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Cultural impact of Whitney Houston
Cultural impact of Whitney Houston: the gospel-trained singer known as "The Voice" whose seven consecutive Hot 100 No. 1s, 45-million-selling Bodyguard soundtrack, melismatic style, and 'not black enough' crossover controversy shaped pop, R&B, and later vocalists.
Culture Club
Culture Club: English new wave band formed in London, 1981, by Boy George, Roy Hay, Mikey Craig and Jon Moss; new wave, blue-eyed soul hits "Karma Chameleon" and "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me"; 1984 Grammy Best New Artist.
Cup of Joe (band)
Cup of Joe is a Filipino pop rock band formed in Baguio in November 2018, signed to Viva Records, known for "Multo" and the debut album Silakbo, with five sold-out Araneta Coliseum nights and OPM chart records.
Curiosity Killed the Cat
Curiosity Killed the Cat is a British pop group formed in London in 1984. They released the number one UK album Keep Your Distance in 1987.
Current 93
Current 93 is an English experimental music project founded in London in 1982 by David Tibet (David Michael Bunting, born 1960), named after Aleister Crowley's 93 Current; it moved from industrial noise to apocalyptic folk, with Black Ships Ate the Sky (2006) its best-known album.
Cursive (band)
Cursive (band): Omaha, Nebraska indie rock/emo band formed in 1995 by Tim Kasher, Matt Maginn, Stephen Pedersen, and Clint Schnase on Saddle Creek, known for Domestica (2000) and The Ugly Organ (2003).
Curt Smith
Curt Smith (born 1961, Bath, England) is an English singer, bassist, and producer, co-founder of Tears for Fears with Roland Orzabal; lead vocalist on hits like Mad World and Everybody Wants to Rule the World, with a parallel solo career.
Curved Air
Curved Air: English progressive rock band formed in London in 1970, named after Terry Riley's A Rainbow in Curved Air. Fronted by Sonja Kristina; debut Air Conditioning was rock's first picture disc; Back Street Luv hit UK No. 4; Stewart Copeland drummed 1974-76.
Cutting Crew
Cutting Crew, English pop rock band formed in London in 1985 by Nick Van Eede and Kevin Scott MacMichael, known for the 1987 US number-one single "(I Just) Died in Your Arms" and albums Broadcast, The Scattering, and Compus Mentus.
Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper (born 1953) is an American New Wave pop singer of She's So Unusual (1983), Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Time After Time, and True Colors; Grammy, Emmy, and Tony winner, Kinky Boots composer, LGBTQ+ advocate, and 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Cynthia Lennon
Cynthia Lennon (Cynthia Lillian Powell, 1939-2015), English artist and writer, first wife of Beatle John Lennon and mother of Julian; married 1962, divorced 1968, memoirs A Twist of Lennon and John.
Cynthia Weil
Cynthia Weil (1940-2023), American Brill Building lyricist and wife/partner of Barry Mann; wrote "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "On Broadway", "Somewhere Out There"; Songwriters and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
D Ream
D:Ream, British dance-pop duo of Peter Cunnah and DJ Al Mackenzie, formed 1992 in London; hit "Things Can Only Get Better" topped the UK chart in 1994 and became Labour's 1997 election anthem; Brian Cox was an early keyboardist.
D. H. Peligro
D.H. Peligro (Darren Henley, 1959-2022) was the longtime drummer of hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys (1981-1986, reformed 2001), briefly of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and frontman of his own band Peligro.
D. Imman
D. Imman (டி. இமான்), born Immanuel Vasanth Dinakaran, is a Tamil film composer and singer, debut Thamizhan (2002), over 100 films, National Film Award for Viswasam, known for folk-styled hits like Kumki.
D'Angelo
D'Angelo (Michael Eugene Archer, 1974-2025), American R&B singer and multi-instrumentalist from Richmond, Virginia; three albums (Brown Sugar, Voodoo, Black Messiah) pioneered neo-soul; four Grammy wins from 14 nominations.
D'arcy Wretzky
D'arcy Wretzky, born 1968 in South Haven, Michigan, was the original bassist of The Smashing Pumpkins from 1988 to 1999, playing on Gish through MACHINA, co-founding Scratchie Records, and declining the 2018 reunion.
D'banj
D'banj (Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, born 1980, Zaria) is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer and harmonica player who co-founded Mo'Hits Records with Don Jazzy, scored the 2011 UK top-10 hit "Oliver Twist", and signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music.
D0llywood1
D0llywood1 (Kimberly Sommers, born 2003) is a New Orleans underground rapper and sillyteam founder tied to digicore and hyperpop, known for distorted trap, trans identity themes, and the 2024 mixtape This is just a Dream.
Da Lench Mob
Da Lench Mob: Los Angeles political hip-hop trio (J-Dee, Shorty, T-Bone) formed 1990 with Ice Cube; debut Guerillas in tha Mist (1992) went gold; disbanded after Planet of da Apes (1994).
Daði Freyr
Daði Freyr (Daði Freyr Pétursson, born 1992) is an Icelandic synth-pop musician and frontman of Daði og Gagnamagnið, whose Eurovision 2020 entry "Think About Things" went viral; "10 Years" placed fourth in 2021.
Dagmar Krause
Dagmar Krause, born 1950 in Hamburg, German vocalist of Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, and Art Bears and leading interpreter of Brecht, Weill, and Eisler songs on Supply and Demand and Tank Battles.
Dagmar Zuniga
Dagmar Zuniga is a Nicaraguan-American experimental folk singer from Miami, based in Brooklyn, who records on a Tascam 424. Her debut album in filth your mystery is kingdom / far smile peasant in yellow music, self-released in 2025 and reissued by AD 93 in 2026, earned a Pitchfork 8.0.
DaHeala
DaHeala, born Jason Matthew Quenneville in 1982, is a Canadian record producer and songwriter managed by SAL&CO, known for co-producing The Weeknd's Kiss Land and Beauty Behind the Madness and co-writing the Oscar-nominated "Earned It".
Dahvie Vanity
Dahvie Vanity, born Jesus David Torres, is the American electropop frontman of Blood on the Dance Floor and Kawaii Monster, accused by 21 women of sexual assault but never criminally charged.
Daiyan Trisha
Daiyan Trisha (Daiyan Trisha Mohd Nasaruddin), Malaysian singer-songwriter and actress from Bangi, Selangor; YouTube cover artist turned star of telefilm Dee (2013); second album Lovelorn (2024) won Best Local English Song at AIM 24 (2025).
DakhaBrakha (ДахаБраха)
DakhaBrakha (ДахаБраха), Ukrainian "ethno-chaos" world-music quartet founded 2004 at Kyiv's DAKH theater by Vladyslav Troitskyi; name means give/take; albums include Ptakh (2025) and Alambari (2020).
Dale Bozzio
Dale Bozzio (born 1955), also Dale Consalvi, is an American singer, founding lead vocalist of new wave band Missing Persons and the voice of Mary on Frank Zappa's Joe's Garage; her Spring Session M went gold in 1982.
Dale Crover
Dale Crover (born 1967, Aberdeen, Washington) is the Melvins' drummer since 1984, also known for Nirvana's Bleach, Redd Kross, Altamont, Sleep, and solo albums like The Fickle Finger of Fate.
Dale Evans
Dale Evans, born Frances Octavia Smith (1912–2001), was an American actress and singer called the "Queen of the West," who costarred with and married Roy Rogers.