Artist Biographies
On stage and off it: stories of the artists you listen to, plus the tracks that make you want to explore more.
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Stereosophie
Stereosophie is a Ukrainian artist from Kyiv working at the intersection of hyperpop, electronic pop, and hip-hop. Under this stage name she builds a distinct digital identity: no
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Bryan Kearney
Bryan Kearney (Брайан Кирни) is an Irish trance DJ and producer from Dublin. He works in uplifting and tech trance and related dance styles; standout tracks include By My Side (wit
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Modea
Modea — Irish techno DJ and producer. Hits Shine, Bloom and Ready to Fly. Hypnotic techno and melodic dance. Stream the music online on major platforms.
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Chernilnoe nebo
Chernilnoe Nebo is a Russian lyric-pop project from the orbit of Sergey Kuznetsov’s studio (founder of Laskoviy May). Its roots are in Chernila dlya Pyatogo Klassa in the early ’90
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Marina Kordis
Marina Kordis (Марина Кордис) is a Russian chanson/pop artist with a lyrical catalogue about love, family, and fate. Standout tracks include “Sudba,” “Privet, lyubimyy,” “Glaza v g
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Evanescence
Evanescence is an American rock band from Little Rock, known for gothic and alternative rock led by Amy Lee’s powerful vocals. Their breakthrough came with the album Fallen (2003)
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Sonny Flame
Sonny Flame (born Mihai Răzvan Preda, 30 September 1986 in Ploiești) is a Romanian reggae, dancehall, R&B and Latin club-pop singer. He started writing rap/R&B at 15, then moved in
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Shwayze
Shwayze is the stage name of American rapper and actor Aaron Smith. Raised in Malibu, California, he broke through in 2008 alongside producer-singer Cisco Adler. Their partnership
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Alborosie
Alborosie (Alberto D’Ascola) is an Italian reggae artist, producer and multi-instrumentalist often called the Italian Reggae Ambassador. Born on 4 July 1977 in Marsala, Sicily; sin
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KHAQAN
KHAQAN is a Russian-language street hip-hop artist; on platforms and Shazam the same catalog is often linked to the name Chingiz Valinurov. The alias comes from the Turkic “khagan”
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Braaheim
Braaheim is a Norwegian DJ and party-house producer from Trysil. The name fuses Braaten and Åsheim: Martin Bråten and Christopher Åsheim (aka Chrit Leaf); earlier they were Braaten
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Stray Kids
Stray Kids (SKZ) is a South Korean boy band under JYP Entertainment, formed through the 2017 reality show of the same name and debuting on 25–26 March 2018 (I am NOT / “District 9”
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MACAN
MACAN (Andrey Kosolapov) is a Russian hip-hop/rap artist from Moscow. Wider fame came through melodic rap and viral tracks such as ASPHALT 8, “Kino,” IVL, “Se la vi,” “GIRI,” and “
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Svyatoslav Vakarchuk
Sviatoslav Ivanovych Vakarchuk was born on 14 May 1975 in Mukachevo; within months his physicist parents moved the family to Lviv. Father Ivan Vakarchuk was a scholar, university r
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Stellar
Stellar is the stage name of American pop artist Siddhant (Sid) Banerjee. He was born on 16 August 2000 in Lowell, Massachusetts; Indian-American roots, now based in Los Angeles. T
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Sanaria
Sanaria is a Ukrainian pop singer of the new digital wave. On storefronts, don’t confuse the name with Sublime’s “Santeria,” Brazilian Sanária, or other near-matches: her catalog i
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Adelya Zagrebina
Adeliya Zagrebina (often searched as “Adelya”) is a Russian singer from Nizhny Novgorod and the winner of season 9 of The Voice Kids. Born on 3 December 2013 and named after Adele,
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Aelita Mayskaya
Aelita Mayskaya (Аэлита Майская) is a Russian pop artist with a catalogue of romantic and dance singles from 2026. Solo highlights include “Bez tebya ne zhivu,” “Bokal vina,” “Ya b
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YowLevite
YowLevite (real name Keron Young) is a Jamaican Grammy-nominated dancehall / reggae producer, engineer, and composer who has stepped forward as an artist. A UWI graduate, he left c
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Ripe
Ripe is an American alt-pop / funk band: formed in Boston, now based in Los Angeles. They started in 2011 as Berklee College of Music students; frontman Robbie Wulfsohn is joined b
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Derrick Sound
Derrick Sound is a Swiss reggae / dancehall duo from Geneva: DJs, producers, and MCs Mr. Nico and Inspecta Derrick. They started in the early 2000s at K-Bar and Piment Rouge, inspi
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Eesah
Eesah is a Kingston-based Jamaican reggae / dancehall artist. His name comes from the patois phrase “dat bad eesah” — praise for a killer riddim; he formerly performed as Jahkime.
