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Yan An (闫桉) (entertainer)

Yan An (闫桉, 옌안), born 1996, Chinese singer and actor, former PENTAGON member (debuted October 10, 2016 under Cube Entertainment); left Cube in 2023 and PENTAGON in 2026; known for Li Lun in Fangs of Fortune (2024).

Yang Yo-seob

Yang Yo-seob (양요섭) is a South Korean singer, main vocalist of the boy group Highlight, known as Beast from its 2009 debut until 2017, and a solo artist since 2012.

Yanos

Yanos is South African township slang for amapiano, the electronic dance music that emerged in the country's Black townships around 2012 and broke out commercially in 2019.

Yao Xiaotang (姚晓棠)

Yao Xiaotang (姚晓棠), mainland Chinese Mandopop singer and actress born 1998 in Haifeng, Guangdong; fourth place on Sing! China 2021, Baimu Entertainment artist, EP 独处症, debut album 破晓 (2026).

Yaroslav Sumishevsky

Yaroslav Sumishevsky (Ярослав Сумишевский) is a Russian estrada and shanson singer, born in 1983 on Sakhalin, founder of the internet project «Народный Махор» and a performer on Channel One's «Три Аккорда».

Yaşar

Yaşar is a Turkish pop singer born in 1970 in Adana, whose gold 1996 debut album Divane and its song "Kumralım" made him a defining romantic-pop voice of 1990s Turkey.

Yashraj

Yashraj, stage name of Yashraj Mehra, is a Mumbai-based Indian hip-hop rapper and composer known for Dhundhla, Ishq Nachawe, and EPs Azaad Hu Mein, 3P, and Meri Jaan Pehle Naach, with collaborations including KSHMR and Karan Kanchan.

Yasmin Santos

Yasmin Santos, born in 1998 in Guarujá, São Paulo, is a Brazilian feminejo singer-songwriter whose 2018 hit "Saudade Nível Hard" brought national fame on Sony Music.

YASUHIRO

YASUHIRO (康寛) is a Japanese Vocaloid producer, lyricist, and composer affiliated with the agency TOKYO LOGIC, who debuted in 2013 and is known for the million-view song "Nee, Dorodoro-san".

Yazin Nizar

Yazin Nizar, sometimes credited as Yasin, is an Indian playback singer born in Kollam, Kerala in 1990, known for Telugu hits and singing in M. M. Keeravani's music for RRR.

YBN Nahmir

YBN Nahmir, born Nicholas Alexander Simmons in Birmingham, Alabama, 1999, rapper who founded the YBN gaming-collective and broke out in 2017 with the platinum "Rubbin Off the Paint".

YBNL Nation

YBNL Nation (Yahoo Boy No Laptop Nation) is a Nigerian independent record label founded in 2012 by rapper Olamide. It has developed Afrobeats artists such as Fireboy DML, Asake, and Lil Kesh.

Ycee

Ycee is the stage name of Oludemilade Martin Alejo, a Nigerian rapper and singer born in 1993 who broke out of the Lagos scene in 2015 with "Jagaban" and "Juice".

Ye Banished Privateers

Ye Banished Privateers is a Swedish pirate-folk band from Umeå, founded in 2008, known for theatrical sea shanty shows by a rotating crew of about a dozen musicians.

Yeat

Yeat (Noah Olivier Smith, born 2000) is an American rage rapper from California known for static Auto-Tune vocals, TikTok hit "Gët Busy," and Billboard No. 1 album LYFESTYLE (2024).

Yelawolf

Yelawolf, born Michael Wayne Atha (1979, Gadsden, Alabama), is a Southern rapper blending hip hop, rock, and country; broke out with Trunk Muzik (2010), signed to Eminem's Shady Records 2011-2019, then independent on Slumerican.

YELLA

YELLA (옐라, 김채민) is a South Korean singer-songwriter in the R&B and hip-hop scene who debuted in 2020 with the eight-track EP Maybecolorful and later founded the four-member team Pizza.zip.

Yellow Claw (DJs)

Yellow Claw: Dutch electronic duo from Amsterdam, formed in 2010 by Jim Aasgier, Nizzle, and MC Bizzey (left 2016); trap/EDM act behind Blood for Mercy and the Barong Family label.

Yellow Magic Orchestra discography

Yellow Magic Orchestra (イエロー・マジック・オーケストラ, YMO) discography: seven Alfa-era studio albums 1978–1983 plus Technodon (1993), Solid State Survivor's million-selling Oricon No. 1, singles, live and compilation releases, and the Bob Ludwig YMO40 remasters.

Yellowman

Yellowman (Winston Foster, born 1956), also King Yellowman, Jamaican dancehall deejay and the genre's first international superstar; Tastee Talent Contest winner 1979, Mister Yellowman 1982 with Junjo Lawes, first dancehall artist on Columbia, Grammy-nominated, survived jaw cancer.

Yeo Hwan-woong

Yeo Hwan-woong (여환웅), known mononymously as Hwanwoong, is a South Korean singer and dancer, the main dancer of the five-member boy group ONEUS, who debuted in 2019 under RBW.

Yeojin (임여진)

Yeojin (임여진), born 2002, is a South Korean singer, fourth revealed LOONA member with the 2017 solo single "Kiss Later", later a Loossemble member, and since 2026 a MUMW Entertainment soloist with Lv1 and Lv2.

Yeonhee

Yeonhee (연희), birth name Kim Yeon-hee, is a South Korean singer who debuted in August 2019 as leader of Rocket Punch and later joined the project group EL7Z UP.

Yeonjun

Yeonjun (연준, Choi Yeonjun, born 1999) is a South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer under Big Hit Music, first revealed member of TOMORROW X TOGETHER (TXT), and solo artist behind GGUM and the NO LABELS mini-album series.

Yeosang

Yeosang, born Kang Yeo-sang (강여상) in 1999, is a South Korean singer and member of the K-pop boy group ATEEZ, which debuted in 2018 under KQ Entertainment.

Yerba Brava

Yerba Brava is an Argentine cumbia villera group formed in 1998 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, best known for 'La cumbia de los trapos' and its 2000 debut album Cumbia Villera.

Yeri (김예림) (singer)

Yeri (김예림, born 1999) is a South Korean singer, rapper, and actress, the fifth and youngest member of Red Velvet, added in March 2015 during the Ice Cream Cake era; acting debut 2021, Blitzway Entertainment since May 2025.

Yeri Mua

Yeri Mua (Yeri Cruz Varela, born 2001, Veracruz) is a Mexican influencer-turned-reggaeton mexa singer; viral "Chupón" (2023), Sony Music México, debut album De Chava (2025).

Yeşim Salkım

Yeşim Salkım is a Turkish singer and film and television actress, daughter of soloist Dursun Salkım, who debuted with the 1994 album Hiç Keyfim Yok.

Yesung (예성)

Yesung (예성), real name Kim Jong-woon (김종운), born 1984, is a South Korean singer and Super Junior member (debuted 2005, SM Entertainment) with subunits K.R.Y, Super Junior-H, and SM the Ballad, and a solo career including the 2024 mini album It's Complicated and the 2026 album Where We Are.