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Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler (born 1949, Glasgow) is a British guitarist, singer, and songwriter, leader of Dire Straits (Sultans of Swing, Brothers in Arms) and solo artist since Golden Heart (1996), known for fingerstyle electric guitar without a pick.

Mark Kozelek

Mark Kozelek (born 1967, Massillon, Ohio) is an American singer-songwriter frontman of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon, founder of Caldo Verde Records, known for slowcore and diaristic song cycles.

Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan (1964–2022), American singer and author, frontman of Screaming Trees, solo artist behind The Winding Sheet, and prolific collaborator with Queens of the Stone Age, Isobel Campbell, and the Gutter Twins; died in Killarney, Ireland.

Mark Lindsay

Mark Lindsay (born 1942, Eugene, Oregon) is an American singer, saxophonist, and producer, co-founder and original lead singer of Paul Revere & the Raiders, known for "Kicks," "Indian Reservation," and his solo gold hit "Arizona."

Mark Lowry

Mark Lowry (born 1958, Houston, Texas) is an American gospel singer, comedian, and songwriter, lyricist of "Mary, Did You Know?" and longtime baritone of the Gaither Vocal Band (1988-2001, 2009-2013) and Homecoming series.

Mark Mancina

Mark Mancina (born 1957, Santa Monica) is an American film composer, three-time Grammy winner and Tony nominee, known for Speed, Twister, Training Day, Disney's Tarzan and Moana, and The Lion King on Broadway.

Mark McGrath

Mark McGrath is an American singer and TV host, lead singer of Sugar Ray ("Fly", "Every Morning"). Co-founded the band in 1988; later hosted Extra, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, and Celebrity Big Brother.

Mark Morrison

Mark Morrison (born 1972) is a German-born British R&B singer whose 1996 single "Return of the Mack" topped the UK chart and reached No. 2 in the US; later albums include Innocent Man.

Mark Mothersbaugh

Mark Mothersbaugh (born 1950, Akron, Ohio) is a Devo co-founder, lead vocalist, and keyboardist behind "Whip It," and a prolific film, TV, and video game composer via Mutato Muzika, also a visual artist with the Myopia retrospective.

Mark Oliver Everett

Mark Oliver Everett, known as E, is the American founder and sole permanent member of the indie rock band Eels, author of the memoir Things the Grandchildren Should Know, and son of quantum physicist Hugh Everett III.

Mark Owen

Mark Owen (born 1972, Oldham) is the English singer-songwriter of Take That, distinct from the Canadian actor and the UK civil servant Marc Owen. Solo albums Green Man (1996) through Land of Dreams (2022, UK No. 5).

Mark Roma

Mark Roma is a British trance and future rave DJ and producer based in Liverpool, England, whose debut single 'Subsonic Bass' topped Beatport's Psy-Trance chart in 2020.

Mark Ronson

Mark Ronson (born 1975, London) is an English DJ, producer, and songwriter behind Back to Black, Uptown Funk, Shallow, and Barbie; 9 Grammy wins, 18 nominations, and a 2019 Oscar.

Mark Sandman

Mark Sandman (1952–1999), American singer-songwriter and two-string slide bassist, frontman of the Cambridge, Massachusetts trio Morphine of "low rock" fame, also of Treat Her Right, died of a heart attack on stage in Palestrina, Italy, in 1999.

Mark Sheehan

Mark Sheehan (Mark Anthony Sheehan, 1976–2023) was the Irish guitarist, songwriter, and producer who co-founded The Script with Danny O'Donoghue and Glen Power after the boy band Mytown, co-writing hits like Breakeven and Superheroes before his death at 46. Not the Oxford bioethicist, Victoria University of Wellington historian, or AI-policy analyst of the same name.

Mark Sonnenblick

Mark Sonnenblick is an American songwriter and composer for theater, film, and television, best known for co-writing "Golden" from KPop Demon Hunters (2025), an Oscar and Grammy winner.

Mark Spoon

Mark Spoon, stage name of Markus Löffel, was a German DJ and producer who, as half of Jam & Spoon, helped pioneer trance music with hits like "Stella" and "Right in the Night".

Mark St. John

Mark St. John (born Mark Norton, 1956) was an American guitarist, Kiss's short-lived 1984 lead guitarist who recorded Animalize before reactive arthritis ended his tenure; replaced by Bruce Kulick, died 2007.

Mark Stoermer

Mark Stoermer is an American bassist, best known as a member of The Killers since 2002 and as a solo artist on his St. August Records label (Another Life, Dark Arts, Filthy Apes and Lions, Darker Arts). Born in Texas, Las Vegas-raised, he stopped touring with the band in 2017 and toured with the Smashing Pumpkins in 2014.

Mark Tremonti

Mark Tremonti, American rock guitarist and songwriter (born 1974, Detroit): founding member of Creed, guitarist of Alter Bridge, and leader of solo band Tremonti; Grammy-winning co-writer of "With Arms Wide Open," PRS signature artist known for alternate tunings.

Mark Tuan

Mark Tuan, born Mark Yien Tuan (段宜恩) in 1993, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and model, and a member of the South Korean boy band GOT7.

Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

Annual lifetime-achievement comedy award of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., given since 1998 to honor contributions to American humor; first recipient Richard Pryor, most recent Bill Maher (27th, 2026). Broadcast on Comedy Central, PBS, CNN, and Netflix; Cosby's 2009 prize was rescinded in 2019.

Mark Volman

Mark Volman (1947–2025), American singer and guitarist, co-founded the Turtles of "Happy Together" fame, performed as "Flo" of Flo & Eddie with Howard Kaylan, sang with Zappa's Mothers of Invention, and later taught music business at Belmont University.

Marka (singer)

Marka is the stage name of Serge Van Laeken (born 1961), Belgian singer-songwriter, ex-bassist of Allez Allez, hitmaker of "Accouplés" (1995), father of Angèle and Roméo Elvis, and maker of the 2025 album Appelez-moi Serge.

Markéta Irglová

Markéta Irglová (born 1988, Valašské Meziříčí) is a Czech singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor of The Swell Season with Glen Hansard; she won the 2008 Oscar for Best Original Song for "Falling Slowly" from Once, lives in Iceland, and has released Anar, Muna, Lila, and Where You Belong.

Marko Bošnjak

Marko Bošnjak is a Croatian pop singer, born 2004 in Mostar, who rose to fame as a child on Pinkove zvezdice and represented Croatia at Eurovision 2025 with "Poison Cake".

Marko Nastić

Marko Nastić, born 1979 in Belgrade, is a Serbian techno DJ and producer with over 200 releases, a longtime EXIT Festival resident and founder of the first Serbian techno label.

Marko Perković

Marko Perković, known by the stage name Thompson, is a Croatian singer who rose to fame in the 1991–95 Croatian War of Independence, singing about nation, faith, and family.

Marko Škugor

Marko Škugor is a Croatian tenor and singer from Dalmatia who performed with Klapa s mora at Eurovision 2013 and built a solo career as a popular wedding and festival singer.

Markthalle Hamburg

Markthalle Hamburg is a concert venue in Hamburg, Germany, opened in 1977 in a former flower market hall, hosting about 200 events and 100,000 visitors a year.