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Jupp Schmitz

Jupp Schmitz (1901–1991) was a German carnival singer, composer, and pianist from Cologne, best known for the 1949 hit "Wer soll das bezahlen?" and nicknamed "Schnäuzer" for his moustache.

Jürgen von der Lippe

Jürgen von der Lippe, born Hans-Jürgen Dohrenkamp, is a German comedian and television presenter whose comedy song "Guten Morgen, liebe Sorgen" reached number 3 in 1987.

Kalinov Most

Kalinov Most (Калинов Мост) is a Russian folk-rock band founded in 1986 in Novosibirsk by Dmitry Revyakin, whose breakthrough came at the 1987 Podolsk rock festival.

Karat

Karat is a German rock band formed in East Germany in 1975, best known for "Über sieben Brücken musst du gehn", later a hit for Peter Maffay.

Katarina Grujić

Katarina Grujić (Катарина Грујић) is a Serbian pop-folk singer born in Belgrade in 1992, an eighth-place Zvezde Granda finalist in 2013 whose debut album Jača doza mene came in 2018.

Katja Ebstein

Katja Ebstein, born Katharina Witkiewicz in 1945, is a German Schlager singer who took second and two third places at the Eurovision Song Contest for Germany.

KAZKA

KAZKA (Ukrainian: Казка) is a Ukrainian pop group formed in 2017, known for the song «Плакала», the first Ukrainian-language video to pass 500 million YouTube views.

Kënga Magjike

Kënga Magjike, also known as The Magic Song, is an annual Albanian music festival in Tirana, founded by Ardit Gjebrea and broadcast by TV Klan since 1999.

Kerstin Ott

Kerstin Ott, born 1982 in West Berlin, is a German Schlager and pop singer whose 2016 hit "Die immer lacht" made her breakthrough; she has sold about 1.5 million records.

Kis-Kis

Kis-Kis (Кис-Кис) is a Russian pop-punk duo formed in Saint Petersburg in November 2018 by vocalist Sofya Somuseva and drummer Alina Olesheva, who broke through with a viral debut video.

Klapa s Mora

Klapa s Mora ('Klapa from the Sea') was a six-member Croatian klapa ensemble assembled in 2013 for Eurovision in Malmö, finishing 13th in the semi-final.

Klaus & Klaus

Klaus & Klaus is a German party-schlager duo from northern Germany, formed in 1982 by Klaus Baumgart and Klaus Büchner and best known for the hit "An der Nordseeküste".

Klaus Lage

Klaus Lage, born 1950 in Soltau, is a German Deutschrock and pop singer-songwriter whose 1984 hit "1000 und 1 Nacht (Zoom!)" reached number 5 on the German chart.

Klaus Renft Combo

The Klaus Renft Combo, also known as Renft, was a rock band from Leipzig in East Germany, banned by the state in 1975 for its critical lyrics.

Klavdia

Klavdia, full name Klavdia Papadopoulou (Κλαυδία), is a Greek singer of Pontic descent, born in 2002 near Athens, who represented Greece at Eurovision 2025, finishing 6th with 'Asteromáta'.

Klavdiya Shulzhenko

Klavdiya Shulzhenko (Клавдия Шульженко), born in Kharkiv in 1906, was a Soviet estrada singer who gave over 2,500 wartime concerts and was famous for 'Blue Handkerchief'.

Kofs

Kofs is the stage name of Foued Nabba, a French rapper from Marseille whose 2020 single "Bande organisée" spent 12 weeks at number 1 in France.

Kolo

Kolo (коло) is a South Slavic chain dance in which interlinked dancers move in a circular line, performed across Serbia, Bosnia, and Croatia and inscribed by UNESCO in 2017.

Konstantin Wecker

Konstantin Wecker is a German singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer born in Munich in 1947, known for the 1977 ballad "Willy" and a fifty-year career of political song.

Konstantinos Argyros

Konstantinos Argyros (Κωνσταντίνος Αργυρός) is a Greek pop and laiko singer from Athens, active since 2008, and the most-listened Greek artist on Spotify with over 450 million streams.

Konstantinos Christoforou

Konstantinos Christoforou (Κωνσταντίνος Χριστοφόρου), born 1977 in Limassol, is a Cypriot singer-songwriter who represented Cyprus at Eurovision in 1996, 2002 with the boy band One, and 2005.

Korol i Shut

Korol i Shut (Король и Шут, "The King and the Jester") is a Russian folk-punk band founded in 1988 in Leningrad, best known for horror-fairy-tale songs such as "Lesnik".

Kraan

Kraan is a German jazz-rock and fusion band formed in Ulm around 1970/71 by Hellmut Hattler, Peter Wolbrandt, and Jan Fride, still active in 2026.

Kraski

Kraski (Краски, "Colors") is a Russian-language pop group founded in Minsk, Belarus, in 2001 by producer Alexey Voronov, known for the hits «Старший брат» and «Оранжевое солнце».

Krasnye Maki

Krasnye Maki (Красные маки, "Red Poppies") is a Soviet vocal-instrumental ensemble formed at the Tula Regional Philharmonic in the mid-1970s, best known for its million-selling 1980 disco album «Кружатся диски».

Krylya (Wings) Festival

Krylya (Крылья, "Wings") is a Russian open-air rock festival held annually in Moscow from 2000 to 2007, mostly at the Tushino airfield, and revived once in 2013.

Ku-Ku Band (group)

Ku-Ku Band (Ку-ку бенд) is a Bulgarian band founded in 1993 by Slavi Trifonov, best known as the house band of his television programs KU-KU and Slavi's Show.

L. Dolina

Larisa Dolina (Лариса Долина) is a Soviet and Russian jazz and estrada singer and People's Artist of Russia, born in Baku in 1955, known for the 1996 hit "Погода в доме".

L'Aventurier

"L'Aventurier" is a 1982 new wave song by the French band Indochine, written by Nicola Sirkis, whose lyrics borrow from the Bob Morane adventure novels.

L'essenziale

"L'essenziale" is a pop ballad by Italian singer Marco Mengoni, released in February 2013. It won the Sanremo Festival and finished seventh for Italy at Eurovision 2013.