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Diamond Platnumz
Diamond Platnumz (Naseeb Abdul Juma Issack, born 1989) is a Tanzanian bongo flava superstar from Tandale, Dar es Salaam, founder of WCB Wasafi, first sub-Saharan artist to one billion YouTube views, and a 2015 MTV EMA winner.
Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio is an American country band formed in Nashville in 1989 from the Tennessee River Boys, signed to Arista Nashville in 1990. Its 1991 debut single "Meet in the Middle" was the first by a country group to hit No. 1; six Vocal Group of the Year awards and a 2011 Grammy for The Reason.
Diana DeGarmo
Diana DeGarmo (Diana Nicole DeGarmo), American singer and Broadway actress; American Idol season 3 runner-up to Fantasia Barrino in 2004; later starred in Hairspray, Hair, 9 to 5, and releases country albums including GEMINI.
Diana Krall
Diana Krall (born 1964, Nanaimo, British Columbia) is a Canadian jazz pianist and singer. Only jazz singer with eight albums debuting at No. 1 on Billboard's jazz chart; two Grammys, ten Junos, over 15 million albums sold.
Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born 1944, Detroit) is an American singer and actress, lead singer of the Supremes (12 Billboard No. 1 hits) and a solo star with "Ain't No Mountain High Enough," an Oscar nomination for Lady Sings the Blues, and the 2021 album Thank You.
Diana Vickers
Diana Vickers, English singer and actress born 1991 in Blackburn, Lancashire; fourth-place X Factor 2008 finalist; UK number one single "Once" and album Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree; later West End and Kiln Theatre actor.
Diane Warren
Diane Warren (born 1956, Los Angeles) is an American songwriter behind "Un-Break My Heart," "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing," and "If I Could Turn Back Time." Nine Billboard #1s, 17 Oscar nominations without a win, Honorary Oscar 2022, owner of Realsongs.
Dianne Reeves
Dianne Reeves, born 1956 in Detroit and raised in Denver, is an American jazz vocalist, five-time Grammy winner, and 2018 NEA Jazz Master known for scat singing and genre-spanning repertoire.
Dianne van Giersbergen
Dianne van Giersbergen (born 1985) is a Dutch soprano, founder/frontwoman of Ex Libris and Xandria vocalist 2013-2017 (Sacrificium, Theater of Dimensions); since 2022 records solo album Soulward Bound as DIANNE with Joost van den Broek.
Dice (band)
Dice (band) covers several unrelated acts: DICE, a Perth indie-rock quartet formed 2020 (Midnight Zoo, ARIA charts), and DICE, a German progressive rock band founded 1974 by Christian Nóvé, plus other artists sharing the name.
Dick Dale
Dick Dale (Richard Anthony Monsour, 1937–2019), the King of the Surf Guitar, created surf music with the Del-Tones at the Rendezvous Ballroom; known for "Misirlou" (Pulp Fiction), and for developing the Fender Showman, Dual Showman amps, and stage reverb with Leo Fender.
Dick Gaughan
Dick Gaughan (Richard Peter Gaughan, b. 1948), Scottish folk singer and guitarist from Leith; Boys of the Lough and Five Hand Reel member; 1981 album Handful of Earth; career ended by 2016 stroke; legacy box set R/evolution released 2025–26.
Dick Haymes
Dick Haymes (1918-1980), Argentine-born American baritone crooner, Harry James/Benny Goodman/Tommy Dorsey band singer, Sinatra's chief 1940s rival, State Fair star, nine Gold Records.
Dick Parry
Dick Parry (Richard Parry, 1942–2026) was an English saxophonist from Kentford, Suffolk, and lifelong friend of David Gilmour who played the solos on Pink Floyd's Money, Us and Them, Shine On You Crazy Diamond and Wearing the Inside Out.
Dickey Betts
Dickey Betts (Forrest Richard Betts, 1943–2024) was a founding guitarist, singer, and songwriter of the Allman Brothers Band, wrote "Ramblin' Man" and "Jessica," co-created its twin-lead sound, and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
Dickie Goodman
Dickie Goodman (Richard Dorian Goodman, 1934-1989), American novelty record producer, invented the break-in record, an early sampling precursor; hits include The Flying Saucer (1956, No. 3) and Mr. Jaws (1975, No. 4).
