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Alexandra Dovgan
Alexandra Dovgan (Алекса́ндра Серге́евна До́вгань, born 2007, Moscow) is a Russian pianist, Grand Piano Competition Grand Prix winner at age 10, Prix Serdang laureate, now studying in Malaga with 2025-26 debuts at Carnegie Hall and the Concertgebouw.
Alexandra Kay
Alexandra Kay, born 1991, is an American country singer-songwriter from Waterloo, Illinois, known for viral Facebook and TikTok covers, the 2023 album All I've Ever Known, the 2025 BBR/BMG album Second Wind, and tours with Tim McGraw and Jelly Roll.
Alexandra Stan
Alexandra Stan (Alexandra Ioana Stan, born 1989, Constanța) is a Romanian Eurodance singer whose 2011 hit "Mr. Saxobeat" topped Romania's chart for eight weeks, hit UK number 3, and has over 700 million Spotify streams; six albums include Saxobeats and Energia Ta.
Alexandre Kantorow
Alexandre Kantorow (born 1997, Clermont-Ferrand) is a French concert pianist, first French winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition First Prize and Grand Prix (2019), youngest Gilmore Artist Award recipient, and a BIS-exclusive recording artist.
Alexandria City High School
Alexandria City High School (formerly T.C. Williams High School), Alexandria, Virginia's only public high school, opened in 1965; renamed July 2021 over its segregationist namesake; home of the 1971 state-champion Titans of Remember the Titans.
Alexandros (band)
[Alexandros] (アレキサンドロス), formerly [Champagne], is a Japanese rock quartet formed in 2001 at Aoyama Gakuin University, renamed in 2014 after a Champagne-committee request, with major debut 2015 and Oricon No. 1 album EXIST!.
Alexandrov Ensemble
The Alexandrov Ensemble, also known as the Red Army Choir, is the Russian Army's academic song and dance ensemble founded in 1928 by Alexander Alexandrov, with a male choir, orchestra, and dance group.
Alexi Laiho
Alexi Laiho (Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho, 1979–2020), Finnish guitarist and vocalist who founded Children of Bodom in Espoo in 1993, recorded ten albums, won Guitar World and Total Guitar guitarist polls, and died in Helsinki in 2020.
Alexia Jayy
Alexia Jayy (born 1993) is an American R&B/soul singer from Irvington, Alabama, winner of The Voice season 29 in 2026 and the first Black woman to win the show; her singles include Who Raised You and Rent Free.
Alexis Wilkins
Alexis Wilkins (born 1998) is a Nashville-based country singer-songwriter and conservative commentator; debut EP Grit (2023), fiancée of FBI Director Kash Patel, Freedom 250 anthem performer.
Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire: Canadian post-hardcore band formed in St. Catharines, Ontario in 2001, also called AOF or 'the only band ever'. Three lead vocalists; five albums including Crisis (2006), a Canadian number one, and Otherness (2022).
Alexz Johnson
Alexz Johnson (Alexzandra Spencer Johnson), Canadian singer-songwriter and actress born 1986 in New Westminster, BC; played Jude Harrison on Instant Star (2004-08) and Annie Thelen on So Weird; independent albums Voodoo through Salvage (2025).
Alfie Boe
Alfie Boe (Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe, born 1973) is an English tenor discovered while a car mechanic, a Tony Honor winner for Broadway's La Bohème, best known as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and for chart-topping Ball & Boe albums with Michael Ball.
Alfred Lennon
Alfred (Alf, Freddie) Lennon, 1912–1976, English merchant seaman and father of John Lennon of the Beatles; absent at John's 1940 birth, estranged after 1946, briefly a recording artist in 1965, reconciled at his 1976 deathbed.
Alfredo Casella
Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), Italian composer, pianist, conductor, and critic born in Turin and trained in Paris under Fauré, led the generazione dell'ottanta in modernizing Italian instrumental music; known for Italia, La Giara, Partita, Sinfonia, and Missa solemnis pro pace.
Alfrēds Kalniņš
Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879–1951) was a Latvian composer, organist, and conductor, composer of Baņuta, the first performed Latvian national opera, and the most prominent Latvian master of solo song.
Ali Farka Touré
Ali Farka Touré (Ali Ibrahim Touré, 1939–2006), Malian Songhai guitarist and singer from Niafunké, pioneer of desert blues; Grammy-winning Talking Timbuktu with Ry Cooder; farmer and mayor of Niafunke's 53 villages.
Ali Kiba
Ali Kiba (Ali Saleh Kiba, born 1986, Iringa), Tanzanian singer-songwriter nicknamed King Kiba of Bongo Flava; best-selling debut Cinderella, MTV EMA Best African Act 2016, Sony Music signee, Kings Music and Crown FM founder.
Ali McGregor
Ali McGregor, Australian soprano and cabaret performer; former Opera Australia principal soprano (from 2000), La Clique alumna, Adelaide Cabaret Festival director 2016–2018, Helpmann Award winner, FLUXUS founder, creator of Lorelei and The Call.
Ali Payami (علی پیامی)
Ali Payami (علی پیامی), born 1983 in Tehran, is a Swedish-Iranian producer, songwriter and DJ behind The Weeknd's "Can't Feel My Face", Taylor Swift's "Style", and a 2016 Grammy for 1989.
Aliana Lohan
Aliana Lohan, known as Ali Lohan, is an American singer, Lindsay Lohan's younger sister, who released the Christmas album Lohan Holiday in 2006 and had singles in Netflix films.
Alice Coltrane
Alice Coltrane (1937-2007), née McLeod, American jazz pianist, harpist, and organist; John Coltrane's final pianist, leader of Journey in Satchidananda, and Swamini Turiyasangitananda of the Sai Anantam Ashram.
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper (Vincent Furnier, born 1948) is the American rocker known as the godfather of shock rock; he led the original Alice Cooper band, went solo in 1975 with Welcome to My Nightmare, and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011.
Alice Cooper (band)
Alice Cooper: American rock band formed in Phoenix in 1964 (also the name of singer Vincent Furnier). Hits "School's Out" and Billion Dollar Babies; Rock Hall 2011; 2025 reunion album.
Alice Glass
Alice Glass is the stage name of Margaret Osborn, Toronto-born singer formerly of the electronic duo Crystal Castles; solo since 2014, she released Stillbirth (2015), the EP Alice Glass (2017), and the album PREY//IV (2022).
Alice Merton
Alice Merton, born 1993 in Frankfurt, is a German-Canadian-English pop singer-songwriter behind "No Roots" and the albums Mint, S.I.D.E.S., and Visions on her own Paper Plane Records label.
Alicia Bridges
Alicia Bridges, born 1953 in Lawndale, North Carolina, is an American singer-songwriter whose 1978 disco single "I Love the Nightlife (Disco 'Round)" hit the Billboard Hot 100 top five, earned a 1979 Grammy nomination, and later featured in Priscilla Queen of the Desert.
Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys, born Alicia Augello Cook (1981), is an American singer-songwriter and pianist from New York. Her 2001 debut Songs in A Minor won five Grammys; she has 17 Grammy wins, 65 million records sold, and the Broadway musical Hell's Kitchen.
Alina Baraz
Alina Baraz, born 1993 in Cleveland, Ohio, is an American R&B and downtempo singer-songwriter whose 2015 EP Urban Flora with Galimatias led to Billboard 200 releases.
Alisan Porter
Alisan Porter, American singer, songwriter, and former child actress (born 1981, Worcester, Massachusetts), starred in Curly Sue (1991), won The Voice US season 10 in 2016 on Team Christina Aguilera, and has released albums including Pink Cloud (2019) and PORTER (2026).