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Eteria
Eteria is a Ukrainian folk ensemble from Lviv — singers and musicians who collect and record rare traditional songs. Not to be confused with other projects using the same name in r
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Beroz Papito
Beroz Papito is a singer, songwriter, and topliner with Iranian roots, raised in Norway (Oslo). Active on streaming since 2019, he debuted with Classics and also directs and produc
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Sila Roda
Sila Roda is a Russian music project at the crossroads of folk, folk-rock and modern pop. The focus is ethno motifs, fairy-tale imagery and melodic singles about the forest, Rus an
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Jesko
Jesko is a German singer-songwriter from Hannover, performing under the stage name jesko. Behind the project is Neele Wohler — an artist with an expressive voice and atmospheric po
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Omar Duro
Omar Duro is a Dutch DJ and producer from Amsterdam, working at the crossroads of dance, Afro house, moombahton and trap. His tracks are built on powerful basslines, infectious rhy
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It's Different
It's Different is a Romanian electronic producer known for blending trap, future bass and club energy. The project started as a duo and is now the solo work of Andrei Iacoban (Iaco
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Ismat
Ismat is a Russian pop artist with a lyrical sound and contemporary delivery. Little public biographical information is available — the music speaks through lyrics about love, part
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McLaren
McLaren is British musician, producer, and impresario Malcolm McLaren, born on 22 January 1946 in London, died on 8 April 2010. He is best known as manager of the Sex Pistols and c
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Julia Volkova
Yulia Olegovna Volkova (born 20 February 1985 in Moscow) is a Russian singer and former t.A.T.u. member. Piano from seven, Neposedy from nine — where she met Lena Katina; at 14 she
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Garik Bircha and the Vitallika Group
Garik Bircha is a Ukrainian actor, comic, songwriter, and variety singer; his real name is Ihor Yaroslavovych Bircha. He was born on 15 September 1974 in Dolynska, Kirovohrad regio
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Garik Bircha
Garik Bircha is a Ukrainian actor, comic, songwriter, and variety singer; his real name is Ihor Yaroslavovych Bircha. He was born on 15 September 1974 in Dolynska, Kirovohrad regio
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Gela Zozulya
Gelya Zozulya (real name Angelina) is a Ukrainian singer-songwriter from the Zhytomyr region. The stage name: “Gelya” is her grandmother Halya’s home nickname; “Zozulya” is a folk
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Norma Tale
Norma Tale is a Moscow multi-genre project by Boris Ramon (Boris Alexeyevich Kurakin, born 6 August 1999). It started around 2018–2019 as “NORMA” and grew into a fairy-tale myth un
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Ursaru
Ursaru (also Ursarinho / “El Hitano”) is a new-wave Romanian singer-rapper; catalogs list him as Chiriac Emanuel Ursaru. From the “8.0.5.3.0.0” area, he sings in Romanian and Roman
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Gheboasa
Gheboasă (Gabriel Gavriș, born 11 February 2003 in Târgoviște) is a Romanian trapanele artist: trap + manele. He grew up in the Șerpărie neighborhood — orphanage, foster family, Ro
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Dj Bestixxx
Dj Bestixxx (Anatolijs / Anatoly Bestikovs, born 22 July 1987 in Riga) is a Latvian DJ, producer, rapper, and poet. Ziepniekkalns district, later Olaine; active on PromoDJ and gues
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Busy Signal
Busy Signal (Reanno Devon Gordon, born 24 January 1979 in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica) is one of the key voices of contemporary dancehall and reggae. He grew up between West/East Kin
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Burna Boy
Burna Boy (Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, born 2 July 1991 in Port Harcourt) is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and producer who calls his sound Afro-fusion: afrobeats, dancehall, reggae, h
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Anda Adam
Anda Adam (Anda Angelica Adam, born 27 April 1980 in Bucharest) is a Romanian pop, dance and R&B singer, model, and a defining radio voice of the 2000s–2010s. Her career started in
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Маша Гончарук
Masha Goncharuk (Mariya Yuryevna Goncharuk) is a Ukrainian pop singer and model, born on 14 May 1990 in the village of Popudnia, Cherkasy region. Piano, classical vocals in Kharkiv
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ВариАция
VariAtsiya is a Russian-language pop-rock project that appeared in digital catalogs in March–April 2026 with the short singles Ne Toropis and Tvoy Mir. The capital A in the middle
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TATREY
TATREY is a Russian-language pop project with a short digital catalog from spring 2026. On streaming platforms the artist is listed as a separate Latin-letter profile: five singles
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Stephen Sanchez
Stephen Sanchez is a Mexican-American pop/singer-songwriter from California, based around Nashville. His global breakthrough was the viral hit Until I Found You — a retro ballad wi
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Mushtavinski
Mushtavinski is a Belarusian hip-hop artist with a Russian-language catalogue of 2026 singles. Tracks include “Poka ya ne gotov,” “Ya Belorus,” “Uznik vremeni,” “Doroga,” “Bereg,”
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BLVKES
BLVKES is a Russian alternative/dark R&B project with atmospheric electropop and hypnotic beats. Standout tracks include Sailor Moon, Deja Vu, Nobody Else, C'est la vie, Count to F
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Ama Lenz
Ama Lenz is a Russian pop artist with a short catalogue of 2026 digital singles. The lineup includes “Dorogo,” “Na vole ya,” and “Tupo vlyubitsya.” The sound leans on contemporary
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Sergey Lazarev
Sergey Lazarev is a Russian pop artist, showman, and one of the defining voices of Russian estrada from the 2000s–2020s. Fame followed his solo career after the duo Smash!! and the
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Svetlyi svet
Svetly Svet is the group and storefront name of Sergey Yuryevich Orlov. He was born on 21 October 1969 in Ekibastuz, Pavlodar Region, Kazakhstan, to Yuri and Valentina Orlov; at tw
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