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Dino (American singer)

Dino is the stage name of Dean Esposito (born 1963), an American dance-pop and freestyle singer, former Las Vegas DJ, and producer behind the 1989 gold album 24/7 and the hits "I Like It" and "Romeo"; distinct from Dean Martin, Dino Merlin, and SEVENTEEN's Dino.

Dino Cazares

Dino Cazares, American metal guitarist, co-founder and primary songwriter of Fear Factory, also in Brujeria, Asesino, Divine Heresy, and Soulfly; known for machine-precise seven- and eight-string riffing, signature Ibanez, Ormsby, Kiesel guitars and Seymour Duncan pickups, and ownership of the Fear Factory name after bankruptcy litigation.

Dinosaur Jr.

Dinosaur Jr., the Amherst, Massachusetts alternative rock trio of J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph, defined 1980s indie rock with You're Living All Over Me and Bug, reunited in the mid-2000s, and released their 13th album There Near in 2026 on Jagjaguwar.

Dion and the Belmonts

Dion and the Belmonts, Bronx doo-wop quartet (Dion DiMucci, D'Aleo, Milano, Mastrangelo) formed 1957, named for Belmont Avenue; hits "I Wonder Why," "A Teenager in Love," "Where or When"; Dion left in 1960.

Dion DiMucci

Dion DiMucci (born July 18, 1939, Bronx, New York), known as Dion, American singer of Dion and the Belmonts and solo star of "Runaround Sue" and "The Wanderer"; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (1989) and later blues recording artist.

Dionela

Dionela (Timothy Dionela, born 1999) is a Filipino R&B singer-songwriter from Guiguinto, Bulacan whose 2024 hits "Sining" with Jay R and "Marilag" topped the Billboard Philippines Hot 100; he married Meizy Mendoza in 2026.

Dionne Bromfield

Dionne Bromfield, full name Dionne Julia Bromfield, is a London-born soul and R&B singer-songwriter who was the first artist signed to Amy Winehouse's label Lioness Records.

Dionne Farris

Dionne Farris (Dionne Yvette Farris), American R&B singer born 1969 in Plainfield, New Jersey; featured vocalist on Arrested Development's "Tennessee", solo hit "I Know" (No. 4 Hot 100, 1994), Grammy-nominated, founder of Free & Clear Records.

Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick, born Marie Dionne Warrick in 1940, is an American singer whose collaboration with Burt Bacharach and Hal David produced 1960s pop classics like "Walk On By."

Dire Straits

Dire Straits is a British rock band formed in Deptford, London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler, known for restrained arrangements and his fingerstyle guitar playing.

Dirk Verbeuren

Dirk Verbeuren, born 1975 in Antwerp, is the Belgian drummer of Megadeth (since 2016, replacing Chris Adler) and formerly of Soilwork (2004-2016); founder of Bent Sea, Scarve drummer, session player, and creator of Toontrack's Library of the Extreme.

Dirty Heads

Dirty Heads are a reggae-rock band from Huntington Beach, California, blending hip-hop, reggae, and rock. Known for "Lay Me Down" (11 weeks at No. 1 Alternative, 2010), the platinum viral hit "Vacation", and the 2026 ninth album 7 Seas.

Dirty Honey

Dirty Honey is a Los Angeles hard rock band (vocalist Marc LaBelle, guitarist John Notto, bassist Justin Smolian, drummer Corey Coverstone) whose 2019 single "When I'm Gone" was the first by an unsigned artist to top Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart; albums include Dirty Honey (2021) and Can't Find the Brakes (2023).

Dirty Loops

Dirty Loops (ダーティ・ループス) are a Swedish fusion trio from Stockholm, Jonah Nilsson, Henrik Linder, and Aron Mellergårdh, known for jazz-funk reworkings of pop hits, Verve Records signing by David Foster, and albums Loopified, Phoenix, and Turbo.

Dirty Projectors

Dirty Projectors: experimental pop/indie rock band formed 2002 in Brooklyn by David Longstreth, known for Bitte Orca (2009), the Rise Above Black Flag rework, the Björk collaboration Mount Wittenberg Orca, 5EPs (2020), and Song of the Earth (2025) with Stargaze.

