Musicians

Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor.

Beyoncé is an American singer, songwriter and performer.

Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter and dancer.

Ai Takahashi is a Japanese singer and actress, a former member and leader of Morning Musume. Her work also includes stage performances and fashion projects.

Huang Liling (Amis: Lisang Pacidal Koyouan, September 20, 1983 -), whose stage name is A-Lin, is a Taiwanese Amis female singer, born in Lingya, Kaohsiung. She has been shortlisted for the Taiwan Golden Melody Awards several times and has been invited to sing at important award ceremonies many times. In 2023, she won the Best Chinese Female Singer Award at the 34th Golden Melody Awards for her album "LINK". In 2026, he won the Song of the Year Award at the 37th Golden Melody Awards for the theme song "Happiness Sings" from the movie "Sunshine Girls Choir".

Ai Uemura (November 2, 1981 -), a Japanese female singer with the stage name AI, was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Kagoshima, Japan. The mother is Italian-American. In 1996, he went to the United States for further study. Because he loved rhythm and blues, he decided to devote himself to black music. He made his debut in 1999 and returned to Japan to perform in 2000. He has collaborated with Ken Hirai, Namie Amuro, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Miria Kato, American hip-hop singer Snoop Dogg, etc., and is quite famous in Japan. At the end of 2014, he participated in Utada Hikaru's fifteenth anniversary album and sang a cover of Utada Hikaru's "FINAL DISTANCE", which was well received by Japanese music fans.

Aimer (Japanese: Eme, Romanized: Eme) is a Japanese female singer. Her personal information and date of birth have not been publicly disclosed. His stage name is "Emu", his nickname for many years, which also means "love" in French. Lyrics are often signed by aimerhythm. In 2011, he made his official debut with the single "Sixth Star Night/Sadness Turns into Aurora/Twinkle, Twinkle, Twinkle". The album was released by SACRA MUSIC, a subsidiary of Japan's Sony Music Entertainment. His former agency was agehasprings.

Fabian Bohn (born March 2, 1982), whose stage name is "Brennan Heart", is a Dutch DJ and hardstyle music producer.

EJAE (Korean: Jae Lee, Romanized: Ijae), whose real name is Kim Eun-Jae (Korean: Eunjae Kim, Romanized: Kim Eun-Jae), is a Korean-American singer, songwriter and music producer. She has composed songs for many Korean artist groups in the past, including Red Velvet, aespa, TWICE, LE SSERFIM, etc. In 2025, she sang and voiced the protagonist Rumi in the Netflix animated film "KPOP DEMON HUNTERS" and participated in the creation of many soundtrack songs, becoming famous internationally. Among them, the song "Golden" that she co-sung and wrote topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and also topped the music charts in many countries. EJAE released her first solo single "In Another World" on October 24, 2025, followed by "Time After Time" on February 6, 2026.

Uchinaga Eri (Japanese: Uchinaga Eri/Uchinaga Eri, Romanized: Uchinaga Eri; October 30, 2000 -), also known as Jinzhili (Korean: Kim Ae-ri/Kim Ae-ri, Romanized: Kim Ae-ri), whose stage name is Giselle (Korean: Giselle, Japanese: Gisele), is a Japanese rapper living in South Korea. She is of Japanese and Korean descent. She is a member of the Korean girl group aespa.

Gummy (Korean: spider, April 8, 1981 -), whose real name is Park Ji-yeon (Korean: Jiyeon Park, English: Park Ji-yeon), is a South Korean female singer. In 2003, he was launched as a solo singer in cooperation with M.BOAT Entertainment and YG Entertainment. He officially debuted with his first mini album "Like Them" in 2008 and officially transferred to YG Entertainment. In 2013, he signed a contract with C-JeS Entertainment. It was announced on October 8, 2018 that she had married actor Cho Jung-seok.

Hitomi (January 26, 1976 -) is a female singer-songwriter born in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Her original surname and stage name were Hitomi Furuya, and she changed her name to Hitomi Haneda after her marriage.

Karina (Korean: Karina, April 11, 2000 -), whose real name is Yoo Jimin (Korean: Yoo Ji-min), is a South Korean female singer. She debuted as a member of the girl group aespa on November 17, 2020, and serves as the team leader. In 2022, he formed a limited project group GOT the beat with member Winter and SM Entertainment female singers Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, BoA, Wendy, and Seulgi.

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Japanese: Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, January 29, 1993 -), officially translated as Kyary Pamyu since 2018, was earlier named Kyary Pamyu Pamyu, also known as Peng Weiwei by fans because of the lyrics of "PONPONPON", a Japanese female model and singer. Mainly active in clothing magazines "Zipper", "KERA", and "HR", she is one of the representative models of the Qingwen series. The official stage name is Caroline Charonplop Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (Carolyn Charonprop Kyary Pamyu Pamyu).

Stephanie Joanne Angelina Germanotta, American singer, songwriter and actress, stage name is Lady Gaga. Served as Co-Chair of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities from 2023-2025. Known for her diverse visual and musical work, Gaga began her acting career as a teenager performing in bars and performing in school plays. She studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts' 21 Cooperative Arts Program before dropping out to pursue a career in music. After her contract with Def Jam Records was terminated, Gaga began working as a songwriter for Sony/ATV Music Publishing. In 2007, with Akon's help, she signed a joint contract with Akon's record label KonLive Distribution and Interscope Records. She rose to prominence the following year with her electronically styled debut album The Fame, which featured the hit singles "Just Dance" and "Poker Face"; the album was later re-released and included in the mini-album The Fame Monster (2009), which featured the singles "Bad Romance", "Telephone" and "Alejandro".

