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Electropop
Electropop is a form of electronic music that is made with synthesizers, and which first flourished from 1978 to 1983. Electropop is sometimes confused with synthpop (pop music made with synthesizers), and is generally regarded to be a particular style of synthpop that incorporates the more robotic...
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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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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode (IPA: [dɛˈpɛʃ], de-PESH) are an English electronic band who formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan (lead vocals), Martin Gore (keyboards, guitar, vocals, chief songwriter after 1981),...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1980
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)
New Order
New Order were an English musical group formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitars, synthesizers), Peter Hook (bass, backing vocals, electronic drums) and Stephen Morris (drums, synthesizers). New Order were formed in the wake of the demise...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1980
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ryuichi Sakamoto (坂本 龍一, Sakamoto Ryūichi, born January 17, 1952) is an Academy Award-, Grammy-, and Golden Globe-winning Japanese musician, composer, record producer and actor, based in New York and Tokyo. He played keyboards in the influential...
Date of birth:
- Jan 17, 1952 (age 57 years)
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are a British electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally backing vocals.
Pet Shop Boys have sold close to 100 million...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Aug 1981
Hilary Duff
Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress and recording artist. After working in local theater plays and television commercials in her childhood, Duff gained fame for playing the title role in the television series Lizzie...
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- Sep 28, 1987 (age 22 years)
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Duran Duran
Duran Duran are an English rock band from Birmingham, United Kingdom. They were one of the most successful of the 1980s bands and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States. Since the 1980s they have placed 14 in...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1978
The Human League
The Human League is a British synthpop band formed in Sheffield, England in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the...
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- 1977
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
Erasure
Erasure are an English synthpop duo, consisting of songwriter and keyboardist Vince Clarke and singer Andy Bell.
Erasure entered the music scene in 1985 with their debut single "Who Needs Love Like That". Following the release of their fourth single...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1985
Mecano
Mecano was a Spanish pop band whose debut coincided with La Movida Madrileña (Madrilenian Groove), a sociocultural movement that occurred in Spain during the 1980s. Although Spanish music critics do not consider the band one of the most...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1981
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1991
A Flock of Seagulls
A Flock of Seagulls (also known as Flock of Seagulls) are a British Grammy Award winning band originally formed by brothers Mike Score (keyboards, Vocals) and Ali Score (drums), with Frank Maudsley (bass) and Paul Reynolds (guitar). They became...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1980
T.A.T.u.
t.A.T.u. (Russian: Та́ту pronounced [ˈtatu] ( listen), translated: "This that", in feminine grammatical gender form, like "She Her") is a Russian duo formed in Moscow, Russia in 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov. The group consists of Lena Katina and Yulia...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2000
Dolchamar
Dolchamar is a Finnish rock band that performs in the language Esperanto. It was formed in 1999 in London by Patrik Austin after his departure from Punaiset Messiaat, and instantly signed by the French Vinilkosmo record company, but now resides in...
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Orgy
Orgy is a synth rock band from Bakersfield, California. Orgy describes their music as "death pop".
Orgy was formed in 1996 by vocalist Jay Gordon and guitarist Ryan Shuck, once of Jonathan Davis' original band Sexart, assisting in their eventual...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1994
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) is a Japanese electropop band formed in 1978, known for pioneering the electropop music genre. The principal members are Haruomi Hosono (bass), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums and vocals) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards).
The...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1978
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1983
Ladytron
Ladytron are an electronic pop group originally formed in Liverpool, UK. Ladytron formed in the summer of 1999 when Liverpool musicians and DJs Reuben Wu and Daniel Hunt met dual singers Glaswegian Helen Marnie and Bulgarian born Mira Aroyo. The...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1998
The Postal Service
The Postal Service is an American electronic indie pop band composed of vocalist Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel, Headset and Figurine.
The group formed after Gibbard contributed vocals for a song called "...
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Neil Tennant
Neil Francis Tennant (born 10 July 1954) is an English musician, singer and songwriter, who, with partner Chris Lowe, make up the successful electronic dance music duo Pet Shop Boys.
Neil Tennant was born on 10 July 1954, North Shields, near...
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- Jul 10, 1954 (age 55 years)
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Röyksopp
Röyksopp (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɾøʏksɔp]) are a Norwegian electronic music duo from Tromsø, composed of Torbjørn Brundtland and Svein Berge. The group formed officially in 1998 and released their debut album Melody A.M. on Wall of Sound in 2001...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1998
Westlife
Westlife is an Irish pop band formed on 3 July 1998. The group's original lineup comprised Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan and Brian McFadden who left in 2004. Currently, Filan and Feehily serve as the band's lead vocalists. The...
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Bis
Bis may refer to:
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1994
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Feb 14, 2003
Theatre of Tragedy
Theatre of Tragedy is a Norwegian band from Stavanger, originally assembled in 1992 and best known for their earlier albums, which provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre. The band made use of contrasting vocals - male bass...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1993
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Freezepop
Freezepop is an American synthpop/pop punk band. They formed in 1999 in Boston, Massachusetts, originally with "The Duke of Pannekoeken", an alias for composer Kasson Crooker. The band is named after the frozen snack. The members describe their...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Jun 8, 1999
The Beloved
The Beloved are a British electronic dance music group.
