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Keisha Buchanan

Keisha Kerreece Fayeanne Buchanan, born 1984, is a British singer-songwriter and founding member of the Sugababes, the only original member until her 2009 departure, and returned for the trio's 2019 reunion.

Keisuke Kuwata

Keisuke Kuwata (桑田佳祐), born 1956 in Chigasaki, Japan, is a singer-songwriter, vocalist and chief songwriter of Southern All Stars, and a solo artist since 1987.

Keith & Kristyn Getty

Keith & Kristyn Getty are Northern Irish hymnwriters and founders of Getty Music, pioneers of the modern hymn movement; their 2001 hymn In Christ Alone is among the world's most sung hymns.

Keith & Tex

Keith & Tex are a Jamaican rocksteady vocal duo formed in Kingston in the mid-1960s by Keith Rowe and Phillip "Texas" Dixon, best known for "Stop That Train".

Keith Duffy

Keith Duffy (born 1974), Irish singer and actor, founding member of Boyzone (1993), later Coronation Street's Ciaran McCarthy, Fair City, and Boyzlife duo with Brian McFadden since 2016.

Keith Emerson

Keith Emerson (1944–2016), English keyboardist and composer; founding member of The Nice and Emerson, Lake & Palmer; first rock artist to tour with a Moog synthesizer, famous for stage theatrics, classical-rock fusion, and six 1970s platinum albums.

Keith Flint

Keith Flint (1969–2019), English frontman of The Prodigy; joined as dancer in 1989, sang "Firestarter" and "Breathe" (UK No 1s, 1996), died at his Essex home in March 2019.

Keith Godchaux

Keith Godchaux (1948-1980) was the Grateful Dead's pianist from October 1971 to February 1979, joining after Donna Jean Godchaux introduced him to Jerry Garcia. He played on From the Mars Hotel through Shakedown Street and died in a car accident in July 1980.

Keith Green

Keith Green (1953–1982), American gospel singer, songwriter, and pianist from Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn; CCM pioneer, Decca child star, founder of Last Days Ministries, died in a 1982 plane crash.

Keith Hudson

Keith Hudson (1946–1984) was a Jamaican reggae producer and singer from Kingston, known as the "Dark Prince of Reggae" for the 1974 dub album Pick a Dub.

Keith Jarrett

Keith Jarrett (born 1945, Allentown, Pennsylvania) is an American jazz pianist and composer on ECM, creator of The Köln Concert, the bestselling solo piano recording, and leader of the Standards Trio; strokes in 2018 ended his performing career.

Keith Jarrett discography

Keith Jarrett discography: catalog of the American pianist's recordings, centered on ECM since 1971's Facing You, including The Köln Concert (1975, ~4 million copies), his quartets, Standards Trio, and classical albums.

Keith Levene

Keith Levene (Julian Keith Levene, 1957–2022), English guitarist and founding member of the Clash and Public Image Ltd; his metallic, discordant guitar work on Metal Box defined post-punk and influenced U2 and My Bloody Valentine.

Keith Mitchell (musician)

Keith Mitchell was an American rock drummer active in the 1980s Los Angeles scene. He was a founding member of Mazzy Star and was known for his restrained drumming style.

Keith Moon

Keith Moon (Keith John Moon, 1946–1978), English drummer for the Who from 1964, known for lead-instrument drumming, huge kits, "Moon the Loon" antics, Tommy and Who's Next, died of accidental Heminevrin overdose.

Keith Morris

Keith Morris, American punk singer, original vocalist of Black Flag on the 1979 Nervous Breakdown EP, co-founder of the Circle Jerks (Group Sex, 1980), and frontman of the supergroup OFF!.

Keith Relf

Keith Relf (William Keith Relf, 1943–1976), English singer and harmonica player, frontman of the Yardbirds, later Renaissance, Medicine Head, and Armageddon; died by electrocution in London.

Keith Richards

Keith Richards, born 1943 in Dartford, England, is the Rolling Stones' founding guitarist and Jagger's co-writer, known for five-string open G tuning learned from Ry Cooder, solo albums with the X-Pensive Winos, and the memoir Life.

Keith Sweat

Keith Sweat (born 1961, Harlem, New York) is an R&B singer, songwriter, and producer, a pioneer of New Jack Swing. His 1987 debut Make It Last Forever sold over three million copies; "I Want Her" and "Twisted" were signature hits.

Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban, born in 1967, is a New Zealand-born country singer and guitarist raised in Australia who found his greatest success in the United States.

Keith Whitley

Keith Whitley, full name Jackie Keith Whitley, was an American country and bluegrass singer from Kentucky known for a note-bending baritone and five consecutive number-one hits before his death at 34 in 1989.

Keke Wyatt

Keke Wyatt (Ke'Tara Shavon Wyatt, born 1982, Indianapolis) is an American R&B singer known for duets with Avant, the gold album Soul Sista, R&B Divas: Atlanta, and the 2024 album Certified.

Keko

Keko, born Jocelyne Tracey Keko, is a Ugandan rapper who broke through with "How We Do It" in 2011 and signed with Sony Music in 2012.

Kekra

Kekra, verlan for "crack", is a masked French rapper from Courbevoie, active since 2015, known for the Vréel mixtapes and albums including Land (2018) and Stratos (2023).

Kele Okereke

Kele Okereke (Rowland Kelechukwu Okereke, born 1981, Liverpool), known as Kele, is the English lead singer and guitarist of Bloc Party and a solo artist with albums The Boxer, Trick, Fatherland, 2042, and The Waves Pt. 1.

Kelela

Kelela, born Kelela Mizanekristos, is an American singer-songwriter who fuses R&B vocals with electronic and club production on acclaimed albums Take Me Apart (2017) and Raven (2023).

Kelis

Kelis (Kelis Rogers, born 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and certified chef whose debut Kaleidoscope launched with the Neptunes and whose hit "Milkshake" (2003) reached No. 3 in the US; she later retrained at Le Cordon Bleu.

Kelley Deal

Kelley Deal (born 1961, Dayton, Ohio) is an American guitarist, twin sister of Kim Deal, lead guitarist of the Breeders from 1992 (Last Splash, "Cannonball"), also of the Kelley Deal 6000, the Last Hard Men, R.Ring, and Protomartyr.

Kelli Ali

Kelli Ali, born Kelli Dayton, is a British singer-songwriter and former lead vocalist of trip-hop group Sneaker Pimps on Becoming X (1996), later a solo artist with albums Tigermouth, Psychic Cat, Rocking Horse, and Ghostdriver.

Kellie Pickler

Kellie Pickler, American country singer (born 1986, Albemarle, North Carolina), sixth-place American Idol season 5 finalist; albums Small Town Girl, Kellie Pickler, 100 Proof, The Woman I Am; won Dancing with the Stars season 16; widow of songwriter Kyle Jacobs.