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Alex Clare
Alex Clare, born 1985, is a British singer-songwriter (Alexander George Clare) known for the 2012 hit "Too Close" from The Lateness of the Hour, revived by a Microsoft Internet Explorer ad, and for Orthodox Jewish observance that shaped his label career.
Alex da Kid
Alex da Kid (Alexander Junior Grant, born 1983) is a British producer, songwriter, and KIDinaKORNER/Interscope label head behind "Love the Way You Lie," "Airplanes," and Imagine Dragons' Night Visions.
Alex Day
Alex Day (Alex Richard George Day), known on YouTube as Nerimon, is a British musician who became the first unsigned musician to reach the UK Top 10.
Alex Ebert
Alex Ebert (born 1978, Los Angeles) is an American singer-songwriter, frontman of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and formerly Ima Robot, known for the song "Home," solo albums Alexander and I vs I, and his Golden Globe-winning score for All Is Lost.
Alex G
Alex G (Alexander Giannascoli) is a Philadelphia-based American indie singer-songwriter and producer, briefly (Sandy) Alex G, known for lo-fi Bandcamp beginnings, Domino albums, Frank Ocean's Blonde, and the 2025 major-label debut Headlights.
Alex Gaskarth
Alex Gaskarth (born 1987, Harlow, England) is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist and co-founder of pop-punk band All Time Low, known for "Dear Maria, Count Me In" and "Monsters."
Alex Greenwald
Alex Greenwald (born 1979) is an American singer, guitarist, actor, and model, lead singer of Phantom Planet whose song California themed The O.C.; also of JJAMZ/Phases, solo album Yo, and Donnie Darko actor.
Alex Harvey (musician)
Alex Harvey (1935-1982), Scottish rock singer from Glasgow's Gorbals, led The Sensational Alex Harvey Band (formed 1972 with Tear Gas members), known for theatrical glam-hard rock shows, the 1975 UK Top 10 hit Delilah, and The Faith Healer.
Alex James (musician)
Alex James (Steven Alexander James, born 1968, Bournemouth) is Blur's bass guitarist, a Cotswolds farmer, cheesemaker (Blue Monday), Britpop wine producer, Big Feastival host, author, and leader of the Britpop Classical orchestral tour.
Alex Kapranos
Alex Kapranos (Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley, born 1972) is the Scottish singer-guitarist and frontman of Franz Ferdinand, known for 'Take Me Out', the 2004 Mercury Prize, FFS with Sparks, and the 2025 album The Human Fear.
Alex Lasarenko
Alex Lasarenko (1963-2020) was an American composer, Elias Arts creative director, and founder of Tonal Sound in New York; he scored films like Dinner Rush and The Loneliest Whale and was later identified as the uncredited composer of the Disney Channel's four-note theme.
Alex Lifeson
Alex Lifeson (Aleksandar Živojinović, born 1953) is the Canadian guitarist and co-founder of Rush, known for open-string chord voicings, the Lerxst gear line, Envy of None, and the 2026 Fifty Something reunion tour.
Alex Sampson
Alex Sampson, Canadian pop singer-songwriter from Atikokan, Ontario, rose via TikTok covers, signed with Warner Records in 2023, and reached the semifinals of America's Got Talent season 19; EPs include Blurry Vision, Hopeless Romantic, and Growing Pains.
Alex Skolnick
Alex Skolnick, born 1968 in Berkeley, California, is an American guitarist known for the thrash band Testament and his jazz trio that reworks metal songs.
Alex Turner
Alex Turner is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist from High Green, Sheffield, known for his work with the Arctic Monkeys and the Last Shadow Puppets.
Alex Van Halen
Alex Van Halen (born 1953, Amsterdam) is the Dutch-born co-founder and drummer of hard rock band Van Halen, known for double bass drumming, huge kits, the 2007 Rock Hall induction, and the 2024 memoir Brothers.
Alex Warren
Alex Warren (Alex Warren Hughes), American singer-songwriter from Carlsbad, California, ex-Hype House TikTok creator; known for 'Ordinary' (2025), debut album You'll Be Alright, Kid, record UK and Billboard chart runs, and second album WILDCHILD (2026).
Alex Webster
Alex Webster, American death metal bassist and co-founder of Cannibal Corpse (1988, Buffalo, New York), known for his three-finger plucking technique, the Extreme Metal Bass instructional book, and side projects Blotted Science and Conquering Dystopia.
Alexa Ray Joel
Alexa Ray Joel is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist, born in New York in 1986 to Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley, who released the EP Sketches in 2006.
Alexander Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин)
Alexander Borodin (Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, 1833–1887), Russian composer-chemist of the Mighty Handful (The Five); wrote Prince Igor with the Polovtsian Dances, the Bogatyr Second Symphony, In the Steppes of Central Asia, and two string quartets while professor of chemistry in St. Petersburg.
Alexander Courage
Alexander "Sandy" Courage (1919-2008), American composer, arranger, and orchestrator who wrote the Star Trek: The Original Series main theme and Enterprise fanfare; MGM musicals arranger, Emmy winner, two-time Oscar nominee.
Alexander Galich
Alexander Galich (Александр Галич), born Alexander Ginzburg, was a Russian poet, playwright, and songwriter who became a leading Soviet bard before being expelled and emigrating in 1974.
Alexander O'Neal
Alexander O'Neal (born 1953, Natchez, Mississippi) is an American soul/R&B singer, ex-Flyte Tyme and The Time frontman, known for Hearsay (1987), "Criticize", "Fake", and duets with Cherrelle.
Alexander Rybak
Alexander Rybak (born 1986, Minsk) is a Belarusian-Norwegian singer, violinist and composer who won Eurovision 2009 for Norway with "Fairytale" on a record 387 points, returned in 2018, and works in film music.
Alexander Scriabin (Александр Николаевич Скрябин)
Alexander Scriabin (Александр Николаевич Скрябин, 1871-1915), Russian composer and pianist; ten piano sonatas, Poem of Ecstasy, Prometheus with color keyboard, mystic chord, unfinished Mysterium.
Alexander Stewart (singer)
Alexander Stewart (singer) names two artists: a Canadian pop singer born 1999 in Toronto (bleeding heart 2024, What If? 2025, "i wish you cheated") and a Manchester-born British jazz vocalist (All Or Nothing At All, 2011).
Alexander Tsoi
Alexander Tsoi (Aleksandr Tsoi, also Molchanov), born 1985 in Leningrad, only son of Kino frontman Viktor Tsoi; Russian musician, producer, and rights holder behind Ronin, Sasha Tsoi, and the Kino 2020 reunion.
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Alexander von Schlippenbach (born April 7, 1938, Berlin), German free jazz pianist, composer, and arranger; founder-leader of the Globe Unity Orchestra (1966) and the Schlippenbach Trio with Evan Parker and Paul Lovens; recorded Monk's Casino.
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Burke (born 1988, Islington, London) is an English singer and musical theatre star who won The X Factor 2008, scored the UK Christmas Number 1 "Hallelujah" (the first British female soloist million seller), three UK #1 singles, the #1 album Overcome, and led West End musicals including The Bodyguard, Sister Act, Chicago, Joseph, and I'm Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical.
Alexandra Căpitănescu
Alexandra Căpitănescu, Romanian singer-songwriter from Galați, winner of Vocea României 2023 (season 11, Tudor Chirilă's team). Represented Romania at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna with nu-metal-pop song Choke Me, placing 3rd in the Grand Final; Master's physics student.