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Champagne Drip

Champagne Drip is the bass music project of Los Angeles producer Sam Pool, launched in 2014 after a decade as SPL, with releases on Mad Decent, Deadbeats, and Wakaan.

Chance the Rapper

Chance the Rapper (Chancelor Johnathan Bennett, born 1993), Chicago independent hip-hop artist known for 10 Day, Acid Rap, Coloring Book, The Big Day, and Star Line; first artist to win a Grammy for a streaming-only release.

Channel One

Channel One, formally Channel One Sound System, is a UK roots reggae sound system founded in London in 1979 by brothers Mikey Dread and Jah T.

Chantel Jeffries

Chantel Jeffries (Chantel Taleen Jeffries, Ceejay the DJ), American DJ, producer, model, and entrepreneur born 1992 in Coronado, California; debut single "Wait" with Offset and Vory charted on Billboard in 2018.

Charles Meyer

Charles Meyer is an American tech-house producer and DJ based in Brooklyn, New York, who released early music as eelrack and began performing under his own name in 2017.

Charli Baltimore

Charli Baltimore, born Tiffany Lane in 1974 in Philadelphia, is an American rapper named after Geena Davis' Long Kiss Goodnight character, a Notorious B.I.G. protégée whose Cold as Ice (1999) and Murder Inc. era earned a 2003 Grammy nomination.

Charlie Sparks

Charlie Sparks is a London-born British DJ and producer of hard techno and hard dance, active since 2019 and described as a vanguard of the new techno generation.

Charlie Tee

Charlie Tee is a British drum and bass DJ, broadcaster, and journalist who has hosted BBC Radio 1's Drum & Bass Show since 2022, its first female presenter.

Charlotte de Witte

Charlotte de Witte (Raving George), Belgian techno DJ and producer born 1992 in Ghent; KNTXT and Époque label founder, first DJ to open and close Tomorrowland's MainStage, DJ Mag No. 1 Techno DJ.

Charlotte de Witte presents KNTXT

KNTXT is a techno showcase concept founded by Belgian DJ Charlotte de Witte in 2015, growing from club parties into a touring brand and record label.

Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo

Charly Lownoise & Mental Theo are a Dutch happy hardcore DJ duo, formed in 1992, whose signature hit "Wonderful Days" made them one of the 1990s' most successful rave acts.

Charon (group)

Charon is a Finnish gothic metal band from Raahe, formed in 1992, best known for the 2002 album Downhearted, which reached number 3 in Finland.

Chase & Status

Chase & Status, also known as Chase and Status, is a British drum and bass production duo of Saul Milton and Will Kennard, known for the 2011 double-platinum album No More Idols.

ChaseWest

ChaseWest is the stage name of Jalal, born 1997 in Beirut and raised near Tampa, a tech-house DJ and producer who founded Chaste Records in 2021.

Che (rapper)

Che (Chase Shaun Mitchell, born 2006) is an Atlanta rage rapper and producer, formerly murkio! and cheRomani+, signed to 10K Projects; albums Closed Captions (2023), Sayso Says (2024), and REST IN BASS (2025).

Chelsea Cutler

Chelsea Cutler is an American singer, songwriter, and producer of introspective pop and EDM songs from Westport, Connecticut, known for her brent collaborations with Jeremy Zucker and over 3 billion streams.

Chelsea Grin

Chelsea Grin: American deathcore band from Salt Lake City, Utah, formed 2007, named for the Glasgow smile; Rise Records act with two EPs and seven albums including Desolation of Eden and Suffer in Heaven.

Cherie Lily

Cherie Lily is an American dance-music singer, producer, and fitness trainer from Chicago, creator of HOUSEROBICS, ex-wife and bandmate of Andrew W.K., debut EP Werk (2010), founder of Chervana Music (2025).

Chester Young

Chester Young is the project name of an American-born future house and electro house producer, born in Chicago in 1992 and based in Russia, best known for the 2019 single "Pyro".

Chicago house

Chicago house is the dance-music scene that took shape in Chicago between 1977 and 1982, centered on the Warehouse club and DJ Frankie Knuckles, giving rise to global house music.

Chief Keef

Chief Keef (Keith Farrelle Cozart, born 1995, Chicago) is the drill rapper behind "I Don't Like" and "Love Sosa"; his 2012 album Finally Rich and Interscope deal popularized Chicago drill worldwide.

Children of Bodom

Children of Bodom, Finnish melodic death metal band formed in Espoo in 1993 as Inearthed, led by Alexi Laiho (1979-2020). Ten albums 1997-2019, neoclassical guitar-keyboard leads, 250,000+ Finnish sales, disbanded 2019, reunited 2026.

Chillwave

Chillwave, also called glo-fi, is an internet-born music microgenre coined as a joke on Hipster Runoff in 2009, defined by hazy 1980s-nostalgic synth pop from Washed Out, Toro y Moi, and Neon Indian.

Chimaira

Chimaira (ky-MEER-ə), American groove/metalcore band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed August 1998; named for the Greek Chimera. Seven albums 2001–2013, Roadrunner and eOne labels, dissolved 2014, returned 2023 with Mark Hunter the only constant member.

Chime (musician)

Chime, real name Freya Goldfinch (some databases list Harvey Goldfinch), is a Leeds, England dubstep and bass music producer and DJ who coined "Colour Bass" and runs the Rushdown label.

Chinchilla (singer)

CHINCHILLA (Daisy Bertenshaw, born 1996) is a London-based British singer, rapper, and producer of "feisty pop"; her 2023 self-released TikTok hit Little Girl Gone made her the first UK female soloist to top Billboard's Emerging Artists chart.

Chinese Laundry

Chinese Laundry is an underground electronic music nightclub in the basement of the Slip Inn in Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1996, it has ranked in DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs.

Chingy

Chingy (Howard Bailey Jr., born 1980) is a St. Louis rapper whose 2003 debut single "Right Thurr" and album Jackpot (2x Platinum) made him an early-2000s pop-rap star.

Chino XL

Chino XL (Derek Keith Barbosa), Bronx-born, New Jersey-raised rapper and actor signed to Rick Rubin's American Recordings; debut Here to Save You All (1996); feuded with Tupac; died by suicide July 28, 2024, age 50.

Chinx

Chinx (Lionel Pickens, 1983-2015), formerly Chinx Drugz, was a Queens rapper of French Montana's Coke Boys; killed in 2015, with posthumous albums Welcome to JFK and Legends Never Die; distinct from UK drill artist Chinx (OS).