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Johnson

Johnson, known as Johnson Master (ജോൺസൺ), was an Indian composer of Malayalam film music who scored over a thousand songs and won two National Film Awards.

Johnson Righeira

Johnson Righeira, stage name of Stefano Righi, is an Italian singer and songwriter who co-founded the Italo disco duo Righeira, known for the 1983 hit "Vamos a la playa".

Joichiro Fujiwara

Joichiro Fujiwara (藤原丈一郎), born in 1996 in Osaka, is a Japanese singer and actor, the oldest member of the J-pop group Naniwa Danshi, which debuted in 2021.

Joji (musician)

Joji, also known as George Kusunoki Miller, is a Japanese-Australian singer, songwriter, and producer of moody lo-fi R&B, formerly the comedy YouTube personality Filthy Frank.

JoJo (singer)

JoJo (Joanna Noelle Levesque, born 1990) is an American pop/R&B singer and actress, youngest female solo artist to top US pop radio with "Leave (Get Out)" (2004), later freed from Blackground via lawsuit, founder of Clover Music, 2020 Grammy winner.

Jojo Mayer

Jojo Mayer is a Swiss drummer, born in Zurich and long based in New York, known for recreating electronic dance beats live on an acoustic drum kit.

JoJo Siwa

JoJo Siwa (Joelle Joanie Siwa, born 2003, Omaha) is an American singer-dancer from Dance Moms and Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition who signed with Nickelodeon at 13, sold millions of bows, came out in 2021, and rebranded with "Karma" in 2024.

Joker: Folie à Deux (soundtrack)

Soundtrack album for the 2024 film Joker: Folie à Deux, also called Folie à Deux (Music From the Motion Picture); Interscope release of October 4, 2024 with Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix covering jazz standards, plus Guðnadóttir's WaterTower score album and Gaga's Harlequin companion album.

Jolene (song)

Jolene is a 1973 Dolly Parton country song, also the title track of her 1974 album Jolene, about pleading with a beautiful rival not to take her husband. It hit No. 1 on the country chart and has over 200 covers.

Jolin Tsai

Jolin Tsai (蔡依林, born 1980) is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer, debut 1999 album 1019, over 25 million records sold, and Golden Melody Album of the Year wins for Play, Ugly Beauty, and Pleasure.

Jon Anderson

Jon Anderson (born John Roy Anderson, 1944) is an English progressive rock singer and songwriter, lead vocalist and creative force behind Yes across three tenures 1968–2008, and frontman of Jon & Vangelis; his solo debut was Olias of Sunhillow (1976), his 16th album True arrived in 2024, and Yes entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017.

Jon Anderson discography

Jon Anderson discography: solo albums from Olias of Sunhillow (1976) to True (2024), four Jon & Vangelis albums, ABWH, and guest appearances, distinguishing the Yes singer's solo catalog from his band work.

Jon B.

Jon B. (Jonathan David Buck, b. 1974) is an American R&B singer-songwriter discovered by Tracey Edmonds and Babyface at Yab Yum Records; known for Bonafide, Cool Relax, 'Someone to Love,' 'They Don't Know,' and the Tupac duet 'Are U Still Down.'

Jon Batiste

Jon Batiste (born 1986, Kenner, Louisiana) is an American pianist, singer, and composer; Late Show bandleader 2015–2022, five Grammys including Album of the Year for We Are, Oscar for Soul's score, and creator of the Batiste Piano Series (Beethoven Blues, Black Mozart).

Jon Bauman

Jon "Bowzer" Bauman (born 1947, Brooklyn) is the Juilliard-trained pianist who created the greaser character Bowzer in Sha Na Na, starred in its 1977–1981 TV series and Grease, then became a game show host, VH-1 VJ, Truth in Music activist, and Social Security Works PAC president.

Jon Bellion

Jon Bellion (Jonathan David Bellion, born 1990, Lake Grove, NY) is an American singer-songwriter and producer; debut The Human Condition hit No. 5 on the Billboard 200, he co-wrote "The Monster," and returned in 2025 with FATHER FIGURE.

