Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is a singer originally from Tuva, a small autonomous Russian republic just north of Mongolia. She is

Is a singer originally from Tuva, a small autonomous Russian republic just north of Mongolia. She is known for her Tuvan throat singing or Khöömei. Sainkho Namtchylak is an experimental singer, born in 1957 in a secluded village in the south of Tuva. She has an exceptional voice, spanning seven octaves and proficient in overtone singing; her music encompasses avant-jazz, electronica, modern composition and Tuvan influences.

Is currently the lead singer and one of two bassists in the J-pop/J-rock band MARIA, and was formerl

Is currently the lead singer and one of two bassists in the J-pop/J-rock band MARIA, and was formerly the bassist in ZONE, a highly popular all girls J-pop/J-rock band which disbanded in 2005.Maiko sang solo on two songs for ZONE: Sae Zuri (Bird Chirping) and Like. She also wrote the lyrics for Chiisa na Uta (Little Poem), MARIA'S first single, and also wrote the lyrics for the c/w Sora (Sky).

A Finnish saxophonist and flutist who is known, among other things, as a founding member of the worl

A Finnish saxophonist and flutist who is known, among other things, as a founding member of the world music group Piirpauke.He also plays saxophone in the songs "Shine on Me" and "The Real Thing" by Kingston Wall, and on Am Universum, an album by the Finnish band Amorphis.

A member of °C-ute, a Japanese pop group within Hello! Project.Nakajima first joined Hello! Project

A member of °C-ute, a Japanese pop group within Hello! Project.Nakajima first joined Hello! Project in 2002 as one of the fifteen children chosen from the Hello! Project Kids auditions after performing "Dekkai Uchuu ni Ai ga Aru" by Morning Musume.In 2004 Berryz Kobo was formed, with the intention of rotating the kids throughout the unit. Nakajima didn't make the original pick, and the idea was eventually dropped. The remaining kids ending up forming °C-ute in 2005. The group didn't make its official debut until late in 2006, with their first official single released in February 2007.

A Japanese pop singer. Her career began in 2002 when she successfully passed the audition for Hello!

A Japanese pop singer. Her career began in 2002 when she successfully passed the audition for Hello! Project Kids, an all-female teen pop group within Hello! Project. Since then, she has continued to sing in that group and has become a part of two smaller groups composed of Hello! Project Kids members, Berryz Kobo and ZYX.

Is a Greek singer and former athlete. He was born on the island of Corfu. Rouvas was signed in 1991

Is a Greek singer and former athlete. He was born on the island of Corfu. Rouvas was signed in 1991 by record company Polygram. A few months later, he performed at the Thessaloniki Song Festival. His first single was called

) is a Greek musician best known as the vocalist/guitarist of Rotting Christ. He is also known as Ne

) is a Greek musician best known as the vocalist/guitarist of Rotting Christ. He is also known as Necromayhem. He has also recently produced some of the band's albums and contributed as session keyboardist.

A contemporary Indian artist of Indian parentage living in France. (His name has also been spelled S

A contemporary Indian artist of Indian parentage living in France. (His name has also been spelled Shakti, Shakthi, and Sakthi.)He grew up in what is now Bangladesh (but was part of pre-Independence India). He has lived in France for the last five decades, while maintaining strong ties with India, where he regularly exhibits his work. His extended family includes several eminent artists: His daughter, Maya Burman also lives and works in France; his niece, Jayasri Burman was inspired by him and is a notable artist in her own right; as is his niece's husband, Paresh Maity. He has had several exhibitions of his work in India, and elsewhere, and won several prizes.

She is probably best known for providing the voice of Sakura Kinomoto in the anime series Cardcaptor

She is probably best known for providing the voice of Sakura Kinomoto in the anime series Cardcaptor Sakura.Tange has done voice acting for anime, radio shows, computer games and live events. She worked for Aoni Production and Konami, but has retired from

The vocalist for the Japanese rock band BUCK-TICK since 1985. He also was a member of Schwein with H

The vocalist for the Japanese rock band BUCK-TICK since 1985. He also was a member of Schwein with Hisashi Imai, Sascha Konietzko (KMFDM) and Raymond Watts (also known as PIG).In 2004, Sakurai Atsushi released his first solo album, Ai no Wakusei (????; Pl

Is an English singer.Solo began his career with an obscure band called The News, who only released o

Is an English singer.Solo began his career with an obscure band called The News, who only released one 7" single on GTO Records. Later, he achieved fame as the lead vocalist of the pop group, Classix Nouveaux. They released three albums with EMI Records.

