A partial listing of recording artists who currently or formerly recorded for
(known in most of the world as
CBS Records prior to 1991) include the following list.
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24kGoldn
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3LW (So So Def/Columbia)
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3rd Bass (Def Jam/Columbia)
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3rd Faze
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50 Cent
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Gregory Abbott
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AC/DC
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973. Their music has been variously described as hard rock, blues rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal, although the band calls it simply "rock and roll". They are cited as a formativ ...
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Ace Hood
Antoine Franklin McColister (born May 11, 1988), known professionally Ace Hood, is an American rapper. Born in Port St. Lucie and raised in Deerfield Beach, Florida, he was discovered by DJ Khaled and became the first act to sign with his rec ...
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Acceptance
Acceptance in psychology is a person's recognition and assent to the finality of a situation without attempting to change or protest it. This plays out at both the individual and societal level as people experience change.
Types of acceptanc ...
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Yolanda Adams
Yolanda Yvette Adams (born August 27, 1961) is an American gospel singer, actress, and host of her own nationally syndicated morning gospel show. She is one of the best-selling gospel artists of all time, having sold over 10 million albu ...
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Addrisi Brothers
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Adele
Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (; born 5 May 1988) is an English singer-songwriter. Regarded as a British cultural icon, icon, she is known for her mezzo-soprano vocals and sentimental songwriting. List of awards and nominations received by Adele, ...
(USA/Canada/Latin America from 2008 to 2021 under
XL/Columbia, worldwide since 2021 under Melted Stone/Columbia)
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Addison Rae
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Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of lead vocalist Steven Tyler, bassist Tom Hamilton (musician), Tom Hamilton, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarists Joe Perry (musician), Joe Perry and B ...
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The Afghan Whigs
The Afghan Whigs are an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio. They were active from 1986 to 2001 and have since reformed as a band. The group – with core members Greg Dulli (vocals, rhythm guitar), Rick McCollum (lead guitar), and John ...
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The Afters
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Todd Agnew
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Alabama 3
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Alex & Sierra
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Jessi Alexander (Columbia Nashville)
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Ora Alexander
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Lucky Ali
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Alice in Chains
Alice in Chains (often abbreviated as AiC) is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1987. Since 2006, the band's lineup has comprised vocalist/guitarists Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney. Voca ...
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Tha Alkaholiks (Loud/Columbia)
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María Conchita Alonso
María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1955), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban-born Venezuelan-American actress, singer, and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Venezuela at Miss World 1975 and placed in the t ...
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Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks and billed for their first two decades as the Chipmunks, are an American animated virtual band and media franchise first created by Ross Bagdasarian for Novelty records in ...
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Amerie
Amerie Mi Marie Rogers Nicholson (born January 12, 1980) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and writer. She has released four studio albums to date: '' All I Have'' (2002), ''Touch'' (2005), '' Because I Love It'' (2007), '' In Love & W ...
(Rise/Columbia)
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Amil (Roc-A-Fella/Columbia)
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Trey Anastasio
Ernest Joseph "Trey" Anastasio III (born September 30, 1964) is an American guitarist, composer, and singer-songwriter best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish, which he co-founded in 1983. He is credited by name as composer of 152 ...
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Anberlin
Anberlin is an American alternative rock band formed in Winter Haven, Florida, in 2002. Since the beginning of 2007, the band consists of lead vocalist Stephen Christian, guitarists Joseph Milligan and Christian McAlhaney, bassist Deon Rexroat, ...
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Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo (; born July 14, 1960) is a Beninese- French singer-songwriter, actress and activist noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Kidjo has won five Grammy A ...
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Anggun
Anggun Cipta Sasmi (; (born 29 April 1974), known mononymously as Anggun, is an Indonesian-French singer, songwriter, and television personality. Born in Jakarta, she began performing at the age of seven and recorded a children's album two yea ...
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Eric Andersen
Eric Andersen (born February 14, 1943) is an American folk music singer-songwriter, who has written songs recorded by Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt, the Grateful Dead, Rick Nelson, and many others. Early in his career, ...
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Jon Anderson
Jon Anderson (born John Roy Anderson, 25 October 1944) is a British, and latterly American, singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the former lead singer of the progressive rock band Yes (band), Yes, which he formed in 1968 with bassis ...
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Keith Anderson (Columbia Nashville)
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Lynn Anderson
Lynn René Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, " Rose Garden", was a number one hit internationally. She also charted five number one ...
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The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters were an American close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews (1911–1967), soprano Maxene Anglyn Andrews (1916–1995), and mezzo ...
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Anjani
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Paul Anka
Paul Albert Anka (born July 30, 1941) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter and actor. His songs include " Diana", “ You Are My Destiny", “Lonely Boy", " Put Your Head on My Shoulder", and " (You're) Having My Baby".
Anka also wr ...
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Marc Anthony
Marco Antonio Muñiz (born September 16, 1968), known professionally as Marc Anthony, is an American singer and actor. He is the top selling salsa artist of all time. A four-time Grammy Award, eight-time Latin Grammy Award and twenty-nine-tim ...
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Anthrax
Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium '' Bacillus anthracis'' or ''Bacillus cereus'' biovar ''anthracis''. Infection typically occurs by contact with the skin, inhalation, or intestinal absorption. Symptom onset occurs between one ...
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Apoptygma Berzerk
Apoptygma Berzerk (; commonly abbreviated to APB or APOP) is a Norwegian band that produces a style of electro rock, industrial rock, synth-pop and ballads backed with electronic rhythms, commonly known within the scene as "futurepop". Apoptygm ...
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Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart (born September 13, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter. She released five albums from 1996 to 2020, all of which reached the top 20 on the U.S. Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 chart. As of 2021, she has sold over ...
(Work/Columbia)
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The Apex Theory
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Aqualung
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Tina Arena
Filippina Lydia "Tina" Arena (born 1 November 1967) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, musical theatre actress and record producer. She is one of Australia's highest-selling artists and has sold over 10 million records worldwid ...
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Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, alongside Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, and Jeremy Gara. The band's touring line-up includes former core ...
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Arizona Zervas
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Toni Arden
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Louis Armstrong
Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901 – July 6, 1971), nicknamed "Satchmo", "Satch", and "Pops", was an American trumpeter and vocalist. He was among the most influential figures in jazz. His career spanned five decades and several era ...
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ARTMS (MODHAUS/
Columbia)
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Artful Dodger
Jack Dawkins, better known as the Artful Dodger, is a character in Charles Dickens's 1838 novel ''Oliver Twist''. The Dodger is a pickpocket and his nickname refers to his skill and cunning in that occupation. In the novel, he is the leader of th ...
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James Arthur
James Andrew Arthur (born 2 March 1988) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame after winning the ninth series of ''The X Factor'' in 2012. His debut single, a cover of Shontelle's " Impossible", was released by Syco Music aft ...
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The Association
The Association is an American sunshine pop band from Los Angeles, California. During the late 1960s, the band had numerous hits at or near the top of the Billboard charts, ''Billboard'' charts (including "Windy (The Association song), Windy" ...
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Astrid Sartiasari (Sony/Epic/Columbia Malaysia)
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Aşkın Nur Yengi
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ATEEZ
Ateez (; stylised in all caps) is a South Korean boy band formed by KQ Entertainment. The group consists of eight members: Hongjoong, Seonghwa, Yunho, Yeosang, San, Mingi, Wooyoung and Jongho. They debuted on October 24, 2018, with the extende ...
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Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), also known as "Mister Guitar" and "the Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson (musician), Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nash ...
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Nicole Atkins
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The Ataris
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Atlanta Rhythm Section
Atlanta Rhythm Section (or ARS) is an American Southern rock band formed in 1970 by Rodney Justo (singer), Barry Bailey (guitar), Paul Goddard (bass), Dean Daughtry (keyboards), Robert Nix (drummer), Robert Nix (drums) and J. R. Cobb (guitar). ...
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Gene Autry
Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907 – October 2, 1998), nicknamed the Singing Cowboy, was an American actor, musician, singer, composer, rodeo performer, and baseball team owner, who largely gained fame by singing in a Crooner ...
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The Avant-Garde
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Axis of Justice
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Au/Ra
Jamie Lou Stenzel (born 15 May 2002), known professionally as Au/Ra, is a German singer and songwriter. She released her first single "Concrete Jungle" in 2016, which quickly gained 15 million streams worldwide. She rose to prominence in 2018 wi ...
(Loudmouth/Columbia)
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The Automatic Automatic
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Aster Aweke
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Roy Ayers
Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025) was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure ...
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Ayo & Teo
Ayleo Bowles and Mateo Bowles, better known as Ayo & Teo, are an American rap and dance brother duo from Ann Arbor, Michigan, that started in 2011. They are best known for their 2017 viral hit single "Rolex", which peaked at number 20 on the US ...
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Azteca
B
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B.T. Express
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Burt Bacharach
Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; May 12, 1928 – February 8, 2023) was an American composer, songwriter, record producer, and pianist who is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures of 20th-century popular music. Start ...
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Tal Bachman
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The Bad Plus
The Bad Plus is an American jazz group from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, formed in 2000. They were originally a piano trio, but became a quartet in 2021: founding members Reid Anderson on bass and David King on drums, as well as guit ...
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Bad Religion
Bad Religion is an American punk rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980. The band's lyrics cover topics related to religion, politics, society, the media and science. Musically, they are noted for their melodic sensibilities and ...
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Mildred Bailey
Mildred Bailey (born Mildred Rinker; February 27, 1907 – December 12, 1951) was a Native American jazz singer during the 1930s, known as "The Queen of Swing", "The Rockin' Chair Lady", and "Mrs. Swing".
She recorded the songs " For Sentime ...
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Philip Bailey
Philip James Bailey (born May 8, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and percussionist, best known as an early member and one of the two lead singers (along with group founder Maurice White) of the band Earth, Wind & Fire. Noted for his fo ...
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Moe Bandy
Marion Franklin "Moe" Bandy Jr. (born February 12, 1944) is an American country music singer. He was most popular during the 1970s, when he had several hit songs, both alone and as part of a duo with Joe Stampley.
Early life and recordings
Ma ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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The Bangles
The Bangles are an American all-female band, all-female pop rock band formed in Los Angeles, in 1981. They are known for hit singles during the 1980s that made them one of the most successful pop rock groups of the decade. The band’s biggest ...
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R.C. Bannon (Columbia Nashville)
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Bobby Bare (Columbia Nashville)
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Barefoot Bill From Alabama
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Keith Barrow
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John Barry (CBS)
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Karl Bartos
Karl Bartos (born 31 May 1952) is a German musician and composer known for his contributions to the electronic band Kraftwerk.
Career
Karlheinz Bartos was born on 31 May 1952 in Marktschellenberg, Germany, named after his grandfathers Karl a ...
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Count Basie
William James "Count" Basie (; August 21, 1904 – April 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. In 1935, he formed the Count Basie Orchestra, and in 1936 took them to Chicago for a long engagement and the ...
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Batteaux
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BBB (Columbia Jakarta)
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Beady Eye
Beady Eye were an English rock band formed in London in 2009 by former Oasis members Liam Gallagher (vocals), Gem Archer (guitar) and Andy Bell (guitar), and former Oasis touring musician Chris Sharrock (drums). The band was created when Oasi ...
(outside US)
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Beastie Boys
The Beastie Boys were an American Hip-hop, hip hop and Rap rock, rap rock group formed in New York City in 1979. They were composed of Ad-Rock, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (vocals, guitar), Adam Yauch, Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), and Mike D, ...
(Def Jam/Columbia)
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Bix Beiderbecke
Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke ( ; March 10, 1903 – August 6, 1931) was an American jazz cornetist, pianist and composer. Beiderbecke was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical a ...
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Bedük
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Bel Canto
, )—with several similar constructions (, , , pronounced in English as )—is a term with several meanings that relate to Italian singing, and whose definitions have often been misunderstood. ''Bel canto'' was not only seen as a vocal technique ...