Lalisa Manobal (Thai: ลลิษา มโนบาล, Romanized: Lalisa Manobal; March 27, 1997 -), stage name Lisa (Korean: lisa, Japanese: Lisa), is a Thai-born Korean female singer and a member of the girl group BLACKPINK under YG Entertainment. She is currently the most followed K-pop idol on Instagram and the first foreign member to debut since the establishment of YG Entertainment. She debuted with her first single album "Square One" on August 8, 2016. On September 10, 2021, Lisa made her official solo debut with the single album "LALISA". In 2024, he established his personal company LLOUD, and made his debut as an actor in the American TV series "White Lotus Hotel" in 2025. Lisa won the "Best K-POP" award at the MTV Music Video Awards on August 29, 2022 and the MTV European Music Awards on November 14, 2022, and won the "Best K-POP" award at the MTV Music Video Awards again on September 11, 2024, becoming the first Korean solo singer to win two MTV awards. As of September 2023, Lisa has obtained a total of eight Guinness World Records. On December 25, 2023, Lisa's Instagram exceeded 100 million followers, becoming the first K-pop singer to exceed 100 million followers.

Li Jia, better known by her stage name Liyuu, is a Chinese singer, voice actress and cosplayer who is affiliated with HoriPro International and signed to Lantis and Modern Sky. Beginning her activities as a cosplayer before 2016 under the stage name Li Prison, she made her debut as a singer in 2020 with the release of her first single "Magic Words", the title track of which was used as the opening theme of the anime television series Hatena Illusion. Her music has also been featured in I'm Standing on a Million Lives. She is also known for her role as Tang Keke in the mixed-media project Love Live! Superstar!!. She is nicknamed Li-chan by her fellow Liella! members.

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (English: Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, born November 7, 1996), whose stage name is Lorde (/ˈlɔːrd/), is a New Zealand singer, songwriter and music producer. She was born in Takapuna in the Auckland metropolitan area and grew up in Devonport in the same metropolitan area. She began singing and performing in plays at school as a child, and signed with Universal Music when she was 13 years old. Her stage name "Lorde" comes from the English word "Lord". She took this stage name because she was obsessed with "royalty and nobility", but the word "Lord" itself was too masculine, so she added a feminine suffix "e" as her stage name. In November 2012, Lorde released his first mini-album called "Love Club", and his first single "Noble" topped the New Zealand singles chart as soon as it was released. In 2013, the single reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first New Zealand solo artist to have a number one single in the United States. In September 2013, she released her first album "Pure Heroine", which received widespread acclaim around the world and was a great commercial success. Lorde has received many different awards and honors around the world. At the 56th Grammy Awards in January 2014, Lorde received four nominations and won two awards for "Song of the Year" and "Best Pop Vocal Performance", becoming one of the youngest winners in the history of the award. In February of the same year, she also won the Brit Award for "Best International Female Artist".

Jung Ji-hoon, whose stage name is Rain, is a South Korean singer, actor, and music producer who is well-known for his power-action style dance. He was selected into Time's Top 100 twice in 2006 and 2011. He is currently the only Asian artist to be selected twice. In 2010, he also became the first Korean artist to win the MTV Movie Award, a domestic film award in the United States, for his starring role in the Hollywood movie "Ninja Assassin".

Kim Min-jeong (Korean: Minjeong Kim/Kim Min Gang, Romanized: Kim Min-jeong; January 1, 2001 -), whose stage name is Winter (Korean: winter, Japanese: winter), is a South Korean singer and dancer. She is a member of the South Korean girl group aespa; the group was launched and officially debuted by SM Entertainment in November 2020. In January 2022, she joined GOT the beat, a girl group composed of female singers under SM Entertainment.

YOSHIKI, whose real name is Yoshiki Hayashi, is a Japanese musician, pianist, conductor, songwriter, arranger and music producer. He is world-famous as the leader and founder of the Japanese band X JAPAN. He is the band's drummer, pianist and main composer and producer. He studied classical music, piano, and self-taught jazz drums since he was a child. As an adult, he applied classical music and piano to rock/metal music and became a specialty. In X JAPAN's concerts, he can often be seen switching between drums and piano, combining the violence of the drums with the elegant impression of the piano into a visual art.

Ding Dang (April 17, 1982 -), whose real name is Wu Xian, is a female singer from Mainland China who debuted in Taiwan and is known as the "Queen of National Love Songs". Active in Greater China, Ding Dang is famous for singing in idol dramas, singing songs including "I Love Him", "Palm of the Palm", "Secret Love", "It's Not Your Fault", "It's So Rare" and "It's Impossible to Be Alone".

Ding Taisheng (January 31, 1977 -), known online as Black Dao and Ding Taisheng, is a native of Tangshan, Hebei Province. He is a record planner, singer-songwriter, music critic, actor, director and screenwriter in mainland China. He once served as the corporate publicity director of Modern Sky and participated in the planning and promotion of dozens of music albums. He was one of the founders of Modern Sky Music Festival and Strawberry Music Festival. Ding Taisheng is also active as a music critic in major music variety shows and social media. He often triggers heated discussions with his sharp comments on some singers. On August 3, 2023, all of Ding Taisheng's social media accounts were banned for unknown reasons.

Miyuki Nakajima (her stage name is written in hiragana with the same pronunciation as her real name, Nakajima Miyuki, February 23, 1952), a Japanese female singer, musician, songwriter, and host. She was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. She made her debut in 1975 with "Thistle Girl's Lullaby" (Miss Thistle's Lullaby). The golden period of her career was in the 1980s. There are two fan clubs: "Divination" and "Namifuku". Over the decades, Miyuki Nakajima's songs have been widely covered and adapted, including some of the singer's famous songs. In Japan, the gap between Miyuki Nakajima's brooding style and her cheerful tone on radio shows is widely known.