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Chris Cornell
Chris Cornell (1964-2017), American rock singer and songwriter, frontman of Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and Audioslave; wrote Superunknown and the Bond theme You Know My Name, won two Grammys, died May 2017.
Chris Robinson (singer)
Chris Robinson is the American lead singer and co-founder, with brother Rich, of The Black Crowes, known for Shake Your Money Maker, his soulful 1970s-styled vocals, the Chris Robinson Brotherhood, and the 2024 reunion album Happiness Bastards.
Chris Stein
Chris Stein (born 1950, Brooklyn) is the co-founder, guitarist, and songwriter of Blondie and a photographer of the 1970s NYC punk scene; author of Under a Rock, distinct from other people named Stein.
Christian death metal
Christian death metal, nicknamed "life metal": death metal played with Christian lyrics and identity, pioneered by Vengeance Rising (1987) and Mortification (1990), carried by labels like R.E.X., Intense, Tooth & Nail, and Solid State.
Chuck Panozzo
Chuck Panozzo is an American rock bassist who co-founded Styx in Chicago with his twin brother John and Dennis DeYoung, playing bass full-time until 1999 and part-time since.
City pop (シティ・ポップ)
City pop (シティ・ポップ), also called City Pops, is Japanese pop of roughly 1975–1990 influenced by funk, disco, R&B, and AOR with an urban, refined aesthetic. Not a defined genre at the time, it was retroactively constructed and became globally popular via vaporwave, 'Plastic Love,' and 'Mayonaka no Door.'
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format playing harder-edged rock of the late 1960s to the 1980s, created by Fred Jacobs on WFAA-FM in Dallas in 1983.
Clockwork Angels
Clockwork Angels is Rush's 20th and final studio album, released June 2012 on Roadrunner; a steampunk concept album produced with Nick Raskulinecz, reaching No. 2 in the US and No. 1 in Canada.
Cloud rap
Cloud rap: atmospheric hip hop subgenre from the late 2000s Southern US, blending trap 808s with ambient, chillwave, and lo-fi textures; named via a 2010 Walker Chambliss interview, pioneered by Lil B and Clams Casino.
Clyde McPhatter
Clyde McPhatter (1932–1972), American R&B singer with a gospel-trained high tenor; lead singer of Billy Ward and the Dominoes, founder of the Drifters, and solo hitmaker ("A Lover's Question", "Lover Please").
Come Taste the Band
Come Taste the Band (1975) is Deep Purple's tenth studio album and the only one by the Mark IV lineup with guitarist Tommy Bolin, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore; recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, produced with Martin Birch.
Concrete and Gold
Concrete and Gold, ninth Foo Fighters studio album, released September 15, 2017 on Roswell/RCA; produced with pop producer Greg Kurstin at EastWest Studios, featuring Paul McCartney, and topping both the US Billboard 200 and UK album charts.
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music, also known as CCM or Christian pop, is an American genre whose lyrics express Christian faith, set to pop, rock, and hip-hop styles. It emerged from the late 1960s Jesus Movement.
Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B, also called modern R&B, is a popular music genre that emerged in the United States in the 1980s from rhythm and blues, soul, funk, and disco.
Corey Glover
Corey Glover (born 1964, Brooklyn) is an American singer and actor, lead vocalist of Grammy-winning hard rock band Living Colour ('Cult of Personality'), Platoon actor, solo artist of Hymns and Corey Glover's Universe, and touring vocalist for Galactic.
Corin Tucker
Corin Tucker (born 1972, Eugene, Oregon) is an American singer-guitarist, co-founder of feminist punk band Sleater-Kinney and earlier the riot grrrl duo Heavens to Betsy; solo albums 1,000 Years and Kill My Blues.
Corridos tumbados
Corridos tumbados: Mexican regional music subgenre fusing traditional corrido ballads with trap and hip-hop, created by Natanael Cano in 2018; led by Peso Pluma, it drove regional Mexican music's global chart breakthrough from 2023.
Country Life (Roxy Music album)
Country Life is Roxy Music's fourth studio album, released 15 November 1974. Known for its censored cover with models Constanze Karoli and Eveline Grunwald, it peaked at No. 3 in the UK and was the band's first US Top 40 album.
Country pop
Country pop, also called country crossover, is a music genre blending country songwriting with pop production, emerging in Nashville in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Country rap
Country rap, also called hick-hop, is a music genre combining country music and hip hop, from raps over country instrumentals to country vocals over rap beats.
Crank wave
Crank wave (post-Brexit new wave, wonk, Windmill indie) is a British and Irish post-punk scene named by NME's Mark Beaumont in 2019, centered on the Windmill pub in Brixton and the Speedy Wunderground label, known for sprechgesang vocals by bands such as black midi and Squid.
Crazy Nights
Crazy Nights is the title of three albums: Kiss's 1987 pop-metal album produced by Ron Nevison, a UK top-5 hit and the band's last Platinum record; Tygers of Pan Tang's rushed 1981 NWOBHM album; and Lonestar's 1997 country album.
Crazy World (Scorpions album)
Crazy World is the Scorpions' eleventh studio album, released November 6, 1990, produced by Keith Olsen in Los Angeles, their first without Dieter Dierks and last with bassist Francis Buchholz, featuring the hit Wind of Change.
Creatures of the Night
Creatures of the Night, KISS's tenth studio album (October 1982), marked a return to hard rock with Vinnie Vincent on lead guitar, Eric Carr on drums, and no playing from cover-star Ace Frehley; a commercial flop that later became a fan favorite.
Crunk
Crunk is a Southern hip hop subgenre from Memphis and Atlanta nightclubs, built on heavy bass, shouted call-and-response chants, and club energy, popularized nationally by Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz and peaking in the early-to-mid 2000s before influencing trap and snap music.
Crush (Bon Jovi album)
Crush is the seventh studio album by American rock band Bon Jovi, released in 2000. Powered by the hit "It's My Life," it topped charts in the UK and Australia.
Cuba Gooding Sr.
Cuba Gooding Sr. (1944-2017), American soul singer, lead vocalist of the Main Ingredient; hits "Everybody Plays the Fool" and "I Just Don't Want to Be Lonely"; father of actor Cuba Gooding Jr.
Curtis Mayfield
Curtis Mayfield (1942-1999), Chicago soul singer-songwriter and guitarist, led the Impressions, wrote civil rights anthems like "People Get Ready," scored Super Fly (1972), and recorded New World Order after a 1990 accident left him quadriplegic.
Damn the Torpedoes (album)
Damn the Torpedoes is the 1979 third album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, produced by Jimmy Iovine on Backstreet/MCA after Petty's bankruptcy fight; it peaked at Billboard number 2 and went RIAA triple platinum.
Dance music
Dance music: music for dancing, especially electronic four-four music played by DJs. Covers house (Chicago) and techno (Detroit, 1980s), disco roots, UK/European breakthrough, and a $15.1 billion industry.