In 1983, Jon Marsh placed an advertisement in the music press, which read as follows:
I am Jon Marsh, founder member of the Beloved. Should you too wish to do something gorgeous, meet me in...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1983
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a UK girl group that were created on the ITV1 talent show Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The group, consisting of singers Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Cheryl Cole, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh have been successful in achieving a...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Dec 2002
Rogue Traders
Rogue Traders is a British-Australian dance-electro band fronted by Melinda 'Mindi' Jackson with James Ash on keyboards, Tim Henwood on guitars and Peter Marin on drums. The group's original members (James Ash and Steve Davis) met in London in 1989....
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2002
Stereo Total
Stereo Total is a Berlin-based multilingual, French-German duo comprising Françoise Cactus (born Françoise Van Hove and formerly co-leader of the band Les Lolitas) and Brezel ('pretzel') Göring (aka Friedrich von Finsterwalde, born Friedrich Ziegler...
Iris
Iris is an American electronic pop/rock band, formed by Reagan Jones and Mat Morris in 1993. After releasing their first album Disconnect, Matthew Morris was replaced with Andrew Sega who pushed the band's sound into a more experimental electronic...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1999
Chris Lowe
Chris Lowe (born Christopher Sean Lowe on 4 October 1959) is a British musician, who, with colleague Neil Tennant, makes up the successful pop duo the Pet Shop Boys.
Lowe attended the Arnold School (then named Arnold House School), an independent...
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- Oct 4, 1959 (age 50 years)
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Raven-Symoné
Raven-Symoné Christina Pearman (born December 10, 1985), known professionally as Raven-Symoné or Raven, is an American actress, singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and television producer. She is best known for her television roles as Olivia...
Date of birth:
- Dec 10, 1985 (age 24 years)
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Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp is a British electronic music group. The band was formed in 1999 in London, England, and consists of Alison Goldfrapp (vocals/synthesizer) and Will Gregory (synthesizer).
Despite favourable reviews and a shortlisting for the Mercury Prize,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1999
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Alyson Michalka
Alyson Renae Michalka (born March 25, 1989), often credited as Aly, is an American actress, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and pianist. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Charlotte Barnes in the feature film Bandslam, Keely Teslow in the...
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- Mar 25, 1989 (age 20 years)
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Andrew Sega
Andrew Gregory Sega (born 20 May 1975), also known by the moniker Necros, is an American musician best known for tracking modules in the 90s demoscene as well as for composing music for several well-known video games. He is currently part of the...
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- May 20, 1975 (age 34 years)
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Rogue
Rogue (born Virgil Roger du Pont III, July 4, 1972) is a founding member and lead singer of the American goth/electropop band The Crüxshadows.
Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, he moved frequently throughout the 1970s and early/mid 1980s, living on...
Date of birth:
- Jul 4, 1972 (age 37 years)
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Natasha Bedingfield
Natasha Anne Bedingfield (born 26 November 1981) is a Grammy Award-nominated British pop singer and songwriter.
Based in Book St., London, Bedingfield debuted in the 1990s as a member of the Christian dance/electronic group The DNA Algorithm with...
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- Nov 26, 1981 (age 28 years)
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2raumwohnung
2raumwohnung (German pronunciation: [ˈtsvaɪ̯ʀaʊ̯mvoːnʊŋ]) is a German pop duo founded in 2000 in Berlin. The two members are the former singer of the group Neonbabies, Inga Humpe, and the musician Tommi Eckart.
The duo was formed when Humpe and...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2000
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Jentina
Jentina Rose Chapman, professionally known as Jentina, is a British R&B; singer, rapper, songwriter and model of Gypsy descent.
Jentina Chapman was born in a caravan in Woking. She grew up in West Molesey, Surrey, with her 13 brothers and sisters....
Date of birth:
- 1984 (age 26 years)
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Susumu Hirasawa
Susumu Hirasawa (平沢進, Hirasawa Susumu, born April 2, 1954 in Tokyo, Kantō region) is a Japanese electropop-artist.
In 1972, he enrolled at Tokyo Designer Gakuin College. From 1972 to 1978, he performed in his first band Mandrake, a progressive rock...
Date of birth:
- Apr 2, 1954 (age 55 years)
Fey
Fey (born María Fernanda Blázquez Gil in Mexico City, July 21, 1973). Her height is 5ft 2in (1.57m). She is a Latin Grammy Award-nominated Mexican pop artist that became a pop symbol for her country in the middle of the 1990s.
The niece of Argentine...
Date of birth:
- Jul 21, 1973 (age 36 years)
Lorie
Laure Pester, professionally known as Lorie, is a French artist, often referred to as the "Britney Spears of France". It is thanks to producer, songwriter and composer Johnny Williams (grandson of 'musette' accordion star André Verchuren) and her...
