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Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&B; (also known as R&B;) is a music genre of western popular music. Although the acronym “R&B;” originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B; is today most often used to define a style of African American music originating after the demise of...
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Aaliyah
Aaliyah Dana Haughton (January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001), who performed under the mononym Aaliyah (pronounced /əˈliːə/), was an American recording artist, actress and model. She was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was raised in Detroit, Michigan....
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- Jan 16, 1979
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- Aug 25, 2001 (age 22 years)
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Britney Spears
Britney Jean Spears (born December 2, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, actress and entertainer. Born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, Spears first appeared on national television in 1992 as a contestant on the Star...
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- Dec 2, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Gloria Gaynor
Gloria Gaynor (born Gloria Fowles on September 7, 1949 in Newark, New Jersey) is an American singer, best-known for the disco era hits; "I Will Survive" (Hot 100 #1, 1979), "Never Can Say Goodbye" (Hot 100 #4, 1974), "Let Me Know (I Have A Right)" ...
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- Sep 7, 1949 (age 60 years)
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Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez was born in July 24, 1969 in the Bronx, NYC. Currently married to Hispanic singer Marc Anthony, she is the mother of two. Jennifer Lopez, also known as “J Lo” is a singer, actress, dancer, song writer, record producer,...
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- Jul 4, 1969 (age 40 years)
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1999
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE (born 28 May 1968) is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours...
Date of birth:
- May 28, 1968 (age 41 years)
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey (born March 27, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her...
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- Mar 27, 1970 (age 39 years)
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- 1990
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Whitney Houston
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (born 9 August 1963) is an American singer, actress, and former fashion model. A relative of several prominent soul singers, including her mother Cissy Houston, cousins Dee Dee and Dionne Warwick and godmother Aretha...
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- Aug 9, 1963 (age 46 years)
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Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams (born 13 February 1974) is a multi-BRIT Award-winning English singer, songwriter and musician. His career started in 1990, at the age of 16, as a dancer and singer with the pop band Take That. Robbie left the group in...
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- Feb 13, 1974 (age 35 years)
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Nelly Furtado
Nelly Kim Furtado (born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She has sold over 50 million albums worldwide. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and currently resides in Toronto.
Furtado...
Date of birth:
- Dec 2, 1978 (age 31 years)
Victoria Beckham
Victoria Caroline Beckham (née Adams; born 17 April 1974) is an English singer, songwriter, dancer, fashion designer, author, businesswoman, actress and model.
During her rise to fame with 1990's pop group the Spice Girls, Beckham was dubbed Posh...
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- Apr 17, 1974 (age 35 years)
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Lisa Lopes
Lisa Nicole Lopes (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002), better known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American rapper, singer, songwriter, teen idol, and member of the R&B; girl group TLC.
Lopes contributed her own self-written raps to many of TLC's...
Date of birth:
- May 27, 1971
Date of death:
- Apr 25, 2002 (age 30 years)
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R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967), best known by the stage name R. Kelly, is an American R&B; and soul singer-songwriter, occasional rapper, and record producer. Debuting in 1992 with the group Public Announcement, Kelly went solo in...
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- Jan 8, 1967 (age 43 years)
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Alicia Keys
Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), better known by her stage name Alicia Keys, is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, pianist, cellist and actress. Born in the Hell's Kitchen area of Manhattan in New York, she attended...
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- Jan 25, 1980 (age 29 years)
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- 2001
Janet Jackson
Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American recording artist and actress. Born in Gary, Indiana, and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with her...
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- May 16, 1966 (age 43 years)
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'N Sync
'N Sync (sometimes stylized as *NSYNC) was an American Boy Band. Since 1997, 'N Sync has sold over 56 million records worldwide.
NSYNC consisted of Justin Timberlake, JC Chasez, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone and Chris Kirkpatrick and became the 2nd...
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- 1996
Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31, 1981) is an American pop musician and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as two Emmy Awards. He got his big break when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney...
