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Grammy Award for Song of the Year
The Song of the Year is one of the four most prestigious awards in the Grammy Awards ceremony, if not in all of the American music industry. It has been awarded since 1959 to the composer (not the performer) of the song in question. It is almost always the case that one or more recordings are...
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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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Paula Cole
Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968) is an American singer/songwriter. Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
Cole was born in...
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Diane Warren
Diane Eve Warren (born September 7, 1956 in Van Nuys, California) is an American country and pop music singer-songwriter. Her songs have received six Academy Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations, and seven Grammy Award nominations,...
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Eric Stefani
Eric Matthew Stefani (born June 17, 1967) is an American pop musician, former Simpsons animator, and Grammy-nominated composer and writer.
Stefani attended Loara High School in Anaheim, California. He worked at a Dairy Queen with his sister Gwen and...
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John Leventhal
John Leventhal is a Grammy Award-winning multi-instrumentalist, composer, music producer and recording engineer who has worked with singer-songwriters such as Rosanne Cash, Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, Michelle Branch, Joan Osborne, David Crosby, Kelly...
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Shawn Colvin
Shawn Colvin (born January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician.
Colvin was born in Vermillion, South Dakota. Her formative years were spent in the town of Carbondale, Illinois, where she attended Southern Illinois University...
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Will Jennings
Wilbur "Will" Jennings (born 1944 in Kilgore, Texas) is an American songwriter. He attended school just outside Tyler, TX, in the nearby Chapel Hill Independent School District. He also attended the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
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Robert Lange
Robert John "Mutt" Lange (pronounced /ˈlæŋ/) (born November 11, 1948) is a record producer and songwriter, usually known by his nickname "Mutt" Lange. He is one of the most successful producers in rock history. He has produced albums for artists...
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James Horner
James Roy Horner (born August 14, 1953) is an American composer, orchestrator and conductor of orchestral and film music. He is noted for the integration of choral and electronic elements in many of his film scores, and for frequent use of Celtic...
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Johnny Rzeznik
John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik (born on December 5, 1965 in Buffalo, New York and also known as Johnny Rzeznik) is an American songwriter, lead guitarist, vocalist and producer. He is best known as the frontman of rock band the Goo Goo Dolls, of whom...
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Kirk Franklin
Kirk Dwayne Franklin (born January 26, 1970(1970-01-26) in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American Gospel music singer and author and is most notably known as the leader of urban contemporary gospel choirs such as the Family, God's Property and 1NC (One...
Shania Twain
Shania Twain, OC (pronounced /ʃəˈnaɪə ˈtweɪn/; August 28, 1965) is a Canadian country pop artist. Her third album Come on Over is the best-selling album of all time by a female musician and the best-selling album in the history of country music. She...
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Rob Thomas
Robert Kelly Thomas (born February 14, 1972, in Landstuhl, West Germany on a US military base) is an American rock recording artist and songwriter. He is the primary songwriter and lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty and formerly of the band...
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Max Martin
Martin Karl "Max Martin" Sandberg (born February 26, 1971) is an ASCAP-awarded and Grammy-nominated, Swedish music producer and songwriter. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and is best known by his pen name Max Martin. Breaking through as a...
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Desmond Child
Desmond Child (born John Charles Barratt, October 28, 1953 in Gainsville, Florida) is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
For nearly three decades, songwriter/producer Desmond Child has...
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Andreas Carlsson
Andreas Carlsson is a Swedish music producer, composer, and pop songwriter.
Carlsson was part of the Cheiron Studios team until the studio was closed down in 2001.
In January 2001, former Cheiron-members Andreas Carlsson, Kristian Lundin and Jake...
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Robi Draco Rosa
Robi Draco Rosa (born Robert Pink Edward Suarez, June 27, 1969) is a Puerto Rican-American musician, dancer, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor, who was born in Long Island, New York, and grew up in Peñuelas, Puerto...
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Tionne Watkins
Tionne Tenese Watkins (born April 26, 1970), better known by her stage name T-Boz, is an American R&B; singer, song-writer, and a member of the group TLC. Watkins is also an occasional actress.
Watkins was born in Des Moines, Iowa. She is of both...
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Itaal Shur
Itaal Shur is an American songwriter. One of his notable works is the hit song "Smooth", featured on Carlos Santana's Grammy-Award winning album Supernatural, and featuring Rob Thomas - who wrote the lyrics - on lead vocals.
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Macy Gray
Macy Gray (born Natalie Renee McIntyre on September 6, 1967), also credited as Natalie Hinds in her music, is an American R&B; and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style...
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LeToya Luckett
LeToya Nicole Luckett (born March 11, 1981), known professionally as LeToya, is an American R&B; singer-songwriter and actress. She was a founding member of the R&B; female group Destiny's Child, with whom she won two Grammy Awards and released many...
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LaTavia Roberson
LaTavia Marie Roberson (born November 1, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, as well as an original member of the R&B; female group Destiny's Child and was later replaced by Michelle Williams. She was an original founder of the group with...
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LaShawn Daniels
LaShawn Ameen Daniels is an American songwriter, best known for his work with longtime colleague Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Daniels has written several of the Darkchild Team's hit songs, among them "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica, "Say My Name...
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Fred Jerkins III
Fred Jerkins III is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with his brother Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Jerkins has co-written several hit songs with Rodney Jerkins and LaShawn Daniels, among them "The Boy Is Mine" by...
