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Albums: Born This Way, The Fame Monster, The Fame
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), who performs under the stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter and musician. She began her career as a songwriter for some of pop music's biggest stars, including Fergie, Pussycat Dolls, Britney Spears and New Kids on the...
- Michael Buble
Albums: Crazy Love, Call Me Irresponsible, It's Time
For starters, Michael Bubl� wanted the doors of the studio left open during the recording sessions for "Crazy Love." He wanted to hear the drums bleed into the horn section. He wanted his fans to feel what it was like in the studio - to feel like they were sitting with him - to have them be part...
- Rihanna
Albums: Loud, Rated R, Good Girl Gone Bad
Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known by her stage name, Rihanna, is a Bajan singer. Her song Umbrella was one of the highest-selling songs of 2007 and her 3rd album Good Girl Gone Bad was critically acclaimed, helping propel her to superstar status.
- Maroon 5
Albums: Songs About Jane, It Won't Be Soon Before Long, Hands All Over
Maroon 5 is a Grammy Award-winning American pop rock band. Formed in Los Angeles, the group comprises five members: Adam Levine (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), James Valentine (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jesse Carmichael (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Mickey Madden (bass guitar), and...
- Coldplay
Albums: A Rush of Blood to the Head, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Parachutes
Coldplay is a British alternative rock band, formed in London, United Kingdom in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer Will Champion. Having released four successful albums, (all of which debuted at #1 on the UK...
- Katy Perry
Albums: Katy Hudson, One of the Boys, Teenage Dream
Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson (born October 25, 1984), known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter and musician. Born in Santa Barbara, California she grew up listening to gospel music and singing in church.The middle child of two siblings, she has an older sister and younger...
- David Bowie
Albums: Best of Bowie, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947 in Brixton, London) is an iconic British rock musician. Active in five decades of popular music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He has been cited...
- Kelly Clarkson
Albums: Stronger, All I Ever Wanted, My December
Since bursting onto the music scene 10 years ago, Kelly Clarkson has released 5 studio albums (Thankful, Breakaway, My December, All I Ever Wanted, Stronger), sold over 20 million albums worldwide, 10 million albums in the US and has had 9 singles in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles...
- Beyonce
Albums: I Am...Sasha Fierce, 4, Speak My Mind
Beyonc� (born Beyonc� Giselle Knowles, September 4, 1981) is an American Pop/R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model. Beyonc� was named Billboards' Top Female Artist of the 2000's on December, 2009 and the RIAAs top certified and best-selling overall artist of the decade on...
- Demi Lovato
Albums: Unbroken, Here We Go Again, Don't Forget
Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato (born August 20, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. Her earliest roles included Angela on Barney & Friends, before she became better known for her starring roles in the Camp Rock movies, as Sonny Munroe in Sonny with a Chance, and as the...
- Linkin Park
Albums: Hybrid Theory, Meteora, Minutes To Midnight
Linkin Park is a band from Agoura Hills, California. The band consists of Joe "Mr. Hahn" Hahn, Mike Shinoda, Dave Farrell (Phoenix), Chester Bennington, Brad Delson and Rob Bourdon. Linkin Park has sold over 50 million albums worldwide which includes "Hybrid Theory," "Meteora," "Minutes to...
- Adele
Albums: 21, 19
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (Born 5 May 1988) is an English soul/jazz singer/songwriter from Brixton, London. Signed to XL Recordings, a music label which primarily focuses on independent talents within Britain, Adele manages to incorporate a variety of flavours into her music, striking many people...
- Bruno Mars
Albums: Doo-Wops & Hooligans
Peter Gene Hernandez (born 1985), better known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter and music producer. He is known for lending his vocals and co-writing the hooks for the songs "Nothin' on You" by B.o.B, and "Billionaire" by Travie McCoy, as well as his own Billboard Hot...
- The Beatles
Albums: Abbey Road, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Revolver
The Beatles were an English rock band, formed in Liverpool in 1960, and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. From 1962, the group consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison...