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- Jan 31, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Suprême NTM
Suprême NTM (or simply NTM) is a French hip hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. The group comprises rappers Joey Starr (born Didier Morville) and Kool Shen (born Bruno Lopès). Their six albums were released by Sony Music...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1989
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1998
Liberty X
Liberty X (originally called Liberty) were a Brit Award-winning pop vocal group formed by the five contestants eliminated from the final ten qualifiers from the 2001 ITV show Popstars. The group consisted of Tony Lundon, Kevin Simm, Michelle Heaton,...
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- 2001
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Vanessa L. Williams
Vanessa Lynn Williams (born March 18, 1963) is an American model, singer, songwriter and actress. In 1983, she became the first woman of African American descent to be crowned Miss America, but a scandal caused her to relinquish her title. Williams...
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- Mar 18, 1963 (age 46 years)
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- 1983
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OutKast
OutKast is an American hip hop duo based in East Point, Georgia, a city south of Atlanta, Georgia. They were originally known as The OKB (The OutKast Brothers) but later changed the group's name to OutKast. The group's original musical style was a...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1991
Ja Rule
Jeffrey Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper, singer, and actor formerly signed to The Inc. and Universal Records, formerly of Def Jam Recordings. A Hollis, New York native, Ja Rule has...
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- Feb 29, 1976 (age 33 years)
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Christina Aguilera
Christina María Aguilera (born December 18, 1980) is an American pop musician. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New...
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- Dec 18, 1980 (age 29 years)
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Bobby Brown
Robert Barisford "Bobby" Brown (born February 5, 1969) is a Grammy Award-winning American R&B; singer-songwriter and dancer. After success in pop group New Edition, Brown began his solo career in 1987 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits,...
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- Feb 5, 1969 (age 40 years)
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La Toya Jackson
La Toya Yvonne Jackson (born May 29, 1956) is an American singer–songwriter, musician, author, television personality and actress. She is the fifth child of the famous Jackson family. She had a career as a singer throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and...
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- May 29, 1956 (age 53 years)
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Sean Combs
Sean John Combs (November 4, 1969), known by his stage name Diddy, is an American record producer, rapper, actor, men's fashion designer, entrepreneur and dancer. He won three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, and his clothing line...
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- Nov 4, 1969 (age 40 years)
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
Christina Vidal
Christina Abbi Vidal (born November 18, 1981) is an American film and television actress and singer. She is best known for her role in the Nickelodeon sitcom Taina, in which she played the title character.
Vidal was born and raised in Whitestone, an...
Date of birth:
- Nov 18, 1981 (age 28 years)
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Holly Valance
Holly Valance (born Holly Rachel Vukadinovic; Serbian Cyrillic: Холи Рејчел Вукадиновић, 11 May 1983) is an Australian model, actress and ARIA nominated singer.
Valance was born in New Zealand to a Serbian father Rajko and a British mother, Rachel....
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- May 11, 1983 (age 26 years)
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Boyz II Men
Boyz II Men is an American group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Initiated during 1988 as a quintet which originally included Marc Nelson, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with members Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman,and Wanya...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Noel Hill (born May 25, 1975) is an American recording artist, musician, producer and actress. Early in her career, she established her reputation in the hip-hop world as the lone female member of the Fugees. In 1998, she launched her solo...
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- May 25, 1975 (age 34 years)
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Fugees
The Fugees were an Caribbean-American hip hop group that rose to fame in the mid-1990s, whose repertoire included elements of Hip hop, soul and Caribbean music, particularly reggae. The members of the group are rapper/singer/producer Wyclef Jean,...
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Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. (born September 27, 1982), better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, is an American Grammy Award-winning rapper. Formerly a member of the rap group the Hot Boys, he joined the Cash Money Records collective as a teenager....
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- Sep 27, 1982 (age 27 years)
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Nelly
Cornell Haynes, Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is a rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He has performed with the rap group St. Lunatics since 1993 and signed to Universal Records in 1999. Under Universal,...