Dicks (band)
The Dicks were an American hardcore punk band formed in 1980 in Austin, Texas, fronted by openly gay, Marxist singer Gary Floyd. Known for "Dicks Hate the Police," the albums Kill from the Heart (SST, 1983) and These People (1985), and blues-inflected queer punk.
Dicky Barrett
Dicky Barrett (Richard Michael Barrett, born 1964) is an American singer, frontman of Boston ska-core band the Mighty Mighty Bosstones ('The Impression That I Get'), later Jimmy Kimmel Live! announcer, and lead singer of the Defiant.
Dido (singer)
Dido (Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong, born 1971) is an English singer-songwriter, ex-Faithless vocalist, whose No Angel and Life for Rent sold millions and whose "Thank You" was sampled on Eminem's "Stan".
Die Antwoord
Die Antwoord ('the answer' in Afrikaans) is a Cape Town rap-rave group formed in 2008: Ninja, Yo-Landi Vi$$er, and DJ Hi-Tek, known for zef culture, 'Enter the Ninja' (2010), and scholarly debate over appropriation.
Die Spitz
Die Spitz: Austin, Texas punk-metal-rock quartet formed 2022 (Ava Schrobilgen, Chloe De St. Aubin, Eleanor Livingston, Kate Halter). Debut album Something to Consume (2025) on Third Man Records; EP Teeth (2023); not the Japanese band Spitz.
Diego Frazão Torquato
Diego Frazão Torquato, 'Diego do Violino' (1997–2010), Brazilian violinist of Rio's AfroReggae String Orchestra, famous for the photo of him weeping at his teacher Evandro João da Silva's 2009 funeral; died of leukemia at 12.
Dierks Bentley
Dierks Bentley (born 1975, Phoenix) is an American country singer-songwriter known for blending country with bluegrass. Debut single "What Was I Thinkin'" (2003) hit No. 1; 22 No. 1 singles, Grand Ole Opry member since 2005, albums through Broken Branches (2025).
Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen (born 1954, Berne or Oldenburg, Germany) is a German pop composer, producer, and singer behind Modern Talking with Thomas Anders and Blue System, and longtime head juror of Deutschland sucht den Superstar and Das Supertalent.
DIIV
DIIV is an American shoegaze and indie rock band formed in New York in 2011 by Zachary Cole Smith, once of Beach Fossils; albums Oshin, Is the Is Are, Deceiver, Frog in Boiling Water, and ZIRP!
Dima Bilan (Дима Билан)
Dima Bilan (Дима Билан), stage name of Viktor Belan, is a Russian pop singer born 1981 who placed second at Eurovision 2006 with "Never Let You Go" and won Eurovision 2008 in Belgrade with "Believe" (272 points).
Dimebag Darrell
Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Lance Abbott, 1966–2004) was the American heavy metal guitarist who co-founded Pantera with his brother Vinnie Paul and later Damageplan, recorded Far Beyond Driven, and was fatally shot onstage in Columbus, Ohio in 2004.
Dinah Jane
Dinah Jane, born 1997 in Santa Ana, California, is a Tongan-American pop and R&B singer, a founding member of Fifth Harmony, and since 2018 a solo artist whose EPs include Dinah Jane 1 and JUICE COUNTY: VOLUME 1.
Dinah Shore
Dinah Shore (Frances Rose Shore, 1916 or 1917–1994), American singer and television host from Winchester, Tennessee; Big Band-era recording star with 80 charted hits, first woman to host her own primetime variety show, Chevrolet sponsor, nine Emmys, Peabody, LPGA tournament namesake.
Dinah Washington
Dinah Washington (Ruth Lee Jones, 1924–1963), the "Queen of the Blues," was an American R&B, blues, jazz, and pop singer with 46 R&B chart entries, the 1959 Grammy hit "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes," and 1993 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.