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Drake Bell
Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986) is an American actor and musician. Born in Newport Beach, California, he began his career as a child actor in the 1990s, appearing on ''Home Improvement (TV series), Home Improvement'' (1994) and in severa ...
(Nickelodeon/Columbia)
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Marcella Bella
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Regina Belle
Regina Belle (born July 17, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter who started her career in the mid-1980s. Known for her singles "Baby Come to Me (Regina Belle song), Baby Come to Me" (1989) and "Make It Like It Was" (1990), Belle is most notabl ...
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Tony Bennett
Anthony Dominick Benedetto (August 3, 1926 – July 21, 2023), known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, ...
(RPM/Columbia)
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George Benson
George Washington Benson (born March 22, 1943) is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist.
A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the ...
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Cheryl Bentyne (member of Manhattan Transfer)
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Polly Bergen
Polly Bergen (born Nellie Paulina Burgin; July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014) was an American actress, singer, television host, writer, and entrepreneur.
She won an Emmy Award in 1958 for her performance as Helen Morgan (singer), Helen ...
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Herschel Bernardi
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Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein ( ; born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was th ...
(Columbia Masterworks)
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Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. With a career spanning over three decades, she has established herself as one of the most Cultural impact of Beyoncé, ...
(Since 2011, has released her music through her label
Parkwood Entertainment/Columbia)
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Big Audio Dynamite
Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) were an English band, formed in London in 1984 by Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist), Mick Jones, former lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of th ...
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Big Brother and the Holding Company
Big Brother and the Holding Company are an American rock band that was formed in San Francisco in 1965 as part of the same psychedelic music scene that produced the Grateful Dead, Quicksilver Messenger Service, and Jefferson Airplane. After ...
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Big L
Lamont Coleman (May 30, 1974February 15, 1999), known professionally as Big L, was an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Emerging from Harlem in New York City in 1992, Big L became known among underground hip-hop fans for his f ...
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Big Pun
Christopher Lee Rios (November 10, 1971 – February 7, 2000), better known by his stage name Big Pun (short for Big Punisher), was an American rapper. Emerging from the underground hip hop scene in the Bronx, he came to prominence upon discover ...
(Loud/Columbia)
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Big Time Rush
''Big Time Rush'' is an American musical sitcom television series created by Scott Fellows that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009, to July 25, 2013, featuring the band Big Time Rush portrayed as a fictional version of th ...
(Nickelodeon/Columbia)
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E. Power Biggs (Columbia Masterworks)
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Tony Bird
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Bizarre Inc (Vinyl Solution/Columbia)
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Blá Blá Blá
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Black Kids
Black Kids are an American indie rock band. Formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 2006, the group consists of singer/guitarist Reggie Youngblood, keyboardists/backup singers Ali Youngblood and Dawn Watley, bassist Owen Holmes, and drummer Kevin Sn ...
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Blackhawk (Columbia Nashville)
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Art Blakey
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...
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Blaque
Blaque ( ) is an American girl group; they had songs chart from 1999 to 2004. Outside of the United States and Canada, they are known as Blaque Ivory. Their self-titled debut album ''Blaque'' sold more than 1 million copies and was certified ...
(Track Masters/Columbia)
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Blink-182
Blink-182 is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Poway, California, in 1992. Its current and best-known line-up consists of bassist and vocalist Mark Hoppus, guitarist and vocalist Tom DeLonge, and drummer Travis Barker. Though its so ...
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears (also known as "BS&T") is an American jazz rock music group founded in New York City in 1967, noted for a combination of brass with rock instrumentation. BS&T has gone through numerous iterations with varying personnel and ...
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Bloodhound Gang
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Mike Bloomfield
Michael Bernard Bloomfield (July 28, 1943 – February 15, 1981) was an American blues guitarist and composer. Born in Chicago, he became one of the first popular music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost entirely on his instrume ...
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Blue Öyster Cult
Blue Öyster Cult ( ; sometimes abbreviated BÖC or BOC) is an American rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in the hamlet of Stony Brook, in 1967.
They have sold 25 million records worldwide, including 7 million in the United States. ...
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Arthur Blythe
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The Bob's Burgers Album
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Bobby & The Midnites
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Willie Bobo
William Correa (February 28, 1934 – September 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Willie Bobo, was an American Latin jazz percussionist and jazz drummer of Puerto Rican descent. Bobo rejected the stereotypical expectations of Latino m ...
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Tommy Bolin
Thomas Richard Bolin (August 1, 1951 – December 4, 1976) was an American rock guitarist who played with Zephyr (from 1969 to 1971), the James Gang (from 1973 to 1974), Deep Purple (from 1975 to 1976), with Billy Cobham on his first record tit ...
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Claude Bolling
Claude Bolling (10 April 1930 – 29 December 2020) was a French jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and occasional actor.
Biography
He was born in Cannes, France, and studied at the Nice Conservatory, and then in Paris. A child prodigy, by the ...
(Columbia Masterworks)
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Michael Bolton
Michael Bolotin (born February 26, 1953), known professionally as Michael Bolton, is an American singer and songwriter. Bolton performed in the hard rock and heavy metal music genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, both on his early solo a ...
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Richard Bona
Richard Bona (born 28 October 1967) is a Cameroon-born American multi-instrumentalist and singer.
Early life
Bona Penda Nya Yuma Elolo was born in Minta, Cameroon, into a family of musicians, which enabled him to start learning music from a ...
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Karla Bonoff
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The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock/ new wave band originally formed in Dublin in 1975. Between 1977 and 1985, they had a series of Irish and UK hits including " Like Clockwork", " Rat Trap", " I Don't Like Mondays" and " Banana Republic". T ...
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Larry Boone (Columbia Nashville)
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Boss (DJ West/Chaos/Columbia)
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Chris Botti
Christopher Stephen Botti ( ; born October 12, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer.
In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album, Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album Impressions ...
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Pierre Boulez
Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (; 26 March 19255 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music.
Born in Montb ...
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Bow Wow
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Wade Bowen (Sea Gayle/Columbia Nashville)
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David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known as David Bowie ( ), was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Bowie was acclaimed by critics and musicians, pa ...
(ISO Records, licensed to Columbia)
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Fiddlin' Charlie Bowman
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Jimmy Boyd
Jimmy Devon Boyd (born James Devon Boyd; January 9, 1939 – March 7, 2009) was an American singer, musician, and actor known for his 1952 recording of the song " I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus."
Early years
Jimmy Boyd was born in 1939 in Mis ...
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Liona Boyd (Columbia Masterworks)
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Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who rose to fame in 2009 after appearing as a contestant on the third series of '' Britain's Got Talent'', singing " I Dreamed a Dream" from '. As of 2021, Boyle has sold 25 ...
(Syco Music/Columbia) (US)
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Brakence
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Bravehearts
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Breathe Carolina
Breathe Carolina are an American electronic music duo from Denver, Colorado. The duo formed in 2007 consisting of David Schmitt and Kyle Even. They later expanded to a full band whose best-known lineup included Schmitt, Even, drummer Eric Armen ...
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Teresa Brewer
Teresa Brewer (born Theresa Veronica Breuer; May 7, 1931 – October 17, 2007) was an American singer whose style incorporated pop, country, jazz, R&B, musicals, and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular female singers of th ...
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Bring Me the Horizon
Bring Me the Horizon are a British Rock music, rock band, formed in Sheffield, England in 2004. The group currently consists of lead vocalist Oli Sykes, drummer Matt Nicholls, guitarist Lee Malia and bassist Matt Kean (musician), Matt Kean. T ...
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Britny Fox
Britny Fox was an American glam metal band from the Philadelphia area, initially active from 1985 to 1992 then subsequently reforming from 2000 to 2003, again in 2006 to 2008 and final time reforming in 2015 to 2016. They are best known for th ...
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Broken Bells
Broken Bells is an American indie rock band composed of artist-producer Brian Burton (better known as Danger Mouse) and James Mercer, the lead vocalist and guitarist for the indie rock band The Shins. Broken Bells compose and create as a duo ...
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David Bromberg
David Bromberg (born September 19, 1945) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. David Bromberg biographyat Billboard.com An eclectic artist, Bromberg plays bluegrass rock, blues rock, folk rock, jazz rock, country rock, ...
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The Brothers Four
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Dave Brubeck
David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasti ...
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Luke Bryan
Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and television personality. Bryan is a five-time "Entertainer of the Year", being awarded by both the Academy of Country Music Awards and the Count ...
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Anita Bryant
Anita Jane Bryant (March 25, 1940 – December 16, 2024) was an American singer and anti-gay rights activist. She had three top 20 hits in the United States in the early 1960s. She was the 1958 Miss Oklahoma beauty pageant winner, and a brand ...
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Ray Bryant
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Lindsey Buckingham
Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, record producer, and the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with ...
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The Buckinghams
The Buckinghams are an American pop band from Chicago. They formed in 1966 and went on to become one of the top-selling acts of 1967, charting their only five top 40 hits in the U.S. that year. The band dissolved in 1970, but re-formed in 1980 ...
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Jeff Buckley
Jeffrey Scott Buckley (raised as Scott Moorhead; November 17, 1966 – May 29, 1997) was an American musician. After a decade as a session guitarist in Los Angeles, he attracted a cult following in the early 1990s performing at venues in ...
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Buckner & Garcia
Buckner & Garcia was an American musical duo consisting of Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia from Akron, Ohio. Their first recording was made in 1972, when they performed a novelty song called "Gotta Hear the Beat", which they recorded as Animal Ja ...
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Buckshot LeFonque
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Budapest String Quartet
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Bullet for My Valentine
Bullet for My Valentine, often abbreviated as BFMV, are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is currently composed of Matthew Tuck (vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Paget (lead guitar), Jason Bowld (drums) and J ...
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Vernon Burch
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Hannibal Buress
Hannibal Amir Buress ( ; born February 4, 1983) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He started performing comedy in 2002 while attending Southern Illinois University. He starred on Adult Swim's '' The Eric Andre Show'' from 20 ...
(Comedy Central/Columbia)
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Carol Burnett
Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American comedian, actress, singer and writer. Burnett has played dramatic and comedic roles on stage and screen. She has received List of awards and nominations received by Carol Burnett, nu ...
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T-Bone Burnett
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III (born January 14, 1948) is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards for his work on film sou ...
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Billy Burnette
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Kate Bush
Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, and dancer. Bush began writing songs at age 11. She was signed to EMI Records after David Gilmour of Pink Floyd helped produce a demo tape. In 1978, at the ...
(US)
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Ferruccio Busoni
Ferruccio Busoni (1 April 1866 – 27 July 1924) was an Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher. His international career and reputation led him to work closely with many of the leading musicians, artists and literary ...
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Busta Rhymes
Trevor George Smith Jr. (born May 20, 1972), known professionally as Busta Rhymes, is an American rapper, singer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the moniker Busta Rhymes, after National Football League, NFL and Canadian Football Lea ...
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Carl Butler
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Champ Butler
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Pearl Butler
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Billy Butterfield
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Charlie Byrd
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The Byrds
The Byrds () were an American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1964. The band underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, with frontman Roger McGuinn (known as Jim McGuinn until mid-1967) being the so ...
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Peabo Bryson
Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson ( ; born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the hit singles " Tonight, I Celebrate My Love", "You're Looking Like ...
C
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C+C Music Factory
C+C Music Factory was an American musical group formed in 1989 by David Cole and Robert Clivillés. The group is best known for their five hit singles: " Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)", " Here We Go (Let's Rock & Roll)", " Things ...
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Cha Cha
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Francis Cabrel
Francis Christian Cabrel (; born 23 November 1953) is a French singer-songwriter, composer and guitarist. Considered one of the most influential French musical artists of all time, he has released a number of albums falling mostly within the real ...
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Cage Kennylz
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Susan Cagle
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Caitlin & Will (Columbia Nashville)
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Cake
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Calamity Jane
Martha Jane Canary (May 1, 1856 – August 1, 1903), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American American frontier, frontierswoman, Exhibition shooting, sharpshooter, sex worker, and storyteller. In addition to many exploits, she was known f ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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Cab Calloway
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the Swing music, swing era. His niche ...