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- May 2, 1982 (age 27 years)
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Stefan Olsdal
Stefan Olsdal (born Stefan Alexander Bo Olsdal, 31 March 1974, Göteborg, Sweden) is the bassist/guitarist of the alternative rock band Placebo and is part of the electronic dance/DJ and remix act Hotel Persona.
He moved to Luxembourg when he was...
Date of birth:
- 1974 (age 36 years)
Schiller
Schiller is the main project of Christopher von Deylen (born October 1970, in Visselhövede, Lower Saxony, Germany) , a German musician, composer and producer. He has won the ECHO-award (2002) for the Best Dance-Single of the Year . Christopher Von...
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Men, Women & Children
Men, Women & Children (formerly known as Easy Tiger, Torpedo) is an electropop band formed in 2004 by ex-Glassjaw guitarist Todd Weinstock. They released their self-titled debut album in 2006.
They have supported acts such as Metric, Gang of Four,...
Amanda Michalka
Amanda Joy Michalka, (born April 10, 1991) often credited as AJ, is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and instrumentalist. She used to be a model prior to becoming an actress, and is best known as one-half of the duo 78violet (formerly Aly &...
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- Apr 10, 1991 (age 18 years)
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Kahimi Karie
Kahimi Karie (カヒミ・カリィ Kahimi Karī), born Mari Hiki (比企真理 Hiki Mari, born March 15, 1968) is a Japanese Shibuya-kei musician.
Kahimi sings in English, French, and Japanese (among other languages) with whisper-like vocals. A number of her early songs...
Date of birth:
- 1968 (age 42 years)
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Spahn Ranch
Spahn Ranch was an electro-industrial group from Los Angeles. Active from 1992 to 2000, the band was well known in a sub-genre of industrial music for its fusion of electronic dance, industrial and gothic music.
The band was formed in 1992 by Matt...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2000
Infernal
Infernal is Danish Grammy Award-winning Danish dance/pop group, consisting of members Lina Rafn and Paw Lagermann. They made their Danish debut in 1997 with the release of the track "Sorti de L'enfer", and have gone on to international chart success...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1997
Rihanna
Rihanna starting singing when she was 17 years of age with her first single Pon da Replay, then she went on to making other songs like if it's loving that you want or rush (featuring Kardinal Offishall). She has made 3 solo Albums, Music Of The Sun,...
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- Feb 20, 1988 (age 21 years)
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Alison Goldfrapp
Alison Elizabeth Margaret Goldfrapp (born 13 May 1966) is an English singer and songwriter.
Goldfrapp was born in Enfield, England, the youngest of six children. Her father, Nick, was a former Army officer who worked for the Spastics Society and...
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- May 13, 1966 (age 43 years)
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Chicks on Speed
Chicks on Speed formed in Munich in 1997, when members Melissa Logan, Kiki Moorse and Alex Murray-Leslie met at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1995.
Though usually considered part of such musical genres as electroclash, Chicks on Speed actually started...
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Liquido
Liquido was an alternative rock band formed in Germany in 1996 by the four friends Wolle Maier (drums), Wolfgang Schrödl (vocals, guitar, piano), Stefan Schulte-Holthaus (bass) and Tim Eiermann (vocals, guitar).
Their only notable international hit,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
David Cicero
David John Cicero (born 29 May 1970, Greenport, Long Island, United States) is a singer and keyboardist who was signed in 1989 to Spaghetti Records, a record label owned by Pet Shop Boys. Releasing material as Cicero, he went on to have minor...
Date of birth:
- May 29, 1970 (age 39 years)
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The Veronicas
The Veronicas are an electropop pop-rock duo based in Australia. Twin sisters Jessica and Lisa Origliasso formed the duo in 2004 in Brisbane. They have their own line of clothing released in 2007.
They have released two studio albums, the first...
Date of birth:
- Dec 25, 1984 (age 25 years)
The Lovemakers
The Lovemakers are an electropop/New Wave band from Oakland, California. The band was formed in the spring of 2002 by Scott Blonde (guitar, vocals) and Lisa Light (vocals, bass) who are the two core members. Light and Blonde met in 2002 via Blonde's...
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Miranda!
Miranda! is an Argentine electro pop band, formed in 2001. Band members include Alejandro Sergi (vocals), Juliana Gattas (vocals), Lolo Fuentes (guitar), Bruno de Vincenti (programming) and since 2003 Nicolás Grimaldi (bass). Found fame in Europe,...
TLC
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- 1991
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Paul Avion
Paul Avion (sometimes aka Pablo Brazil, born Quito, Ecuador, March 3), is an American songwriter, singer and writer.
Raised in New Orleans, he moved to Los Angeles' Silver Lake neighborhood in 2002. In 2003, he released his first EP, Story of...
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Maxx Klaxon
Maxx Klaxon (a.k.a. Max Clarke) is an electropop artist from New York City. He has recorded cover versions of Iron Maiden's "Die With Your Boots On," Leonard Cohen's First We Take Manhattan, and "The Internationale." His 2005 debut EP Paranoid Style...
