- Britney Spears
The youngest Spears stepped out on her own in 2002 as a cast member of Nickelodeon's All That . After becoming a fan favorite - like former All That stars Amanda Bynes and Nick Cannon - the then 13-year-old got her own series , Zoey 101 , which became the second highest-rated show among tweens, after TV juggernaut American Idol . - Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake, (born January 31 1981), sometimes known as JT, is an American pop-R&B singer and actor. He came to fame as the frontman of pop boy band 'N Sync and has won four Grammy Awards. In 2002, he released his debut solo album, "Justified", which sold over seven million copies worldwide. Timberlake's second solo release, "FutureSex/LoveSounds", was released in 2006 with the #1 U.S. hit singles "SexyBack", "My Love", … - Michael Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the "King of Pop", is an American musician, entertainer, and global icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for almost 40 years. Michael Jackson is widely regarded as one of the greatest entertainers and most popular recording artists in history, displaying complicated physical techniques, … - Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2 1978) is a Canadian singer, songwriter, record producer, and instrumentalist of Portuguese descent. Furtado came to fame in 2000 with the release of her debut album "Whoa, Nelly!", which featured her breakthrough Grammy Award-winning single "I'm like a Bird". After becoming a mother and releasing the less commercially successful "Folklore" (2003), … - Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971 in Portsmouth, Virginia), better known as Missy Elliott, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, MC, and record producer. With record sales (including singles) of over 24 million worldwide and 7.6 million domestically, she is the highest selling female rapper of all time. She is the only female rapper to have six certified platinum albums by the RIAA, including one double platinum plaque. - Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lynn Lopez, popularly nicknamed J.Lo, is an American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, and fashion designer. She is the richest Hispanic in Hollywood according to the website "A Socialite's Life" and the most influential Hispanic entertainer in America according to "People en Español"s list of 100 Most Influential Hispanics which pays tribute to Hispanics who have had an impact on their communities. - Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera, born December 18 1980, is an American pop singer and songwriter. She was signed to RCA Records after recording "Reflection" for the film "Mulan". She came to prominence following her debut album "Christina Aguilera" (1999), which was a critical and commercial success. A Latin pop album "Mi Reflejo", and a Christmas album, "My Kind of Christmas", … - Basshunter
BassHunter is the pseudonym of the Swedish musician and DJ Jonas Erik Altberg, born December 22, 1984, in Halmstad, Sweden. BassHunter describes his own music as Eurodance, but others also classify it as Hard Dance. According to Altberg, he makes the music on his own computer using the program FL Studio. He started making music in 1999 and released his first album, "The Bassmachine", through his own home page in 2004. - Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4 1968), better known as Jay-Z, is an American rapper and current president and CEO of Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella Records. In addition, he co-owns The 40/40 Club, and is co-owner of the New Jersey Nets NBA team. He is one of the most financially successful American hip-hop artists. Known for his flow and blending of street and popular rap, Jay-Z has become one of the best-selling rappers in the hip hop industry. - Paul van Dyk
Paul van Dyk is one of the world's leading electronic dance music DJs and producers. - Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (born March 27 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, music video director and actress. Her debut was in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola and became the first recording act to have its first five singles top the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. Following her marriage to Mottola in 1993, a series of hit records established her position as Columbia's highest-selling act. - Willa Ford
Amanda Lee Williford, known professionally as Willa Ford (born January 22, 1981) is an American dance-pop singer-songwriter, producer, and occasional actress, television personality and host. She became known in 2001 as the self-proclaimed "Bad Girl of Pop", when she released her debut album, "Willa Was Here". Aside from her music career, Ford has hosted several reality television shows, posed for Playboy, … - George Michael
