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Krystal Klear

Krystal Klear is the alias of Declan "Dec" Lennon, an Irish DJ and producer from Dublin, based in New York, best known for the 2018 dance hit "Neutron Dance".

Krzysztof Penderecki

Krzysztof Penderecki (1933–2020), Polish composer and conductor, pioneer of sonorism with Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima and St Luke Passion, later neo-romantic symphonist, five-time Grammy winner.

Kshmr

KSHMR (Niles Hollowell-Dhar), American DJ-producer of Kashmiri Indian descent, formerly of The Cataracs (Like a G6); big-room EDM, Sounds of KSHMR Splice sample packs used in K-pop, Dharma Worldwide label, albums Harmonica Andromeda and Mirage.

KT Tunstall

KT Tunstall (Kate Victoria Tunstall, born 1975) is a Scottish singer-songwriter from St Andrews whose loop-pedal hit Black Horse and the Cherry Tree and album Eye to the Telescope (over 5 million sold) won her a 2006 BRIT Award; she now also writes musicals.

Ku-Ku Band (group)

Ku-Ku Band (Ку-ку бенд) is a Bulgarian band founded in 1993 by Slavi Trifonov, best known as the house band of his television programs KU-KU and Slavi's Show.

Kudai

Kudai is a Chilean pop quartet formed from the children's group Ciao, which split in 2009, reunited in 2016, and has toured again with all five singers since 2024.

Kugiran Masdo

Kugiran Masdo, also styled MASDO, is a Malaysian band formed in 2015 that revives 1960s pop yeh yeh music; its single 'Dinda' topped Spotify's Viral 50 Indonesia chart.

Kula Shaker

Kula Shaker: English psychedelic rock band formed in London in 1995, led by Crispian Mills; debut album K (1996) hit UK No. 1 with sitars and Sanskrit lyrics; split 1999, reformed 2006, eighth album Wormslayer in 2026.

Kulintang

Kulintang (kolintang, kulintangan) is a pre-Islamic gong-and-drum ensemble music of Mindanao, Sulu, and northern Borneo, built on a row of graduated knobbed gongs with improvised variation, transmitted aurally and spread globally through Filipino American communities.

Kumar Sanu (কুমার সানু)

Kumar Sanu (কুমার সানু), born Kedarnath Bhattacharya, is an Indian playback singer, the "Melody King" of 1990s Bollywood. Known for five consecutive Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer awards (1991–1995), a 1993 Guinness record of 28 songs in one day, the Aashiqui soundtrack, and the 2009 Padma Shri.

Kumbaya

Kumbaya (Come by Here), an African American spiritual recorded from Henry Wylie in Georgia in 1926, popularized by Pete Seeger and Joan Baez, made Georgia's historical song, and now an ironic term for naive unity.

Kumeyaay bird songs

Kumeyaay bird songs are an allegorical song cycle, about 300 pieces, of the Kumeyaay people of San Diego County and Baja California, sung at ceremonies.

Kunaal Vermaa

Kunaal Vermaa, also known as Kunal Vermaa, is an Indian lyricist and composer for Hindi film music from Rajasthan, known for 'Hasi', 'Tum Hi Aana', and 'Duniyaa'.

Kunal Ganjawala (कुनाल गंजावाला)

Kunal Ganjawala (कुनाल गंजावाला), born 1972 in Pune, is an Indian playback singer famous for "Bheege Honth Tere" from Murder (2004), winner of the 2005 Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer and R.D. Burman awards, with over 1,000 songs in Hindi, Kannada, Bengali and other languages.

Kunal Merchant

Kunal Merchant is a New York City-based DJ and producer who co-founded the Indo Warehouse collective in 2022, known for its Indo House fusion of house and South Asian music.

Kundiman

Kundiman is a Tagalog love-song genre from the early 19th century, in triple meter, later adopted by nationalists as a coded expression of love of country.

Kung Fu Fighting

Kung Fu Fighting: 1974 disco single by Jamaican-born singer Carl Douglas, written with producer Biddu, recorded as a B-side in 10 minutes; UK and US number one hit, 9 to 11 million copies sold.

Kungs

Kungs (Valentin Brunel, born 1996, Toulon) is a French deep house and French touch DJ and producer; his 2016 Cookin' on 3 Burners remix "This Girl" hit number 1 in France, and his albums are Layers, Club Azur, and Out Loud.

Kuraki Mai

Kuraki Mai, also known as Mai Kuraki, is a Japanese pop and R&B singer-songwriter whose debut single sold 1.39 million copies and whose album delicious way exceeded 4 million.

Kurchi Madathapetti

Kurchi Madathapetti is a 2024 Telugu song from the film Guntur Kaaram, composed by Thaman S, that became a viral dance phenomenon and one of the most-viewed Telugu songs.

Kurei

Kurei is the stage name of Cecilia Rose Pendleton, a Los Angeles DJ and producer moving from trap and bass music into melodic UK garage and house.

Kürşat Biçici

Kürşat Biçici, who performs as Kürşat, is a Turkish folk-music singer and television presenter born in Ankara in 1974 who debuted with the album Leyla in 2002.

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain (Kurt Donald Cobain), born 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington, was Nirvana's singer, guitarist, and songwriter, leader of grunge; Nevermind hit No. 1 in 1992; he died in Seattle April 5, 1994.

Kurt Hugo Schneider

Kurt Hugo Schneider, born in Baltimore in 1988, is an American music producer and director best known for YouTube music videos combining cover arrangements with inventive editing.

Kurt Vile

Kurt Vile (born 1980, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania) is an American indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, ex-War on Drugs co-founder, known for hypnotic fingerpicked guitar. Tenth album Philadelphia's been good to me released May 29, 2026 on Verve Records.

Kurt Weill

Kurt Weill (1900–1950), German-born American composer of The Threepenny Opera with Bertolt Brecht and Broadway works Lady in the Dark and Street Scene; exiled 1933, died in New York.

Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Blow (Kurtis Walker, born 1959), Harlem rapper and producer; first rapper signed to a major label (Mercury, 1979), first gold rap record with "The Breaks", later a minister and Hip Hop Church co-founder.

Kuru (musician)

kuru, DMV-born digicore and internet rap artist born 2005 in Rockville, Maryland, NYC-based on deadAir; albums re:wired, Stay true forever, Backstage hologram; distinct from Kurupt, Kur, DJ Kura, and a dance duo named Kuru.

Kurupt

Kurupt (Ricardo Emmanuel Brown, Young Gotti), born 1972 in Philadelphia, is a West Coast rapper, half of Tha Dogg Pound with Daz Dillinger; Dogg Food (1995) hit No. 1, and he later returned to Death Row Records. Not the UK garage group Kurupt FM.

Kusah

Kusah is the stage name of Salmin Ismail Hoza, a Tanzanian singer and songwriter of melodic new-generation Bongo Flava, based in Dar es Salaam and signed to Winning Music.