Pop singers Pop singers Chang Hui-mei ( ) (b. August 9, 1972), popularly known as A-Mei (阿妹), is a Taiwanese pop singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "A-Mei"
Anggun Cipta Sasmi ( April 29, 1974, Jakarta, Indonesia) is a singer. Her name means "Grace born out of a dream". ...more on Wikipedia about "Anggun"
Angie Hart is an Australian pop singer, best known for her role in the band Frente!. ...more on Wikipedia about "Angie Hart"
Azam Ahmad Khan ( Bangla: আজম খান) (born February 28, 1950) is a famous Bangladeshi (Bengali) pop singer. He was the pioneer in Bengali pop music creation and started a group called "Uchcharon" with a literal meaning of "Enunciation". He was a freedom fighter who fought against the Pakistani army in the Liberation war of Bangladesh in 1971. After the war, he introduced an energetic brand of music. His famous tunes include "Ore Salekha, Ore Maleka", "Ami Jare Chaire", "Ashi Ashi bole tumi", "Rail liner bostite..". Now in his 50s, Azam Khan still has a cult following among people in their 20s as well as earlier generations who are in their 30s and 40s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Azam Khan (singer)"
Baltimora, aka Jimmy McShane ( 23 May 1957 – 29 March 1995) was a singer from Derry, Northern Ireland known chiefly for his 1985 hit " Tarzan Boy". This song was used for an American television commercial for Listerine. A remixed version of the song was used in the soundtrack for the third Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. ...more on Wikipedia about "Baltimora"
Carolyn Crawford was a vocalist on Motown's Tamla label during the 1960s. She sang backup vocals for many Motown artists before releasing three singles of her own, "My Smile Is Just a Frown Turned Upside Down", being the most successful. Never receiving the attention or promotion of the larger acts, Crawford left Motown in 1965. She briefly returned to music in the 1970s, appearing as a background vocalist and occasional producer of minor disco hits. Today, both her singles and unreleased session material are popular on bootlegged Motown and soul compilations. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carolyn Crawford"
Cerrone (full name: Jean-Marc Cerrone) is a French singer and music producer born in Paris, and one of the best representatives of the European disco. At the age of 12 he started playing drums and listening to Otis Redding's songs. His passion for music scared his father, who tried to distract him from his obsession. By the end of the 60's, he was fascinated by, among others, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, and Blood, Sweat & Tears. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cerrone"
Chantay Savage is an R&B/ dance singer who found success in the 90's with singles like "Don't Let It Go to Your Head", and "I Will Survive", in which she reworked the Gloria Gaynor disco anthem. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chantay Savage"
Cherie is a pop and dance music artist from France. In 2004 her hit "I'm Ready" hit #1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Cherie also performed another of her debut singles, "Betcha Neva" in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman. Her strikingly sad but immensely powerful ballad about losing the love of her life over an issue of age and maturity, "Older Than My Years" proves her talent as a songstress and has prompted comparison to that of Celine Dion because of her ability to soar through even the highest notes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cherie"
Claude François (born February 1, 1939 in Ismaïlia, Egypt; died March 11, 1978 in Paris, France) was a French pop singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Claude François"
Daniel DeBourg is a pop singer that was born in Chelmsford, England. DeBourg got his starting writing songs for UK singer Jamelia (known for hits like "Thank You" and "Stop"). He was influenced by the videos by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson to pursue dance by the age of four, and by the age of eleven, he had been admitted to study at the exclusive Royal Ballet School. Although dance was his primary interest, as a teen he was also fronting bands. ...more on Wikipedia about "Daniel DeBourg"
Denise Pfeiffer (b. Leicester, 1980), is a model, freelance writer and advocate of chastity. Orphaned at the age of six, she immersed herself in her two great passions in life, music and writing. She released her first pop single at the age of 17, entitled Can You Feel My Love on Gotham Records. At twelve, she became a Christian and remains committed to a life of chastity and sexual abstinence. She is now press officer for a UK media watchdog and the Assistant National Director for the sexual abstinence group The Silver Ring Thing UK. ...more on Wikipedia about "Denise Pfeiffer"
Diana King (born November 8, 1970 in Spanish Town, Jamaica) is a Jamaican R&B/ pop singer who after she made an appearance on the Notorious B.I.G.'s 1994 album Ready to Die, scored a record contract with Sony Music. King scored a huge hit with her debut single "Shy Guy" from the Will Smith film Bad Boys, it was certified Gold by the RIAA for sales of over 500,000 units in the US, the single also hit No.2 in the UK. ...more on Wikipedia about "Diana King"