Is an award-winning competitive hip-hop dancer who specializes in popping. In 2006 he won France's I

Is an award-winning competitive hip-hop dancer who specializes in popping. In 2006 he won France's Incroyable Talent competition in its first season.[2][4] The same year he won a 2-on-2 popping battle with teammate Iron Mike at Juste Debout, a French based international street dance competition.[5] In 2008 he starred as himself in Beats Per Minute, an independent film about a French popper who discovers he can rewind time with his dance moves.[6] He calls his personal dance style P.A.B.E. which stands for Popping, Animation, Boogaloo, and Effects.[1][7][8][9]

Was a prominent Egyptian painter. Born on May 12th, 1911, in Cairo, he joined and Graduated from Fac

Was a prominent Egyptian painter. Born on May 12th, 1911, in Cairo, he joined and Graduated from Faculty of Fine Arts, now part of Helwan University.

Were Jewish - Iraqi musicians born in Kuwait as Saleh and Daud Ezra.[1]The brothers were born in Kuw

Were Jewish - Iraqi musicians born in Kuwait as Saleh and Daud Ezra.[1]The brothers were born in Kuwait to a family from an Iraqi origin. Their father, a merchant, moved to Kuwait from the Iraqi city of Basra together with some other 50 Jewish families to form the Jewish community of Kuwait. When Saleh was 10 years old, and Daud 8, they received a gift from their uncle who came back from a business trip to India – a Violin and an Oud. So started their love affair with music, an affair that would one day lead them to become two of the greatest musicians and performers in the history of Kuwaiti and Iraqi music.

Was a Swiss-born Australian artist, one of Australia's Official War Artists for the Second World War

Was a Swiss-born Australian artist, one of Australia's Official War Artists for the Second World War.He arrived in Melbourne in 1937 and enlisted in the Australian Army in 1941. In 1945, he was appointed an Official War Artist, painting at several places in the Pacific such as Rabaul. He submitted 26 paintings to the Australian War Memorial.Sali Herman was known for paintings of inner city streets and slums in Sydney. He was awarded the Sulman Prize in 1946 for Natives carrying wounded soldiers, and also in 1948 for The Drovers. He won the Wynne Prize four times; in 1944 for McElhone Stairs; in 1962 for The Devil's Bridge, Rottnest; again in 1965 for The Red House; and in 1967 for Ravenswood I.

Was a famous Hindi and Bengali composer, poet and a playwright. He was born on November 19, 1922 and

Was a famous Hindi and Bengali composer, poet and a playwright. He was born on November 19, 1922 and died on September 5, 1995, just before his 73rd birthday.He was widely recognized and acknowledged in the Bombay film industry as one of the most prodigious composers ever. He was also an accomplished arranger and was proficient in several musical instruments, including flute, the piano, and the esraj. Regarded as one in the league of intellectuals having born in the state of West Bengal

Is a French rapper and producer of Kabyle Algerian origin.Originally signed with the 45 Scientific l

Is a French rapper and producer of Kabyle Algerian origin.Originally signed with the 45 Scientific label, LIM left it after some internal problems and made his own label called Tous Illicites Productions. On top of releasing his own albums and mixtapes, LIM has used the label to give many youths in the Parisian banlieues an opportunity with free studio time and financial support to release albums

A British singer and actress most famous for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and ma

A British singer and actress most famous for her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest and many West End productions.Triplett first represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 as the lead female vocals of the six-piece band Prima Donna. Other band members included Danny Finn from The New Seekers and Lance Aston, brother of Bucks Fizz singer Jay Aston. Prima Donna finished a moderately successful third with their pop-ballad "Love Enough for Two"; however the song was a flop in the charts, and the group disbanded after their second single.

