winnipeg, Manitoba, who broke through in the late 1990s and has co-written songs for Drake, Kelly Clarkson, and Gwen Stefani.
Chanté Moore
Chanté Moore (Chanté Torrane Moore), American R&B singer born 1967 in San Francisco; gold 1992 debut Precious, hit "Chanté's Got a Man," five-octave range, first American on China's Singer 2024.
Chanticleer (ensemble)
Chanticleer is a Grammy-winning, 12-voice all-male a cappella ensemble founded in San Francisco in 1978 by Louis Botto, known for Renaissance-rooted repertoire spanning classical, gospel, jazz, and pop.
Chapel Royal
Chapel Royal: the English monarch's own establishment of priests and singers, not a single building; choir based at St James's Palace, with chapels at Hampton Court and the Tower; home of Tallis, Byrd and Purcell.
Chappell Roan
Chappell Roan, stage name of Kayleigh Rose Amstutz (born 1998, Willard, Missouri), is an American queer pop singer. Dropped by Atlantic in 2020, she broke through with 'Good Luck, Babe!' and the 2023 album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, winning the 2025 Grammy for Best New Artist.
Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Charles "Buddy" Rogers (1904-1999), American film actor and bandleader from Olathe, Kansas; star of Wings (1927), first Best Picture Oscar winner; husband of Mary Pickford; led the California Cavaliers.
Charles & Eddie
Charles & Eddie were a 1990s American soul duo, Charles Pettigrew and Eddie Chacon, who met on a New York subway in 1990. Their 1992 debut Duophonic produced the UK number-one hit Would I Lie to You?; Chocolate Milk (1995) followed before the split.
Charles Aznavour (Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրյան)
Charles Aznavour (Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրյան), 1924–2018, French-Armenian singer, songwriter, actor, and diplomat; 1,400 songs in 9 languages, 200 million records, National Hero of Armenia, ambassador, and humanitarian for Armenia.
Charles Bradley (singer)
Charles Bradley (1948–2017), the Screaming Eagle of Soul, was an American soul singer who spent 20+ years as Black Velvet, a James Brown impersonator, before Daptone Records signed him; his albums include No Time for Dreaming, Victim of Love, Changes, and posthumous Black Velvet.
Charles Ives
Charles Edward Ives (1874–1954), American modernist composer from Danbury, Connecticut, also an insurance agent with the firm of Ives and Myrick; known for the Concord Sonata, The Unanswered Question, polytonality, and the 1947 Pulitzer for his Third Symphony.
Charles Kelley
Charles Kelley (born 1981, Augusta, Georgia) is an American country singer-songwriter, founding member of Lady A, and solo artist behind The Driver (2016) and Songs for a New Moon (2025).
Charles Mingus
Charles Mingus (1922–1979), American jazz bassist, pianist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Jazz Workshop and Debut Records; wrote over 300 scores including Mingus Ah Um and Epitaph; died of ALS in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
Charles Strouse
Charles Strouse (1928-2025), American Broadway composer and lyricist, wrote the music for Bye Bye Birdie, Applause, and Annie, won three Tony Awards, and composed the All in the Family theme "Those Were the Days."
Charley Crockett
Charley Crockett (born 1984, San Benito, Texas) is an American country and blues singer-songwriter, also called Matthew Charles Crockett, known for his "Gulf & Western" sound, 17 studio albums since 2015, the Sagebrush Trilogy on Island Records, and the 2026 independent album Clovis.
Charley Pride
Charley Pride (1934-2020), American country singer from Sledge, Mississippi, the genre's first Black superstar; RCA star from 1966, CMA Entertainer of the Year 1971, three Grammys, Grand Ole Opry 1993, Country Music Hall of Fame 2000.
Charli XCX
Charli XCX (Charlotte Emma Aitchison, b. 1992), English pop singer-songwriter; stage name from her MSN display name. Known for 'I Love It,' 'Fancy,' hyperpop-era mixtapes, and the 2024 album Brat with three 2025 Grammy wins.
Charlie Benante
Charlie Benante (born 1962, Bronx, NY) is the drummer and principal songwriter of thrash metal band Anthrax since 1983, a founding member of Stormtroopers of Death (Speak English or Die, 1985), and drummer of the Pantera reunion lineup since December 2022.
Charlie Daniels
Charlie Daniels (1936-2020), American country-rock singer, fiddler, and leader of the Charlie Daniels Band; session player on Bob Dylan's Nashville Skyline; famous for "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," Volunteer Jam, and 2016 Country Music Hall of Fame induction.
Charlie Haden
Charlie Haden (1937–2014), American jazz double bassist, Ornette Coleman Quartet founding bassist, leader of Liberation Music Orchestra and Quartet West, NEA Jazz Master 2012.
Charlie Hunter
Charlie Hunter (born 1967) is an American jazz-fusion guitarist from Berkeley, California, known for playing bass and guitar simultaneously on custom seven-, eight-, and six-string hybrid instruments, with Blue Note albums and work with D'Angelo, John Mayer, and Kurt Elling.
Charlie Parker
Charlie Parker (Charles Christopher Parker Jr., 1920–1955), nicknamed Bird or Yardbird, American jazz alto saxophonist and composer who, with Dizzy Gillespie, created bebop; known for Ko Ko, the Savoy and Dial sessions, and the Charlie Parker Omnibook.
Charlie Puth
Charlie Puth (born 1991, Rumson, New Jersey) is an American pop singer, songwriter, and producer, a Berklee graduate with perfect pitch, known for "See You Again", "Attention", and "Light Switch", four Grammy nominations, and self-produced albums through Whatever's Clever! (2026).
Charlie Rich
Charlie Rich (1932–1995), the "Silver Fox," was an Arkansas-born country singer, pianist, and songwriter who rose from Sun Records session work to 1970s countrypolitan stardom via "Behind Closed Doors" and "The Most Beautiful Girl," and infamously burned a CMA envelope in 1975.
Charlie Robison
Charlie Robison (1964–2023) was a Texas country singer-songwriter from Bandera, known for Life of the Party, Step Right Up, Good Times, the single I Want You Bad, and brother Bruce Robison.
Charlie Sexton
Charlie Sexton (Charles Wayne Sexton) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter born 1968 in San Antonio, Texas. Austin blues prodigy, MCA teen pop star, Arc Angels founder, and Bob Dylan's guitarist 1999–2002.
Charlie Simpson
Charlie Simpson (born 1985, Woodbridge, Suffolk) is an English singer-songwriter: Busted pop-punk member until 2005, Fightstar post-hardcore frontman, solo folk-pop artist (Young Pilgrim, Long Road Home, Hope Is A Drug), Busted reunion since 2015.
Charlie Sloth
Charlie Sloth (born 1987), London DJ, producer, and broadcaster from Camden Town; creator of Fire in the Booth, a BBC Radio 1/1Xtra freestyle platform from 2010, later Apple Music; host of 1Xtra drivetime and the Rap Show.