- Journey
Albums: Greatest Hits, Escape, Journey's Greatest Hits
Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1973. The band has gone through several phases since its inception by former members of Santana. The band's greatest commercial success came in the late 1970s through the early 1980s with a series of power ballads and songs...
- Kings of Leon
Albums: Only by the Night, Because of the Times, Aha Shake Heartbreak
Kings of Leon are a Grammy Award-winning alternative/garage rock band formed in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee in 2000. The band consists of brothers Nathan Followill (drums/backing vocals), Caleb Followill (vocals/rhythm guitar), Jared Followill (bass) and their cousin Matthew Followill (lead guitar).
- Radiohead
Albums: In Rainbows, OK Computer, The Bends
Radiohead is an English alternative rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The band is composed of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, beats), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboard, other instruments), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood (bass guitar) and Phil Selway...
- John Lennon
Albums: Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon, Anthology, Imagine
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon) (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980) is best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist for the British rock band The Beatles. His creative career also included the roles of solo musician, political activist, humorist, artist, actor and author.
- Green Day
Albums: American Idiot, Dookie, Nimrod
Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987 and consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tr� Cool. They have sold over 65 million records worldwide and 25 million in the US alone and have won four Grammy Awards...
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
Albums: I'm With You, Stadium Arcadium, Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Red Hot Chili Peppers are a funk rock band that is based in Hollywood, California and was formed in 1983, near Grand Rapids, Michigan. Since 1998, the band has consisted of founding members Anthony Kiedis (vocals) and Michael 'Flea' Balzary (bass) along with longtime members Josh Klinghoffer...
- Britney Spears
Albums: Blackout, Circus, In the Zone
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is a Grammy-winning multi-platinum American pop singer, songwriter, dancer and occasional actress, author and director. Having sold more than 83 million records worldwide, she appears as one of the most influential and popular post-2000 icons of music...
- The Doors
Albums: Greatest Hits, The Doors, Morrison Hotel
The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger. The band took its name from Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, the title of which was a reference to a...
- Nirvana
Albums: Nevermind, In Utero, Nirvana
Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990. The band established itself as part of the...
- Christina Aguilera
Albums: Back to Basics, Stripped, Christina Aguilera
Christina Maria Aguilera (born December 18, 1980 on Staten Island, New York) is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter. Aguilera's work has earned her numerous awards, including four Grammy Awards and one Latin Grammy Award, amongst eighteen nominations.
- Eminem
Albums: The Eminem Show, Relapse, The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem, (born Marshall Bruce Mathers III on October 17, 1972), is one of today's most popular and controversial rappers. His first album, entitled Infinite was highly acclaimed after its release. Before releasing the album, Eminem had already produced many underground tracks, which spanned...
- My Chemical Romance
Albums: The Black Parade, Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
My Chemical Romance (also known as MCR) are an American rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001 by Gerard Way and ex-member Matt Pelissier, who plays drums on the first two records. Its current members include Gerard Way (vocals), Ray Toro (lead guitar), Frank Iero (rhythm guitar), Mikey Way...
- Depeche Mode
Albums: Violator, Sounds of the Universe, Playing the Angel
Depeche Mode is an English electronic band, founded in 1980, originally from the town of Basildon, United Kingdom. They are one of the most enduring and successful bands to have emerged during the new wave/new romantic era. As of 2006, it was estimated that Depeche Mode had sold over 91 million...
- P!nk
Albums: M!ssundaztood, Funhouse, I'm Not Dead
Alecia Beth Moore (born September 8, 1979 in Doylestown, Pennsylvania), better known by her stage name P!NK, is an American singer-songwriter who gained prominence in early 2000. P!NK began her career as an R&B artist, signed to the predominately urban label, LaFace Records.
- Duran Duran
Albums: Seven And The Ragged Tiger, Rio, Duran Duran (The Wedding Album)
Duran Duran (named after a character in Roger Vadim's sci-fi classic, Barbarella) is an electronic pop-rock band that was part of the new wave music movement in the early 1980s. Created by Nick Rhodes (keyboards) and John Taylor (bass) in Birmingham, UK, 1978, with the later addition of Roger...