An Australian singer and actor.Boyden began her television career as a performer on Young Talent Tim

An Australian singer and actor.Boyden began her television career as a performer on Young Talent Time at the age of seven. She remained with the series from 1973 until 1976. Team Members must leave the series on reaching age 16, however Boyden left at a younger age of her own volition. She had agreed to appear on The Don Lane Show on rival network Nine, after which a few Young Talent Time crew members made sly critical comments about her appearance on the rival network. These comments prompted Boyden's decision to leave the series. She subsequently acted in American produced films and TV movies.

Is an American folk singer/songwriter. She was a founding member of Four Bitchin' Babes, and is the

Is an American folk singer/songwriter. She was a founding member of Four Bitchin' Babes, and is the only founding member who continues to perform and record with the band.Fingerett joined the Chicago folk scene while a student at the University of Illinoi

Is an American singer and musician (also known as Sally Hart) who was a featured performer on The La

Is an American singer and musician (also known as Sally Hart) who was a featured performer on The Lawrence Welk Show television program.

Was born Harriet Helen Gould Beck in Hickory County, Missouri. She also performed under the name Bil

Was born Harriet Helen Gould Beck in Hickory County, Missouri. She also performed under the name Billy Beck. She was a burlesque dancer and actress.After the introduction of sound film, she became a dancer, known for the fan dance, which she popularized starting at the Paramount Club. Her most famous appearance was at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair entitled Century of Progress. She had been arrested a few times due to indecent exposure while dancing, but the nudity was only an illusion. She also conceived and developed the bubble dance, in part to cope with wind while performing outdoors.

A singer and songwriter. Timms is best known for her long involvement with the Mekons whom she joine

A singer and songwriter. Timms is best known for her long involvement with the Mekons whom she joined in 1985.[1]She recorded her first solo album, Hangahar (an experimental improvised film score), at the age of nineteen with Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks in 1980.[1] Prior to joining the Mekons she was in a band called the She Hees.[1] She has released several other solo CDs, Someone’s Rocking My Dreamboat in 1988, To the Land of Milk and Honey in 1995, and a country album, Cowboy Sally’s Twilight Laments for Lost Buckaroos, for Bloodshot Records in 1998. Her latest solo recording "In the World of Him" was released in 2004 on Touch and Go Records.

A popular singer from Pakistan who sang as well as acted in Indian films in the 1980s and the early

A popular singer from Pakistan who sang as well as acted in Indian films in the 1980s and the early 1990s. She won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award in 1982 for the ghazal "Dil ke Armaan" in Nikaah.[1]Salma along with sister Sabina produced and sang for a record called AGHA - Salma and Sabina Agha sing ABBA hits in Hindi. The record made a few waves and was applauded by critics. However, it didn't create any major ripples in the Hindi film circles at the time.When acclaimed Indian director Raj Kapoor was at the London reception of his son Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh's wedding, he invited his cousin Zarina Agha (Salma's mother) to the reception. Present at the wedding were many prominent Indian directors, including B.R. Chopra. Chopra had just finished a female oriented hit with Zeenat Aman called Insaf Ka Tarazu. He had just commissioned a heroine-oriented movie called Talaq Talaq Talaq and was on the look out for a Muslim actress. Zeenat Aman (even though, half Muslim) he felt had a much too urban look to portray the character of Neelofar in his movie.

A Pashtun/ Mohammedzai singer from Afghanistan.She is one of the famous Afghan Female singers. Salma

A Pashtun/ Mohammedzai singer from Afghanistan.She is one of the famous Afghan Female singers. Salma was born in November 27, 1952 and her birth name is Soraya Amerie.She is sister to Haidar Salim, wife to Rahim Jahani, mother to Rahe Jahani and cousin to Ahmad Wali with whom she has made lots of albums. She currently lives in Sacramento, Californiain U.S.A along with her husband Rahim Jahani and her three children. She was a student of Afghanistan's famous composer, Ustad Khyal. She has two daughters and one son-their names are Salma (oldest), Rahe (middle) and Sonbol (youngest). Her son Rahe accompanies them in their concert in playing keyboard and Harmonium-he also plays the tabla. Salma is also known for her Exquisite fashion sense and very classy presentation ever since being a singer in Afghanistan.