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Court Yard Hounds
Court Yard Hounds were an American country music and folk duo, founded by sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer. They, along with Natalie Maines, make up The Chicks, formerly the Dixie Chicks. The sisters decided to record a side project ...
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Dove Cameron
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Paula Campbell
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Stacy Dean Campbell (Columbia Nashville)
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Cannons
A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant. Gunpowder ("black powder") was the primary propellant before the invention of smokeless powder during t ...
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Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the prominent entertainers of his era.
Some of h ...
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Jerry Cantrell
Jerry Fulton Cantrell Jr. (born March 18, 1966) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the founder, lead guitarist, co-lead vocalist, and main songwriter of the rock band Alice in Chains. The band rose to internatio ...
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Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey ( ; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Songbird Supreme" by ''Guinness World Records'', Carey is known for her five-octave voc ...
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Carcass
Carcass or Carcase (both pronounced ) may refer to:
* Dressed carcass, the body of a livestock animal ready for butchery, after removal of skin, visceral organs, head, feet etc.
*Carrion, the decaying dead body of an animal or human being, also c ...
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Matt Cardle
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Brandi Carlile
Brandi Marie Carlile (born June 1, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and producer. Her music spans different genres, including folk rock, alternative country, Americana, and classic rock. Throughout her career, she has received eleven Gramm ...
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Roberto Carlos
Roberto Carlos da Silva Rocha (born 10 April 1973), often known as Roberto Carlos and sometimes ''RC3'', is a Brazilian former professional association football, footballer. He has been described as the "most offensive-minded left-back in the ...
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Wendy Carlos
Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos; November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer known for electronic music and film scores.
Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New Y ...
(Columbia Masterworks)
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Mary Chapin Carpenter (Columbia Nashville)
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Vikki Carr
Florencia Vicenta de Casillas-Martínez Cardona (born July 19, 1940), known by her stage name Vikki Carr, is an American vocalist. She has a singing career that spans more than five decades.
Born in El Paso, Texas, to Mexican parents, she has ...
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Raffaella Carrà
Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni (18 June 1943 – 5 July 2021), known professionally as Raffaella Carrà () and sometimes mononymously as Raffaella, was an Italian singer, dancer, actress, television presenter and model. She is often widely cons ...
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Carrie Underwood
Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of ''American Idol'' in 2005, returning as a judge beginning with the twenty-third season. Underwood's f ...
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Jenny Lou Carson
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Mindy Carson
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Carter Family
The Carter Family was an American folk music group that recorded and performed between 1927 and 1956. Regarded as one of the most important music acts of the early 20th century, they had a profound influence on the development of bluegrass, c ...
(Original group, 2nd and 3rd generations)
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The Carter Sisters
The Carter Sisters, (also known as the second version of The Carter Family) were an American band consisting of Maybelle Carter and her daughters June Carter Cash, Helen Carter, and Anita Carter. Each played an instrument, with June being a pio ...
also called "Carter Sisters & Mother Maybelle"
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Anita Carter
Ina Anita Carter (March 31, 1933 – July 29, 1999) was an American singer who played upright bass, guitar, and autoharp. She performed with her sisters, Helen and June, and her mother, Maybelle, initially under the name The Carter Sisters a ...
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Helen Carter
Helen Myrl Carter Jones (September 12, 1927 – June 2, 1998) was an American country music singer. The eldest daughter of Maybelle Carter, she performed with her mother and her younger sisters, June Carter and Anita Carter, as a member of ...
(Okeh)
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James Carter
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June Carter
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Maybelle Carter
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Valerie Carter (transferred to ARC/Columbia for ''Wild Child'')
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Pablo Casals
Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan: ; 29 December 187622 October 1973), known in English as Pablo Casals,[Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter. Most of his music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career. ...]( ...<br></span></div>
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(Columbia Nashville)
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June Carter Cash
Valerie June Carter Cash (June 23, 1929 – May 15, 2003) was an American country singer and songwriter. A five-time Grammy Award–winner, she was a member of the Carter Family and the second wife of singer Johnny Cash. Prior to her marria ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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Ray Cash
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Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of country musician Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Cash.
Although Cash is often classified as a country artist, her music draws f ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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Cathedral
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Cecilio & Kapono
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John Cena
John Felix Anthony Cena ( ; born April 23, 1977) is an American actor and professional wrestler. As a wrestler, he has been signed to WWE , where he is the current WWE Championship, Undisputed WWE Champion in his record 14th reign, which is ...
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Central Cee
Oakley Neil Caesar-Su (born 4 June 1998), known professionally as Central Cee, is a British rapper from Shepherd's Bush, London. Regarded as a leading figure in UK rap, he rose to prominence in 2020 with the release of his drill singles "Day i ...
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Chad & Jeremy
Chad & Jeremy were a British musical duo consisting of Chad Stuart and Jeremy Clyde, who began working in 1962 and had their first hit song in the UK with " Yesterday's Gone" (1963). That song became a hit in the United States in the following ...
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The Chainsmokers
The Chainsmokers are an American electronic DJ and production duo consisting of Alex Pall and Drew Taggart. They started out by releasing remixes of songs by indie artists. The electronic dance music, EDM-Pop music, pop duo achieved a breakth ...
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Chairlift
An elevated passenger ropeway, or chairlift, is a type of aerial lift, which consists of a continuously circulating steel wire rope loop strung between two end terminals and usually over intermediate towers. They are the primary on-hill tran ...
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Chalk FarM
Chalk Farm is a small urban district of north west London, lying immediately north of Camden Town, in the London Borough of Camden.
History
Manor of Rugmere
Chalk Farm was originally known as the Manor of Rugmere, an estate that was mentio ...
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The Chambers Brothers
The Chambers Brothers are an American psychedelic soul band, best known for their eleven-minute 1968 psychedelic soul hit " Time Has Come Today". The group was part of the wave of new music that integrated American blues and gospel traditions ...
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Champaign
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Carol Channing
Carol Elaine Channing (January 31, 1921 – January 15, 2019) was an American actress, comedian, singer and dancer who starred in Broadway and film musicals. Each of her characters typically possessed a fervent expressiveness and an easily ide ...
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Ray Charles
Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Gen ...
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Charlie (''Fantasy Girls'' album, USA)
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Chayanne
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Cher
Cher ( ; born Cheryl Sarkisian, May 20, 1946) is an American singer, actress and television personality. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Goddess of Pop", she is known for her Androgyny, androgynous contralto voice, Music an ...
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Cherub
A cherub (; : cherubim; ''kərūḇ'', pl. ''kərūḇīm'') is one type of supernatural being in the Abrahamic religions. The numerous depictions of cherubim assign to them many different roles, such as protecting the entrance of the Garden of ...
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Kenny Chesney
Kenneth Arnold Chesney (born March 26, 1968) is an American country singer. With 30 million albums sold worldwide, he released his debut, '' In My Wildest Dreams'', in 1994, and has since released 19 follow-ups. His albums spawned 27 singles tha ...
(Blue Chair/Columbia Nashville)
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Mark Chesnutt (Columbia Nashville)
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Chevelle
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The Chieftains
The Chieftains were a traditional Irish folk band formed in Dublin in 1962, by Paddy Moloney, Seán Potts and Michael Tubridy. Their sound, which is almost entirely instrumental and largely built around uilleann pipes, has become synonymous w ...
(outside of Ireland)
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Chicago
Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...
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The Chipettes
The Chipettes are a Fiction, fictional girl group from the ''Alvin and the Chipmunks'' franchise consisting of three female anthropomorphic chipmunk singers: Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor, alongside their adoptive human mother, Beatrice Mille ...
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Chipmunk
Chipmunks are small, striped rodents of subtribe Tamiina. Chipmunks are found in North America, with the exception of the Siberian chipmunk which is found primarily in Asia.
Taxonomy and systematics
Chipmunks are classified as four genera: '' ...
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Jay Chou
Jay Chou Chieh-lun ( zh, s=周杰伦, t=周杰倫, first=t, p=Zhōu Jiélún; born 18 January 1979) is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, actor, director, and businessman. Regarded as one of the most influential artists in the Chinese-speaking worl ...
(Sony/Epic/Columbia Malaysia)
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Christie (CBS)
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Lou Christie
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Susan Christie
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Charlotte Church
Charlotte Maria Church (born Charlotte Maria Reed, 21 February 1986) is a British singer-songwriter, actress, and television presenter from Cardiff, Wales.
As a child, Church was a popular classical singer with a less-successful attempt to mov ...
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Christine McVie
Christine Anne McVie (; Perfect; 12 July 1943 – 30 November 2022) was an English musician. She was the keyboardist and one of the vocalists and songwriters of the rock band Fleetwood Mac.
McVie was a member of several bands, notably Chic ...
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The Chuck Wagon Gang
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Circus of Power
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Clams Casino
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The Clancy Brothers
The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music group that developed initially as a part of the American folk music revival. Most popular during the 1960s, they were famed for their Aran jumpers and are widely credited with popularisi ...
and
Tommy Makem
Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an Irish folk music, folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, l ...
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Buddy Clark
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Petula Clark
Sally "Petula" Clark (born 15 November 1932) is a British singer, actress, and songwriter. She started her professional career as a child actor, child performer and has had the longest career of any British entertainer, spanning more than 85 y ...
(UK, France and Canada)
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Anne Clark
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The Clash
The Clash were an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1976. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they are considered one of the most influential acts in the original wave of British punk rock, with their music fusing elements ...
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David Clayton-Thomas
David Clayton-Thomas (born David Henry Thomsett, 13 September 1941) is a Grammy Award-winning Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the American band Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Clayton-Thomas began his musi ...
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Buzz Clifford
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Rosemary Clooney
Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the song "Come On-a My House", which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me (Ba-Ba-Baciami Piccin ...
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Clutch
A clutch is a mechanical device that allows an output shaft to be disconnected from a rotating input shaft. The clutch's input shaft is typically attached to a motor, while the clutch's output shaft is connected to the mechanism that does th ...
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The Coasters
The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group who had a string of hits in the late 1950s. With hits including "Searchin'", "Young Blood (The Coasters song), Young Blood", "Charlie Brown (The Coasters song), Charlie Bro ...
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Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Douglas Cockburn ( ; born May 27, 1945) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to folk- and jazz-influenced rock to soundscapes accompanying spoken stories. His lyrics reflect interests in spirit ...
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David Allan Coe
David Allan Coe (born September 6, 1939) is an American singer and songwriter. Coe took up music after spending much of his early life in reform schools and prisons, and first became notable for busking in Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville. He ini ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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Amber Coffman
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Coheed and Cambria
Coheed and Cambria is an American progressive rock band from Nyack, New York, formed in 1995. It consists of Claudio Sanchez (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Travis Stever (guitars, vocals), Josh Eppard (drums, keyboards, backing vocals), and Za ...
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Adam Cohen
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Leonard Cohen
Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian songwriter, singer, poet, and novelist. Themes commonly explored throughout his work include faith and mortality, isolation and depression, betrayal and redemption, soc ...
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Coin
A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by ...
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Ornette Coleman
Randolph Denard Ornette Coleman (March 9, 1930 – June 11, 2015) was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, violinist, and composer. He is best known as a principal founder of the free jazz genre, a term derived from his 1960 album '' Free Ja ...
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Collie Buddz
Colin Patrick Harper (born August 21, 1981), better known by his stage name Collie Buddz, is a Bermudian
reggae singer. He signed with Columbia Records to release his self-titled debut studio album (2006), which entered the ''Billboard'' 200 ...
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Colosseum
The Colosseum ( ; , ultimately from Ancient Greek word "kolossos" meaning a large statue or giant) is an Ellipse, elliptical amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, Italy, just east of the Roman Forum. It is the largest ancient amphi ...
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Arthur Collins
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Columbia Symphony Orchestra
The Columbia Symphony Orchestra was an orchestra formed by Columbia Records for the purpose of making recordings. In the 1950s, it provided a vehicle for some of Columbia's better known conductors and recording artists to record using only compan ...