- Madonna
Albums: Confessions on a Dance Floor, Hard Candy, Ray of Light
Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone (born August 16, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan, United States), known as Madonna, is an iconic dance-pop singer-songwriter, record and film producer, dancer, actress, author, philanthropist and fashion icon. She is noted for her ambitious music videos and stage...
- Muse
Albums: Absolution, Black Holes and Revelations, Origin Of Symmetry
Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of school friends Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, keytar), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass, backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, harmonica) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion...
- Johnny Cash
Albums: American IV: The Man Comes Around, Super Hits, At Folsom Prison
Johnny Cash, born J. R. Cash, (February 26, 1932--September 12, 2003) was a Grammy Award-winning American country singer. Cash is widely considered to be one of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century. Cash was known for his deep, distinctive voice, the boom-chick-a-boom or...
- Daft Punk
Albums: Discovery, Homework, Human After All
Daft Punk is a Grammy Award-winning electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). The duo is considered one of the most successful electronic music collaborations of all time, both in album sales...
- Stevie Wonder
Albums: Songs In The Key Of Life, The Definitive Collection, Talking Book
Stevie Wonder (born May 13, 1950 Saginaw, MI) is a singer, songwriter, producer, musician, humanitarian and social activist. Although his name at birth was Stevland Judkins, he later changed his name to Stevland Morris. His mother's biography states that his surname was legally changed to Morris...
- Jimi Hendrix
Albums: Band of Gypsys, His Final Performance [1990], Smash Hits
In his brief four-year reign as a superstar, Jimi Hendrix expanded the vocabulary of the electric rock guitar more than anyone before or since. Hendrix was a master at coaxing all manner of unforeseen sonics from his instrument, often with innovative amplification experiments that produced...
- Taylor Swift
Albums: Speak Now, Fearless, Taylor Swift
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American country-pop singer-songwriter. In 2006, she released her debut single "Tim McGraw," which peaked at number six on the Billboard country charts. Later in October 2006, she released her self-titled debut album, which produced five hit...
- Led Zeppelin
Albums: Led Zeppelin IV, Led Zeppelin II, Led Zeppelin III
Led Zeppelin was originally formed in 1968 by guitarist Jimmy Page under the name "The New Yardbirds," based on Page's previous band, The Yardbirds. While The New Yardbirds arose at first simply to fulfill some performance commitments booked in Scandinavia before the original band's break-up, Page...
- Usher
Albums: Raymond v Raymond, Versus, Confessions
Born in Chattanooga on October 14, 1978, Usher Raymond was raised by his single mother (and manager) Jonnetta Patton, who moved him and his younger brother to Atlanta when Usher was 12. Mom brought up her sons within the foundations of faith and family afforded by St.
- The Killers
Albums: Hot Fuss, Sam's Town, Day & Age
The Killers are an alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002 and made up of Brandon Flowers (vocals, keyboards), Dave Keuning (guitar, backing vocals), Mark Stoermer (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums, percussion).
- Michael Jackson
Albums: Thriller, Bad, Number Ones
Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, died June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California), often referred to as The King of Pop, is the biggest-selling solo artist of all time, with over 750,000,000 sales. Jackson is an inductee of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and double...
- Black Eyed Peas
Albums: Monkey Business, Elephunk, The E.N.D. (The Energy Never Dies)
The Black Eyed Peas are an American hip hop/pop group from Los Angeles. The group is currently composed of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo and Fergie. Since their breakout album Elephunk in 2003, they have seen international fame for their pop/dance-oriented style of hip hop music. Black Eyed Peas have...
- Nickelback
Albums: All the Right Reasons, Silver Side Up, The Long Road
Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta, formed in 1995. Founded by members Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and then-drummer Brandon Kroeger. Nickelback is one of the most commercially successful Canadian groups, having sold 30 million records worldwide.
- Paramore
Albums: Brand New Eyes, Riot!, All We Know Is Falling
Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York. The group released its debut album All We Know Is Falling in 2005, and its second album Riot! in 2007, which was certified...
