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Chilly Gonzales
Chilly Gonzales, born Jason Charles Beck (1972, Montreal), is a Canadian pianist, rapper, and producer known for the Solo Piano trilogy, a 27-hour Guinness record concert, and work with Daft Punk, Feist, and Drake.
Chima
Chima (チマ) is a Japanese singer-songwriter from Osaka, based in Sapporo, who writes her own music and sang anime theme songs for Flip Flappers, Grimoire of Zero, and Hakumei to Mikochi.
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.
Chimène Badi
Chimène Badi is a French singer, born in 1982, discovered on the TV show Popstars in 2002; her debut single "Entre nous" topped the French chart in 2003.
China Crisis
China Crisis: English new wave/synth-pop band formed 1979 in Kirkby, Merseyside, by Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon; known for "Wishful Thinking" (UK No. 9) and the Walter Becker-produced Flaunt the Imperfection (1985), distinct from the IAU 'China crisis'.
China cymbal
China cymbal (Chinese cymbal, trash cymbal): a crash-type effects cymbal with an upturned flanged edge and trashy, fast-decaying sound, descended from the Chinese bo, mounted upside down, standard in rock and metal kits.
China Dolls
China Dolls, known in Chinese as Zhong Guo Wa Wa, is a Thai-Chinese pop duo of Hwa Hwa and Bell, who debuted in Thailand in 1999 under GMM Grammy.
China Girl (song)
China Girl: song co-written by David Bowie and Iggy Pop in Berlin, 1976–77, first on Pop's The Idiot (1977); Bowie's 1983 Let's Dance version, produced with Nile Rodgers, hit UK No. 2 and US No. 10.
China Soul
China Soul (born 1988, Tampa, Florida) is an American singer-songwriter, daughter of actors David Soul and Julia Nickson. London-based since 2007, she released the debut album Secrets & Words in 2010, co-written with Chaz Jankel.
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 American Bear (华裔美国熊)
Chinese American Bear (华裔美国熊) is a Seattle-based bilingual indie pop duo of married couple Anne Tong and Bryce Barsten; three albums including Wah!!! (2024) and Dim Sum & Then Some (2026), tours in North America, Europe, and China.
Chinese Democracy
Chinese Democracy, Guns N' Roses album released November 23, 2008 on Geffen/Black Frog; recorded from 1994 by Axl Rose alone of the original lineup, cost about $13 million, 14 tracks, Metacritic 64.
Chinese Football
Chinese Football (国足乐队) is a Chinese indie rock and math rock band formed in Wuhan in 2011, one of few mainland China indie bands with a large international following.
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.
Chinese orchestra
Chinese orchestra (民族管弦乐队, guoyuetuan): a 20th-century large ensemble of Chinese wind, bowed-string, plucked-string, and percussion instruments modeled on the Western symphony orchestra, begun with Shanghai's 1920 Datong Music Society and standardized after 1949.
Chinese rock (中国摇滚)
Chinese rock (中国摇滚, yaogun yinyue) is mainland China's rock music, born with Cui Jian's 1986 "Nothing to My Name" and first album in 1989, defined by independence from official pop and shaped by censorship, dakou CDs, and live scenes.
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.
Chinmayi Sripada
Chinmayi Sripada, also credited as Chinmayi, is an Indian playback singer and dubbing artist working mainly in Tamil and Telugu cinema, known for 'Tere Bina' and 'Kaathalae Kaathalae'.
Chino & Nacho
Chino & Nacho are a Venezuelan reggaeton duo formed in Caracas in 2007 by Jesús "Chino" Miranda and Miguel "Nacho" Mendoza, known for "Niña Bonita".
Chino Moreno
Chino Moreno (Camillo Wong Moreno, born 1973) is the American vocalist, lyricist, and guitarist of Deftones, also fronting Team Sleep, Crosses (†††), Palms, and Saudade, known for a whisper-to-scream vocal style and extensive guest collaborations.
Chino Pacas
Chino Pacas, born Cristian Humberto Ávila Vega, is a Mexican corridos tumbados singer from Apaseo el Alto, Guanajuato, whose viral 2023 hit "El Gordo Trae el Mando" reached the Billboard Hot 100 at 16.
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.
Chinozo
Chinozo (ちのぞー) is a Japanese Vocaloid producer, active since 2018, best known for the 2020 song 'Goodbye Sengen', one of the most-viewed Vocaloid-sung songs on YouTube.
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).
Chiodos
Chiodos, American post-hardcore band formed 2001 in Davison, Michigan as the Chiodos Bros; albums All's Well That Ends Well, Bone Palace Ballet, Illuminaudio, Devil; 2024 reunion with Craig Owens, SharpTone single Tapdat.
Chip (rapper)
Chip, born Jahmaal Noel Fyffe (1990), formerly Chipmunk, is an English grime rapper from Tottenham, London. Known for I Am Chipmunk, the UK No. 1 single Oopsy Daisy, later grime albums League of My Own II, Snakes & Ladders, and Grime Scene Saviour, and clashes with Tinie Tempah, Bugzy Malone, and Stormzy. Distinct from Chip Tha Ripper and other artists called Chip.
Chip Taylor
Chip Taylor (James Wesley Voight, 1940-2026), American songwriter of the Troggs' "Wild Thing" and "Angel of the Morning"; also wrote Janis Joplin's "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)"; pro gambler, Songwriters Hall of Fame 2016.
Chiquis Rivera
Chiquis Rivera, born Janney Marin Rivera (1985, Los Angeles), also known as Chiquis, is an American regional Mexican (banda) singer, daughter of Jenni Rivera. Three-time Latin GRAMMY Best Banda Album winner (Playlist, Abeja Reina, Diamantes) and New York Times bestselling memoirist.
Chiquita (musician)
Chiquita (치키타), born Riracha Pondechaphiphat in 2009 in Thailand, is a singer and dancer, the youngest member of YG Entertainment's K-pop girl group BABYMONSTER, debuting in 2023.