Engelbert Humperdinck, born May 2 1936 in what was then known as Madras, India as Arnold George Dorsey, is a well-known pop singer of the 1950s-present. Of Anglo Indian ethnicity, he was raised in Leicester, England and adopted the stage name Engelbert Humperdinck, after the German opera composer of the same name. Humperdinck has sold about 150 million records and has established himself as one of the world's premiere live performers in a number of sold-out tours. ...more on Wikipedia about "Engelbert Humperdinck (singer)" Fast http://www.shortopedia.com Pop_singers
Fey (born María Fernanda Blásquez Gil in Mexico City, July 21, 1973), is a Mexican pop artist that became a symbol for her country by the middle-end of the 1990s. Daughter of parents dedicated to music, Fey became involved with the music industry since little. Fey became well-known in Latin America with her debut album, Fey, it was her next album, however, Tierna la noche which rose her to worldwide fame. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fey (singer)"
Isabelle Arnfjell is a Swedish singer/songwriter that debuted with the Something Pretty album in 2003. ...more on Wikipedia about "Isabelle Arnfjell"
Ivo Robić ( January 29 1923 - March 9 2000) was a popular Croatian singer and songwritter. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ivo Robić"
Jakob Hellman, born October 20, 1965 in Vuollerim, Norrbotten, is a Swedish pop singer. Although his only album to date, ...Och stora havet, was released in 1989, he is still well-known in his native country. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jakob Hellman"
Jamie Rivera is a pop singer from the Philippines. She was born Mary Jane C. Mendoza on August 29. She graduated from University of Santo Tomas ...more on Wikipedia about "Jamie Rivera"
Javine Hylton, more commonly known as simply Javine is a British singer who has had a string of hits in the UK charts. She was born on 27 December, 1981. ...more on Wikipedia about "Javine Hylton"
Jay Sean, (born Kamaljit Jhooti on March 26, 1981 in Southall, London, United Kingdom) is a British Asian R&B singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Jay Sean"
Kasia Stankiewicz is a Polish pop singer. She started her career in 1995 singing a song by Varius Manx, a multi-platinum Polish band, in the TV song contest Szansa na sukces (A Chance for Success). A few months later she actually became the lead vocalist for Varius Manx. In 1996 they recorded Ego – a 5 times platinum album. The hit singles "Orła cień", "Ten sen" and "Mówią mi" were high in the Polish charts for months. In 1997 she recorded a platinum soundtrack for the Polish movie Nocne graffitti and her second album with Varius Manx entitled End. There were #1 singles off the album again ("Kiedy mnie malujesz", "Najmniejsze państwo świata", "Czy tak chcesz" "Próbujcie marzyć") and it became platinum. In 1999 she recorded her first solo album, Kasia Stankiewicz, with soul and jazz compositions. In 2000 she recorded her last album with Varius Manx, Najlepsze z dobrych (The Best of the Good Ones), which included a few new songs, and after promoting two smash hit singles from the album ("Teraz i tu" and "Wolni w niewoli") she decided to leave Varius Manx. In 2001 she collaborated with a Polish actor Michał Żebrowski and two other Polish vocalists in recording Lubię kiedy kobieta, a very popular album where she sang poetry. "Niepewność", the first single from the album was a huge success. In the same year Kasia Stankiewicz recorded " The Bridge Song" with the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream. The single promoted their new album around the world. In 2003 she produced and published a new album called Extrapop. The first single "Schyłek lata" was a smash hit in Poland, and two other singles "Francuzeczka" and "Saint Etienne" were successful too. Kasia has definitely left behind a "good girl" image. Her new look is hot and sexy, and her video clips may seem a little scandalising. In the "Schyłek lata" clip she could be seen lying naked with another naked girl. Now she is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the start of her career and planning a new album. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kasia Stankiewicz"
Kim Ho Kyung (simply known as Tei, born April 4, 1983) is a Korean pop singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kim Ho Kyung Tei"
Lara Fabian (born Lara Crokaert January 9, 1970 in Etterbeek, Belgium) is an international French-language singer. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lara Fabian"
Linda Jo Rizzo is a singer, composer and producer, currently based in Germany. Originally from Italy, she was an photomodel and studied nourishing sciences in New York. She met there Bobby Orlando and participated in his group The Flirts. With a dissolution of "The Flirts" and because of their large success in Germany Linda went to Germany and started her own music career there. ...more on Wikipedia about "Linda Jo Rizzo" If you like you could tell us your opinion about http://www.shortopedia.com
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