- Avril Lavigne
Albums: The Best Damn Thing, Let Go, Under My Skin
Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley, better known simply as Avril Lavigne (born September 27, 1984 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada and raised in nearby Napanee) is a pop singer, songwriter, actress, and model. She is married to Deryck Whibley, the lead singer of Sum 41.
- Alanis Morissette
Albums: Jagged Little Pill, Under Rug Swept, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
Alanis Nadine Morissette (born June 1, 1974) is a seven time Grammy Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter of alternative rock/pop music and occasional actress. She is the best-selling female rock artist of all time. Her international debut album Jagged Little Pill (1995) became one of the most...
- Jay-Z
Albums: The Black Album, The Blueprint 3, American Gangster
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, businessman and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America, having a net worth of over $450 million as of...
- Kanye West
Albums: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 808s & Heartbreak, Graduation
Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a Grammy award winning rapper, producer, author, designer and singer. He began making beats and rapping in the early 90s in Chicago, IL, United States when he formed the rap group GO GETTERS with Chicago natives GLC and Really Doe.
- Pearl Jam
Albums: Ten, Vs., Vitalogy
Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guitar), Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), Mike McCready (lead guitar), and drummer Matt Cameron, who has been with...
- Sara Bareilles
Albums: Kaleidoscope Heart, Little Voice, Careful Confessions
Sara Beth Bareilles (born December 7, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She achieved mainstream success in 2007 with the hit single "Love Song", which brought her into the number one spot on the Billboard Pop 100 chart. Bareilles' vocal range registers from contralto to...
- Jason Mraz
Albums: Mr. A-Z, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things., Waiting For My Rocket To Come
Jason Mraz (born June 23, 1977 in Mechanicsville, Virginia) is an American singer-songwriter. Mraz released his debut album, Waiting for My Rocket to Come in 2002 but it was not until the release of his second album, Mr. A-Z that Mraz achieved commercial success.
- Alice in Chains
Albums: Dirt, Jar of Flies, Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains was one of the most influential American rock bands of the early '90s. Drawing equally from the heavy riffing of metal and the gloomy strains of post-punk, the band developed a bleak, nihilistic sound that balanced grinding hard rock with subtly textured acoustic numbers.
- Metallica
Albums: Master of Puppets, Metallica, Ride the Lightning
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield and lead guitarist Kirk Hammett...
- The Jackson 5
Albums: The Ultimate Collection, Christmas Album, ABC
The Jackson 5 (also spelled The Jackson Five or The Jackson 5ive, abbreviated as J5, and later known simply as The Jacksons) was an American popular music quintet from Gary, Indiana. The group, active from 1964 to 1990, regularly played from a repertoire of R&B, soul, funk, and later disco.
- Snow Patrol
Albums: An album
Snow Patrol are an alternative rock band from Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland. Formed at the University of Dundee in 1994 as an indie rock band, the band is now based in Glasgow. The band's first three records, the EP Starfighter Pilot (1997), and the studio albums Songs for Polarbears (1998)...
- The Smiths
Albums: The Queen Is Dead, Louder Than Bombs, Meat Is Murder
The Smiths were an alternative rock band which formed in 1982 in Manchester, England. The band originally consisted of Steven Patrick Morrissey (Vocals, Lyrics), Johnny Marr (Guitar, Music), Mike Joyce (Drums) and Andy Rourke (Bass). Hugely influential, The Smiths lasted all of five years from 1982...
- Franz Ferdinand
Albums: Franz Ferdinand, You Could Have It So Much Better, Observer EP
Franz Ferdinand is an indie rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2001. The band's critically-acclaimed self-titled debut album was released in 2004 and debuted on the UK album charts at number three, going on to win the 2004 Mercury Music Prize.
- Alicia Keys
Albums: As I Am, Songs in A Minor, The Diary of Alicia Keys
Alicia Keys (born Alicia Augello-Cook; January 25, 1981) is an American Soul/R&B singer-songwriter, composer, record producer, pianist, cellist and actress. Keys is a renowned artist who has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and won numerous awards, including twelve Grammys, seventeen Billboard...
