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Derek Sherinian
Derek Sherinian (born 1966, Santa Cruz, California) is an American rock and fusion keyboardist, ex-Dream Theater (1994-1999), founder of Planet X, member of Black Country Communion and Sons of Apollo, known for a guitaristic Hammond-and-Moog style and solo albums such as Planet X and The Phoenix.
Derek Trucks
Derek Trucks, Jacksonville-born slide guitarist and nephew of Allman Brothers drummer Butch Trucks, leads the Tedeschi Trucks Band with Susan Tedeschi and played in the Allman Brothers Band from 1999 to 2014.
Derek Webb
Derek Webb (born 1974, Memphis) is an American singer-songwriter, founding member of Caedmon's Call and co-founder of NoiseTrade, known for provocative solo albums from She Must and Shall Go Free (2003) to Survival Songs (2025) and a self-described agnostic faith journey.
Dermot Kennedy
Dermot Kennedy (born 1991) is an Irish singer-songwriter from Rathcoole, Dublin, who busked on Grafton Street before a Spotify breakthrough with 'An Evening I Will Not Forget' (2015). Albums Without Fear, Sonder, and The Weight of the Woods all reached UK number one.
Derrick Green
Derrick Leon Green, born 1971 in Cleveland, Ohio, is an American vocalist, frontman of Brazilian metal band Sepultura since 1998 after Max Cavalera's exit; also of Maximum Hedrum and Musica Diablo.
Deryck Whibley
Deryck Whibley (born 1980) is the Canadian singer, songwriter, and producer who founded and fronted pop-punk band Sum 41, known for All Killer No Filler and Fat Lip, his 2013 liver-failure crisis and sobriety, the 2024 farewell album Heaven :x: Hell, and his memoir Walking Disaster.
Des'ree
Des'ree (Desirée Annette Weekes, born 1968) is a British pop and soul singer-songwriter known for "Feel So High", "You Gotta Be", "Life", and "Kissing You" from Romeo + Juliet; Brit and Ivor Novello Award winner who returned in 2019 with A Love Story.
Descendents
Descendents: Manhattan Beach, California punk band formed by Navetta, Lombardo, and Stevenson; Milo Aukerman joined around 1980. Known for Milo Goes to College (1982), the ALL side project, and as a foundation of pop punk.
Desmond Child
Desmond Child (John Charles Barrett, born 1953) is a Cuban-American songwriter and producer behind Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer," KISS's "I Was Made For Lovin' You," and Ricky Martin's "Livin' La Vida Loca," with 80-plus Billboard Top 40 singles and Songwriters Hall of Fame induction in 2008.
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra
Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, known as the Desperado Steelband, is a steelband from Laventille, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Its members named it after the movie The Desperadoes.
Despina Vandi (Δέσποινα Βανδή)
Despina Vandi (Δέσποινα Βανδή), born Despina Malea in 1969 in Tübingen, Germany, is a Greek laïko-pop singer. Her album Gia (2001) was Greece's best seller of 2001-2002 and she won the 2002 World Music Award for Best Selling Greek Artist.
Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child, also known as Girls Tyme, was a Houston R&B girl group signed to Columbia Records in 1997. Hits include Say My Name, Independent Women Part I (11 weeks at No. 1), and Survivor; disbanded 2006 after launching Beyoncé's solo career.
Destroyer (band)
Destroyer is a Canadian indie rock band formed in Vancouver in 1995 by singer-songwriter Dan Bejar, also of the New Pornographers; known for shifting styles from indie folk to sophisti-pop, with 2011's Kaputt as its commercial breakthrough.
Dev (singer)
Dev, born Devin Star Tailes in 1989, is an American singer and rapper known for the hook of Far East Movement's 2010 hit "Like a G6."
Dev Hynes
Dev Hynes (Devonté Hynes), English singer, songwriter, producer, and composer known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion and Test Icicles member; albums Coastal Grooves through Essex Honey (2025), plus film scores and classical works.
