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Alexander Stewart (singer)

Alexander Stewart (singer) names two artists: a Canadian pop singer born 1999 in Toronto (bleeding heart 2024, What If? 2025, "i wish you cheated") and a Manchester-born British jazz vocalist (All Or Nothing At All, 2011).

Alexander Tsoi

Alexander Tsoi (Aleksandr Tsoi, also Molchanov), born 1985 in Leningrad, only son of Kino frontman Viktor Tsoi; Russian musician, producer, and rights holder behind Ronin, Sasha Tsoi, and the Kino 2020 reunion.

Alexander von Schlippenbach

Alexander von Schlippenbach (born April 7, 1938, Berlin), German free jazz pianist, composer, and arranger; founder-leader of the Globe Unity Orchestra (1966) and the Schlippenbach Trio with Evan Parker and Paul Lovens; recorded Monk's Casino.

Alexandra (musician)

Alexandra, born Doris Nefedov, was a German Schlager and chanson singer whose hits "Zigeunerjunge" and "Sehnsucht" made her a cult figure before her death in a 1969 car crash at 27.

Alexandra Burke

Alexandra Burke (born 1988, Islington, London) is an English singer and musical theatre star who won The X Factor 2008, scored the UK Christmas Number 1 "Hallelujah" (the first British female soloist million seller), three UK #1 singles, the #1 album Overcome, and led West End musicals including The Bodyguard, Sister Act, Chicago, Joseph, and I'm Every Woman – The Chaka Khan Musical.

Alexandra Căpitănescu

Alexandra Căpitănescu, Romanian singer-songwriter from Galați, winner of Vocea României 2023 (season 11, Tudor Chirilă's team). Represented Romania at Eurovision 2026 in Vienna with nu-metal-pop song Choke Me, placing 3rd in the Grand Final; Master's physics student.

Alexandra Dovgan

Alexandra Dovgan (Алекса́ндра Серге́евна До́вгань, born 2007, Moscow) is a Russian pianist, Grand Piano Competition Grand Prix winner at age 10, Prix Serdang laureate, now studying in Malaga with 2025-26 debuts at Carnegie Hall and the Concertgebouw.

Alexandra Kay

Alexandra Kay, born 1991, is an American country singer-songwriter from Waterloo, Illinois, known for viral Facebook and TikTok covers, the 2023 album All I've Ever Known, the 2025 BBR/BMG album Second Wind, and tours with Tim McGraw and Jelly Roll.

Alexandra Stan

Alexandra Stan (Alexandra Ioana Stan, born 1989, Constanța) is a Romanian Eurodance singer whose 2011 hit "Mr. Saxobeat" topped Romania's chart for eight weeks, hit UK number 3, and has over 700 million Spotify streams; six albums include Saxobeats and Energia Ta.

Alexandre Kantorow

Alexandre Kantorow (born 1997, Clermont-Ferrand) is a French concert pianist, first French winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition First Prize and Grand Prix (2019), youngest Gilmore Artist Award recipient, and a BIS-exclusive recording artist.

Alexandre Nero

Alexandre Nero is a Brazilian actor and singer born in 1970 in Curitiba, nationally known for telenovela villains, above all Comendador José Alfredo in Império (2014).

Alexandria City High School

Alexandria City High School (formerly T.C. Williams High School), Alexandria, Virginia's only public high school, opened in 1965; renamed July 2021 over its segregationist namesake; home of the 1971 state-champion Titans of Remember the Titans.

Alexandros (band)

[Alexandros] (アレキサンドロス), formerly [Champagne], is a Japanese rock quartet formed in 2001 at Aoyama Gakuin University, renamed in 2014 after a Champagne-committee request, with major debut 2015 and Oricon No. 1 album EXIST!.

Alexandrov Ensemble

The Alexandrov Ensemble, also known as the Red Army Choir, is the Russian Army's academic song and dance ensemble founded in 1928 by Alexander Alexandrov, with a male choir, orchestra, and dance group.

