Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a rock/folk/pop/children's music singer, songwriter, and artist.She is an avid supporter of numer

Is a rock/folk/pop/children's music singer, songwriter, and artist.She is an avid supporter of numerous charities and organizations benefitting children, women, and health. She helps these organizations by creating awareness, donating her time and, often,

She is mainly known for her hit "J'ai des doutes", released in 1991.In ten year career, she released

She is mainly known for her hit "J'ai des doutes", released in 1991.In ten year career, she released three albums as songwriter, composer and singer[1]. She signed her first records under the name of Sarah Mandiano until 1988, then Sara Mandiano for the r

Was an American blues singer, in her time one of the most popular of the classic blues singers.She w

Was an American blues singer, in her time one of the most popular of the classic blues singers.She was possibly the first to record the famous blues song "T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do" with Fats Waller on piano in 1922.[1]

A Finnish pop singer who achieved fame in 2005 after releasing her debut single "Simon Can't Sing" w

A Finnish pop singer who achieved fame in 2005 after releasing her debut single "Simon Can't Sing" which was a parody of Simon Cowell, the famous American Idol & Pop Idol judge. She and her song became instantly a hit in both America and her native countr

Is a Portuguese singer, composer and guitarist. She is of Cape Verdean descent and grew up in Portug

Is a Portuguese singer, composer and guitarist. She is of Cape Verdean descent and grew up in Portugal. She composes African influenced world music.Tavares won the 1993/1994 final of the Endemol song contest Chuva de Estrelas (performing Whitney Houston's

Is a seiy?. She currently works for Aoni Production and was formerly a member of the seiy? unit DROP

Is a seiy?. She currently works for Aoni Production and was formerly a member of the seiy? unit DROPS, which included fellow seiy? Akemi Kanda, Tomoko Kaneda, Mariko K?da, and Ryoko Shiraishi. In high school in Fukuoka, she was head of the drama club and her ambition was to play male roles in the famous all-female Takarazuka Revue.

Is an American retired competitive figure skater.She won three medals on the Junior Grand Prix circu

Is an American retired competitive figure skater.She won three medals on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. Wheat was coached by Jeffrey DiGregorio and Pam Duane Gregory and represented the University of Delaware FSC.

A Canadian, Juno Award winning, rock singer/songwriter who grew up in Montreal.Sass Jordan was born

A Canadian, Juno Award winning, rock singer/songwriter who grew up in Montreal.Sass Jordan was born in Birmingham, England to a French professor and an actress/ballet dancer. Sass' first band was called Sweet Thunder. .She made her name "swingin' a mean bass" and singing lead with late '70s Montreal New Wave quartet The Pinups. She embarked on a solo career in the mid-'80s, biding her time initially as she honed her writing skills by contributing material to recording projects by a number of high profile Quebec artists and by handling backing vocals for a variety of acts, most notably The Box. Between forays to New York to scope out the scene there, she became one of the first veejays in Canada as host and interviewer on a Montreal video show, the precursor to MusiquePlus. Her first album, Tell Somebody, was released in 1988 and brought with it a Juno Award in Canada, and her first platinum CD.

A Canadian musician, singer and songwriter.[3She is known for the emotional sound of her ballads and

A Canadian musician, singer and songwriter.[3She is known for the emotional sound of her ballads and mezzo-soprano vocal range.[4] As of 2006, she has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. Her best-selling album to date is Surfacing, for which she won tw

Was a Filipina prisoner in the United Arab Emirates during 1994 - 96 whose case caused a good deal o

Was a Filipina prisoner in the United Arab Emirates during 1994 - 96 whose case caused a good deal of controversy. Her story was made into a controversial film in 1997.Balabagan grew up in a Muslim community on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, in the province of Sultan Kudarat. Like many Filipinas, she left to become a domestic worker, lying about her age, and obtained a post in the town of Al-Ain in the UAE. On July 19, 1994, she killed her employer, Almas Mohammed al-Baloushi, 85, stabbing him 34 times. She alleged that he tried to rape her, and that she was acting in self-defense. On June 26, 1995, a court ruled that she was guilty of manslaughter as well a victim of rape. She was sentenced to seven years imprisonment and ordered to pay 150,000 dirhams ($40,000) blood money to relatives of the deceased,

The former lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens were the t

The former lead singer of the Belgian band K's Choice. Sarah and her brother Gert Bettens were the two popular faces of the band. She is known for her enigmatic, smoky, raspy, husky voice. The band is popular in Belgium, the Netherlands and France, and had toured in the U.S. with The Verve Pipe, Tonic, Alanis Morissette and the Indigo Girls, as well as on their own. Sarah has maintained a successful solo career as well by providing vocals for music soundtracks, including Underworld, Wild Things, Zus and Zo and more recently Leef!.

An ARIA Award winning Australian musician. She was born in Sydney soon after her family returned fro

An ARIA Award winning Australian musician. She was born in Sydney soon after her family returned from French-speaking Réunion where her parents had been missionaries. An original and largely self-reliant musical artist, Blasko is known for her writing and production skills, as well as her unique voice and stage presence.n 2002, Sarah decided to go solo. Material for the Prelusive EP - a result of initial explorative collaborations with Wilson but fully realised with Nick Schneider and Steve Francis - was originally recorded as demos. However, after becoming disillusioned with the indecisiveness and lack of solid commitment from the labels she met with, Blasko decided to release and promote the material independently

An American pianist born in Washington, D.C., is a long-time resident of Berkeley, California. She i

An American pianist born in Washington, D.C., is a long-time resident of Berkeley, California. She is best known for performances of new works, many of them written for her. Cahill has also established a reputation as a writer on music and as a radio-show host.Cahill has written music reviews for Gramophone Explorations, Historical Performance, ClassicsToday.com, Grove’s Dictionary and other international publications, and liner notes for recordings by John Adams, Terry Riley, and others. In 1985 she became the music critic for the East Bay Express and has been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, the Village Voice Literary Supplement, and others.