- Snoop Dogg
Albums: Doggystyle, Tha Blue Carpet Treatment, Ego Trippin'
Cordozar Calvin Broadus (born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is a Grammy Award-nominated American rapper, record producer and actor. Snoop is best known as an MC in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of producer Dr. Dre's most notable prot�g�s.
- Bee Gees
Albums: Number Ones, The Very Best of the Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever
The Gibb brothers were born on the Isle of Man to English parents in 1946 (Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, September 1) and 1949 ( twins Robin Hugh Gibb and Maurice (pronounced "Morris") Ernest Gibb, December 22). The family returned to father Hugh Gibb's home town of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester...
- Death Cab for Cutie
Albums: Transatlanticism, Plans, Narrow Stairs
Death Cab for Cutie is an American indie rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard (vocals, guitar, piano), Chris Walla (guitar), Nicholas Harmer (bass) and Jason McGerr (drums). Death Cab began as a solo project of Ben Gibbard, now the band's vocalist and...
- Justin Timberlake
Albums: FutureSex/LoveSounds, Justified
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a Grammy Award winning singer, actor, producer and dancer. He rose to fame as one of the front men of the hugely successful pop group *NSYNC. He released his debut solo album, Justified, in 2002 and it went on to sell over...
- The Black Keys
Albums: Brothers, El Camino, Attack & Release
The Black Keys are a two-man blues-rock group from Akron, Ohio which formed in 2001, consisting of singer and guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney. The band name was inspired by a schizophrenic artist and friend in Akron, who used the term "black keys" to describe things he disliked or...
- Beck
Albums: Guero, Odelay, Mellow Gold
Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live...
- Mariah Carey
Albums: Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, The Emancipation of Mimi, E=MC?
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1970 in Huntington, New York, United States) is a pop and R&B singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model and entrepreneur. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist...
- Jefferson Airplane
Albums: Surrealistic Pillow, Volunteers, Takes Off
Jefferson Airplane was the first of the San Francisco psychedelic rock groups of the 1960s to become internationally known. The band was founded by singer Marty Balin and guitarist Paul Kantner in 1965. With the addition of Signe Anderson their male-female singing style showed their folk music...
- Cream
Albums: The Cream of Clapton, Disraeli Gears, The Very Best of Cream
Cream was a 1960s British blues-rock and one of the early heavy metal bands consisting of bassist/lead vocalist Jack Bruce, guitarist/vocalist Eric Clapton, and drummer Ginger Baker, formed in London, England. They were known as one of the first great power trios and supergroups of rock.
- Paul McCartney
Albums: Tug Of War, Pipes Of Peace, Flowers In The Dirt
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942), formerly of The Beatles and Wings, is the most successful songwriter in the history of popular music. McCartney is a multiple Grammy Award- and Academy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur...
- John Mayer
Albums: Continuum, Room for Squares, Heavier Things
John Clayton Mayer is an American musician. Raised in Bridgeport, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston before moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 1997, where he refined his skills and gained a following. His first two studio albums, Room for Squares and Heavier Things, did well...
- Interpol
Albums: Interpol, Our Love to Admire, Turn on the Bright Lights
Interpol is an American rock band from New York City. Formed in 1997, the band's original line-up consisted of Paul Banks (vocals, guitar), Daniel Kessler (guitar, vocals), Carlos Dengler (bass guitar, keyboards) and Greg Drudy (drums, percussion). Drudy left the band in 2000 and was replaced by...
- The Temptations
Albums: The Ultimate Collection, All Directions, Greatest Hits
The Temptations (also abbreviated as "The Tempts" or "The Temps") are an American Motown singing group whose repertoire has included doo-wop, soul, psychedelia, funk, disco, r&b, and adult contemporary. Formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1960 as The Elgins.
- Fall Out Boy
Albums: Infinity On High, From Under the Cork Tree, Take This to Your Grave
Fall Out Boy is an American Grammy-nominated rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of Patrick Stump (vocals and guitar), Joe Trohman (guitar and vocals), Pete Wentz (bass guitar and vocals), and Andy Hurley (drums and percussion).
