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Conan Gray
Conan Gray, American singer-songwriter born 1998 in San Diego to an Irish father and Japanese mother, rose from YouTube with "Idle Town" (2017). Albums: Kid Krow, Superache, Found Heaven, Wishbone.
Concert band
A concert band, also known as a wind symphony, symphonic band, or wind ensemble, is a large ensemble of woodwinds, brass, and percussion that performs in auditorium concerts, distinct from a marching band.
Conchita Wurst
Conchita Wurst, stage persona of Austrian singer Tom Neuwirth (born 1988, Gmunden), created 2011; bearded drag queen who won Eurovision 2014 with "Rise Like a Phoenix" and later split into Conchita and the WURST electro project.
Concrete Blonde
Concrete Blonde: Los Angeles alternative rock band (formed 1982) of Johnette Napolitano and James Mankey, formerly Dream 6; known for "Joey," Bloodletting (1990), and "Everybody Knows."
Conductor Williams
Conductor Williams, American hip hop producer and recording artist from Kansas City, Missouri, known for Griselda (Westside Gunn "Euro Step", "BDP"), Drake's "8am in Charlotte", tag "Conductor, we have a problem!", and a former railway career.
Confidence Man (band)
Confidence Man is an Australian electropop and dance-pop band formed in Brisbane in 2016, fronted by vocalists Janet Planet and Sugar Bones and known for playful dance anthems.
Connie Converse
Connie Converse (Elizabeth Eaton Converse, 1924–disappeared 1974), American singer-songwriter of 1950s New York, an early pioneer of the singer-songwriter genre who vanished in 1974 and was rediscovered via a 2004 WNYC broadcast.
Connie Francis
Connie Francis (Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero, 1937–2025), American pop singer, first woman to top the Billboard Hot 100 with "Everybody's Somebody's Fool"; hits "Who's Sorry Now?" and "Pretty Little Baby".
Connie Smith
Connie Smith (born Constance June Meador, 1941) is an American country singer and Grand Ole Opry member since 1965 whose 1964 debut single "Once a Day" spent eight weeks at number one; she joined the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2012.
Conny Plank
Conny Plank (Konrad Plank, 1940–1987), German producer and engineer of Kraftwerk, Neu!, Cluster, Ultravox, Devo, and Eurythmics; ran Conny's Studio in Wolperath near Cologne with a hand-built 56-channel desk, and defined krautrock's studio sound.
Conor Maynard
Conor Maynard (born 1992, Brighton) is an English pop and R&B singer who rose via YouTube covers, won MTV UK's Brand New for 2012, and topped the UK album chart with Contrast.
Conor Oberst
Conor Oberst, born 1980 in Omaha, Nebraska, is the indie singer-songwriter behind Bright Eyes, Desaparecidos, Monsters of Folk, and Better Oblivion Community Center, recording since 1993 on Saddle Creek and Team Love.
Conrad Sewell
Conrad Sewell (born 1988, Brisbane) is an Australian pop-R&B singer-songwriter known for writing and singing Kygo's four-times-platinum tropical house hit "Firestone" and for his ARIA Song of the Year "Start Again"; his albums are LIFE (2019) and Precious (2023).
Constanze Mozart
Constanze Mozart, née Weber (1762–1842), Austrian singer and Wolfgang Amadé Mozart's wife from 1782; after his death she managed his legacy, publications, and the Nissen biography.
Consuelo Velázquez
Consuelo Velázquez Torres (1916–2005), Mexican concert pianist and composer known as Consuelito, wrote Bésame mucho (1941), the most-covered Spanish-language song, plus Amar y vivir, Cachito, and Yo no fui; SACM president and federal deputy.
Contemporary classical ensemble
A contemporary classical ensemble is a professional group dedicated to performing and premiering newly composed art music, exemplified by the Ensemble intercontemporain, founded by Pierre Boulez in 1976.
Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty (Harold Lloyd Jenkins, 1933-1993), American singer who went from 1950s rockabilly star of "It's Only Make Believe" to country superstar with 40 No. 1 Billboard country singles, Loretta Lynn duets, and 1999 Country Music Hall of Fame induction.
Coolie Ranx
Coolie Ranx, born Obi-Ajula Ugbomah in London in 1965, is a British-born singer raised in New York who fronted the Toasters, co-founded Pilfers, and voiced Little Jacob in Grand Theft Auto IV.
Corey Clark
Corey Clark (born 1980, San Bernardino) is an American R&B singer and American Idol season 2 finalist, disqualified in 2003 over an undisclosed arrest, later alleging a 2003 affair with judge Paula Abdul.
Corey Hart (singer)
Corey Hart (Corey Mitchell Hart), Canadian singer-songwriter from Montreal, mid-1980s MTV pop icon behind "Sunglasses at Night" and "Never Surrender"; 16 million records sold, 1985 Diamond album Boy in the Box, 2019 Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee.
Corey Taylor
Corey Taylor (born 1973, Des Moines, Iowa) is the American lead vocalist of Slipknot (Number Eight, joined 1997) and Stone Sour (formed 1992), a New York Times bestselling author, and solo artist behind CMFT (2020) and CMF2 (2023).
Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae (Corinne Jacqueline Bailey), English singer-songwriter born 1979 in Leeds; her 2006 self-titled debut hit UK No. 1 with "Put Your Records On" and "Like a Star"; two-time Grammy winner, four studio albums, 2026 children's book and 20th-anniversary tour.
Corinne Drewery
Corinne Drewery (born 1959, Nottingham) is the English lead vocalist and co-writer of sophisti-pop duo Swing Out Sister, known for the 1986 hit "Breakout" (UK No 4, US No 6) and the chart-topping debut album It's Better to Travel.
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Cornelis Vreeswijk (1937-1987), Dutch-born Swedish troubadour, poet, and actor; breakthrough with Ballader och oförskämdheter (1964); blended blues, jazz, and chanson with the Swedish visa tradition; never took Swedish citizenship; died of liver cancer in Stockholm.
Cornershop
Cornershop is an English indie rock band formed in Leicester in 1993, led by Tjinder Singh, known for fusing British indie with Punjabi and Indian styles; its 1997 album When I Was Born for the 7th Time and single Brimful of Asha brought international acclaim. Distinct from the Cornershop grocery delivery app.
Corto.alto
Corto.alto is the nu-jazz project of Glasgow trombonist, composer and producer Liam Shortall (born 1996); debut album Bad With Names was Mercury Prize-shortlisted, followed by 30/108 and Some Small Fortune on Ninja Tune.
Cory Henry
Cory Henry (born 1987, Brooklyn) is an American Hammond B-3 organist, pianist, singer, and producer. Ex-Snarky Puppy keyboardist famed for the Lingus solo, leader of The Funk Apostles, and 2025 Grammy winner for Best Roots Gospel Album with Church.
Cory Wells
Cory Wells (1942–2015), Buffalo-born American singer, was one of three lead vocalists of Three Dog Night with Chuck Negron and Danny Hutton; ex-the Enemys, ex-Redwood, 21 Top 40 hits. Distinct from the younger emo singer-songwriter Cory Wells of Pure Noise.
Cory Wong
Cory Wong is a Minneapolis-born American guitarist, composer, and producer known for funk rhythm guitar with Vulfpeck (not an official member), The Fearless Flyers, signature Fender and Music Man guitars, and solo albums including Lost In The Wonder.
Cosey Fanni Tutti
Cosey Fanni Tutti (Christine Carol Newby, born 1951, Hull) is a British performance artist and musician, co-founder of COUM Transmissions and Throbbing Gristle, pioneer of industrial music, author of Art Sex Music and Re-Sisters, and AIM Innovator Award 2025 recipient.