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Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles or commonly known as Beyonce is an American, R&B singer and Celebrity. She was first made famous as part of Destiny’s Child. She is ranked fourth in the Top 100 Celebrity in Forbes.com (2008)
Kelly Rowland
Kelendria "Kelly" Rowland (born February 11, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, model and television host. Born in Atlanta, Georgia and raised in Houston, Texas, Rowland rose to fame in the late 1990s as one of the founding...
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Stephanie Bentley
Stephanie Kay Bentley (born April 29, 1963 in Thomasville, Georgia) is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 1996 as a duet partner on Ty Herndon's single "Heart Half Empty", which peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles...
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Tia Sillers
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Holly Lamar
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David Wilder
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Jinsoo Lim
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Jeremy Ruzumna
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Mark D. Sanders
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Patrick Monahan
Irish American singer Patrick "Pat" Monahan (born February 28, 1969 in Erie (Waterford), Pennsylvania) is the lead singer and songwriter for the Grammy award winning band Train. He is a successful solo artist, and has collaborated with multiple...
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Jimmy Stafford
Jimmy Stafford (April 26, 1964) is the lead guitarist and original member of the Grammy award winning band Train. Born in Morris, Illinois, he now resides in Las Vegas and Chicago.
Jimmy Stafford is currently writing his first book, a novel, titled ...
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Scott Underwood
Scott Underwood is the drummer in the Grammy Award-winning band Train. Who is from Saratoga Springs NY was also for period of time the drummer of The Sonic Undertones which is now The Figgs,
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India.Arie
India.Arie (born India Arie Simpson on October 3, 1975) is a Grammy Award winning African-American soul, R&B;, and neo soul singer-songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and flautist.
Arie was born in Denver, Colorado. She absorbed musical skills...
Rob Hotchkiss
American guitarist Rob Hotchkiss is best known as the founding member of the Grammy-winning band Train ("Drops of Jupiter," Best Rock Song, 2001). He was also once the lead singer of Los Angeles-based Apostles, who released a self-titled CD in the...
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Shannon Sanders
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Charlie Colon
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Carlos "Six July" Broady
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Avril Lavigne
Avril Ramona Lavigne (pronounced /ˈævrɨl ləˈviːn/) (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress. Lavigne has sold more than 30 million copies of her albums worldwide. She is currently one of the top...
Alan Jackson
Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958 in Newnan, Georgia) is an American country artist who has sold over 50 million records. He was influenced by traditional country, and he was one of the most popular country singers of the 1990s, blending...
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Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Lee Carlton (born August 16, 1980) is an American soft rock/pop singer, songwriter, and pianist. She is best known for the single "A Thousand Miles" from her debut album, Be Not Nobody, which was released April 30, 2002, and certified...
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The Matrix
The Matrix is a music production team, consisting of Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, and Graham Edwards. They gained fame in the early 2000s after writing and producing a series of hits for artists including Christina Aguilera, Busted, Hilary Duff,...
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Jesse Harris
Jesse Harris is a Grammy-winning American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Harris was born in New York City in 1970, where he lives today.
His music can be described as jazz/folk, and his songs are sometimes in the style of the early days of...
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Luther Vandross
Luther Ronzoni Vandross (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American R&B; and soul singer-songwriter, and record producer. During his career, Vandross sold over twenty-five million albums and won eight Grammy Awards including Best Male R&B; Vocal...
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Richard Marx
Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer...
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Warren Zevon
Zevon redirects here. For his son Jordan, see Jordan Zevon
Warren William Zevon (January 24, 1947 – September 7, 2003) was an American rock singer-songwriter and musician noted for including his strange, sardonic opinions of life in his musical...
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Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known by his primary stage name Eminem, or by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor. Eminem quickly gained popularity in 1999 with his major-label debut album...
Jeff Bass
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Jorge Calderón
Jorge Calderón, originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer best known for his collaborations with Warren Zevon. He holds the unique distinction of having been credited on all of Zevon's post...
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Dan Estrin
Dan Estrin (born July 9, 1976) is the guitarist of the band Hoobastank. He and Doug Robb originally founded the band and recruited Markku Lappalainen and Chris Hesse. Their success grew after the release of They Sure Don't Make Basketball Shorts...
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Rhymefest
Che Smith, known by the stage name of Rhymefest, is an American hip hop artist (born July 6, 1977) from Chicago, Illinois whose first official album, Blue Collar, was released on July 11, 2006. The Grammy Award winning co-writer of Kanye West's ...
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Craig Wiseman
Craig Michael Wiseman (born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a Grammy Award-winning American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1980s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes,...
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Tim Nichols
Tim Nichols (born in Portsmouth, Virginia is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since the late 1980s, Nichols has written for several country music singers, including Keith Whitley, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Jo Dee Messina, and...
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Douglas Robb
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U2
U2 are a rock band formed in Dublin, Ireland. The band consists of Bono (vocals and rhythm guitar), The Edge (guitar, keyboards, and vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen, Jr. (drums and percussion).
The band formed at secondary...
Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani was born in October 3, 1969 in Fullerton, California. She is a singer, actress, songwriter and fashion designer. Stefani was part of the group "No Doubt", a group that she joined in 1986, but the group split and she began her...
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Kanye West
Kanye Omari West (pronounced /ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American singer/rapper. He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, and his fourth album...