- Vampire Weekend
Albums: Contra, Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend is an indie pop/rock band with Afro-pop influences. Bandmates Ezra Koenig (vocals, guitar), Rostam Batmanglij (keyboards, vocals), Christopher Tomson (drums) and Chris Baio (bass) formed February 2006 in New York City.
- Sheryl Crow
Albums: Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow, The Very Best of Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is an american blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, pianist and songwriter. Her music blends country, pop, folk, and blues rock into one mainstream sound, and she has won nine Grammy Awards. Crow is also a noted political activist.
- MGMT
Albums: Oracular Spectacular, Time to Pretend, Electric Feel
MGMT is a neo-psychedelic/alternative group which formed in 2002 in Brooklyn, New York, United States. The band consists of multi-instrumentalists Andrew VanWyngarden (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums) and Ben Goldwasser (vocals, keyboards, synths, drums), both alumni of Wesleyan University.
- Willie Nelson
Albums: 16 Biggest Hits, The Essential Willie Nelson, The Best Of
William Hugh "Willie" Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country singer-songwriter, author, poet, actor and activist, originally from Abbott, Texas. He reached his greatest fame during the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, but remains iconic, especially in American popular culture.
- Arcade Fire
Albums: The Suburbs, Neon Bible, Funeral
Arcade Fire is an orchestral indie rock band which formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2003. The band consists of Win Butler (vocals, guitar), R�gine Chassagne (vocals, accordion, keyboards, hurdy gurdy), Richard Reed Parry (bass, guitar), William Butler (keyboards, guitar), Tim Kingsbury...
- Mumford & Sons
Albums: Sigh No More
Mumford & Sons are a folk/bluegrass group formed in London in September 2007. Having received critical acclaim from The Guardian on their "Band of the Day" online forum, and resounding praise from nearly everyone who has witnessed them supporting The Maccabees and Laura Marling, Mumford & Sons...
- Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American actress and pop singer. She achieved wide fame for her role as Miley Stewart/Hannah Montana on the Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana. With the success of the Hannah Montana franchise she established herself as a teen...
- Drake
Albums: Thank Me Later, Take Care, So Far Gone
Aubrey "Drake" Graham (born October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Grammy award nominated Canadian actor, rapper and singer signed to Young Money/Universal Motown. Drake shot to global fame upon the release of his critically acclaimed 2009 mixtape So Far Gone and Best I Ever Had, a single from...
- Tori Amos
Albums: Under the Pink, Boys For Pele, Little Earthquakes
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) plays the piano, sings and composes.
- Mos Def
Albums: Black on Both Sides, The Ecstatic, The New Danger
Mos Def (born Dante Terrell Smith on 11 December 1973 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American hip hop artist and actor. He also goes by the aliases Mighty Mos Def, The Freaky Night Watchman, Boogie Man, Black Dante, A White Man's Favorite Rapper and Pretty Flaco.
- TV on the Radio
Albums: Nine Types of Light, Dear Science, Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes
TV on the Radio is a Brooklyn, New York, USA-based band that was formed in 2001. Their music is difficult to classify and is often described as art rock or post-punk, but is educated by a diverse spectrum of styles including freeform jazz and a cappella music, psychedelia and trip-hop, modern soul...
- Frank Sinatra
Albums: Sinatra Reprise: The Very Good Years, Sinatra at the Sands, The Columbia Years (1943-1952) The Complete Recordings
Francis Albert Sinatra (December 12, 1915--May 14, 1998) was an Italian American jazz-oriented popular singer and Academy Award-winning actor. Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became a solo artist with great success in the early to...
- Bob Dylan
Albums: Blood on the Tracks, Blonde on Blonde, Highway 61 Revisited
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941 in Duluth, Minnesota) is an American musician, poet and artist who holds a unique place in popular culture. Much of Dylan's best known work is from the 1960s, when he became an informal documentarian and reluctant figurehead of American...
- Lil' Wayne
Albums: Tha Carter IV, Tha Carter III, Lights Out
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisiana), better known by many as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. Formerly a member of the rap group the Hot Boys, he joined the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager. Get It How U Live, released in 1997, was Lil Wayne's...