Alexi Laiho

Alexi Laiho (Markku Uula Aleksi Laiho, 1979–2020), Finnish guitarist and vocalist who founded Children of Bodom in Espoo in 1993, recorded ten albums, won Guitar World and Total Guitar guitarist polls, and died in Helsinki in 2020.

Alexia

Alexia, stage name of Alessia Aquilani, is an Italian singer born in 1967 who fronted 1990s eurodance hits like "Uh La La La" and won Sanremo in 2003.

Alexia Jayy

Alexia Jayy (born 1993) is an American R&B/soul singer from Irvington, Alabama, winner of The Voice season 29 in 2026 and the first Black woman to win the show; her singles include Who Raised You and Rent Free.

Alexis & Fido

Alexis & Fido, also known as Los Reyes del Perreo, is a reggaeton duo from Cayey, Puerto Rico, active since 2002 with nine Latin Grammy nominations.

Alexis Wilkins

Alexis Wilkins (born 1998) is a Nashville-based country singer-songwriter and conservative commentator; debut EP Grit (2023), fiancée of FBI Director Kash Patel, Freedom 250 anthem performer.

Alexisonfire

Alexisonfire: Canadian post-hardcore band formed in St. Catharines, Ontario in 2001, also called AOF or 'the only band ever'. Three lead vocalists; five albums including Crisis (2006), a Canadian number one, and Otherness (2022).

Alexz Johnson

Alexz Johnson (Alexzandra Spencer Johnson), Canadian singer-songwriter and actress born 1986 in New Westminster, BC; played Jude Harrison on Instant Star (2004-08) and Annie Thelen on So Weird; independent albums Voodoo through Salvage (2025).

Alf Leila wa Leila

Alf Leila wa Leila (ألف ليلة وليلة, "One Thousand and One Nights") is Umm Kulthum's 1969 long song, lyrics by Morsi Gamil Aziz, music by Baligh Hamdi, in maqam Farahfaza, famous for its eight-minute orchestral prelude.

Alfaaz

Alfaaz (Amanjot Singh Panwar), Chandigarh-born Punjabi singer, lyricist, and actor; Mafia Mundeer member and Honey Singh collaborator behind "Haye Mera Dil", "Yaar Bathere", "Birthday Bash", and 2025's "Laal Pari". Distinct from other artists named Alfaaz.

Alfie (Lily Allen song)

Alfie is a 2006 Lily Allen song from Alright, Still, co-written with Greg Kurstin, teasing her brother Alfie Allen over smoking weed and joblessness; it peaked at number 15 on the UK Singles Chart in March 2007.

Alfie Boe

Alfie Boe (Alfred Giovanni Roncalli Boe, born 1973) is an English tenor discovered while a car mechanic, a Tony Honor winner for Broadway's La Bohème, best known as Jean Valjean in Les Misérables and for chart-topping Ball & Boe albums with Michael Ball.

Alfie Granger-Howell

Alfie Granger-Howell is a British electronic music producer and one half of the London house duo Dusky with Nick Harriman, known for "Flo Jam" and the Beatport number ones "Careless" and "Yoohoo".

Alfred Heinrichs

Alfred Heinrichs is a German techno and tech-house DJ and producer from East Berlin, active since the 1990s, who founded the Berlin labels Supdub Records and IAM MELODIC TECHNO.

Alfred Lennon

Alfred (Alf, Freddie) Lennon, 1912–1976, English merchant seaman and father of John Lennon of the Beatles; absent at John's 1940 birth, estranged after 1946, briefly a recording artist in 1965, reconciled at his 1976 deathbed.

Alfredo 2

Alfredo 2, also written Alfredo II, is the 2025 sequel album by rapper Freddie Gibbs and producer The Alchemist to their 2020 Grammy-nominated Alfredo; 14 tracks, guests Anderson .Paak, Larry June, JID, UK Hip Hop and R&B No. 1.

Alfredo Casella

Alfredo Casella (1883–1947), Italian composer, pianist, conductor, and critic born in Turin and trained in Paris under Fauré, led the generazione dell'ottanta in modernizing Italian instrumental music; known for Italia, La Giara, Partita, Sinfonia, and Missa solemnis pro pace.