Georgios-Kyriacos Panayiotou (born June 25, 1963), better known as George Michael, is an English singer-songwriter who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo Wham!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. His biggest commercial success to date was in 1987 with his debut solo album "Faith" which has sold to date well over the 20 million mark worldwide. - Mary Kiani
Mary Kiani is a Scottish singer who first had hit songs as vocalist for dance music act The Time Frequency in the early 1990s and later a failed solo career. Before TTF, Mary was Session/Backing vocalist and has toured with artists such as Donny Osmond and performs vocals on The Simpsons' Yellow Album. - Gwen Stefani
Gwen Renée Stefani is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and occasional actress. Stefani debuted in 1992 as the frontwoman of the third wave ska band No Doubt, whose 1995 album "Tragic Kingdom" propelled them to stardom, selling sixteen million copies worldwide. It spawned the singles "Just a Girl", "Spiderwebs", and the airplay number-one "Don't Speak". The band's popularity went into decline with its third album "Return of Saturn" (2000), … - Ricky Martín
Enrique Martín Morales, is a Grammy Award and Latin Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican pop singer who rose to fame, first as a member of the Latin boy band Menudo, then as a solo artist since 1991. He has sold over 55 million albums around the world, charting twenty one top-ten hits on the U.S. Latin Charts, eight of which reached number one, and a total of over thirty hit singles. - Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson (born April 24 1982) is an American pop singer from Texas. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly publicized first season of the television series "American Idol" in 2002. She was originally marketed as a pop musician with her debut album "Thankful" (2003). With the release of her multi-platinum second album "Breakaway" (2004), Clarkson moved to a more pop rock-oriented style of music, … - Tina Turner
Tina Turner (born November 26, 1939) is a 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive Producer, Film Producer, Actress, Writer, Performer, Songwriter, Author and occasional Painter whose career has spanned from 1956 to present. Turner's success, dominance and popularity in Rock and Roll garnered her the title, … - Bette Midler
Bette Midler (born December 1 1945) is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known to her fans as The Divine Miss M. She is named after the actress Bette Davis although Davis pronounced her first name in two syllables, and Midler uses one. During her career, she has won four Grammy Awards, an Emmy Award, and a Tony Award, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards. - Sophie Ellis-Bextor
Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor (born 10 April 1979) is a multi-platinum selling English pop singer and songwriter. Her music is a mixture of mainstream pop, disco and 1980s electronic influences. - Paul Oakenfold
"Paul Oakenfold" is a record producer and one of the best-known, and most expensive (£25,000 per gig) Trance DJs worldwide. - Celine Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion Angélil, OC, OQ, (born March 30 1968) is a Canadian pop vocalist and occasional songwriter. Born to a large, impoverished family in Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion became a young star in francophone Canada after her manager and would-be husband, René Angélil, mortgaged his home to finance her first record. - Chris Brown
Christopher Maurice Brown (born 5 May 1989), professionally known as Chris Brown, is a Grammy Award-nominated American R&B and pop singer, dancer, and occasional actor who released his "Billboard" Hot 100 number-one debut single "Run It!" in 2005, which was produced by Scott Storch and featured Juelz Santana. His self-titled debut album spawned four successful Top 10 and Top 20 hits in the United States. - Sheryl Crow
Sheryl Suzanne Crow (born February 11, 1962) is a nine-time Grammy-winning American blues rock singer, guitarist, bassist, and songwriter. Her music blends country, pop, folk, and blues rock into one mainstream sound. Crow is also a noted political activist who uses her fame to promote causes she supports. - Kim Sozzi
Kim Sozzi, born Kim Marie Sozzi, is a pop and dance musician originally from Long Island, New York. - Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born August 9, 1963) is an American pop and R&B singer, songwriter, actress, film producer, and former model. One of the most successful singers of all time, she has sold approximately 170 million albums and singles, and is ranked as the fourth best selling female artist is American music history according to the RIAA. She is well known for her vocal power, control, range and coloratura soprano voice. - Rick Astley
Richard Paul Astley (born February 6, 1966) is an English dance-pop singer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Newton-le-Willows, St Helens, Lancashire, England. Astley currently resides in Richmond in Surrey with his Danish girlfriend, Lene Bausager, and their daughter, Emilie. - Timo Maas
