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Universal Records
Universal Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.
Founded in 1995 as Rising Tide Records, the following year its name was changed to Universal Records and began to thrive. The label was created by current...
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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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Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai (pronounced: juh-meer-o-kwy) are an English Acid Jazz/Funk/soul/disco band. Jamiroquai were initially the most prominent component in the early-1990s London-based acid jazz movement, alongside groups such as Incognito, the James Taylor...
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- 1992
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lynyrd Skynyrd (pronounced /ˌlɛnərd ˈskɪnərd/ LEN-ərd-SKIN-ərd) is an American rock band, formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The band became prominent in the Southern United States in 1973, and rose to worldwide recognition before three...
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- 1964
Anthrax
Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene and is notable for being the first to combine heavy metal with rap music. When thrash metal began to...
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- 1981
Fleming and John
Fleming and John is a musical husband and wife team, Fleming McWilliams and John Mark Painter, currently living in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.
The couple met while attending Belmont College in Nashville, and immediately began collaborating...
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Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant, CBE (born 20 August 1948), is an English rock singer and songwriter, best known as as the lead vocalist and a lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career, releasing the 2007 album Raising...
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- Aug 20, 1948 (age 61 years)
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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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S Club 7
S Club (formerly known as S Club 7) was a British pop group created by former Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller, comprising Tina Barrett, Paul Cattermole, Jon Lee, Bradley McIntosh, Jo O'Meara, Hannah Spearritt and Rachel Stevens. The group rose to...
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- Apr 2003
The Moody Blues
The Moody Blues are an English band originally from Erdington in the city of Birmingham. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially rhythm and blues-based sound in Birmingham in 1964 along with Graeme Edge and others, and...
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- 1964
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Smokey Robinson
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B; and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is one of the primary figures associated with Motown Records, second only to the company's...
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- Feb 19, 1940 (age 69 years)
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Raekwon
Corey Woods (born January 12, 1968), better known by the stage name Raekwon (sometimes "Raekwon the Chef"), is an American rapper and a member of the Wu-Tang Clan. He released his solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., in 1995, and has continued...
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- Jan 12, 1970 (age 39 years)
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Sean Combs
Sean John Combs (born Harlem, NY 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...
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- Nov 4, 1969 (age 40 years)
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
Sum 41
Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario, active since 1996. The current members are Deryck Whibley (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Jason McCaslin (bass guitar, backing vocals), Steve Jocz (drums, backing vocals), and Tom Thacker (lead guitar...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
Warren G
Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1971) better known by his stage name Warren G, is an American West Coast rapper and hip hop producer. He is Dr. Dre's step brother. His biggest hit to date was the single "Regulate" with Nate Dogg released in...
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- Nov 10, 1970 (age 39 years)
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Ginger Baker
Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker (born 19 August 1939, Lewisham, South London) is an English drummer, best known for his work with Cream and Blind Faith. He is also known for his numerous associations with New World music and the use of African...
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- Aug 19, 1939 (age 70 years)
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Godsmack
Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band comprises founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin. Since its formation,...
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- 1996
Canibus
Germaine Williams, better known by his stage name Canibus, is an American rapper. He is a part of supergroup The HRSMN.
Germaine Williams was born in Jamaica in 1974. His father, Basil Williams, is a former Jamaican cricketer. The family moved...
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- Dec 9, 1974 (age 35 years)
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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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Paulina Rubio
Paulina Rubio Dosamantes (born June 17, 1971) is a nominated Grammy and Latin Grammy and six-time winner of Billboard Latin Music Awards Mexican singer and actress. Rubio achieved international stardom with her fifth studio album, Paulina (2000),...
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- Jun 17, 1971 (age 38 years)
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The White Stripes
The White Stripes are an American rock duo, formed in 1997 in Detroit, Michigan. The group consists of songwriter Jack White (vocals, guitar and piano) and Meg White (drums and occasional vocals).
After releasing several singles and three albums...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Jul 14, 1997
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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Alien Ant Farm
Alien Ant Farm is an American alternative rock band that formed in the southern California city of Riverside in 1995. Their name comes from an idea original guitarist Terry Corso had about aliens and the earth--"I was daydreaming at my dull desk job...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
Juvenile
Terius Gray, better known by his stage name Juvenile, (born March 25, 1975) is an American rapper, He is also a former member of hip-hop group the Hot Boys . At the age of 19, he began recording raps, releasing his debut album Being Myself in 1995....
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- Mar 25, 1975 (age 34 years)
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Dredg
Dredg (styled as dredg) is an American progressive/alternative rock band formed in 1993 in Los Gatos, California. The band consists of vocalist Gavin Hayes, guitarist Mark Engles, bassist Drew Roulette and drummer/keyboardist Dino Campanella. With...