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Chi Coltrane
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Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1997 Grammy Award-winning song "Sunny Came Home".
Early life
Colvin was born Shawna Lee Colvin in Vermillion, South Dakota, and ...
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Luke Combs
Luke Albert Combs (born March 2, 1990) is an American country music, country singer. He was born in North Carolina and grew up there, performing as a child. After leaving college to pursue a career in music, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, Nas ...
(River House/Columbia Nashville)
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Les Compagnons de la chanson
Les Compagnons de la chanson were a French harmony vocal group, formed in 1946 from an earlier group founded in Lyon, France in 1941. Their best known song was " Les trois cloches" recorded with Edith Piaf in 1946. Consisting of eight or nine mem ...
(CBS Disques S.A.)
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Compost
Compost is a mixture of ingredients used as plant fertilizer and to improve soil's physical, chemical, and biological properties. It is commonly prepared by Decomposition, decomposing plant and food waste, recycling organic materials, and man ...
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Jeff Conaway
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway (October 5, 1950 – May 27, 2011) was an American actor. He portrayed Kenickie in the film ''Grease (film), Grease'' and had roles in three television series: struggling actor Bobby Wheeler in ''Taxi (TV ...
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John Conlee (Columbia Nashville)
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Harry Connick Jr.
Joseph Harry Fowler Connick Jr. (born September 11, 1967) is an American singer, pianist, composer, actor, and former television host. As of 2019, he has sold over 30 million records worldwide. Connick is ranked among the top60 best-selling ma ...
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Ray Conniff
Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.
Biography
Conniff was born November 6, 1916, in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United S ...
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Consequence
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Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland (, ; November 14, 1900December 2, 1990) was an American composer, critic, writer, teacher, pianist, and conductor of his own and other American music. Copland was referred to by his peers and critics as the "Dean of American Compos ...
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The Coral
The Coral are an English rock band, formed in 1996 in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula, Merseyside. The band emerged during the early 2000s. Their 2002 debut album ''The Coral (album), The Coral'', from which came the single "Dreaming of You (T ...
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Chick Corea
Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (June 12, 1941 – February 9, 2021) was an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and occasional percussionist. His compositions "Spain (instrumental), Spain", "500 Miles High", "La Fiesta", "Armando's Rhumba" ...
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Jill Corey
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Miranda Cosgrove
Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and producer. A teen idol of the 2000s and early 2010s, she was listed as the highest-paid child actor of 2012 by Guinness World Records and appeared on ''Forbes " 30 ...
(Nickelodeon/Columbia)
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Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television host. According to ''Rolling Stone'', Costello "reinvigorated the literate, lyrical ...
(US)
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Court Yard Hounds
Court Yard Hounds were an American country music and folk duo, founded by sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Strayer. They, along with Natalie Maines, make up The Chicks, formerly the Dixie Chicks. The sisters decided to record a side project ...
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Billy "Crash" Craddock
Billy Wayne "Crash" Craddock (born June 16, 1939) is an American country and rockabilly singer. He first gained popularity in Australia in the 1950s with a string of rockabilly hits, including the Australian number one hits " Boom Boom Baby" an ...
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Robert Craft
Robert Lawson Craft (October 20, 1923 – November 10, 2015) was an American conductor and writer. He is best known for his intimate professional relationship with Igor Stravinsky, on which Craft drew in producing numerous recordings and books.
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(Columbia Masterworks)
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Creed
A creed, also known as a confession of faith, a symbol, or a statement of faith, is a statement of the shared beliefs of a community (often a religious community) which summarizes its core tenets.
Many Christian denominations use three creeds ...
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Rachel Crow
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Rodney Crowell
Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is an American musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music. Crowell has had five number one singles on Hot Country Songs, all from his 1988 album '' Diamonds & Dirt''. ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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The Cryan' Shames
The Cryan' Shames are an American garage rock band from Hinsdale, Illinois. Originally known as The Travelers, the band was formed by Tom Doody ("Toad"), Gerry Stone ("Stonehenge"), Dave Purple ("Grape") of The Prowlers, Denny Conroy from Po ...
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Cry of Love
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Crazy Town
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Darren Criss
Darren Everett Criss (born February 5, 1987) is an American actor, singer, and songwriter. He rose to fame starring on the television series ''Glee (TV series), Glee'' (2010–2015) and received a Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award and ...
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CRX
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Xavier Cugat
Xavier Cugat (; ; 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was an American musician and bandleader who was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music. Originally from Girona, Spain, he
spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba, before arriving i ...
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Cypress Hill
Cypress Hill is an American Hip hop music, hip hop group formed in South Gate, California in 1988. One of the first Latin groups to gain mainstream recognition in hip hop, they have sold over 20 million albums worldwide, and have obtained multi ...
(Ruffhouse/Columbia)
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The Cyrkle
The Cyrkle is an American rock band active from the early to late-1960s, and since 2016. The group has charted two Top 40 hits, "Red Rubber Ball" and "Turn-Down Day".
Career
The band was formed by guitarists and lead singers Don Dannemann and T ...
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Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus ( , born Destiny Hope Cyrus, November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and director. Regarded as a contemporary pop icon, Cyrus has been recognized for her evolving artistry and image reinventions. She is ...
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D Generation
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Da Brat
Shawntae Harris-Dupart (née Harris; born April 14, 1974), better known by her stage name Da Brat, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Chicago, she began her career in 1992 and signed with Jermaine Dupri's So So Def Recordings two years l ...
(So So Def/Columbia)
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Daft Punk
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement, combining house music, funk, disco, tech ...
(Daft Life/Columbia)
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Lacy J. Dalton (Columbia Nashville)
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Vic Damone
Vic Damone (born Vito Rocco Farinola; June 12, 1928 – February 11, 2018) was an American traditional pop music, pop and big band singer and actor. He was best known for his performances of songs such as the number one hit "You're Breaking My ...
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Dangerous Toys
Dangerous Toys is an Austin, Texas-based rock band, with often humorous lyrics. Founded in 1987, Dangerous Toys released four full-length albums and one live album before unofficially disbanding at the turn of the millennium. The band found mai ...
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Danzig
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The Daou
The Daou were a New York-based dance music quintet composed of Peter Daou (keyboards), Vanessa Daou (vocals), Mike Caro (guitar), Leon Dorsey (bass), and former 24-7 Spyz member Anthony Johnson (drums). Their only album ''Head Music'' was relea ...
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Terence Trent D'Arby
Sananda Francesco Maitreya (born Terence Trent Howard; March 15, 1962), who started his career with the stage name Terence Trent D'Arby, is an American singer and songwriter who came to fame with his debut studio album, '' Introducing the Hard ...
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Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin (born Walden Robert Cassotto; May 14, 1936 – December 20, 1973) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor who performed Pop music, pop, Swing music, swing, Folk music, folk, rock and roll, and country music.
Darin started ...
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Joe Dassin
Joseph Ira Dassin (; November 5, 1938 – August 20, 1980) was an American–French singer-songwriter. In his career spanning sixteen years (1964–1980), he enjoyed numerous successes in France and the French-speaking world, as well as singing ...
(CBS Disques S.A. and Columbia of Canada)
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Dave
Dave may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Dave'' (film), a 1993 film starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver
* ''Dave'' (musical), a 2018 stage musical adaptation of the 1993 film
* ''Dave'' (TV series), a 2020 American comedy series
* ...
(CBS Disques S.A.)
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Dave Gahan
David Gahan ( ; né Callcott; born 9 May 1962) is an English singer best known as the lead singer of electronic music band Depeche Mode since their formation in 1980. Noted for his commanding stage presence and unique baritone voice, Gahan was ...
(member of Depeche Mode)
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John Davidson
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Jimmie Davis
James Houston Davis (September 11, 1899 – November 5, 2000) was an American singer, songwriter, and Democratic Party politician. After achieving fame for releasing both sacred and popular songs, Davis served as governor of Louisiana from ...
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Mac Davis
Morris Mac Davis (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was an American songwriter, singer, performer, and actor. A native of Lubbock, Texas, he enjoyed success as a crossover artist and writing for Elvis Presley during his early career, pro ...
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Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th century music, 20th-century music. Davis ado ...
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Tyrone Davis
Tyrone Davis (born Tyrone D. Fettson or Tyrone D. Branch, October 3, 1937 – February 9, 2005) (although many sources have his date of birth as May 4, 1938), was an American blues and soul singer with a long list of hit records over more th ...
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Doris Day
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress and singer. She began her career as a big band singer in 1937, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey ...
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Stu Daye (Pilot/Columbia)
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Jimmy Dean
Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928 – June 13, 2010) was an American country music singer, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean (brand), Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV comm ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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Death
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism. Death eventually and inevitably occurs in all organisms. The remains of a former organism normally begin to decompose sh ...
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Death Grips
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Cole Deggs & the Lonesome (Columbia Nashville)
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Paco de Lucía
Francisco Sánchez Gómez (; 21 December 194725 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía (), was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the new flamenco style, he was one of the first flamen ...
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Declan McKenna
Declan Benedict McKenna (born 24 December 1998) is an English singer-songwriter. He initially gained recognition for winning the Glastonbury Festival's Emerging Talent Competition in 2015. McKenna self-released the song "Brazil (Declan McKenna s ...
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Dej Loaf
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Delaney & Bonnie
Delaney & Bonnie was an American duo of singer-songwriters Delaney Bramlett and Bonnie Bramlett. In 1969 and 1970, they fronted a rock/soul ensemble, Delaney & Bonnie and Friends, whose members at different times included Duane Allman, Gregg ...
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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists ...
(Mute/Columbia)
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The Derek Trucks Band
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Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child was an American girl group whose final lineup comprised Beyoncé, Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams (singer), Michelle Williams. The group began their musical career as Girl's Tyme, formed in 1990 in Hou ...
(Music World/Columbia)
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Frank De Vol
Frank Denny De Vol (September 20, 1911 – October 27, 1999) was an American bandleader, arranger, composer and actor. As a composer, he was nominated for four Academy Awards.
Early life
De Vol was born in Moundsville in Marshall County in no ...
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Barry De Vorzon
Barry De Vorzon (born July 31, 1934) is an American composer, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He worked as a pop musician during the 1960s and co-founded Valiant Records, before being known as a composer of film and television scores ...
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Dillon Francis
Dillon Hart Francis (born October 5, 1987), also known as DJ Hanzel, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. He played a key role in popularizing moombahton and later developed its heavier variants, moombahcore and EDM trap.
Earl ...
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Al Di Meola
Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his work in jazz fusion and world music, his breakthrough came after joining Chick Corea's Return to Forever group in 1974. He launched, from 1976 afterwards, a s ...
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Neil Diamond
Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the List of best-selling music artists, best-selling musicians of all time.
He has written and ...
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Dion
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Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had ...
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Il Divo
Il Divo (; ) are a multinational classical crossover vocal group. Formed in the United Kingdom in 2003, it is a male quartet that was created and then promoted by British media magnate Simon Cowell for Syco Music, a record label that he had ...
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Die Ärzte
(; ) is a German rock band from Berlin. It consists of guitarist Farin Urlaub, drummer Bela B and bass player Rodrigo González (musician), Rodrigo González. All three write and perform their songs. The band has released 14 studio albums.
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(1984–1988)
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Dixie Chicks
The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks) are an American country music band from Dallas, Texas. The band consists of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and Emily Stra ...
(Wide Open/Columbia Nashville)
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DJ Kayslay
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DMX (former)
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Dr. Dre
Andre Romell Young (born February 18, 1965), known professionally as Dr. Dre, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. He is the founder and CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and Beats Electronics, and co-founder of ...
(former)
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Dr. Feelgood (USA/Canada)
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Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
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Deryl Dodd
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Tim Dog
Timothy J. Blair (January 3, 1967 – February 14, 2013),Margaret Eby"Rapper Tim Dog slapped with arrest warrant on suspicion of faking own death,"''New York Daily News'', May 22, 2013. better known by his stage name Tim Dog, was an American rap ...
