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Cape Town International Jazz Festival

The Cape Town International Jazz Festival, nicknamed Africa's Grandest Gathering, is an annual two-day jazz festival held in Cape Town, South Africa, since 2000, rated among the world's top four jazz festivals.

Capital Steez

Capital Steez (Courtney Everald "Jamal" Dewar Jr., 1993-2012), Brooklyn rapper, Pro Era co-founder with Joey Bada$$, released AmeriKKKan Korruption, coined Beast Coast, died at 19; King Capital announced posthumously.

Capital T (rapper)

Capital T, born Trim Ademi, is a Kosovo-Albanian rapper and singer from Pristina, known since his 2012 album KAPO as a foundational name of Albanian-language commercial rap.

Capitão Fausto

Capitão Fausto is a Portuguese indie rock band from Lisbon, formed in 2009 by five school friends, who headlined Lisbon's MEO Arena in January 2026.

Capitol Records

Capitol Records, American record label founded 1942 by Johnny Mercer, Buddy DeSylva, and Glenn Wallichs; first West Coast US label, EMI subsidiary 1955-2012, now Universal Music Group's Capitol Music Group flagship in the Hollywood Capitol Tower.

Capleton

Capleton, born Clifton George Bailey III in 1967, is a Jamaican dancehall deejay also known as King Shango and the Fireman, who led dancehall back toward reggae tradition.

Capo Plaza

Capo Plaza is the stage name of Luca D'Orso, born 1998 in Salerno, an Italian rapper and defining figure of Italian trap whose debut album 20 topped the 2018 charts.

Capone-N-Noreaga

Capone-N-Noreaga (CNN), Queens hip hop duo of Capone (Kiam Holley) and Noreaga/N.O.R.E. (Victor Santiago), met in prison in 1992; their 1997 debut The War Report peaked at #21 Billboard 200, #4 R&B, and went gold.

Cappadonna

Cappadonna (Darryl Hill, c. 1969), Staten Island rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member, debuted on 'Ice Cream' (Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, 1995), scored with The Pillage (1998), and released Solar Eclipse in 2025.

Cappella (band)

Cappella is an Italian/English eurodance act created by producer Gianfranco Bortolotti of Brescia, known for 1990s hits like U Got 2 Let the Music, Move On Baby, and U & Me, distinct from a cappella vocal ensembles.

Caprices Festival

Caprices Festival, also known as Caprices, is a Swiss electronic music festival founded in 2004 in Crans-Montana, known for its transparent Modernity Stage at 2,200 meters in the Alps.

Captain & Tennille

Captain & Tennille: American husband-and-wife pop duo of Daryl Dragon (the Captain) and Toni Tennille, formed 1972. Best known for 1975's number one 'Love Will Keep Us Together', Grammy Record of the Year, and their ABC variety show.

Captain Beefheart

Captain Beefheart, stage name of Don Van Vliet (1941–2010), American avant-garde rock musician and painter who led the Magic Band; Trout Mask Replica (1969), produced by Frank Zappa, defined his surreal blues-fusion style.

Captain Beyond

Captain Beyond is an American hard rock/stoner rock band formed in Los Angeles in the early 1970s by ex-members of Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, and Johnny Winter And; debut album Captain Beyond (1972), later Dawn Explosion, reformed by Bobby Caldwell in 2013.

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975) is Elton John's ninth studio album, an autobiographical concept album with Bernie Taupin about their early London years; the first album ever to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, featuring Someone Saved My Life Tonight.

Captain Hook (musician)

Captain Hook is the performance name of Reshef Harari, an Israeli psytrance producer and DJ, born in Tel Aviv in 1979, who has released four albums on Iboga Records.

Captain Sensible

Captain Sensible, stage name of Raymond Ian Burns, is an English musician who co-founded punk band The Damned in 1976 and topped the UK chart in 1982 with "Happy Talk".

Car Seat Headrest

Car Seat Headrest is an American indie rock band formed in Leesburg, Virginia in 2010, now based in Seattle. Will Toledo's Bandcamp solo project became a Matador Records four-piece known for Twin Fantasy and Teens of Denial.

Cara Dillon

Cara Dillon (born 1975, Dungiven, County Derry) is a Northern Irish folk singer; All Ireland Singing Trophy winner at 14, ex-Equation, known for "Black Is the Colour" and albums Cara Dillon, Hill of Thieves, and Coming Home.

Caramel (Sleep Token song)

Caramel (Sleep Token song): April 2025 single by the masked English band Sleep Token, second single from Even In Arcadia after Emergence. First UK Top 10 hit (No. 10), Billboard Hot 100 No. 34, Grammy-nominated, about fame and toxic fandom.

Caramelldansen

Caramelldansen, Swedish for "The Caramel dance," is a 2001 song by Swedish pop group Caramell that became a durable internet meme when a sped-up remix was paired with a Popotan animation loop.

Caravan (band)

Caravan, English progressive rock band formed in Canterbury in 1968 by ex-Wilde Flowers members Pye Hastings, the Sinclair cousins, and Richard Coughlan; key Canterbury scene band behind In the Land of Grey and Pink.

Caravan Palace

Caravan Palace is a French electro-swing band from Paris, formed around 2006, blending Gypsy jazz and swing with electronic music. Albums: Caravan Palace (2008), Panic, Robot Face, Chronologic, Gangbusters Melody Club (2024).

Carcass (band)

Carcass, Liverpool extreme metal band formed 1985 by Bill Steer and Ken Owen, pioneered goregrind on Reek of Putrefaction and melodic death metal on Heartwork; split 1996, reformed 2007, seven albums through Torn Arteries (2021).

Cardi B

Cardi B is the stage name of Belcalis Marlenis Almánzar (born 1992), an American rapper from the Bronx whose 2017 single "Bodak Yellow" topped the Billboard Hot 100.

Cardi B discography

Cardi B discography: two mixtapes (Gangsta Bitch Music Vol. 1–2), the Grammy-winning debut Invasion of Privacy (2018), the 2025 No. 1 album Am I the Drama?, and diamond-certified singles Bodak Yellow, I Like It, and WAP.

Cardigan (song)

"Cardigan" (stylized lowercase) is Taylor Swift's 2020 Folklore lead single, written and produced with Aaron Dessner; it debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and anchors the Teenage Love Triangle trilogy with "august" and "betty".

Cardopusher

Cardopusher is the performance name of Luis Garbán Valdeón, a Venezuelan-born DJ and producer based in Barcelona who began in breakcore and also records as Safety Trance.

Care Package (album)

Care Package, a compilation album by Canadian rapper Drake, was released August 2, 2019, by OVO Sound. It features 17 songs originally released between 2010 and 2016.

Careless Whisper

Careless Whisper: 1984 pop ballad co-written by George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, released as Michael's debut UK solo single and Wham! feat. George Michael in the US; 25-country No. 1 with Steve Gregory's famous sax riff.