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- Nov 2, 1974 (age 35 years)
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Destiny's Child
Destiny's Child was a Grammy-Award winning American R&B; girl group comprising lead singer Beyoncé Knowles alongside Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1997 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors in...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1990
Lionel Richie
Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer who has sold more than 100 million records.
Born in Tuskegee, Alabama, Richie grew up on the campus of Tuskegee Institute. His grandfather's house...
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- Jun 20, 1949 (age 60 years)
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Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), better known by her stage name Missy Elliott, is an American recording artist, producer, actress and former member of the band Sista. With record sales of over seven million in the United States, she is...
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- Jul 1, 1971 (age 38 years)
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Patti LaBelle
Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), best known by her stage name of Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B; and soul singer-songwriter and actress. She fronted two groups, Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles, which received minor success on the pop...
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- May 24, 1944 (age 65 years)
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Omarion
Omari Ismael Grandberry (born November 12, 1984), better known as Omarion, is an American Grammy-nominated R&B; singer, actor, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and former lead singer of the very well-known boy's band, B2K. He has completed his...
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- Nov 12, 1984 (age 25 years)
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The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas (abbr. BEP) is a hip hop band that formed in Los Angeles in 1995. The group is composed of vocalist and multi-instrumentalist will.i.am and vocalists apl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie. Since their album Elephunk in 2003, the group's...
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- 1995
Philippe Wynne
Philippé Wynne (April 3, 1941 – July 13, 1984), born Phillip Walker, was an American R&B; singer. Best known for his role as the lead singer in the group, The Spinners (a role he shared with fellow group member Bobby Smith), Wynne scored notable...
Date of birth:
- Apr 3, 1941
Date of death:
- Jul 13, 1984 (age 43 years)
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BLACKstreet
BLACKstreet is an American R&B; group founded in 1992 by Thomas R. Taliaferro Jr., Teddy Riley, the inventor of New Jack Swing known for his work as a member of Guy, and Chauncey Hannibal. Chauncey Hannibal and Levi Little were signed under contract...
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- 1994
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Monica
Monica Denise Arnold (born October 24, 1980), professionally known as Monica, is an American R&B; singer, songwriter, and occasional actress. Born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, Arnold was a member of Charles Thompson and the Majestics, a traveling...
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- Oct 24, 1980 (age 29 years)
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Eve
Eve Jihan Jeffers (born November 10, 1978), is an American recording artist and actress. Her first three albums have reached a total of over 5 million albums sold worldwide. In 2003, she became the star of her own TV show, Eve, which lasted for 3...
Date of birth:
- Nov 10, 1978 (age 31 years)
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Melanie Brown
Melanie Janine Mandela Brown (born 29 May 1975) is an English pop singer and songwriter turned actress and television personality best known as one of the members of the girl group the Spice Girls, the most successful female group of all time. She...
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- May 29, 1975 (age 34 years)
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Irene Cara
Irene Cara (born March 18, 1959) is an American singer and actress. Cara won an Academy Award in 1984 in the category of Best Original Song for co-writing "Flashdance... What a Feeling". She is also known for her recording of the song "Fame", and...
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- Mar 18, 1959 (age 50 years)
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Enrique Iglesias
Enrique Iglesias (born May 8, 1975) is a Spanish singer. He started his musical career with the Mexican indie label Fonovisa, which helped turn him into one of the most popular singers in Latin America and the United States, selling more Spanish...
Date of birth:
- May 8, 1975 (age 34 years)
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98 Degrees
98 Degrees (or 98°) was an American adult contemporary boy band consisting of four vocalists: brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre, and Jeff Timmons. The group was formed by Timmons in Los Angeles, California.
Unlike most boy bands, they...
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Mýa
Mýa Marie Harrison (born October 10, 1979), who performs under the mononym as Mýa, is an American R&B; singer-songwriter, record producer, actress, and model. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Harrison's eponymous debut album with Interscope...
