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Ximena Sariñana

Ximena Sariñana Rivera (born 1985, Guadalajara) is a Mexican singer-songwriter and actress; her 2008 debut Mediocre earned a Grammy nomination, and she has six Latin Grammy nominations, five-plus albums, and acting roles including Luz Clarita.

Xiumin (시우민)

Xiumin (시우민), born Kim Min-seok in 1990 in Seoul, is a South Korean singer-actor, EXO member since 2012, EXO-CBX member since 2016, and soloist behind Brand New (2022) and Interview X (2025) under INB100.

Xlov

Xlov (엑스러브, XLOV) is a four-member multinational K-pop boy group under StrangeLab, formerly 257 Entertainment, that debuted January 7, 2025 with I'mma Be and pioneered a genderless group concept with voguing.

Xolidayboy

Xolidayboy, known as Ivan Rzhevsky (Иван Ржевский), is a Russian pop singer from Sevastopol whose TikTok-viral songs made him one of Russia's most in-demand artists by 2024.

Xonara

Xonara (XONARA) is a seven-member Filipino P-pop girl group under 1Z Entertainment, SB19's label, with Republic Records and UMG Philippines. Debuted May 15, 2026 with "TABI"; singles "PULA" and "IMPERFECT" followed; named to Billboard Philippines P-pop Class of 2026.

XOYO

XOYO, also known as XOYO London, is a nightclub on Cowper Street in Shoreditch, London, opened in 2010, known for its single-DJ residencies and reopened in 2026.

XS Nightclub

XS Nightclub is an indoor-outdoor nightclub at Encore Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Strip, opened on New Year's Eve 2008 and operated by Wynn Resorts, and became a defining EDM superclub.

Xterminator

Xterminator Records is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall label founded by producer Philip 'Fatis' Burrell, whose stable of Sizzla, Luciano, and Capleton drove the mid-1990s roots revival.

Xtreme

Xtreme is a New York bachata duo of Danny Mejia and Steven Tejada, formed in 2003, whose 2006 album Haciendo Historia went platinum on the strength of "Shorty, Shorty".

Xu Yiyang (徐艺洋)

Xu Yiyang (徐艺洋), born 1997 in Nanchong, Sichuan, is a Chinese pop singer and actress, former SM trainee, LEGAL HIGH member, eighth-place Chuang 2020 finalist, L.Tao Entertainment artist, and wife of Huang Zitao.

Xutos & Pontapés

Xutos & Pontapés, also known as Xutos e Pontapés, are a Portuguese rock band formed in Lisbon in 1978, known for songs like "A Minha Casinha".

XXX (Kendrick Lamar song)

"XXX." is a 2017 Kendrick Lamar song featuring U2, track 11 on the album DAMN. Produced by Mike WiLL Made-It, Sounwave, DJ Dahi, Bekon, and Anthony Tiffith, it is a two-part track moving from a revenge narrative to political sermon, with Bono's vocal in the second half.

XXXChange

XXXChange, also Armani XXXchange, is the former stage name of Baltimore-born producer Alex Epton: Spank Rock's producer (YoYoYoYoYo, 2006), remixer, Win Win member, and XL Recordings' New York in-house producer since 2014.

XXXTentacion

XXXTentacion (Jahseh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy), American SoundCloud rapper born 1998 in Plantation, Florida, killed June 18, 2018 in Deerfield Beach at 20; known for 'Look at Me,' albums 17 and ?, abuse charges, and 2023 murder convictions.

XXYYXX

XXYYXX is the stage name of Marcel Everett (born 1995), an Orlando, Florida electronic producer of future garage and instrumental hip hop. Known for the 2012 self-titled Relief in Abstract album, the track About You, the 2015 single Red, and a 2019 credit on XXXTentacion's Bad Vibes Forever.

Xzibit

Xzibit (Alvin Nathaniel Joiner), Detroit-born West Coast rapper; albums At the Speed of Life (1996), Restless (2000), Man vs. Machine (2003); host of MTV's Pimp My Ride 2004–2007; 2025 album Kingmaker.

Y:SY (이서연)

Y:SY (이서연), born 2000, is the stage name of Lee Seo-yeon, former main rapper of fromis_9, an Idol School finalist, now a H1GHR Music soloist who debuted solo with "Naked" in 2025 and released the mini album GOODIES in 2026.

Ya Kid K

Ya Kid K (Manuela Barbara Kamosi Moaso Djogi) is a Congolese-Belgian rapper, born in Kinshasa, who wrote and sang Technotronic's 1989 hit "Pump Up the Jam" while model Felly Kilingi lip-synced it on video; she later released the solo album One World Nation (1992).

Ya Levis

Ya Levis, real name Prince Nemiala, is a Congolese singer-songwriter from Kinshasa who fuses rumba with R&B and afro-pop, breaking through in 2018 with the hit "Libala".

Yaam, Berlin

YAAM (Young African Art Market) is a beach club and reggae, dancehall venue on the Spree riverbank in Friedrichshain, Berlin, founded in 1994 and run by Kult e.V.

Yabby You

Yabby You, born Vivian Jackson, was a Jamaican roots reggae singer and producer known as the "Jesus Dread"; his 1972 single "Conquering Lion" made him a cult figure in Europe.

Yabujin

Yabujin (Rokas Tarulis per unconfirmed reports; also DJ GYROTTA ZAO) is an anonymous Lithuanian rapper and producer of cloud rap, hexD, bitcrushed ambient and jumpstyle, active since 2016, inspiration for the yabujincore TikTok trend.

Yabuki Nako

Yabuki Nako (矢吹 奈子, Korean 나코) is a Japanese singer and actress born in 2001, a member of HKT48 and, from 2018 to 2021, the girl group IZ*ONE.

YADA Moeka

YADA Moeka (矢田萌華), also romanized Moeka Yada, is a Japanese idol and sixth-generation member of Nogizaka46, announced in February 2025 as a 17-year-old from Akita Prefecture.

Yailin La Más Viral

Yailin La Más Viral, born Jorgina Lulú Guillermo Díaz in 2002, is a Dominican rapper and urbano performer whose hit "Bing Bong" reached hundreds of millions of streams.

Yakov Zak

Yakov Zak was a Soviet pianist and teacher, born in Odessa, who won first prize at the 1937 Chopin Competition in Warsaw and taught for four decades at the Moscow Conservatory.

Yalın

Yalın, born Hüseyin Yalın in 1980 in Istanbul, is a Turkish pop singer who writes his own songs and rose to fame with his 2004 debut album Ellerine Sağlık.

Yama (singer)

yama is an anonymous masked Japanese solo singer who debuted in April 2020 with "Haru wo Tsugeru" and became known for anime themes including SPY×FAMILY's "Shikisai" and Gundam: The Witch from Mercury's "slash".

Yama Buddha (अनिल अधिकारी)

Yama Buddha (अनिल अधिकारी) was a Nepalese rapper and songwriter who was a central figure in NepHop. He died in his London apartment in 2017.

Yamê

Yamê (Emmanuel Sow, born 1993, Cergy-Pontoise) is a French-Cameroonian singer-rapper blending R&B, rap, jazz, and trap; known for "Bécane" (COLORS, 2023), the EP Elowi, the 2025 album ÉBĒM, and the 2024 Victoires de la Musique male revelation award.