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'Non ho l'età'

"Non ho l'età" is an Italian pop song that won the 1964 Sanremo Festival and then Eurovision in Copenhagen, giving Italy its first Eurovision victory.

'Tu vuò fà l'americano'

"Tu vuò fà l'americano" is a 1956 Neapolitan song by Renato Carosone and Nicola Salerno about a postwar Italian aping American habits, revived by the 2010 dance hit "We No Speak Americano".

1 Live Krone

The 1LIVE Krone is an annual German music award presented by WDR's radio station 1LIVE, first held around 2000 and decided mainly by an online listener vote.

104 (rapper)

104 is the stage name of Yuri Drobitko, a Kazakh rapper born in Pavlodar in 1991, known through Jillzay and his 2020 debut solo album Кино без сигарет.

10AGE

10AGE is the stage name of Dmitry Panov, a Russian hip-hop artist from Bolshaya Izhora, Leningrad Oblast, who dominated 2021 with the hits «Пушка» and «Нету интереса».

2raumwohnung

2raumwohnung is a German-language electropop duo from Berlin, formed in 2000 by Inga Humpe and Tommi Eckart, known for 'Wir trafen uns in einem Garten' and '36 Grad'.

4630 Bochum

4630 Bochum is the fifth studio album by German singer Herbert Grönemeyer, released in 1984. Named for Bochum's old postal code, it sold over 2.75 million copies.

99 Posse

99 Posse is an Italian reggae and hip-hop group from Naples, formed in 1991 from the Officina 99 social center and known for politically engaged lyrics sung in Neapolitan.

Abd al Malik (musician)

Abd al Malik, born Régis Fayette-Mikano in Paris in 1975, is a French rapper, slam poet, and author who founded the Strasbourg group New African Poets and broke through with Gibraltar in 2006.

Adem Ramadani

Adem Ramadani, born 1978 in Skopje, is an Albanian-language singer from North Macedonia who performed folk music before turning to Islamic devotional ilahi songs in 2004.

AFI (Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani)

AFI, or Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani, is an Italian trade association of independent record producers, founded in Milan in 1948, which runs a chart of independent labels with FIMI.

Afterhours

Afterhours are an Italian alternative rock band from Milan, led since 1986 by singer and guitarist Manuel Agnelli, and regarded with Marlene Kuntz as standard-bearers of the genre.

Agata Kristi

Agata Kristi (Агата Кристи) is a Soviet and Russian rock band from Sverdlovsk, founded in 1988 by the brothers Vadim and Gleb Samoylov, best known for the 1993 hit "Kak na voyne".

Akcent

Akcent is a Romanian dance-pop band formed in 1999 in Bucharest by singer and producer Adrian Sînă, known across Europe for the hits "Kylie" (2005) and "That's My Name" (2010).

Alain Chamfort

Alain Chamfort, born Alain Le Govic in Paris in 1949, is a French singer-songwriter known for the Serge Gainsbourg songs "Manureva" (1979) and "Bambou", and for the album L'Impermanence (2024).

Alain Souchon

Alain Souchon is a French singer-songwriter born in 1944 whose debut hit 'J'ai dix ans' launched a career of more than 10 million albums sold and ten Victoires de la musique.

Alban Skënderaj

Alban Skënderaj is an Albanian singer, songwriter, and producer, born in Lushnjë in 1982 and based in Italy, who won Top Fest in 2005 and 2006 and Kënga Magjike in 2012.

Aleksandar Aca Ilić

Aleksandar Aca Ilić, known as Aca Ilić, is a Serbian folk singer born in 1961 in Gornji Milanovac, known for hits like "Ne daj se, generacijo".

Aleksandr Buinov

Aleksandr Buinov (Александр Буйнов) is a Russian pop singer and People's Artist of Russia, a former Veselye Rebyata keyboardist who went solo in 1989 with his group Chao.

Aleksandr Malinin

Aleksandr Malinin, also Alexander Malinin (Александр Малинин), is a Soviet and Russian estrada singer of songs and romances; born in Sverdlovsk in 1958, he won the Yurmala-88 Grand Prix.

Aleksandr Marshal

Aleksandr Marshal, also known as Alexander Marshal (Александр Маршал), is a Russian pop-rock singer born in 1957, a former Gorky Park bassist and vocalist, and a solo artist since 1998.

Alexandra (musician)

Alexandra, born Doris Nefedov, was a German Schlager and chanson singer whose hits "Zigeunerjunge" and "Sehnsucht" made her a cult figure before her death in a 1969 car crash at 27.

Alexia

Alexia, stage name of Alessia Aquilani, is an Italian singer born in 1967 who fronted 1990s eurodance hits like "Uh La La La" and won Sanremo in 2003.

Aliocha Schneider

Aliocha Schneider is a Quebec actor and singer-songwriter born in Paris in 1993 and raised in Montreal, who broke through in French pop with his 2023 album and the duet "Ensemble" with Charlotte Cardin.

Am Fenster

"Am Fenster" is a 1977 single by the East German rock band City, released on the Amiga label and sold over 10 million copies worldwide.

Amadeus Band

Amadeus Band is a Serbian pop-rock band founded in 1997 in Leskovac and later based in Belgrade, fronted by vocalist Bojan Tasić Džaja and known for songs like 'Kupi me' and 'Lažu te'.

Ambasadori

Ambasadori (Амбасадори) were a Yugoslav schlager pop band from Sarajevo, founded in 1968, known for Eurovision 1976 and for launching singers Zdravko Čolić and Ismeta Dervoz.

Amici di Maria De Filippi

Amici di Maria De Filippi is an Italian talent show on Canale 5, hosted by Maria De Filippi since 2001 and run as a year-long performing-arts school.

Amir (musician)

Amir Haddad is a French-Israeli singer-songwriter, born in Paris in 1984, a finalist on The Voice in 2014 whose Eurovision 2016 song "J'ai cherché" placed sixth with 257 points.

Ana Nikolić

Ana Nikolić (Ана Николић) is a Serbian pop singer and television personality, prominent in the 2000s, whose debut album Januar (2003) was a major hit.