Is a Canadian actress.Making the leap to the big screen, Carter was cast in the psychological thrill

Is a Canadian actress.Making the leap to the big screen, Carter was cast in the psychological thriller Mindstorm (2001) starring Eric Roberts, Michael Ironside, and Antonio Sabato Jr. She portrayed the kidnapped daughter of a senator whose abduction ultim

Bosco's journey in the entertainment world began in 1998 when he was spotted on the street by a tale

Bosco's journey in the entertainment world began in 1998 when he was spotted on the street by a talent-recruiter which led him to his first appearance in a lemon tea commercial. The commercial made TVB noticed him and called him for an audition. As a result, right after graduating from Form 7 in high school Bosco stepped his feet into TVB in 1999 at a tender age of 19 instead of pursuing his initial dream of becoming a chef. For his first few years in TVB, Bosco spent his time as a host for several TVB programmes and occasionally played cameo roles in various TVB series.

A well-known American conceptual artist and photographer. She was born in East Orange, New Jersey. S

A well-known American conceptual artist and photographer. She was born in East Orange, New Jersey. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1969 and now lives in New York City. She has received several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (1976, 1980, 1983) as well as from the New York State Creative Artists Public Service (1977) and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Award for Visual Art (1995). Charlesworth has held various teaching positions at New York University, The School of Visual Arts (NY), Hartford University (CT), and currently teaches Graduate Studies in Photography at the Rhode Island School of Design.

An English pop singer who fronts the band Saint Etienne and is known for her light, smooth singing v

An English pop singer who fronts the band Saint Etienne and is known for her light, smooth singing voice. She is the daughter of Stanley Kubrick's first assistant director Derek Cracknell.Saint Etienne was originally to be an indie/dance act featuring various vocalists. After Moira Lambert sang on their initial 1990 single "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" and Donna Savage was heard on the follow-up single "Kiss and Make Up," Cracknell lent her vocals to "Nothing Can Stop Us" and ended up doing the rest of the singing on their debut album Foxbase Alpha. Cracknell has been Saint Etienne's permanent vocalist since then.

Is a singer and actress. Her first notable appearance on the music scene was as a member of Patti La

Is a singer and actress. Her first notable appearance on the music scene was as a member of Patti LaBelle & the Bluebelles.Dash sang lead vocal occasionally on "Danny Boy," a major hit for the group, and her version can be heard on the Dreamer album. The

An American pop music singer and songwriter.She has graduated the Stratford High School in Houston,

An American pop music singer and songwriter.She has graduated the Stratford High School in Houston, Texas, and then the University of Miami in 2004. She holds a bachelors degree in music. She has also studied voice and dance in Oberaudorf, GermanyHer firs

Is an American actress best known for her career in musical theatre.Litzsinger's family is from Indi

Is an American actress best known for her career in musical theatre.Litzsinger's family is from Indianapolis, Indiana. She made her Broadway debut in 1983 at age eleven, as the understudy for Young Norma Jean in the short-lived Marilyn: An American Fable.

A Canadian singer-songwriter and activist.Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifesty

A Canadian singer-songwriter and activist.Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the then-unknown Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she was invited to join a Toronto band, The Saddletramps. For three years, she juggled The Saddletramps with her studies in philosophy and women's studies at Queen's University.

Is an American pop singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of record producer and 1970s television pe

Is an American pop singer-songwriter. She is the daughter of record producer and 1970s television personality-pop singer Mark Hudson.Sarah Hudson (who is often called by her last name) was born to parents, record producer and 1970s television personality-

A backing vocalist in Cradle of Filth, and also fronts her own band, Angtoria.Her career started at

A backing vocalist in Cradle of Filth, and also fronts her own band, Angtoria.Her career started at the age of eleven at the Queen's theatre. "Summertime" was her first performance ever in a band or to an audience, performing one more time at the age of thirteen. She then took a big leap from jazz into punk, where she secured a position as a co-vocalist. It took one show with "Mad Dog" and a lot of punks spitting to realise that punk was not for her. She went on to write her own lyrics and later recorded a demo. At the age of sixteen her singing career took another leap, this time into metal.

A pop music, jazz, rock and R&B singer and songwriter.In 1982, Morris joined The Republic as lead si

A pop music, jazz, rock and R&B singer and songwriter.In 1982, Morris joined The Republic as lead singer. A London-based Afro-Caribbean-Latin band with leftish tendencies, they received enormous publicity from the music press including cover stories with NME and City Limits and a documentary for Granada TV. But the band was deemed too political for radio play, with the honourable exception of Capital Radio. The Republic were signed to Charlie Gillet's Oval Records Ltd and released an EP entitled Three Songs From The Republic and two singles entitled One Chance and My Spies. Success did not follow and the band split up in 1984.

A Welsh singer and actress who rose to fame when she competed as one of the finalists in the BBC tal

A Welsh singer and actress who rose to fame when she competed as one of the finalists in the BBC talent show-themed television series I'd Do Anything in 2008.[1]Lark began performing at an early age. When she was twelve years old she played the lead role in the the Starstruck Theatre production of musical, Annie at St Peter's Church Hall in Roath alongside Charlotte Church, who took the role of Molly. .[2] She appeared in the television series The Biz and The Healer[3] and appeared in the original performance of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Whistle Down The Wind at the Sydmonton Festival held at Lloyd Webber's country house, Sydmonton Court in 1995 as part of the ensemble.[4]