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Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins (Chester Burton Atkins, 1924-2001), American country guitarist and RCA producer known as "Mr. Guitar," co-created the Nashville Sound, won 14 Grammys, and designed Gretsch and Gibson signature guitars.
Chet Faker
Chet Faker is the stage name of Australian singer, songwriter, and producer Nicholas James Murphy (born 1988, Melbourne), also recording as Nick Murphy. Known for the viral 2011 "No Diggity" cover, the 2014 ARIA number-one debut Built on Glass, and reviving the alias in 2020.
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745–1799), Guadeloupe-born French composer, virtuoso violinist, conductor of the Concert des Amateurs, and champion fencer; led the orchestra that commissioned Haydn's Paris symphonies; often mislabeled "Black Mozart".
Chevelle (band)
Chevelle: American alternative metal band formed 1995 in Grayslake, Illinois by Loeffler brothers. Albums Point #1 through Bright as Blasphemy; Wonder What's Next went platinum; hits The Red, Send the Pain Below.
Chez Kane
Chez Kane (Cheryl Kane, born 1990) is a Welsh melodic hard rock singer formerly of the band Kane'd. Discovered on YouTube by Crazy Lixx's Danny Rexon, she released Chez Kane (2021), Powerzone (2022), and Reckless (2026) on Frontiers Music.
Chi Cheng (musician)
Chi Cheng (Chi Ling Cheng) was the American bassist of Sacramento alt-metal band Deftones from about 1989 to 2008, known for minimalist fingerstyle Fender Precision playing; a 2008 car crash left him comatose until his 2013 death.
Chic (band)
Chic, the American disco-funk band founded in New York in 1976 by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards, creators of "Le Freak," "Good Times," and the Sister Sledge and Diana Ross productions that shaped post-disco pop and hip-hop.
Chicago (band)
Chicago, originally called the Big Thing, is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, known for blending horns with rock and selling over 100 million records.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO), founded 1891 by Theodore Thomas in Chicago; home Orchestra Hall/Symphony Center, summer home Ravinia. Ten music directors through Muti; Klaus Mäkelä becomes 11th in 2027; 65 Grammys; association renamed Chicago Symphony in 2026.
Chickenfoot
Chickenfoot: American hard rock supergroup formed 2008 by Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony, Joe Satriani, and Chad Smith; Gold 2009 debut, Chickenfoot III (2011), LV, Best + Live.
Chico DeBarge
Chico DeBarge (Jonathan Arthur DeBarge, born 1966), American R&B singer, youngest DeBarge sibling, never in the group DeBarge; known for "Talk to Me" (1986) and the 1997 prison-inspired comeback album Long Time No See.
Chilliwack (band)
Chilliwack is a Canadian rock band formed in Vancouver in 1970 from The Collectors, led by Bill Henderson. Known for Lonesome Mary, Fly at Night, and My Girl (Gone Gone Gone), it entered the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2019 and Canada's Walk of Fame in 2023.
Chilly Gonzales
Chilly Gonzales, born Jason Charles Beck (1972, Montreal), is a Canadian pianist, rapper, and producer known for the Solo Piano trilogy, a 27-hour Guinness record concert, and work with Daft Punk, Feist, and Drake.
China Crisis
China Crisis: English new wave/synth-pop band formed 1979 in Kirkby, Merseyside, by Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon; known for "Wishful Thinking" (UK No. 9) and the Walter Becker-produced Flaunt the Imperfection (1985), distinct from the IAU 'China crisis'.
China Soul
China Soul (born 1988, Tampa, Florida) is an American singer-songwriter, daughter of actors David Soul and Julia Nickson. London-based since 2007, she released the debut album Secrets & Words in 2010, co-written with Chaz Jankel.
Chinese American Bear (华裔美国熊)
Chinese American Bear (华裔美国熊) is a Seattle-based bilingual indie pop duo of married couple Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten; three albums including Wah!!! (2024) and Dim Sum & Then Some (2026), tours in North America, Europe, and China.
Chinese Football
Chinese Football (国足乐队) is a Chinese indie rock and math rock band formed in Wuhan in 2011, one of few mainland China indie bands with a large international following.
Chinese orchestra
Chinese orchestra (民族管弦乐队, guoyuetuan): a 20th-century large ensemble of Chinese wind, bowed-string, plucked-string, and percussion instruments modeled on the Western symphony orchestra, begun with Shanghai's 1920 Datong Music Society and standardized after 1949.
Chino Moreno
Chino Moreno (Camillo Wong Moreno, born 1973) is the American vocalist, lyricist, and guitarist of Deftones, also fronting Team Sleep, Crosses (†††), Palms, and Saudade, known for a whisper-to-scream vocal style and extensive guest collaborations.
Chiodos
Chiodos, American post-hardcore band formed 2001 in Davison, Michigan as the Chiodos Bros; albums All's Well That Ends Well, Bone Palace Ballet, Illuminaudio, Devil; 2024 reunion with Craig Owens, SharpTone single Tapdat.
Chip Taylor
Chip Taylor (James Wesley Voight, 1940-2026), American songwriter of the Troggs' "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning"; also wrote Janis Joplin's "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)"; pro gambler, Songwriters Hall of Fame 2016.
Chloë Agnew
Chloë Agnew (born 1989, Dublin) is an Irish singer-songwriter, an original and youngest member of Celtic Woman (joined at 14, 14 albums, eight million copies, left 2013, returned 2020), now a Nashville-based solo artist and half of The Brave Collide.
Chloe Bailey
Chloe Bailey (Chlöe), American singer, songwriter, producer, and actress born 1998 in Atlanta; half of Chloe x Halle with albums The Kids Are Alright and Ungodly Hour, solo albums In Pieces and Trouble in Paradise.
Chloe Flower
Chloe Flower (born Chloe Jeanne Won) is a Korean-American pianist, composer, and producer known for 'popsical', her fusion of classical piano with pop and trap. Breakthrough: playing Liberace's crystal piano with Cardi B at the 2019 Grammys; debut album Chloe Flower on Sony Masterworks, 2021.
Chloe Qisha
Chloe Qisha is a Malaysian-born, London-based alternative pop singer-songwriter whose 2024 debut EP and 2025 EP Modern Romance led to the mixtape Fantasize, due October 2026 on Columbia/RCA.
Chloe Slater
Chloe Slater, British indie singer-songwriter from Bournemouth based in Manchester; EPs You Can't Put A Price On Fun (2024) and Love Me Please (2025); debut album Riot Youth released 9 October 2026 via Stolen Juice (AWAL), followed by a UK and European tour.
Chloe Stroll
Chloe Stroll (born Chloe Faith Strulovitch, 1995) is a Canadian pop singer-songwriter from Montréal, distinct from Chlöe Bailey; daughter of Lawrence Stroll, sister of Lance Stroll, wife of Scotty James; debut album Bloom in the Break (2025).
Chloe x Halle
Chloe x Halle, the R&B duo of sisters Chloe and Halle Bailey from Atlanta, rose via YouTube covers of Beyoncé, signed to Parkwood, and released The Kids Are Alright (2018) and Ungodly Hour (2020), earning five Grammy nominations.
Choir
Choir (also chorus, vocal ensemble): a group of people who sing together, usually conductor-led, from chamber choirs of a dozen voices to thousand-strong festival choruses; typically SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), rooted in church and liturgical singing.
Chon (band)
Chon (CHON) is an American instrumental math rock band formed in 2008 in San Diego, named for Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen. Albums Grow (2015), Homey (2017), Chon (2019) on Sumerian Records.