(Ruffhouse/Columbia)
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Ned Doheny
Patrick Anson "Ned" Doheny (born March 26, 1948) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist from Malibu, California, who has recorded eight albums and performed with other artists including Don Henley and Glenn Frey of the Eagles, JD So ...
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Dokken
Dokken is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1978. It split up in 1989 and reformed four years later. The band has had several hit singles which charted on the Billboard Hot 100, such as " Alone Again", " In My Dreams", and ...
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Domo Genesis
Dominique Marquis Cole (born March 9, 1991), known professionally as Domo Genesis, is an American rapper, DJ, and songwriter. He is best known for being a member of Los Angeles hip hop collective Odd Future. He has since continued his solo career ...
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Odd Future
Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, better known as Odd Future and often abbreviated as OF or OFWGKTA, was an American alternative hip-hop Musical collective, music collective formed in Los Angeles, California in 2007. The group consisted of rap ...
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The Dorsey Brothers
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Downtown Science (Def Jam/Columbia)
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Sue Draheim
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Drowning Pool
Drowning Pool is an American rock band formed in Dallas, Texas, in 1996. The band was named after the 1975 film '' The Drowning Pool''. Since its formation, the band has consisted of guitarist C.J. Pierce, drummer Mike Luce and bassist Stevie ...
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Duo Tal & Groethuysen
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Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is an American rapper and record producer. Raised in Atlanta, Georgia as the son of Columbia Records executive Michael Mauldin, he began his career in music at the age of nine. He discovered th ...
(So So Def/Columbia)
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Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...
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Jakob Dylan
Jakob Luke Dylan (born December 9, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter. He rose to fame as the lead vocalist, guitarist, and principal songwriter of the rock band the Wallflowers, which he formed in 1989.
Born in New York City to musician Bo ...
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Ronnie Dyson
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Earl Sweatshirt
Thebe Neruda Kgositsile (born February 24, 1994), known professionally as Earl Sweatshirt, is an American rapper and record producer. Kgositsile was originally known by the moniker Sly Tendencies when he began rapping in 2008, but changed his na ...
(Tan Cressida)
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire (abbreviated as EW&F or EWF) is an American band formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. Their music spans multiple genres, including jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin and Afro-pop. They are among the best-selling ba ...
(ARC/Columbia)
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Walter Egan
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The Electric Flag
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Elaine
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Electric Light Orchestra
The Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1970 by multi-instrumentalists Jeff Lynne and Roy Wood and drummer Bev Bevan. Their music is characterised by a fusion of pop and classical arrangement ...
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Elkland
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Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous Big band, jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life.
Born and raised in Washington, D ...
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Don Ellis
Donald Johnson Ellis (July 25, 1934 – December 17, 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter, drummer, composer, and bandleader. He is best known for his extensive musical experimentation, particularly in the area of time signatures. Later in his ...
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Emilio Navaira
Emilio H. Navaira III (August 23, 1962 – May 16, 2016) was an American singer-songwriter of Tejano music, Tejano and country music. He is the winner of one Grammy Award and one Latin Grammy Award.
Known to most by the Mononymous person, mono ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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The Emotions
The Emotions are an American soul/ R&B vocal group from Chicago. The group started out in gospel music but transitioned into R&B and disco music. The Emotions were named by VH1 as one of the 18 most influential girl groups of all time.
Hist ...
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''Empire'' cast
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EPMD
EPMD is an American hip hop duo from Brentwood, New York. The duo's name is an initialism for "Erick and Parrish Making Dollars", referring to its members: emcees Erick Sermon ("E" a.k.a. E Double) and Parrish Smith ("PMD" a.k.a. Parrish Mi ...
(Def Jam/RAL/Columbia)
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E.S.T.
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David Essex
David Essex (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English singer-songwriter and actor. From 1973 to 1994, he attained 19 Top 40 singles in the UK (including two number ones) and 16 Top 40 albums. Internationally, Essex had the most suc ...
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Ethan Bortnick
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Evan and Jaron
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Jackie Evancho
Jacqueline Marie Evancho ( ; born April 9, 2000) is an American singer who gained wide recognition at an early age, singing primarily crossover music#Classical crossover, classical crossover covers. Since 2009, she has issued nine albums, a pla ...
(Syco Music/Columbia)
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Evanescence
Evanescence is an American Rock music, rock band founded in 1994 by singer and keyboardist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody in Little Rock, Arkansas. After releasing independent extended play, EPs and a Origin (Evanescence demo album), demo ...
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Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American Jazz piano, jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, block chords, innovative chord voicings, a ...
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Tiffany Evans
Tiffany Evans (born August 4, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Evans rose to fame in 2003 as a contestant on ''Star Search'' (hosted by Arsenio Hall), she became the first contestant in ''Star Search'' history to earn a perfe ...
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George Ezra
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Fleur East
Fleur East (born 29 October 1987) is an English singer, songwriter, rapper and presenter. East competed on the second series of ''The X Factor'' in 2005 as part of the girl group Addictiv Ladies but was unsuccessful. In 2012, she signed with ...
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Perrie Edwards
Perrie Louise Edwards (born 10 July 1993) is an English singer. She rose to prominence as a member of Little Mix, a girl group formed during the eighth series of '' The X Factor UK'', which they eventually won. The group won three Brit Awards, ...
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Barbara Fairchild (Columbia Nashville)
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Shelly Fairchild (Columbia Nashville)
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Percy Faith
Percy Faith (April 7, 1908 – February 9, 1976) was a Canadian–American bandleader, orchestrator, composer and conductor, known for his lush arrangements of instrumental ballads and Christmas standards. He is often credited with popularizin ...
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Rose Falcon
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Fania All-Stars
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Tyler Farr
Tyler Lynn Farr (born February 5, 1984) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Originally signed to BNA Records Farr released two singles for the label before it closed. He transferred to Columbia Records Nashville, releasing two a ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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Eileen Farrell
Eileen Farrell (February 13, 1920 – March 23, 2002) was an American soprano who had a nearly 60-year-long career performing both classical and popular music in concerts, theatres, on radio and television, and on disc. NPR noted, "She possessed ...
(Columbia Masterworks)
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Dionne Farris
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Fastway
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Rebecca Ferguson
Rebecca Louisa Ferguson Sundström (born 19 October 1983) is a Swedish actress. Ferguson began her television acting career in 1999 with the Swedish soap opera ''Nya tider'' and made her motion picture acting debut in 2004 with the Swedish slash ...
(Syco Music/Columbia)
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Nino Ferrer
Nino Agostino Arturo Maria Ferrari (; 15 August 1934 – 13 August 1998), known as Nino Ferrer (), was an Italian-born French singer-songwriter and author.
Biography and career
Nino Ferrer was born on 15 August 1934 in Genoa, Italy, but lived t ...
(CBS Disques S.A.)
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Fertig, Los!
Fertig, Los! was an indie rock band from Germany. It was formed in the summer of 2004 in Munich. Its members consisted of Julia Viechtl (bassist), Florian Wille (drummer), and Philipp Leu (singer and guitarist). The band split up in 2013.
Band hi ...
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Dominic Fike
Dominic David Fike (born December 30, 1995) is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, and actor. Fike first received recognition after releasing several popular songs to the website SoundCloud. Following the release of his debut extended play, ' ...
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Fingertight
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Firehose
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The Firesign Theatre
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First Aid Kit
A first aid kit or medical kit is a collection of supplies and equipment used to give First aid, immediate medical treatment, primarily to treat injuries and other mild or moderate medical conditions. There is a wide variation in the contents o ...
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Ella Fitzgerald
Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April25, 1917June15, 1996) was an American singer, songwriter and composer, sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen of Jazz", and "Lady Ella". She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phra ...
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Five for Fighting
Vladimir John Ondrasik III (born January 7, 1965), also known by his stage name Five for Fighting, is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He is best known for his piano-based soft rock, such as the top 40 hits " Superman (It's Not Easy)" ...
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Five Finger Death Punch
Five Finger Death Punch, also abbreviated as 5FDP or FFDP, is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2005. The band originally consisted of vocalist Ivan Moody, rhythm guitarist Zoltan Bathory, lead g ...
(Prospect Park)
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Béla Fleck
Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. An acclaimed virtuoso, he is an innovative and technically proficient pioneer and ambassador of the banjo, playing music from bluegrass, jazz, classical, rock and various ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1967 by the singer and guitarist Peter Green (musician), Peter Green. Green named the band by combining the surnames of the drummer, Mick Fleetwood, and the bassis ...
(Blue Horizon/CBS) (outside US/Canada)
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The Flying Burrito Brothers
The Flying Burrito Brothers are an American country rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1968, best known for their influential 1969 debut album, ''The Gilded Palace of Sin''. Although the group is known for its connection to band f ...
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Dan Fogelberg
Daniel Grayling Fogelberg (August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007) was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist widely known for his 1970s and 1980s soft rock hits, including " Longer" (1979), " Same Old Lang Syne" (1981), and " ...
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Foggy Mountain Boys
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Ronnie Foster
Ronnie Foster (born May 12, 1950) is an American funk and soul jazz organist, and record producer. His albums recorded for Blue Note Records in the 1970s have gained a cult following after the emergence of acid jazz.
Early life
Foster was born ...
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Foster the People
Foster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. Its members include founder and frontman Mark Foster (musician), Mark Foster and keyboardist Isom Innis.
Foster founded the band in 2009 after spending ...
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The Four Lads
The Four Lads were a Irish male singing quartet that earned many gold singles and albums in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Their million-selling signature tunes include " Moments to Remember"; " Standing on the Corner"; " No, Not Much"; " Who Ne ...
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Zino Francescatti
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Frankie J
Francisco Javier Bautista Jr. (born December 7, 1975) better known by his stage name Frankie J, is a Mexican-American singer and former member of the musical group Kumbia Kings.
Born in Mexico, he grew up in San Diego and became a freestyle art ...
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Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Honored as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Soul", she was twice named by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine as the Roll ...
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Franz Ferdinand
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Fraser & DeBolt
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Frenship
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Janie Fricke
Jane Marie Fricke ( ; born December 19, 1947), known professionally as Janie Fricke, is an American country music singer, record producer, and clothing designer. She has placed seventeen Single (music), singles in the top ten of the US ''Billboa ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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David Frizzell (Columbia Nashville)
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The Front
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Michel Fugain (CBS Disques S.A. France)
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Fugees
The Fugees () are an American hip hop group formed in South Orange, New Jersey, in 1990. The trio of Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel, and Lauryn Hill was known for their fusion of hip hop, reggae, R&B, and funk; their socially conscious lyrics; and ...
(Ruffhouse/Columbia)
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Full Force
Full Force is an American music group of hip hop and R&B singers, songwriters and producers from Brooklyn, New York.
Members
*B-Fine (Brian George) – drums and drum programming, backing vocals
*Shy Shy (Hugh Junior Clark) – bass guita ...
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Future
The future is the time after the past and present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the apparent nature of reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything that currently ex ...
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Jean Gabin
Jean Gabin Alexis Moncorgé (born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé), known as Jean Gabin (; 17 May 190415 November 1976), was a French actor and singer. Considered a key figure in French cinema, he starred in several classic films, including '' Pépé le ...
(CBS Disques S.A.)
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Janita Gabriella (Sony/Columbia Malaysia)
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André Gagnon (Columbia of Canada)
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Eric Gale
Eric Gale (September 20, 1938 – May 25, 1994) was an American jazz and jazz fusion guitarist.
Biography
Eric Gale was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York. His grandfather was English, and Gale had relatives in Venezuela and Bar ...
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Patsy Gallant
Patricia Gallant (born August 15, 1948, in Campbellton, New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the no ...
(Columbia of Canada)
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Katy Garbi
Katerina "Katy" Garbi (, ; born 8 June 1961) is a Greek singer. Her career has spanned over 35 years with over 2 million records sold in Greece and abroad. Garbi's discography is marked by several multi-platinum releases, including ''Arhizo Polem ...
