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Margot Eskens

Margot Eskens (1936–2022) was a German Schlager singer and actress best known for the number-one hit "Cindy, oh Cindy" and for representing Germany at Eurovision 1966.

Mari Kraimberi

Mari Kraimberi, also transliterated Mari Kraimbrery (Мари Краймбери), is the stage name of Marina Zhadan, a Ukrainian-born Russian pop and R&B singer, songwriter, and producer who broke through in 2017.

Marianne Mendt

Marianne Mendt, born Marianne Krupicka in 1945, is an Austrian singer and actress whose 1970 Viennese-dialect hit "Wie a Glock'n" is widely called the birth hour of Austropop.

Marianne Rosenberg

Marianne Rosenberg, born 1955 in Berlin, is a German Schlager singer of Sinti descent, known for "Er gehört zu mir" and her first number-one album in 2020.

Marie Myriam

Marie Myriam, born Myriam Lopes in 1957, is a French singer who won Eurovision 1977 in London with "L'oiseau et l'enfant" and remains France's last winner.

Marie-Mai

Marie-Mai, full name Marie-Mai Bouchard, is a Canadian francophone pop singer-songwriter who rose to fame on Star Académie in 2003 and has won ten Félix awards.

Marija Šerifović

Marija Šerifović (Марија Шерифовић) is a Serbian singer, born in 1984 in Kragujevac, who won the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 in Helsinki with "Molitva", Serbia's first win as an independent state.

Marika Ninou

Marika Ninou (Μαρίκα Νίνου), born Evangelia Atamian, was an Armenian-Greek rebetiko singer in Athens from 1948 to 1957, the leading interpreter of Vassilis Tsitsanis's songs.

Marina Marx

Marina Marx, real name Marina Mast, is a German rock-Schlager singer born in 1990 in Laupheim, best known for the 2019 streaming hit 'One Night Stand'.

Marina Satti

Marina Satti (Μαρίνα Σάττι, born 1986) is a Greek singer, songwriter, and producer from Athens, best known for representing Greece at Eurovision 2024 with "ZARI".

Mario Biondi

Mario Biondi, born Mario Ranno in Catania in 1971, is an Italian soul and jazz vocalist whose 2004 single "This Is What You Are" launched an international career.

Mario Merola

Mario Merola (1934–2006) was an Italian singer and actor from Naples, remembered as the "king" of the sceneggiata napoletana, which he revived in the 1970s through television and film.

Mario Tessuto

Mario Tessuto, real name Mario Buongiovanni, was an Italian pop singer of the 1960s melodic beat scene, best known for the 1969 summer hit "Lisa dagli occhi blu".

Mark Bernes

Mark Bernes (Марк Бернес), born Mark Naumovich Neyman, was a Soviet estrada singer and film actor, born in Ukraine in 1911, known for "Tyomnaya noch" and "Zhuravli".

Marko Bošnjak

Marko Bošnjak is a Croatian pop singer, born 2004 in Mostar, who rose to fame as a child on Pinkove zvezdice and represented Croatia at Eurovision 2025 with "Poison Cake".

Marko Škugor

Marko Škugor is a Croatian tenor and singer from Dalmatia who performed with Klapa s mora at Eurovision 2013 and built a solo career as a popular wedding and festival singer.

Markthalle Hamburg

Markthalle Hamburg is a concert venue in Hamburg, Germany, opened in 1977 in a former flower market hall, hosting about 200 events and 100,000 visitors a year.

Markul

Markul (Маркул) is the stage name of Mark Markulis, a Russian-language hip-hop artist and singer born in 1993 in Riga, Latvia, known for melodic rap and charting tracks.

Martin Circus

Martin Circus is a French rock band formed in Paris in 1969, a pioneer of French-language rock whose hit "Je m'éclate au Sénégal" sold 800,000 copies.

Martine St-Clair

Martine St-Clair, real name Martine Nault, is a Quebec pop singer born in 1962 whose career began in 1981 with hits like "Il y a de l'amour dans l'air".

Maruv

Maruv, also known as Maruv Boonshine (Ганна Корсун), is a Ukrainian singer from Pavlohrad, born in 1992, best known for 'Drunk Groove' and the 2018 album Black Water.

Mary Roos

Mary Roos is a German Schlager singer whose biggest hit was "Arizona Man" (1970); she placed third for Germany at Eurovision 1972 and retired in 2024.

Massimo Di Cataldo

Massimo Di Cataldo, born in Rome in 1968, is an Italian pop singer-songwriter who broke through at the Sanremo festival with the 1996 hit "Se adesso te ne vai".

Massimo Pericolo

Massimo Pericolo is the stage name of Alessandro Vanetti, an Italian rapper born in 1992 in the province of Varese, Lombardy, who broke through with the 2019 album Scialla semper.

Mat Bastard

Mat Bastard is the stage name of Mathieu-Emmanuel Monnaert, a French rock singer born in 1979 in Brussels, known as the frontman of Skip the Use.

Matmatah

Matmatah is a French rock band formed in 1995 in the café-concerts of Brest, Brittany, best known for "Lambé An Dro" and "Emma" and for blending French rock with traditional Breton music.

Matthieu Chedid (musician)

Matthieu Chedid, who performs as -M-, is a French singer-songwriter born in 1971, known for "Je dis aime" and a record 13 Victoires de la Musique.

Max Greger

Max Greger (1926–2015) was a German bandleader, saxophonist, and composer from Munich who recorded over 3,000 titles for Polydor and led ZDF's show orchestra from 1963 to 1977.

Maxidrom

Maxidrom (Максидром) is an international rock festival created by Moscow radio Maximum, first held in 1995 and staged intermittently until 2016, ending as an open-air stadium festival.

Maxime Le Forestier

Maxime Le Forestier, stage name of Bruno Le Forestier, is a French singer-songwriter born in Paris in 1949, a leading poetic chansonnier whose 1972 debut sold 1.5 million copies.