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- Oct 10, 1979 (age 30 years)
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Nate Dogg
Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (born August 19, 1969), better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, is an American R&B;/hip hop artist and singer born in Long Beach, California. He is the cousin of rappers Snoop Dogg, Butch Cassidy, RBX, Daz Dillinger & Lil' ½...
Date of birth:
- Aug 20, 1970 (age 39 years)
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The Pussycat Dolls
The Pussycat Dolls (abbreviated to PCD) are an American pop girl group and dance ensemble founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995 as a burlesque troupe based in Los Angeles, California. After attracting national attention, Antin eventually...
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- 2004
Mark Morrison
Mark Morrison (born 3 May 1972, Hanover, Germany) is a British R&B; singer who saw success in the mid 1990s mainly in the UK. His single "Return of the Mack" became a #1 or Top 10 hit in several European countries in 1996. The song was his only US...
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- May 3, 1972 (age 37 years)
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Faith Evans
Faith Renée Evans (born June 10, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, actress and author. Born in Lakeland, Florida and raised in Newark, New Jersey, Evans moved to Los Angeles in 1993 for a career in the music business. After...
Date of birth:
- Jun 10, 1973 (age 36 years)
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En Vogue
En Vogue is an American female R&B; vocal quartet from Oakland, California assembled by music producers Denzil Foster and Thomas McElroy.
Through August 2008, En Vogue had sold over 20 million albums and singles worldwide. They had won more MTV...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Jul 18, 1988
Darren Hayes
Darren Stanley Hayes (born May 8 1972) is an Australian singer-songwriter. Hayes debuted in 1996 as the frontman and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden, whose 1997 album Savage Garden propelled them to stardom. It spawned the singles "I Want You", ...
Date of birth:
- May 8, 1972 (age 37 years)
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
Rebbie Jackson
Maureen Reillette Brown (née Jackson; born May 29, 1950) is an American singer professionally known as Rebbie Jackson. Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, she is the eldest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first performed on stage with...
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- May 29, 1950 (age 59 years)
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Ruben Studdard
Christopher Ruben Studdard (born September 12, 1978), best known as Ruben Studdard, is an American pop, R&B;, and gospel singer. He rose to fame as winner of the second season of American Idol. He received a Grammy Award nomination in December 2003...
Date of birth:
- Sep 12, 1978 (age 31 years)
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Mai Kuraki
Mai Kuraki (倉木 麻衣, Kuraki Mai) (born October 28, 1982) is a Japanese pop and R&B; singer-songwriter, producer and composer from Funabashi, Chiba. Kuraki debuted in 1999 with the single, "Love, Day After Tomorrow". In 2000, she released her debut...
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- Oct 28, 1982 (age 27 years)
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Me'shell Ndegeocello
Meshell Ndegeocello (born Michelle Lynn Johnson, August 29, 1968 in Berlin, Germany), is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist. Her music incorporates funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, R&B;, rock, and jazz. She has...
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- Aug 29, 1968 (age 41 years)
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Stacie Orrico
Stacie Joy Orrico (born March 3, 1986) is an American pop and R&B; singer-songwriter and occasional actress. In 1998, she signed to ForeFront Records when she was 12 years old, and recorded her first album Genuine (2000), which sold 13,000 in the...
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- Mar 3, 1986 (age 23 years)
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Fantasia Barrino
Fantasia Monique Barrino (born June 30, 1984), commonly known as Fantasia, is an American R&B;/soul singer, Broadway and television actress who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of the television series American Idol in 2004. She has...
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- Jun 30, 1984 (age 25 years)
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SWV
Sisters with Voices, better known as SWV, is an American Grammy Award-nominated female R&B;/pop trio from New York. Formed in 1990 as a gospel group, SWV had a series of hits, including "Weak", "Right Here/Human Nature", "I'm So Into You". The group...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1990