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Charly García
Carlos Alberto García Moreno (born October 23, 1951), better known by his stage name Charly García, is an Argentine singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer and record producer, considered one of the most important rock musicians in ...
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Sean Garrett
Garrett Robin Hamler (born March 30, 1979), known professionally as Sean Garrett, is an American record producer and songwriter. He is known his songwriting work on a series of commercially successful R&B and hip-hop songs, beginning with Ush ...
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Roc Nation
Roc Nation is an American entertainment company founded by Jay-Z in 2008. Headquartered in New York City, the company is a successor to his previous Roc-A-Fella Records label, with additional offices in Los Angeles and London. It serves as a re ...
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Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer, actor and poet who is best known for his partnership with Paul Simon in the folk rock duo Simon & Garfunkel.
Born in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, Garfunkel became acquainte ...
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Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. Possessing a strong contralto voice, she was celebrated for her emotional depth and versatility across film, stage, and concert performance. ...
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Bradley Gaskin (Columbia Nashville)
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Larry Gatlin
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers are an American country music vocal group. The group consists of lead singer Larry Gatlin (born May 2, 1948) and his brothers, Rudy and Steve Gatlin. The group achieved considerable success within the country ...
(Columbia Nashville, first six albums leased from Monument)
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Marvin Gaye
Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American Rhythm and blues, R&B and soul singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He helped shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player an ...
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Crystal Gayle
Brenda Gail Webb (born January 9, 1951), known professionally as Crystal Gayle, is an American country music singer widely known for her 1977 hit " Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". Initially, Gayle's management and record label were the same ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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Stan Getz
Stan Getz (born Stanley Gayetski; February 2, 1927 – June 6, 1991) was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being the wis ...
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J Geils Band
The J. Geils Band (formerly known as The J. Geils Blues Band) was an American rock music, rock band formed in 1967, in Worcester, Massachusetts, under the leadership of guitarist J. Geils, John "J." Geils. The original band members included vo ...
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Teddy Geiger
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George Gershwin
George Gershwin (; born Jacob Gershwine; September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular music, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs "Swan ...
(Columbia Masterworks)
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Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant were a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. They were known for the complexity and sophistication of their music and for the varied musical skills of the members. All of the band members were multi-instrument ...
(US and Canada, leased from Vertigo and Chrysalis)
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Gesaffelstein
Mike Lévy (; born 24 June 1985), known professionally as Gesaffelstein (), is a French music programmer, DJ, songwriter and producer from Lyon. He has worked alongside artists such as Lady Gaga, The Weeknd, Daft Punk, Kanye West, ASAP Rocky, A$ ...
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Gigi (Sony/Columbia Malaysia)
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Art Gillham
Art Gillham (January 1, 1895, St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri – June 6, 1961, Atlanta, Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia) was an American songwriter who was among the first crooners, a pioneer radio artist, and a recording ...
(The Whispering Pianist) (first electrical recording 1925)
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Elizabeth Gillies
Elizabeth Egan Gillies (born July 26, 1993), also known as Liz Gillies, is an American actress and singer. She began her career as a teenager and made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in the Musical theatre, musical ''13 (musical), 13'' (200 ...
(Nickelodeon/Columbia)
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Terry Gilkyson
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David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined in 1967, shortly before the departure of the founder member Syd Barrett. By the early 1980s, Pink F ...
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Glasvegas
Glasvegas are a Scottish indie rock band from Glasgow. The band consists of James Allan (musician), James Allan (vocals), Rab Allan (lead guitar) and Paul Donoghue (bass guitar), with Swedish drummer Jonna Löfgren joining the group in 2010 unt ...
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''Glee'' cast
* Glokk40Spaz
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Glowie
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The Go! Team
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Goapele (Skyblaze/Columbia)
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Arthur Godfrey
Arthur Morton Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer. At the peak of his success, in the early to mid-1950s, Godfrey was heard on radio and seen on television up to six days ...
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Gogol Bordello
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Goldfinger
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Benny Golson
Benny Golson (January 25, 1929 – September 21, 2024) was an American bebop and hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a p ...
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GoodBooks
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Benny Goodman
Benjamin David Goodman (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American clarinetist and bandleader, known as the "King of Swing". His orchestra did well commercially.
From 1936 until the mid-1940s, Goodman led one of the most popular swing bi ...
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Delta Goodrem
Delta Lea Goodrem Order of Australia, AM (born 9 November 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter, television personality and actress based in Sydney. Goodrem signed a recording contract with Sony Music at the age of 15. Her debut studio album ...
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Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was , so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" an ...
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Eydie Gormé
Eydie Gormé ( ; born Edith Gormezano; August 16, 1928 – August 10, 2013) was an American singer who achieved notable success in pop, Latin, and jazz genres. She sang solo and in the duo Steve and Eydie with her husband, Steve Lawrence, on a ...
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Vern Gosdin
Vernon Gosdin (August 5, 1934 – April 28, 2009) aka Country music's "The Voice", was an American country music singing, singer. He had 19 top-10 solo hits on the country music charts from 1977 through 1990. Three of these hits went to Number O ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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Gossip
Gossip is idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others; the act is also known as dishing or tattling.
Etymology
The word is from Old English ''godsibb'', from ''god (word), god'' and ''sibb'', the term for the ...
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Glenn Gould (Columbia Masterworks)
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Robert Goulet
Robert Gérard Goulet (November 26, 1933 October 30, 2007) was an American‐Canadian singer and actor of French-Canadian ancestry. Goulet was born and raised in Lawrence, Massachusetts, until age 13, and then spent his formative years in Canad ...
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Geolier
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Gowan (Anthem/Columbia)
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Alana Grace
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Jamie Grace
Jamie Grace Harper (born November 25, 1991) is an American contemporary Christian musician, singer, rapper, and songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia. In 2010, TobyMac found her songs on YouTube and signed her to his label Gotee Records for two alb ...
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Stéphane Grappelli
Stéphane Grappelli (; 26 January 1908 – 1 December 1997) was a French jazz violinist. He is best known as a founder of the Quintette du Hot Club de France with guitarist Django Reinhardt in 1934. It was one of the first all-string jazz bands. ...
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Diva Gray
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Gregory Gray
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Mark Gray (Columbia Nashville)
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Great Plains
The Great Plains is a broad expanse of plain, flatland in North America. The region stretches east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe, and grassland. They are the western part of the Interior Plains, which include th ...
(Columbia Nashville)
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Partridge Green
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Vivian Green
Vivian Sakiyyah Green (born May 22, 1979) is an American R&B singer-songwriter and pianist.
Early life
Green was born May 22, 1979, in the East Oak Lane neighborhood of Philadelphia. The Green home was filled with the sounds of ''Motown, ...
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Gene Greene
Eugene Delbert Greene (June 9, 1877 – April 5, 1930) was an American vaudeville and ragtime singer. He was one of the first to use scat singing techniques.
Career
Greene was born in Indiana. He worked with his wife, Blanche Werner, as Greene ...
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Ken Griffin
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Gumball
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A Guy Called Gerald
Gerald Rydel Simpson (born 1967), better known as A Guy Called Gerald, is a British record producer and musician. He was an early member of the electronic group 808 State, contributing to their debut LP '' Newbuild'' (1988) and hit single " ...
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Grimes
Claire Elise Boucher (; born March 17, 1988), known professionally as Grimes, is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her lyrics often touch on science fiction and feminist themes. The visuals in her videos are elabora ...
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Grace Vanderwaal
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Bruce Haack
Bruce Clinton Haack () (May 4, 1931 – September 26, 1988) was a Canadian musician and composer in the field of electronic music.
Biography From Alberta to New York (1931–1963)
Bruce Haack played on his family's piano at the age of three, a ...
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Haim
Haim can be a first name or surname originating in Hebrew or derived from the Old German name Haimo.
Etymology Hebrew
Chayyim ( ', Classical Hebrew: , Israeli Hebrew: ), also transcribed ''Haim, Hayim, Chayim'', or ''Chaim'' (English pronunciat ...
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Nina Hagen
Catharina "Nina" Hagen (; born 11 March 1955) is a German singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her theatrical vocals and rise to prominence during the punk and Neue Deutsche Welle movements in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She is ...
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Adelaide Hall
Adelaide Louise Hall (20 October 1901 – 7 November 1993) was an American-born UK-based jazz singer and entertainer. Her career spanned more than 70 years from 1921 until her death. Early in her career, she was a major figure in the Harlem Ren ...
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John Hall (''Power'' released through ARC/Columbia)
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Halsey
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Paul Hampton
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Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is an American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer. He started his career with trumpeter Donald Byrd's group. Hancock soon joined the Miles Davis Quintet, where he helped to redefine the role of ...
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Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks were a Finnish Rock music, rock band formed in 1979. They were the first Finnish band to chart in the UK and they were also popular in Japan. By 1984, the band was considered to be on the verge of an international breakthrough when ...
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The Harden Trio
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Arlene Harden
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Tim Hardin
James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own success, his songs " If I Were a Carpenter", " Reason to Believe", " Misty Roses" and " ...
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The Harmonicats
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Jimmy Harnen
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Calvin Harris
Adam Richard Wiles (born 17 January 1984), known professionally as Calvin Harris (and sometimes under the stage name Love Regenerator), is a Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter. His debut studio album, ''I Created Disco'' (2007 ...
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Corey Hart (Columbia of Canada)
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Sophie B. Hawkins
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Darren Hayes
Darren Stanley Hayes (born 8 May 1972) is an Australian singer, songwriter, music producer and composer. He was the singer of the pop duo Savage Garden from their 1993 establishment until their disbandment in 2001. Their 1997 album '' Savage Ga ...
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Isaac Hayes
Isaac Lee Hayes Jr. (August 20, 1942 – August 10, 2008) was an American singer, songwriter, composer, and actor. He was one of the creative forces behind the Southern soul music label Stax Records in the 1960s, serving as an in-house songwr ...
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Wade Hayes (Columbia Nashville)
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Roy Haynes
Roy Owen Haynes (March 13, 1925 – November 12, 2024) was an American jazz drummer. In the 1950s, he was given the nickname "Snap Crackle" for his distinctive snare drum sound and musical vocabulary. He is among the most recorded drummers in ja ...
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Harlem World
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(So So Def/Columbia)
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Hawks
Hawks are bird of prey, birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. They are very widely distributed and are found on all continents, except Antarctica.
The subfamily Accipitrinae includes goshawks, sparrowhawks, sharp-shinned hawks, and othe ...
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Heart
The heart is a muscular Organ (biology), organ found in humans and other animals. This organ pumps blood through the blood vessels. The heart and blood vessels together make the circulatory system. The pumped blood carries oxygen and nutrie ...
* Heath Brothers
* Heaven's Edge
* Mitch Hedberg (Comedy Central/Columbia)
* Coleman Hell
* Hellyeah
* Ella Henderson (Syco Music/Columbia) (US)
* Fletcher Henderson
* Woody Herman
* Patrick Hernandez
* Ari Hest
* Hey Monday (Decaydance/Columbia)
* The Highwaymen (country supergroup), The Highwaymen (Columbia Nashville)
* Dan Hill
* Lauryn Hill
* Z.Z. Hill
* The Hi-Lo's
* Mattie Hite
* Hodgy
* Billie Holiday
* Jake Holmes
* The Hooters
* Linda Hopkins
* Dan Hornsby
* Vladimir Horowitz (Columbia Masterworks)
* Johnny Horton
* Cissy Houston
* Marques Houston
* Terrence Howard
* How to Destroy Angels (band), How to Destroy Angels
* Home Free (group), Home Free
* Hozier (US/Canada/Australia)
* Freddie Hubbard
* Hundred Reasons
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* Julio Iglesias
* Jack Ingram (Columbia Nashville)
* Inner City (band), Inner City
* Insane Clown Posse (Psychopathic Records; distribution only)
* Irakere
* Iron Maiden (US)
* It's a Beautiful Day
* Ive (group), Ive (Starship/Columbia; Korean releases only)
* The Internet (band), The Internet (Odd Future/Columbia)
* IZ (band), IZ (Music K/Sony Music/Columbia; Korean releases only)
J
* J. Cole (
Roc Nation
Roc Nation is an American entertainment company founded by Jay-Z in 2008. Headquartered in New York City, the company is a successor to his previous Roc-A-Fella Records label, with additional offices in Los Angeles and London. It serves as a re ...
