29,138 articles
Joan Armatrading
Joan Armatrading, born 1950 in St Kitts, is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer, the first Black British female artist with international success, known for Love and Affection and Drop the Pilot, MBE and CBE honoree.
Joan Baez
Joan Baez, American folk singer and activist born 1941, star of the 1960s folk revival, Newport 1959, Vanguard debut 1960, civil rights and antiwar activist, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2017.
Joan Jett
Joan Jett (Joan Marie Larkin), American rock singer and guitarist, Runaways member and Blackhearts frontwoman; 'I Love Rock 'n' Roll' spent seven weeks at #1 in 1982; co-founded Blackheart Records with Kenny Laguna; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2015.
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts: American rock band formed 1979 by ex-Runaway Joan Jett with Kenny Laguna; founders of Blackheart Records; known for "I Love Rock 'n Roll" (7 weeks at Billboard number 1, 1982) and 2015 Rock Hall induction.
Joan Manuel Serrat
Joan Manuel Serrat i Teresa (born 1943, Barcelona) is a Catalan singer-songwriter of the Nova Cançó and Setze Jutges, famous for Mediterráneo (1971), his 1968 Eurovision refusal to sing in Spanish, 1975 exile in Mexico, and 2022 retirement.
Joan of Arc (band)
Joan of Arc was an American indie rock band from Chicago, formed in 1995 after Cap'n Jazz broke up, with Tim Kinsella as its sole constant member.
Joan Osborne
Joan Osborne (Joan Elizabeth Osborne, born 1962, Anchorage, Kentucky) is an American singer-songwriter whose 1995 album Relish and hit "One of Us" brought five Grammy nominations; later work spans blues, soul, and Bob Dylan songbook albums.
Joan Sebastian
Joan Sebastian (José Manuel Figueroa Figueroa, 1951-2015), Mexican singer-songwriter born in Juliantla, Guerrero; El Rey del Jaripeo; 4 Grammy and 5 Latin Grammy wins; over 50 albums and about 1,000 songs including Secreto de Amor.
Joan Sutherland
Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, known as La Stupenda, was an Australian coloratura soprano whose 1959 Lucia di Lammermoor at Covent Garden revived bel canto opera.
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin
JoAnn Kuchera-Morin is an American composer and professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, known for founding CREATE in 1986 and directing the AlloSphere Research Facility.
Joanna Newsom
Joanna Newsom is an American harpist and singer-songwriter who studied composition at Mills College and is known for her ethereal voice and complex, long-form compositions.
Joanne (album)
Joanne is Lady Gaga's fifth studio album, released October 21, 2016 on Streamline/Interscope. Named for her late aunt, it pivots from Artpop's dance-pop to country, folk, and soft rock with Mark Ronson and BloodPop, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200.
Joanne Catherall
Joanne Catherall (born 1962, Sheffield) is an English vocalist, one of the two female singers of synth-pop band The Human League since 1980, recruited by Philip Oakey at the Crazy Daisy nightclub; sang on Dare and Don't You Want Me.
Joanne Rogers
Joanne Rogers (Sara Joanne Byrd, 1928-2021), American concert pianist, widow of Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood; Rollins College graduate, Rogers-Morrison piano duo with Jeannine Morrison, namesake of Queen Sara Saturday, steward of his legacy.
Joanne World Tour
The Joanne World Tour was Lady Gaga's fifth headlining tour (2017-2018), supporting the album Joanne; opened in Vancouver, grossed about $95 million, and ended with 10 cancelled European dates due to fibromyalgia.
João Bosco
João Bosco (João Bosco de Freitas Mucci), born 1946 in Ponte Nova, Minas Gerais, is a Brazilian singer, composer, and guitarist known for his 1970s partnership with lyricist Aldir Blanc.
João Carlos Martins
João Carlos Martins, Brazilian pianist and conductor born 1940 in São Paulo, famed Bach interpreter who recorded Bach's complete piano works on 20 CDs, lost hand movement to focal dystonia, injuries, and a 1995 Bulgaria attack, then returned via conducting and bionic gloves.
João Gilberto
João Gilberto (João Gilberto do Prado Pereira de Oliveira, 1931–2019), Bahia-born Brazilian singer-guitarist who, with Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, created bossa nova; his 1958 "Chega de Saudade" and 1964 Getz/Gilberto defined the genre.
João Gomes
João Gomes is a Brazilian forró and piseiro singer from Serrita, Pernambuco, born in 2002, whose TikTok-driven hits made him Brazil's most viral artist at 18.
João Neto & Frederico
João Neto & Frederico are a Brazilian sertanejo duo formed in Goiânia by brothers João Neto and Frederico, precursors of sertanejo universitário whose hits include "Pega Fogo Cabaré" and "Lê Lê Lê".
Job for a Cowboy
Job for a Cowboy is an American death metal band from Glendale, Arizona, formed December 2003; it began in deathcore with the 2005 Doom EP, shifted to death metal on Genesis, and released Moon Healer in 2024 on Metal Blade.
Job Jobse
Job Jobse is a Dutch DJ and label manager from Amsterdam, resident at Trouw and De School and founder of the labels De Vlieger and Planet Strangelove.
Job Kurian
Job Kurian is a Malayalam playback singer, composer, and independent musician from Kerala, born in 1982, who broke through with "Aaranne Aaranne" from Urumi (2011) and won a SIIMA Award in 2023.
Jocelyn Brown
Jocelyn Brown is an American singer, born in 1950, known for the 1984 hit "Somebody Else's Guy" and 1970s disco session vocals with Musique and Inner Life.
Jocelyn Flores
Jocelyn Flores is a 2017 song by XXXTentacion from his debut album 17, named for a 16-year-old who died by suicide while visiting him in Florida; it samples Shiloh Dynasty via Potsu, peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot 100, and is multi-platinum.
Jodeci
Jodeci is an American R&B quartet of two pairs of gospel-reared brothers, K-Ci and JoJo Hailey and DeVante Swing and Dalvin DeGrate, formed in Charlotte, North Carolina. Three 1991–1995 Uptown/MCA albums topped the R&B chart, defined hip-hop soul, and launched Timbaland and Missy Elliott.
Jody Watley
Jody Watley (born 1959) is an American Grammy-winning singer, songwriter, and producer, ex-Soul Train dancer and Shalamar member, known for "Looking for a New Love," Best New Artist 1988, and her Avitone label.
Joe (singer)
Joe (Joseph Lewis Thomas, born 1973) is an American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter and producer from Columbus, Georgia, known for "Stutter", "I Wanna Know", the triple-platinum album My Name Is Joe, and seven Grammy nominations.
Joe Armon-Jones
Joe Armon-Jones is a British keyboardist, composer, and producer based in London, a founding member of the Mercury Prize-winning Ezra Collective who also releases solo albums through his own label, Aquarii Records.
Joe Bonamassa
Joe Bonamassa (Joseph Leonard Bonamassa) is an American blues-rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter born in 1977 in New Hartford, New York, who opened for B.B. King as a child.