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Léon (Swedish singer)
LÉON (Lotta Lindgren, born 1994) is a Swedish pop singer from Stockholm, distinct from Leon Bridges and the Luc Besson film, who broke through with 2015's SoundCloud single "Tired of Talking" and released the albums Léon (2019), Apart (2020), and Circles (2022).
Leon Bridges
Leon Bridges (Todd Michael Bridges, born 1989), Fort Worth soul singer whose 2015 debut Coming Home revived 1960s R&B; later albums Good Thing, Gold-Diggers Sound, Leon, and Happiness Anytime; one Grammy win.
Leon James (composer)
Leon James (born 1991, Chennai) is an Indian film composer and singer working in Tamil and Telugu cinema. Debuting with Kanchana 2 (2015) and known for Ko 2, Oh My Kadavule, and Dragon (2025), he is the son of A. R. Rahman's former manager Noel James.
León Larregui
León Larregui (León Rubén Larregui Marín), Mexican singer-songwriter born 1973, frontman and guitarist of neo-psychedelic rock band Zoé and solo artist with Solstis (2012), Voluma (2016), Prismarama (2023), and Manifiesto de un Tremendo Delirio (2026).
Leon Redbone
Leon Redbone (born Dickran Gobalian, 1949, Nicosia, Cyprus; died 2019) was an elusive singer-guitarist who revived pre-World War II ragtime, jazz, blues, and Tin Pan Alley songs in a gravelly baritone behind a fedora-and-sunglasses vaudeville persona, breaking through after Bob Dylan's 1974 praise and later voicing Leon the Snowman in Elf.
Leon Russell
Leon Russell (Claude Russell Bridges, 1942-2016), American singer-songwriter, pianist, and Wrecking Crew session musician from Tulsa, Oklahoma; led Mad Dogs & Englishmen, wrote "A Song for You," and joined Elton John on The Union before Rock Hall induction in 2011.
Leon Thomas III
Leon Thomas III (born 1993) is an American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, and former actor known as André on Victorious, for producing SZA's "Snooze" and Drake tracks, and for the Grammy-winning album MUTT.
Leon Vynehall
Leon Vynehall is a British house producer and DJ from Pembury, England, known for the 2014 mini-LP Music For The Uninvited and the Ninja Tune album Nothing Is Still.
Leon Wilkeson
Leon Wilkeson (Leon Russell Wilkeson, 1952-2001) was the bass guitarist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1972, survived the 1977 plane crash, rejoined the 1987 reunion, and died of natural causes aged 49; nicknamed the Mad Hatter.
Leona Lewis
Leona Lewis (born 1985) is a British singer who won The X Factor UK in 2006; her debut album Spirit (2007) and single Bleeding Love, No. 1 in 35 countries, made her the first British female solo artist in over 20 years to top the US Billboard 200.
Leona Naess
Leona Naess (born 1974, London) is a British alternative pop singer-songwriter, daughter of Arne Naess and stepdaughter of Diana Ross, known for Comatised (2000) and the 2022 comeback album Brood X.
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990), American conductor, composer, and educator; New York Philharmonic Music Director 1958–69, composer of West Side Story, Candide, and Mass, first to record the complete Mahler symphony cycle.
Leonard Chess
Leonard Chess (Lejzor Szmuel Czyż, 1917–1969), Polish-born American record producer who co-founded Chess Records in Chicago with brother Phil, home of Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Chuck Berry, and Etta James; sold to GRT in 1969.
Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (1934-2016), Canadian poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter from Montreal; debut Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967); wrote Hallelujah on Various Positions (1984); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2008.
Leonard Cohen discography
Leonard Cohen discography: 15 studio albums (Songs of Leonard Cohen, 1967, to posthumous Thanks for the Dance, 2019), 9 live albums, 3 compilations, 2011 Columbia/Legacy box sets, certifications, chart peaks, and famous covers of his songs.
Leonardo (musician)
Leonardo (Emival Eterno da Costa, born 1963 in Goianápolis, Goiás) is a Brazilian sertanejo singer who rose to fame with his brother in the duo Leandro & Leonardo.
Léonin
Léonin (Magister Leoninus, c. 1135–1201), Parisian canon, poet, and composer of the Notre-Dame school, credited by Anonymous IV with the Magnus liber organi, the earliest named body of measured two-voice polyphony.
Leontyne Price
Leontyne Price, born Mary Violet Leontyne Price in 1927, is an American soprano from Laurel, Mississippi, and the first African American opera singer to gain international acclaim.
Leopold Mozart
Leopold Mozart (Johann Georg Leopold Mozart, 1719–1787), Augsburg-born Salzburg court violinist, deputy Kapellmeister, composer, and author of the 1756 Violinschule; father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus and Nannerl Mozart.
Leopold Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski (1882–1977), English-born American conductor, led the Philadelphia Orchestra 1912–1941, created the Philadelphia Sound, pioneered stereo recording with Bell Labs, and conducted Disney's Fantasia.
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček (1854–1928), Czech composer born in Hukvaldy and based in Brno; creator of nine operas including Jenůfa, Káťa Kabanová, and the Sinfonietta, known for speech-melody notation and the Brno organ school.
Leotrix
Leotrix, real name Ethan Wright, is an Australian dubstep producer from Sydney known for his "future riddim" style and releases on Never Say Die and Monstercat.
Lepa Brena (Фахрета Јахић)
Lepa Brena (Fahreta Jahić, Фахрета Јахић), born 1960 in Tuzla, Yugoslav and Serbian pop-folk singer, Slatki greh frontwoman, Grand Production co-owner, star of socialist Yugoslavia.
Leprous
Leprous is a Norwegian progressive rock/metal band from Notodden, formed in 2001 by Einar Solberg and Tor Oddmund Suhrke. Eight studio albums from Tall Poppy Syndrome (2009) to Melodies of Atonement (2024); former live backing band for Ihsahn.
LeRoi Moore
LeRoi Moore (LeRoi Holloway Moore, 1961–2008), American saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band; also known as Roi or Gary Lee Moore; classically trained multi-reed player, DMB arranger and co-writer who died in 2008 from ATV accident complications.
Leroy Sibbles
Leroy Sibbles, born 1949 in Kingston, is a Jamaican reggae singer and bassist, lead singer of the Heptones and the key Studio One session bassist of the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Leroy Smart
Leroy Smart, born 1952 in Kingston, Jamaica, is a reggae singer and producer whose hits include "Mother Liza" and "Ballistic Affair" (1976), recorded at Channel One.
Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako
Les Ambassadeurs du Motel de Bamako, known as Les Ambassadeurs, was a Malian orchestra formed in Bamako in 1970 as the Motel de Bamako's resident band.
Les Chants de l'aurore
Les Chants de l'aurore ("The Songs of Dawn") is Alcest's seventh studio album, released June 21, 2024 on Nuclear Blast; seven tracks, 43:38, self-recorded, peaked at number 14 in Germany.
Les Charlots
Les Charlots were a French comedy-pop band formed in 1965 as Les Problèmes, whose hits on Disques Vogue led to slapstick film stardom with Les Bidasses en folie (1971).