/Columbia)
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*Je'Von Evans (Heavy Muscle/Columbia
* The Jacksons
* Mahalia Jackson
* Michael Jackson
* Rebbie Jackson
* Stonewall Jackson (musician), Stonewall Jackson
* Jaroslav Jakubovič
* Jagged Edge (American group), Jagged Edge (So So Def/Columbia)
* Bob James (musician), Bob James (Columbia/Tappan Zee; material was later reissued by Warner Records, Warner Bros. Records)
* Casey James (19/Columbia Nashville)
* Harry James
* Sonny James (Columbia Nashville)
* Tom Jans
* Lauren Jauregui
* Jay Z (Def Jam - until 2009)
* Wyclef Jean
* Jennie (singer), Jennie (Odd Atelier/Columbia)
* Lyfe Jennings
* Buddy Jewell (Columbia Nashville)
* J-Kwon
* Joan Jett and the Blackhearts (Blackheart Records)
* Kari Jobe (Integrity/Columbia)
* The Joe Perry Project
* Billy Joel
* J.J. Johnson
* Robert Johnson (musician), Robert Johnson
* Jim Jones (rapper), Jim Jones
* Oran "Juice" Jones (Def Jam/Columbia)
* Janis Joplin
* Alexis Jordan
* Josie and the Pussycats (album), Josie and the Pussycats
* Journey (band), Journey
* Judas Priest
* Juicy J
* Juilliard String Quartet
* Pauline Julien
* Junkie XL
* Juno Reactor
* Victoria Justice (Nickelodeon/Columbia)
* Jussie Smollett
K
* Patricia Kaas
* Brenda Kahn
* Roger Wolfe Kahn
* Ini Kamoze
* Christian Kane (Columbia Nashville)
* Madleen Kane
* Miles Kane
* Kasabian
* Katy B (Rinse FM/Columbia)
* Sammy Kaye
* Jorma Kaukonen
* Mat Kearney
* Kenna
* Raymond Louis Kennedy (ARC/Columbia)
* Alicia Keys
* Kreayshawn
* Kid Capri (Track Masters/Columbia)
*
Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo (; born July 14, 1960) is a Beninese- French singer-songwriter, actress and activist noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Kidjo has won five Grammy A ...
* Killer Mike (Aquemini/Columbia)
* Killing Joke
* Killradio
* Killswitch Engage
* Carl King (singer), Carl King
* Peggy King
* King Princess
* Kings of Leon
* The Kinks
* John Kirby (musician), John Kirby
* Gladys Knight
* Gladys Knight & the Pips
* Holly Knight (self-titled album)
* Reggie Knighton (transferred to ARC/Columbia for ''The Reggie Knighton Band'')
*Koe Wetzel
* Kool Keith (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
* Al Kooper
* Korn (until 2009)
* Andre Kostelanetz
* Kraftwerk
* Chantal Kreviazuk
* Kris Kross (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
* Toshinobu Kubota
* Kula Shaker
* Leah Kunkel
* Kurious (Hoppoh/Columbia)
* Kay Kyser
* Krewella
* Alan Kuo (Sony/Epic/Columbia Malaysia)
L
* Labrinth (US)
* Frankie Laine
* Lake (German band), Lake
* Kendrick Lamar
* Lamb of God (band), Lamb of God
* Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
* Miranda Lambert (Columbia Nashville)
* George Lamond
* Catherine Lara
* The Lashes
* The Laughing Dogs
* Steve Lawrence
* Hubert Laws
* LCD Soundsystem
* Denis Leary (Comedy Central/Columbia)
* Lecrae
* Michele Lee
* Mylon LeFevre (Columbia and CBS Associated)
* Leftfield (Hard Hands/Columbia)
* John Legend
* Len (band), Len
* Gérard Lenorman
* LÉON (Swedish singer), LÉON
* Lewis Del Mar
* LunchMoney Lewis (Kemosabe/Columbia)
* Ted Lewis (musician), Ted Lewis
* Monique Leyrac
* Prudence Liew
* Lil' Fizz
* Lil' Flip (Loud/Columbia)
* Lil Nas X
* Lil Peep, Lil' Peep
* Lil Tjay
* Lil Xan, Lil' Xan
* Mark Lindsay
* Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam
* LL Cool J (Def Jam/Columbia)
* Lo Fidelity Allstars (Skint/Columbia)
* Kenny Loggins
* Loggins and Messina
* Little Mix (US)
* Guy Lombardo
* London String Quartet (Columbia Masterworks)
* Lone Star (band), Lone Star
* Brice Long (Columbia Nashville)
* Bobby Lord (Columbia Nashville)
* Lord Tariq and Peter Gunz
* Lostprophets
* Lous and the Yakuza
* Lovedrug
* Love Affair (band), The Love Affair (outside US)
* Love/Hate (band), Love/Hate
* Loverboy
* Nick Lowe (US)
* LSD (collaboration), LSD
* Norman Luboff
* LeToya Luckett
* Jimmie Lunceford
* Cheryl Lynn
M
* MN8
* M.I.A. (rapper), M.I.A.
* Macklemore
* Macklemore and Ryan Lewis
* Magic Man (band), Magic Man
* Magnetic Man
* Mad Cobra
* Madeon
* Taj Mahal (musician), Taj Mahal
* Mahavishnu Orchestra
* Mahogany Rush
* Natalie Maines (Columbia Nashville)
* Malcolm Todd (musician), Malcolm Todd
* Manic Street Preachers
* Barbara Mandrell (Columbia Nashville)
* Chuck Mangione
* The Manhattan Transfer (1991–92)
* The Manhattans
* Barry Manilow
* Frank Marino
* Marmalade (band), Marmalade
* Branford Marsalis
* Ellis Marsalis Jr.
* Wynton Marsalis
* Marshanda (Sony/Epic/Columbia Malaysia)
* Marshmello
* Martika
* Ricky Martin (C2/Columbia)
* Martina McBride
* Mary Mary
* Ma$e (So So Def/Columbia)
* Mashmakhan
* Jackie Mason
* Nick Mason (outside Europe)
* Johnny Mathis
* Iain Matthews (1976–77)
* Matthews, Wright & King (Columbia Nashville)
* Maxwell (musician), Maxwell
* John Mayer (musician), John Mayer (Aware/Columbia)
* Rachael MacFarlane
* Seth MacFarlane
* Paul McCartney (US/Canada, after 1979)
* Jennette McCurdy (Nickelodeon/Columbia)
* Roger McGuinn
* Joey McIntyre (C2/Columbia)
* Nellie McKay
* Scott McKenzie
* John McLaughlin (musician), John McLaughlin
* Marshall McLuhan
* Katharine McPhee
* Peter McPoland
* Carmen McRae
* MC Serch (Def Jam/Chaos/Columbia)
* Mecano
* Mark Medlock
* Megadeth
*Meek Mill
* John Mellencamp
* Memento (band), Memento
* Men at Work
* Maria Mena
* Tim Mensy (Columbia Nashville)
* Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes (Philadelphia International/Columbia)
* Freddie Mercury
* Metallica (until 1991)
* MFSB (Philadelphia International/Columbia)
* MGMT
* George Michael (US/Canada)
* Lea Michele
* John Rocca, Midi Rain (Vinyl Solution/Columbia)
* Bette Midler
* Midtown (band), Midtown
* Mile (band), Mile
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Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus ( , born Destiny Hope Cyrus, November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, actress and director. Regarded as a contemporary pop icon, Cyrus has been recognized for her evolving artistry and image reinventions. She is ...
* Mitch Miller
* T. Mills
* Nathan Milstein (Columbia Masterworks)
* Charles Mingus
* Liza Minnelli
* Misfits (band), Misfits
* Guy Mitchell
* Dimitri Mitropoulos
* MKTO
* Ms Mr
* Mr. T
* Mobb Deep (Loud/Columbia)
* Moby (musician), Moby
* Moby Grape
* Don Moen (singer), Don Moen (Integrity/Columbia)
* Katy Moffatt
* Eddie Money (Wolfgang/Columbia)
* Thelonious Monk
* Ashley Monroe (Columbia Nashville)
* Montgomery Gentry (Columbia Nashville)
* Sara Montiel
* Jackie Moore (singer), Jackie Moore
* M.O.P.
*Megan Moroney (Columbia Nashville)
* Moxie Raia
* Alanis Morissette (Columbia SevenOne) (Europe)
* Mormon Tabernacle Choir
* Maren Morris (Columbia Nashville)
* Motion City Soundtrack
* Mudhoney
* Mudvayne
* Münchener Freiheit (Band)
* Shawn Mullins
* Eddie Murphy
* Elliott Murphy
* Olly Murs
* Primrose (group)#Former members, Yeum Myongwoo (Sony Music/Columbia/Epic Records, Korean releases only)
N
* Jim Nabors
* Nat & Alex Wolff, The Naked Brothers Band (Nickelodeon/Columbia)
* Natalie Maines
* Anna Nalick
* Nas
* Milton Nascimento
* Nature (rapper), Nature
* Naya Rivera (dropped)
* The Neighbourhood
* Willie Nelson (Columbia Nashville)
* Nena (CBS Schallplatten)
* N.E.R.D.
* Peter Nero
* The New Christy Minstrels
* New Kids on the Block
* Randy Newman
* Nice & Smooth (RAL/Columbia)
* Willie Nile
* Nine Inch Nails (Null Corp./Columbia) (US/Taiwan)
* NKOTBSB
* No Wyld
* Noemi (singer), Noemi
* Northern State (band), Northern State
O
* OG Maco
*Oxlade
* The O'Jays (Philadelphia International/Columbia)
* The O'Kanes (Columbia Nashville)
* The Oak Ridge Boys (Columbia Nashville)
* Oasis (band), Oasis (Big Brother/Helter Skelter/Columbia) (US)
* Frank Ocean
* Odd Future
* The Offspring (1997–2013)
* Babatunde Olatunji
* Old Crow Medicine Show (Columbia Nashville)
* Old Dominion (band), Old Dominion (Columbia Nashville)
* Ollabelle
* Joe "King" Oliver
* One Direction (Columbia) (US)
* OneRepublic*
* Onyx (group), Onyx (JMJ/RAL/Chaos/Columbia)
* Oomph!
* Original Concept (Def Jam/Columbia)
* Eugene Ormandy (Columbia Masterworks)
* Our Lady Peace
* The Outfield
* OutKast
* Ozzy Osbourne
P
* P1Harmony (FNC Entertainment/Columbia) (US)
* Papa Roach
* Passion Pit
* Patti Page
* Polo G
* Michel Pagliaro
* Johan Palm
* Dolly Parton (Columbia Nashville)
* Billy Paul (Philadelphia International/Columbia)
* Les Paul and Mary Ford
* Pavlov's Dog (band), Pavlov's Dog (debut album leased from ABC Records)
* Peace (band), Peace
* Peach Pit (band), Peach Pit
* Pearl Jam
* Gayla Peevey
* Christine McVie, Christine Perfect (Blue Horizon/CBS) (outside US/Canada)
* Katy Perry
* Steve Perry (musician), Steve Perry
* Julian Perretta
* Persephone's Bees
* Joe Pesci
*Perto (musician), Perto
* Philadelphia Orchestra (Columbia Masterworks)
* Washington Phillips
* Edith Piaf
* Kellie Pickler (19/Columbia Nashville)
* Pink Floyd (outside Europe from 1975-1999 and since 2016, and worldwide since 2024)
* Joe Piscopo
* Mary Kay Place
* Manitas de Plata
* Rachel Platten
* Play (Swedish group), Play
* P.O.D.