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- 1993
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No Angels
The No Angels are an all-female pop group from Germany, consisting of members Nadja Benaissa, Lucy Diakovska, Sandy Mölling, and Jessica Wahls. Critically acclaimed, the band has won dozen of awards and prizes since their establishment in the early...
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- 2000
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- 2003
Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes ("The Mutants", Portuguese pronunciation: [uz muˈtɐ̃tʃis]) are an influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band that were linked with the Tropicália movement of the late 1960s. It was formed by two brothers and a vocalist, but has gone...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1966
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1978
Goldfinger
Goldfinger is a Los Angeles pop punk/ska punk band that formed in 1994. They support the imprisoned 'SHAC 7' animal rights activists, and John Feldmann, lead singer, is an advocate for and supporter of the Animal Liberation Front.
Goldfinger was...
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Mr. Cheeks
Mr. Cheeks (born Terrance Kelly aka Andrew Benson on March 28, 1971) is a rapper best known for his work with the musical group The Lost Boyz, and his career as a solo artist.
Mr. Cheeks, along with band mates Freaky Tah (1971-1999), Spigg Nice and...
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- Mar 28, 1971 (age 38 years)
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Irving Lorenzo
Irv Gotti (born Irving Lorenzo on June 26, 1970) was a prominent hip hop and R&B; record producer and is the head and founder of The Inc record label. He is known for producing many hit rap songs such as Jay-Z's "Can I Get A...", DMX's "What's My...
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- Jun 26, 1970 (age 39 years)
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Emma Bunton
Emma Bunton (born 21 January 1976) is an English pop singer, songwriter, radio presenter, and occasional actress. Bunton is best known for being a member of the successful '90s girl group, the Spice Girls, in which she was known as Baby Spice as she...
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- Jan 21, 1976 (age 33 years)
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The Beautiful South
The Beautiful South were an English alternative rock group formed at the end of the 1980s by former members of Hull group The Housemartins - Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway. The duo were initially joined by Sean Welch (bass), Dave Stead (drums) and...
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- 1989
Alicia Villarreal
Alicia Villarreal (born Martha Alicia Villarreal Esparza on August 31, 1974, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico) is a Mexican Latin Grammy award-winning singer.
Villarreal first performed the song Mundo De Juguetes at Pipo, a national TV show her...
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- Aug 31, 1974 (age 35 years)
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Carola Häggkvist
Carola Maria Häggkvist (born 8 September 1966), better known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and...
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- Sep 8, 1966 (age 43 years)
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Arise
Arise is a Swedish death metal/thrash metal-band from Alingsås.
Arise was founded in 1996 in Alingsås (outside of Gothenburg, Sweden) under another name, but got the name Arise in 1998 when their first demo was released. Their third demo, Abducted...
Smash Mouth
Smash Mouth is an American pop rock band from San José, California. Formed in 1994, the band comprised Steve Harwell (lead vocals), Greg Camp (guitar), Paul De Lisle (bass), and Kevin Coleman (original drummer). Their hit songs include "Walkin' on...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1994
Abandoned Pools
Tommy Walter (born October 30, 1970 in Pasadena, California), is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his Alternative rock band, Abandoned Pools, as well as being the former bassist and one of the founding members of Eels.
Tommy...
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Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country-folk-rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach, California in 1966. The group's membership has had at least a dozen changes over the years, including a period from...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1965
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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Rakim
Rakim (pronounced rah-KIM) (full name Rakim Abdul Jabbir, born William Michael Griffin Jr. on January 28, 1968 in Queens, New York) is an American rapper and pioneer of the musical genre of hip hop, known as one half of the duo Eric B. & Rakim. He...
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- Jan 28, 1968 (age 41 years)
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Alice DeeJay
Alice DeeJay was a Dutch electronic music group, who achieved success from 1999 to 2002.
The group consisted of record producers Pronti (born Sebastiaan Molijn), Kalmani (born Eelke Kalberg) and DJ Jurgen, with lead singer Judith Anna Pronk. They...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1999
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2002
Geoff Downes
Geoffrey Downes (born Stockport, Manchester, 25 August 1952) is an English rock keyboard player, songwriter, and producer. He is best known as the keyboardist for the bands Asia, The Buggles, and also his stint with Yes in 1980. When he was a...
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- Aug 25, 1952 (age 57 years)
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Jack Johnson
Jack Hody Johnson (born May 18, 1975) is a Hawaiʻi resident, singer-songwriter, musician, filmmaker, and surfer known for his work in the soft rock and acoustic genres. He achieved commercial success after the release of his debut album, Brushfire...