Deva (தேவா) (composer)
Deva (தேவா), born Devanesan Chokkalingam, Thenisai Thendral, Tamil film composer of 400+ films who brought Chennai gaana to cinema, scored Annamalai and Baashha, died 17 October 2026.
Devendra Banhart
Devendra Banhart (Devendra Obi Banhart), born 1981 in Houston, is an American-Venezuelan singer-songwriter central to freak folk/New Weird America, from Oh Me Oh My on Young God to Flying Wig (2023) with Cate Le Bon.
Devin Townsend
Devin Garrett Townsend is a Canadian singer, guitarist, and producer from British Columbia who rose to prominence singing for Steve Vai in 1993, spanning extreme metal, progressive metal, and orchestral rock.
Devo
Devo is an American new wave band formed in 1973 in Akron, Ohio, around the satirical "de-evolution" concept, best known for the 1980 hit "Whip It," early MTV videos, and members Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale.
Devon Again
Devon Again, real name Devon Johanningmeier (born 2000), is a Los Angeles alt-pop singer from Colorado, known for the viral 2020 TikTok polka video, the PEE (2022) and In Order (2025) EPs, signing to Dan Nigro's Amusement Records/Interscope, and opening Olivia Rodrigo's Unraveled Tour.
Devon Allman
Devon Allman (born 1972, Corpus Christi, Texas), son of Gregg Allman, is an American blues-rock guitarist and songwriter leading Honeytribe, Royal Southern Brotherhood, the Devon Allman Project, and the Allman Betts Band with Duane Betts; albums include Miami Moon (2024) and Blues Summit (2025).
Dewey Bunnell
Dewey Bunnell (born 1952, Harrogate, England), American singer-songwriter and founding member of folk-rock band America; wrote "A Horse with No Name," "Ventura Highway," and "Tin Man"; leads the band's touring lineup since 2024.
Dexter and the Moonrocks
Dexter and the Moonrocks, an American rock band formed in 2021 near Abilene, Texas, plays self-described "Western Space Grunge" blending country and grunge. Members James Tuffs, Ryan Anderson, Ty Anderson, and Ryan Fox signed to Severance Records; "Freakin' Out" topped Alternative Airplay.
Dexter Holland
Dexter Holland, stage name of Bryan Keith Holland, is an American musician who leads the punk band The Offspring and earned a molecular biology PhD from USC in 2017.
Dexys Midnight Runners
Dexys Midnight Runners, also known as Dexys, are an English pop-soul band from Birmingham formed in 1978 by Kevin Rowland, known for the UK and US number-one hits 'Geno' and 'Come On Eileen'.
Dez Fafara
Dez Fafara (Bradley James Fafara), American metal vocalist from Santa Barbara, frontman of nu metal band Coal Chamber and groove metal band DevilDriver; gold 1997 debut, 11 DevilDriver albums through Strike And Kill (2026).
Dhani Harrison
Dhani Harrison (born 1978) is a British-American musician, son of George Harrison. Leads thenewno2, Fistful of Mercy, and Dragonflies with Nigel Godrich; solo albums IN///PARALLEL and Innerstanding; revived Dark Horse Records.
Dhruv (singer)
dhruv (Dhruv Sharma) is a London-born, Singapore-raised pop/R&B singer-songwriter-producer; viral 2021 TikTok hit "Double Take"; EP rapunzel (2022), RCA-signed; debut album Private Blizzard (2024).
Dia Maté
Dia Maté (Deanna Marie Remulla Maté, born 2001), Filipino singer-songwriter and Reina Hispanoamericana 2025 winner from Cavite; Island Records artist since 2021, second Filipina to hold the title after Winwyn Marquez.
Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás (born 1955, San Diego) is an American avant-garde vocalist, pianist, and composer; debut The Litanies of Satan (1982), AIDS trilogy Masque of the Red Death, Plague Mass, multiphonic extended vocal technique, Intravenal Sound Operations label.