* Pamela Polland
* Jean-Luc Ponty
* Powerman 5000
* Prairie Madness
* Pras (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
* Andy Pratt (singer-songwriter), Andy Pratt
* The Presidents of the United States of America (band), The Presidents of the United States of America
* Pretty Maids
* PrettyMuch
* Ray Price (musician), Ray Price (Columbia Nashville)
* Primal Scream
* Prince (musician), Prince (NPG/Columbia)
* Charles A. Prince
* Project Pat (Hypnotize Minds/Columbia)
* The Psycho Realm (Ruffhouse/Columbia)
* Public Enemy (band), Public Enemy (Def Jam/Columbia)
* Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
* The Puppies (Chaos/Columbia)
* ppcocaine
* Perrie Edwards, Perrie
Q
* Carmel Quinn
* Quarashi
* Bill Quateman
R
* Joshua Radin
* Radiopilot
* Raekwon (Loud/Columbia)
* Rag 'N' Bone Man
* Rage Against the Machine
* A. R. Rahman
*
Addison Rae
* Ramones
* Jean-Pierre Rampal (Columbia Masterworks)
* Bella Ramsey
* Rancid (band), Rancid
* The Rascals
* Raury (LoveRenaissance/Columbia)
* Genya Ravan
* The Raveonettes
* Jacob Anderson, Raleigh Ritchie
* Lou Rawls (Philadelphia International/Columbia)
* Johnnie Ray
* Raze (house music group), Raze
* Tony Rebel (Chaos/Columbia)
* Red Rockers (415/Columbia)
* Mike Reid (singer), Mike Reid (Columbia Nashville)
* The Remix Master
* Renato e Seus Blue Caps
* Return to Forever
* Paul Revere & the Raiders
* Nóirín Ní Riain
* Kyle Riabko
* Chase Rice (Dack Janiels/Columbia Nashville)
* Rich Kidz (hip hop group), Rich Kidz
* Ricochet (band), Ricochet (Columbia Nashville)
* Rip Chords
* Rise Against
* Andrew Roachford, Roachford
* Marty Robbins (Columbia Nashville)
* Emma Roberts (Nickelodeon/Columbia)
* Robinella, Robinella and the CC String Band
* Eileen Rodgers
* David Rogers (singer), David Rogers (Columbia Nashville)
* The Rolling Stones (Rolling Stones/Columbia)
* Romeo Void (415/Columbia)
* Mark Ronson
* Robi Dräco Rosa
* Rosalía (singer), Rosalía
* Charles Rosen
* Lucy Rose
* Tim Rose
* Rick Ross
* Reginaldo Rossi
* Billy Joe Royal
* John Wesley Ryles (Columbia Nashville)
* Russ (rapper), Russ
* Ruth B
*Rosa Linn
*Rita Ora (Signed To Roc Nation Prior To Her Move To Atlantic UK, Distributed By Columbia Records)
S
* Sum 41 (Canada)
* Stromae
* Steve Angello
* Raphael Saadiq
* Bally Sagoo
* David Sánchez (musician), David Sanchez
* Roger Sanchez
* Felicia Sanders
* Arturo Sandoval
* Sandeé (Fever/RAL/Columbia)
* Santana (band), Santana
* Savage Garden (outside Australia/Japan)
* Save Ferris (Withyn/Columbia)
* Alexandra Savior
* Scandal (American band), Scandal
* Kristen Schaal (Comedy Central/Columbia)
* Janne Schaffer
* Patti Scialfa
* Raymond Scott
* Tom Scott (saxophonist), Tom Scott
* Pete Seeger
* The Seekers
* Seiko Matsuda, Seiko
* Seohyun (LEAD Entertainment/Epic/Columbia, Korean releases only)
* Serart
* Rudolf Serkin
* Serayah (actress), Serayah
* Shaggy (musician), Shaggy
* Shakti (band), Shakti
* Ravi Shankar
* Billy Joe Shaver (Columbia Nashville)
* Marlena Shaw
* Woody Shaw
* Dorothy Shay
* Shenandoah (band), Shenandoah (Columbia Nashville)
* She & Him
* Ricky Van Shelton (Columbia Nashville)
* T.G. Sheppard (Columbia Nashville)
* The Shins (Aural Apothecary/Columbia)
* Dinah Shore
* Wayne Shorter
* Bobby Sichran
* Frank Czuri#The Silencers, The Silencers
* Silver Condor (band), Silver Condor
* Lu Ann Simms
* Simple Plan
* Simone Bittencourt de Oliveira, Simone
* Simon & Garfunkel
* Paul Simon
* Carly Simon
* Jessica Simpson (Columbia/Columbia Nashville)
* Frank Sinatra
* Sixpence None the Richer
* Red Skelton
* Slayer
* Sleeping with Sirens
* Bessie Smith
* Connie Smith
* Joanna Smith (Columbia Nashville)
* JoJo Siwa
* Kate Smith
* Lonnie Smith (baseball), Lonnie Smith
* O. C. Smith
* Patti Smith
* Rex Smith (entertainer), Rex Smith
* Will Smith
* Willie "Long Time" Smith
* Jussie Smollett
* Phoebe Snow
* Social Distortion
* Solange Knowles, Solange
* Joanie Sommers
* Soul Asylum
* South Border (band), South Border (Philippines)
* South Central Cartel (GWK/DJ West/RAL/Chaos/Columbia)
* South Park (Comedy Central/Columbia/WMG)
* Spandau Ballet (CBS)
* Sparks (band), Sparks (US)
* Lucy Spraggan
* Rick Springfield
* Bruce Springsteen
* Spiral Starecase
* Natasha St-Pier
* Stabbing Westward
* Jo Stafford
* Mary Stafford (singer), Mary Stafford
* The Stanley Brothers
* Ralph Stanley
* The Statler Brothers (Columbia Nashville, then Mercury Nashville)
* Lennon Stella
* Chris Stapleton
* Stereo Skyline
* Stereomud
* Isaac Stern
* Cal Stewart
* Larry Stewart (singer), Larry Stewart (Columbia Nashville)
* Doug Stone (Columbia Nashville)
* Igor Strawinsky
* Barbra Streisand
* The Stunners (group), The Stunners
* Harry Styles
* Selah Sue
* Sunscreem
* Super Cat
* Superchick
* Surface (band), Surface
* Sweathog
* The Sweet
* Sweethearts of the Rodeo (Columbia Nashville)
* Switchfoot
* Syd (singer), Syd
* System of a Down (American Recordings/Columbia)
* George Szell
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* T-Pain
* T-Square (band), T-Square
* Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers
* Mikha Tambayong (Sony/Epic/Columbia Malaysia)
* :id:Audrey Tapiheru, Audrey Tapiheru (Sony/Columbia Malaysia)
* Taproot (band), Taproot
* Angel Taylor
* James Taylor (1977-2007)
* Johnnie Taylor
* Ten City
* Tenacious D
* Terminator X (P.R.O. Division/RAL/Columbia)
* Khleo Thomas
* Josh Thompson (singer), Josh Thompson (Columbia Nashville)
* The Thorns (band), The Thorns
* Three Days Grace
* The Three Degrees (Columbia/Philadelphia International)
* Three 6 Mafia (Hypnotize Minds/Columbia)
* Charles Davis Tillman
* The Ting Tings
* Libby Titus
* Toad The Wet Sprocket
* Mia Doi Todd
* Satoshi Tomiie, Satoshi Tomīe (C2/Columbia)
* Mel Torme
* Daniel Tosh (Comedy Central/Columbia)
* Toto (band), Toto
* Henry Townsend (musician), Henry Townsend
* Tommy Tutone
* Trackmasters (Track Masters/Columbia)
* Train (band), Train
* Meghan Trainor
* Trance Dance
* Translator (band), Translator (415/Columbia)
* The Tremeloes
* Rick Trevino (Columbia Nashville)
* Travis Tritt (Columbia Nashville)
* Richard Tucker (tenor), Richard Tucker
* Orrin Tucker
* Tanya Tucker (Columbia Nashville)
* Leah Turner (Columbia Nashville)
* Twisted Wheel (band), Twisted Wheel
* Bonnie Tyler
* Steve Tyrell
* Tye Tribbett & G.A.
* Tyga
*Tortur3 T (Heavy Muscle/Columbia UK)
* Tyler, The Creator
* The Kid Laroi, The Kid LAROI (Grade A)
* Treasure (band), Treasure (US)
U
* Magnus Uggla
* James Blood Ulmer
* The Used
V
* The Vaccines
* Jerry Vale
* V.I.C
* Valencia (band), Valencia
* Vampire Weekend
* Van Zant (band), Van Zant (Columbia Nashville)
* Sarah Vaughan
* The Vibrators
* Gilles Vigneault (Columbia of Canada)
* Andreas Vollenweider
* Grace VanderWaal
* Victorious cast (including Ariana Grande,
Elizabeth Gillies
Elizabeth Egan Gillies (born July 26, 1993), also known as Liz Gillies, is an American actress and singer. She began her career as a teenager and made her Broadway theatre, Broadway debut in the Musical theatre, musical ''13 (musical), 13'' (200 ...
, Victoria Justice, Leon Thomas III and Matt Bennett) (Nickelodeon under Columbia)
W
* Walk Off the Earth (SlapDash/Columbia)
* Ron Wallace (singer), Ron Wallace (Columbia Nashville)
* The Wallflowers
* Bruno Walter
* Wanderléa
* Wardruna
* Warrant (American band), Warrant
* War Babies (band), War Babies
* Dionne Warwick
* Muddy Waters
* Roger Waters
* Mike Watt
* André Watts (Columbia Masterworks)
* Jeff "Tain" Watts
* Jeff Wayne
* The Weather Girls
* Weather Report
* Joan Weber
* Weezer (''Hurley (album), Hurley'' only)
* Freddy Weller
* Koe Wetzel
* Wet (band), Wet
* Kirk Whalum
* Wham! (US/Canada)
* Wheat (band), Wheat
* Wheatus
* Whipping Boy (Irish band), Whipping Boy
* Jack White (musician), Jack White (Third Man/Columbia)
* Maurice White
* Peter White (musician), Peter White
* White Denim
* Paul Whiteman
* Whitesnake (CBS, Japan)
* Whodini (So So Def/Columbia)
* Rusty Wier
* Wilderness Road (band), Wilderness Road
* Andy Williams
* Bert Williams
* James D-Train Williams, James "D-Train" Williams
* Deniece Williams
* John Williams
* Michelle Williams (singer), Michelle Williams
* Pharrell Williams
* Robbie Williams
* Trent Willmon (Columbia Nashville)
* Edith Wilson (singer), Edith Wilson
* Gretchen Wilson (Columbia/Columbia Nashville)
* Teddy Wilson
* Wilson Phillips
* Wings (band), Wings (US/Canada)
* Edgar Winter
* Johnny Winter
* Wire Train (415/Columbia)
* Wolf Alice
* Michael Wolff (musician), Michael Wolff
* Charles Wood (singer and actor), Charles Wood (Sony Classical, Columbia Masterworks)
* Ron Wood
* Worl-A-Girl (Chaos/Columbia)
* Richard Wright (musician), Rick Wright (outside Europe)
* Wu-Tang Clan (Loud/Columbia)
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* Xscape (band), Xscape (So So Def/Columbia)
* Xzibit (Loud/Columbia)
* The X-Ecutioners (Loud/Columbia)
* XXXTentacion
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* Billy Yates (singer), Billy Yates (Columbia Nashville)
* Lori Yates (Columbia Nashville)
* Yahritza y Su Esencia (Lumbre Music)
* Yelawolf
* Yes (band), Yes
* Pete Yorn
* Paul Young
* Tata Young
* Bryshere Y. Gray, Yazz the Greatest
Z
* Hector Zazou
* Zebrahead
* Denny Zeitlin
* Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons (USA/Canada, ''Screaming Targets'' through Full Moon/Columbia)
* Zhavia
* Zhu (musician), ZHU
* ZZ Top
See also
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References
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