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- May 18, 1975 (age 34 years)
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Dave Baksh
David Nizaam "Brownsound" Baksh (born 26 July 1980 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian guitarist, singer and producer of Indo-Guyanese descent, best known as the ex-lead guitarist of punk band Sum 41, but has since became a singer/guitarist...
Date of birth:
- Jul 26, 1980 (age 29 years)
MDFMK
MDFMK was formed by two members of KMFDM, Sascha Konietzko and Tim Skold. Lucia Cifarelli, formerly of the band Drill, later rounded out the trio.
Due to differences between some of KMFDM's band members about the band's future, Sascha Konietzko and...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1999
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2001
Jasmine Trias
Jasmine Trias (born November 3, 1986) is an American singer-entertainer who was the third place finalist on the third season of American Idol, due in part to tremendous call-in support from California, New York, and her native state of Hawaii. She...
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- Nov 3, 1986 (age 23 years)
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Little Birdy
Little Birdy is a four piece rock band from Perth, Western Australia.
The band formed in 2002 when songwriter, singer and guitarist Katy Steele left her former band 'the Plastik Scene'. Simon Leach began as the drummer with Katy Steele as vocalist...
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Sister Hazel
Sister Hazel is an alternative rock band from Gainesville, Florida, whose style also blends elements of folk rock, pop and southern rock.
Sister Hazel formed in Gainesville, Florida in 1994 and was named for Sister Hazel Williams, a local nun who...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1993
Joan Armatrading
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE (born 9 December 1950) is a British singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee . Additional achievements include a BA (Hons) degree in History from the Open University, of...
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- Dec 9, 1950 (age 59 years)
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1972
Katrina Leskanich
Katrina Leskanich (born April 10, 1960 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American singer and musician.
Her father was a Colonel in the United States Air Force, and Katrina and her five siblings (four sisters and one brother) were moved from Kansas to New...
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- Apr 10, 1960 (age 49 years)
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Grinspoon
Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
Le Tigre
Le Tigre is an American electroclash band, formed by Kathleen Hanna (formerly of Bikini Kill) and Johanna Fateman in 1998. It also featured Sadie Benning from 1998 until 2001, and JD Samson for the rest of the group's run. Le Tigre is known for its...
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DragonForce
DragonForce are an English power metal band from London, formed in 1999. They are known for fast guitar solos, fantasy-based lyrics, and electronic sounds in their music to add to their retro video game influenced sound.
DragonForce was formed in...
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- 2001
Donavon Frankenreiter
Donavon Frankenreiter, born December 10, 1972, in Downey, California, is an American musician and surfer. He is a long-time friend of Jack Johnson and his debut self-titled album was released in 2004 on Johnson's Brushfire Records through Universal...
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- Dec 10, 1972 (age 37 years)
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Cornelis Vreeswijk Swedish pronunciation (help·info), Dutch pronunciation (help·info) was a singer-songwriter, poet and actor born in IJmuiden in the Netherlands. He emigrated to Sweden with his parents in 1949 at the age of twelve. He was...
Date of birth:
- Aug 8, 1937
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- Nov 12, 1987 (age 50 years)
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The Rapture
The Rapture is a dance-punk band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock.
The Rapture formed in 1998 by keyboardist Chris Relyea, drummer Vito Roccoforte and...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1998
Scissor Sisters
The Scissor Sisters are a Grammy Award-nominated American band that formed in 2001. Their style draws from disco, glam rock, pop and the club scene of New York City.
The group take their name from a sexual position between women. While experiencing...
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- 2001
Hatebreed
Hatebreed is a Grammy Award-nominated band from Bridgeport and New Haven, Connecticut. The band was founded in November 1994 by Jamey Jasta, Dave Russo, Larry Dwyer, and Chris Beattie. The current lineup is Jamey Jasta (lead vocals), Frank "III Gun"...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
Nick Lachey
Nicholas Scott "Nick" Lachey (pronounced /ləˈʃeɪ/ "la-SHAY"; born November 9, 1973) is an American pop singer, actor, producer, television host, and television personality who rose to fame in the late 1990s as a member of the boy band 98 Degrees....
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- Nov 9, 1973 (age 36 years)
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Alsou
Alsou Ralifovna Abramova (Tatar Cyrillic: Алсу Рәлиф кызы Абрамова, Latin: Alsu Rälif qızı Abramova, Russian: Алсу́ Рали́фовна Абрамова, née Safina, better known as just Alsou (Алсу́, born on June 27, 1983) is a popular singer from Russia. She...
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- Jun 27, 1983 (age 26 years)
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Michael Ball
Michael Ashley Ball (born 27 June 1962, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire) is an Olivier Award winning English actor, singer, and radio and TV presenter who is best known for the song "Love Changes Everything" and musical theatre roles such as Marius in...
Date of birth:
- Jun 27, 1962 (age 47 years)