- Train
Albums: Drops of Jupiter, My Private Nation, Train
Train is a Grammy Award winning rock band formed in San Francisco, California. To date, three of their albums have peaked in the top 10 of the Billboard 200 and have sold a total of over 4 million albums in the US. Three of their songs have been top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 including their...
- Bob Marley
Albums: Natural Mystic, Legend, Chant Down Babylon
Bob Marley (February 6, 1945 � May 11, 1981), born Nesta Robert Marley, was a Jamaican singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist. He was the most widely known writer and performer of reggae, and more specifically roots reggae. He is famous for popularising the genre outside of Jamaica and the...
- John Coltrane
Albums: Blue Train, The Heavyweight Champion: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (disc 2), Afro Blue Impressions
John William Coltrane (Hamlet, North Carolina, September 23, 1926 � Huntington, New York, July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. American jazz great John Coltrane emerged in the 1950s, playing tenor and soprano sax with Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.
- The All-American Rejects
Albums: Move Along, When The World Comes Down, The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American pop rock band that formed in Stillwater, Oklahoma in the late 1990s by high school friends Tyson Ritter (on vocals, bass, piano) and Nick Wheeler (lead guitar, vocals and keys). Other current members are Chris Gaylor (on drums and percussion) and Mike...
- Foster the People
Albums: Torches
Foster the People is an indie pop/indie rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band first played together in October 2009. Members Mark Foster (vocals, keyboards, piano, synthesizers, guitar, programming, percussion), Mark Pontius (drums and extra percussion), and Vanguard graduate Cubbie...
- Damien Rice
Albums: O, B-Sides, Live from the Union Chapel
Damien Rice (born December 7, 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, to George and Maureen Rice and was raised in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland. In March 1999 Damien moved to Tuscany, then travelled around Europe, busking the streets.
- Smokey Robinson
Albums: The Ultimate Collection, My World: The Definitive Collection, Body & Soul - Love Serenade
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer and songwriter. Robinson is noted for being one of the primary figures associated with the Motown record label, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy.
- Chris Brown
Albums: Exclusive, Chris Brown, Graffiti
Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) from Tappahannock, Virginia. In late 2005, he released his first studio album, Chris Brown, which spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number-one debut single, 'Run It!' which was produced by Scott Storch and featured Juelz Santana.
- Jim Morrison
Albums: Dionysus, The Ultimate Collected Spoken Words 1967-1970, An American Prayer
Jim Morrison, (8 December 1943 � 3 July, 1971) who was the lead singer of The Doors, is one of the most charismatic characters in the history of rock'n'roll, with his intense live performances, deep voice and thoughtful poetry, he also became one of the most polemic lead singers of all times.
- Hank Williams
Albums: 24 Greatest Hits, 40 Greatest Hits (disc 1), The Complete Hank Williams (disc 1)
On a warm night in June, 1949, with his first number one record spilling out of radios across the country, a frail young man walked onto the stage of Nashville's Ryman Auditorium for his Grand Ole Opry debut. Behind him lay nearly a decade of struggle and rejection in pursuit of this goal; ahead, a...
- LMFAO
Albums: Party Rock, Sorry For Party Rocking
As Hollywood locals, Blu and Foo already rocked the beat as experimental Djs, who had a knack for rockin' the show by bringing electro into the commercial club scene. With their own musical aspirations, they continued to produce their own hollywood brand of hip hop and electro while constantly...
- The Roots
Albums: Iladelph Halflife, The Tipping Point, Phrenology
The Roots, also known as The Legendary Roots Crew, The Square Roots and The Foundation, are an influential, Grammy winning hip hop group based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, famed for a heavily jazzy sound and live instrumentation. Inspired by the "hip-hop band" concept pioneered by...
- Flo Rida
Albums: Mail On Sunday, Only One Flo (Part 1), R.O.O.T.S.
Tramar Dillard (born September 17, 1979), better known by his stage name Flo Rida (pronounced "flow ride-a"), is an American rapper and singer-songwriter. He released his debut album, Mail on Sunday, in March 2008. His debut single "Low", featuring T-Pain, was a #1 hit for ten weeks in United...
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