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, known informally as a DJ, is an entertainer who selects, arranges, and mixes recorded music on radio, in clubs, and at live events.

Discharge (band)

Discharge, British hardcore punk band formed 1977 in Stoke-on-Trent, pioneers of the D-beat drum style named after them; 1982 album Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing influenced thrash and extreme metal.

Disco Biscuits

The Disco Biscuits, a Philadelphia jam band formed in 1995 at the University of Pennsylvania (originally Party Tent and Zex Sea), pioneered trance fusion, mixing rock improvisation with techno and trance, and run the Camp Bisco festival; albums include Encephalous Crime and Senor Boombox.

Dispatch (band)

Dispatch: American indie folk-rock trio (Chad Stokes, Brad Corrigan, Pete Francis) formed 1996 at Middlebury College as One Fell Swoop; unsigned band famous for 'The General,' the 110,000-fan 2004 Hatch Shell farewell, and 2011 reunion.

DivaGurl

DivaGurl (also Diva Gurl) is an American R&B girl group formed around Keke Palmer, who performs as Keyana, with Sadé, LaShay, and Monét. Debut single "S.O.B." (2024), EP DivaGurl: A Story By Keke Palmer (2025), tied to the mockumentary The Rise & Fall of DivaGurl.

Divinyls

Divinyls were an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980 by Chrissy Amphlett and Mark McEntee, best known for the hit "I Touch Myself".

Divya Kumar (singer)

Divya Kumar (born 1990) is an Indian Bollywood playback singer from a film-music family (grandfather Pandit Shivram), known for "Jee Karda", "Kamariya", "Sun Saathiya", and "Aaj Ki Raat" (Stree 2), the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup anthem, and later folk and Sufi independent releases.

Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie, born John Birks Gillespie (1917–1993), was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer who, with Charlie Parker, pioneered bebop in the 1940s and Afro-Cuban jazz.

Dizzy Reed

Dizzy Reed (Darren Arthur Reed, born 1963, Hinsdale, Illinois), American keyboardist in Guns N' Roses since 1990, longest-serving member after Axl Rose; also the Dead Daisies, Hookers & Blow, and two solo albums.

DJ Ashba

DJ Ashba (Daren Jay Ashba, legally just Ashba since 2024) is an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer, lead guitarist of Sixx:A.M. (formed 2007) and Guns N' Roses lead guitarist 2009-2015, co-founder of Beautiful Creatures, co-writer of "Life Is Beautiful" and Mötley Crüe's Saints of Los Angeles, now pursuing his GDM guitar dance music solo project.

DJ Dahi

DJ Dahi (Dacoury Dahi Natche) is an American record producer from Inglewood, California, known for Kendrick Lamar's 'Money Trees' and 'DAMN.', Drake's 'Worst Behavior', Childish Gambino's '3.15.20', and his 2026 solo album 'Black Boy (Alternative)'.

DJ Khaled

DJ Khaled (Khaled Mohamed Khaled, b. 1975, New Orleans) is an American DJ, producer, and We the Best label head; Miami radio and Terror Squad DJ with four Billboard 200 number-one albums and the Hot 100 chart-topper "I'm the One."

DJ Premier

DJ Premier (Christopher Edward Martin, born 1966, Houston) is an American hip-hop producer and DJ, half of Gang Starr with Guru, famed for boom-bap beats, scratch choruses, and 1990s classics for Nas, Notorious B.I.G., and Jay-Z.

DJ Shadow

DJ Shadow is an American DJ and record producer from the San Francisco Bay Area. His 1996 album Endtroducing..... is recognized as the first wholly sampled album.

DJ Smokey

DJ Smokey: Montreal-based Canadian experimental phonk producer and DJ from Hamilton, Ontario; founder of Nuke Radio, creator of the Shadow Wizard Money Gang and Legalize nuclear bombs tags, host of Skrillex's 2025 album. Distinct from the Mumbai DJ Smokey (Indira Kanawade).