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Candle in the Wind
Candle in the Wind: Elton John and Bernie Taupin ballad from Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973) written for Marilyn Monroe, rewritten in 1997 as Goodbye England's Rose for Princess Diana's funeral; 33 million copies sold.
Candle in the Wind 1997
"Candle in the Wind 1997", also known as "Goodbye England's Rose", is Elton John's charity rewrite of his 1973 song honoring Diana, Princess of Wales, after her death in 1997.
Candlebox
Candlebox, a Seattle rock band formed around 1990-1991, released its self-titled debut on Maverick in July 1993; singles "Far Behind" and "You" drove sales of over four million copies worldwide.
Candlelight Records
Candlelight Records is a British independent extreme metal label founded in 1993 by Lee Barrett, known for early Emperor and Opeth releases and absorbed by Spinefarm in 2016.
Candlemass (band)
Candlemass is a Swedish epic doom metal band formed in Stockholm in 1985 by bassist Leif Edling, whose 1986 debut Epicus Doomicus Metallicus founded the genre.
Candy Bleakz
Candy Bleakz (Akiode Blessing Mariam, born Blessing Akiode) is a Nigerian rapper from Lagos who raps in Yoruba and Pidgin and broke out with "Owo Osu" in 2019.
Candy Dulfer
Candy Dulfer, Dutch alto saxophonist (born 1969, Amsterdam), daughter of Hans Dulfer; funk-jazz crossover star behind Saxuality (1990), the hit Lily Was Here with Dave Stewart, and long collaboration with Prince.
Candy Ken
Candy Ken, born Jakob Kasimir Hellrigl, is an Austrian rapper, model, and TikTok personality who began releasing music in 2014 and became Austria's most successful TikTok influencer.
Candy Shop
Candy Shop is a 2005 hip hop single by 50 Cent featuring Olivia, from The Massacre. Produced by Scott Storch, originally meant for Fat Joe, it hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and topped charts internationally.
Candy-O
Candy-O is the Cars' second studio album, released June 1979 on Elektra, produced by Roy Thomas Baker at Cherokee Studios; it peaked at No. 3 on Billboard, went 4x platinum in the US, and its single "Let's Go" reached No. 14.
Canibus
Canibus (Germaine Williams, born 1974, Kingston, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-American battle rapper. Known for the LL Cool J feud, "Second Round K.O.", the 1998 debut Can-I-Bus, and a long independent career including Mic Club and Rip the Jacker.
Canned Heat
Canned Heat (also Canned Heat Blues Band) is an American blues-rock/boogie band formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by Alan Wilson and Bob Hite, named for Tommy Johnson's 1928 song; known for Woodstock 1969 and the hits On the Road Again, Going Up the Country, and Let's Work Together.
Cannibal Corpse
Cannibal Corpse: American death metal band formed December 1988 in Buffalo, New York, based in Tampa, Florida, on Metal Blade Records. Sixteen studio albums, over two million records sold, first death metal band past one million albums; "Hammer Smashed Face" and the Ace Ventura appearance distinguish them from any other band of the same name.
Cannibal Ox
Cannibal Ox, Harlem underground hip-hop duo of Vast Aire and Vordul Mega formed in 1998, best known for the El-P-produced 2001 debut The Cold Vein on Definitive Jux and the 2015 follow-up Blade of the Ronin.
Cannibalism!
CANNIBALISM! is a 2025 single by American pop singer Slayyyter (Catherine Grace Garner), released September 12 on RECORDS/Columbia, produced by Austin Corona and Wyatt Bernard, second single from WOR$T GIRL IN AMERICA, with a self-directed burlesque-club music video.
Cannonball Adderley
Cannonball Adderley (Julian Edwin Adderley, 1928–1975), American jazz alto saxophonist of hard bop and soul jazz; played on Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, led his own quintet with brother Nat, and scored hits "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" and "Country Preacher."
Cannons (band)
Cannons (キャノンズ) is a Los Angeles indie electro-pop trio formed in 2013: Michelle Joy, Ryan Clapham, Paul Davis. Known for "Fire for You" (RIAA Gold, Billboard Alternative Airplay No. 1) and albums Night Drive through Everything Glows (2026) on Columbia; distinct from the Canadian band of the same name.
Cano Estremera
Cano Estremera, born Carlos Estremera Colón, was a Puerto Rican salsa singer and sonero known as "El Dueño del Soneo", who rose with Bobby Valentín's orchestra.
Canon (music)
Canon (卡农), from Greek kanon (rule), is the strictest contrapuntal form: voices imitate a leader melody exactly after fixed delays. Distinguished from the round (infinite canon) and fugue; best known from Pachelbel's Canon in D.
Canserbero
Canserbero (Tirone José González Orama), Venezuelan rapper born 1988, died 19 January 2015 in Maracay; albums Vida (2010) and Muerte (2012); named best Spanish-language rapper by Rolling Stone; 2023 investigation proved murder by his ex-manager.
Cantata
Cantata: a vocal composition of arias, recitatives, and often choruses with instruments, unstaged. Born in Italy around 1620 (first printed use: Grandi, 1620), standardized by Scarlatti, perfected in the German church cantata of Bach, who wrote over 200; since the 19th century also a concert genre for solo, chorus, and orchestra.
Cantautore
Cantautore, plural cantautori, is the Italian word for a singer-songwriter, coined in 1960 as a contraction of cantante-autore and central to Italian popular music through canzone d'autore.
Canterbury scene
Canterbury scene (Canterbury Sound): British musicians' network and psychedelic/prog substyle from the Wilde Flowers (1963), producing Soft Machine, Caravan, Gong, Hatfield and the North, and National Health; jazz-rock fusion, contested as a genre label.
Canticuentos
Canticuentos is a Colombian children's music project created by Chilean-born composer Marlore Anwandter for the Medellín label Codiscos, whose 1975 first album became Colombia's best-selling children's record.
Cantigas de Santa Maria
The Cantigas de Santa Maria are over 400 songs in honor of the Virgin Mary, compiled at the 13th-century court of King Alfonso X of Castile.
Cantopop
Cantopop is Cantonese-language popular music from Hong Kong, named by Hans Ebert in 1978. It rose in 1974, peaked in the 1980s and 1990s as a voice of Hong Kong identity, declined after 1997, and saw a 2020s revival.
Cantus firmus
Cantus firmus (Latin, "fixed song"; also cantus prius factus, canto fermo): a preexisting melody, usually plainchant, forming the basis of a polyphonic work, carried by the tenor voice, central to the 15th-century cyclic mass and to species counterpoint pedagogy.
Canvas (musician)
Canvas is the stage name of Rita Mucavele, an Atlanta-based DJ and producer of Zimbabwean heritage who has performed bass music since 2013, releasing on Odyzey and Wakaan.
Canzonissima
Canzonissima was an RAI song-competition variety show tied to Italy's New Year lottery, airing in twelve editions from 1958 to 1975 and drawing over 20 million viewers.
Caos (Miguel album)
CAOS (Spanish for chaos) is the fifth studio album by American R&B singer Miguel, released October 23, 2025 on ByStorm Entertainment/RCA. His first album in eight years after War & Leisure, it is a 12-track, 36-minute blend of R&B, rock and electronic sounds.