Jon Bon Jovi

Jon Bon Jovi, born John Francis Bongiovi Jr. (1962), is the American singer-songwriter who founded and fronts the band Bon Jovi, with 130 million albums sold, 2018 Rock Hall induction, the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, and a 2022 vocal surgery comeback.

Jon Cleary (musician)

Jon Cleary, British-born New Orleans funk and R&B pianist, singer, and songwriter with the Absolute Monster Gentlemen; won the 2016 Best Regional Roots Music Album Grammy for Go Go Juice; longtime sideman for Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal.

Jon English

Jon English (Jonathan James English, 1949–2016) was an English-born Australian singer, actor and songwriter, famous as Judas in the 1972 Australian Jesus Christ Superstar, for hits like Six Ribbons, and for The Pirates of Penzance.

Jon Fishman

Jon Fishman (born Jonathan Fishman, 1965, Philadelphia) is the drummer and vocalist of the jam band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983 at the University of Vermont; known for the vacuum-cleaner solo, Henrietta personas, and the Mimi Fishman Foundation.

Jon Hopkins

Jon Hopkins (Jonathan Julian Hopkins, born 1979, Wimbledon) is an English electronic producer and composer; albums Opalescent (1999), Immunity (2013), Singularity (2018), Music for Psychedelic Therapy (2021), RITUAL (2024); collaborator of Brian Eno, Coldplay, King Creosote.

Jon Landau

Jon Landau (born 1947) is an American rock critic, producer, and Bruce Springsteen's manager since 1978; wrote the 1974 'I saw rock and roll future' review, co-produced Born to Run, and received the Rock Hall's 2020 Ahmet Ertegun Award.

Jon Lord

Jon Lord (Jonathan Douglas Lord, 1941-2012) was an English keyboardist and composer who co-founded Deep Purple, pioneered the amplified Hammond organ through a Marshall amp, wrote the Concerto for Group and Orchestra, played in Whitesnake, and left the band in 2002 to compose orchestral works such as the Durham Concerto.

Jon Moss

Jon Moss (Jonathan Aubrey Moss, b. 1957, Wandsworth, London), English drummer and founding member of Culture Club (1981-2018); earlier punk bands the Clash, the Damned, London, Adam and the Ants; £1.75m 2023 settlement after 2018 expulsion. Not the football referee of the same name.

Jon Nödtveidt

Jon Nödtveidt, full name Jon Andreas Nödtveidt, was a Swedish musician who founded the black and death metal band Dissection, known for The Somberlain and Storm of the Light's Bane.

Jon Pardi

Jon Pardi (Jonathan Ryan Pardi, born 1985) is an American country singer-songwriter from Dixon, California, signed to Capitol Nashville, known for California Sunrise, six Country Airplay No. 1s, and as the first California native inducted into the Grand Ole Opry.

Jon Schaffer

Jon Ryan Schaffer (born 1968) is the American guitarist who founded and led heavy metal band Iced Earth and the Demons & Wizards project with Hansi Kürsch, and the first January 6 Capitol riot defendant to plead guilty, later sentenced to probation.

Jon Secada

Jon Secada (Juan Francisco Secada Ramírez), Cuban-American singer and songwriter born in Havana in 1962, whose 1992 bilingual debut and hits like "Just Another Day" and "Otro Día Más Sin Verte" made him a pioneering Latin crossover artist with multiple Grammy Awards and 20 million albums sold.

Jon Stevens

Jon Stevens, New Zealand-born rock singer based in Melbourne, fronted Noiseworks, INXS (2000-2003), and The Dead Daisies; teen No. 1 hit 'Jezebel' (1979), 2025 solo album Shimmer.

Jon Theodore

Jon Theodore is an American drummer for Queens of the Stone Age since 2013, formerly of The Mars Volta and One Day as a Lion, known for De-Loused in the Comatorium and QOTSA's Villains.