Timo Maas (born 1970 in Hanover, Germany) is a very well-renowned electronic music DJ/producer and remixer. - David Guetta
David Guetta is a French DJ. At age 13, he began mixing his first vinyls. At 17, he worked as DJ at Broad, Paris, launching his career. In 1988–1990, he mixed house music at Radio Nova. In 2005, his single "The World Is Mine" topped European dance charts. He appeared in an advertisement for L'Oréal hair cream. His often accompanied singer is Chris Willis. On 13 August 2005, he performed in the Creamfields Spanish festival, … - Herbie Hancock
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer. Hancock is one of jazz music's most important and influential pianists and composers. He embraced elements of rock, funk, and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet", Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, … - Diana Ross
Diana Ross (born Diane Ernestine Earle Ross on March 26, 1944) is an American singer and actress, whose musical repertoire spans R&B, soul, disco, jazz, and pop. Ross first gained prominence as lead of the successful girl group The Supremes, before establishing a successful solo career in 1970. During the 1970s and 1980s, Ross became one of the most successful female artists of the rock era, also crossing over into film, television and Broadway. - September
September is the artist name of Swedish singer Petra Marklund, born 1984. In 2003, at the age of 18, she had her first hit in Sweden with "La La La (Never Give It Up)". This was followed by "We Can Do It" (2003), "September All Over" (2004), "Satellites" (2005) and "Looking For Love" (2005). She is now preparing to release and promote her music in over 50 countries, starting with the single "Satellites" later this year. - Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28 1987) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, dancer, producer, fashion designer, and spokesperson. She has an older sister, Haylie Duff, who is also an actress/singer. After gaining fame for her starring role on the television show "Lizzie McGuire", Duff went on to have a film career, and her most commercially successful pictures include "Cheaper by the Dozen" (2003), "The Lizzie McGuire Movie" (2003), … - Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono Lennon (小野 洋子 "Ono Yōko (ONO Yōko)", born February 18 1933) is a Japanese-American artist and musician. She gained international fame because of her marriage to British musician John Lennon. She currently lives in New York City. Despite having a kanji reading, Ono's name appears in katakana (ヨーコ・オノ Yōko Ono) in the Japanese press and on album credits. - Armin van Buuren
Armin van Buuren (b. December 25, 1976) is a renowned trance music DJ and producer hailing from Leiden, the Netherlands. He is currently ranked #3 worldwide according to The DJ List, the world's largest DJ directory. However in 2006, he placed 2nd in DJ Mag's annual Top 100 vote. - Sean Paul
Sean Paul Henriques (born January 8 1973) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist. He is professionally known only by his first names, Sean Paul. Sean Paul was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and spent his early years "comfortably" (according to his VH1 biography) in Upper Saint Andrew Parish, a few miles north of his birthplace. His parents were both talented athletes, and his mother Frances, is a well-known painter. - Lucas Prata
Lucas Prata is a dance music musician born in Bayside, Queens, New York. He has produced several recognizable hits such as "Never Be Alone", "And She Said", "Love of My Life", and "Let's Get It On." Prata and Dan Bălan produced The "Ma Ya Hi Song," an English version of the international hit "Dragostea din tei" by Bălan's original band, O-Zone. "The Ma Ya Hi Song" did not achieve the success of the original, … - Donna Summer
Donna Summer (born LaDonna Adrian Gaines, on December 31, 1948) is a legendary American singer, songwriter, and artist, best known for a string of dance hits in the 1970s that earned her the title "Queen of Disco" and as one of the few disco-based artists to have longevity on the charts into the late-1980s. Though she's notable for her disco hits, Summer's repertoire has expanded to include R&B, soul, funk, rock, pop and gospel. - Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. (born on May 20 1972), better known as Busta Rhymes, is an American hip hop musician and actor of Jamaican descent. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the name Busta Rhymes (from former NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes) after watching him perform. He is also a follower of the Nation of Islam offshoot, The Nation of Gods and Earths. - Ferry Corsten
Ferry Corsten (born December 4 1973 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is an early pioneer and producer of trance, in addition to being a world-renowed DJ and remixer.
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