Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter Y

A Bulgarian singer of Turkish ancestry. She is one of the most popular jazz singers in Bulgaria. Bes

A Bulgarian singer of Turkish ancestry. She is one of the most popular jazz singers in Bulgaria. Besides jazz she has also recorded Bulgarian, Turkish, Gypsy and Russian folk songs. She married Ali Dinçer, a leading Turkish politician, also born in Bulgaria and former mayor of Ankara in 1993. Since then she has lived in Turkey. Her husband died on April 18, 2007.[1][2]

A Turkish actress, fashion model and pop singer.She was born in Bafra, Samsun Province in 1970. Alth

A Turkish actress, fashion model and pop singer.She was born in Bafra, Samsun Province in 1970. Although she is mainly a model and singer, she has also acted in a number of films and TV series.

A Turkish pop folk singer and one of the best selling[citation needed] musical artists in Turkey, kn

A Turkish pop folk singer and one of the best selling[citation needed] musical artists in Turkey, known especially for her eastern-infused ballads.While performing at a nightclub in 1991, she met Sezen Aksu. For some time, she worked as a backing singer and collaborated with several other artists on their music projects. Yildiz released her debut album Delikanlim in 1994 and songs from this and later albums received significant airplay and sold well in both Turkey and internationally[citation needed]. Tilbe has had a turbulent personal life with problems related to drugs and a failed marriage.

Is an artist based in Beijing.Yin is a painter depicting ambiguous scenes of the human form.

Is an artist based in Beijing.Yin is a painter depicting ambiguous scenes of the human form.

Was born in Fushun County, Sichuan Province. He graduated from Zhemei Oriental Correspondence Colleg

Was born in Fushun County, Sichuan Province. He graduated from Zhemei Oriental Correspondence College of Arts in 1983 and is now working for the Machinery plant of light industry in Fushun. [1]

Was one of the first rebetes influential to rebetiko music. His real name was Yiorgos Tsoros althoug

Was one of the first rebetes influential to rebetiko music. His real name was Yiorgos Tsoros although he was known as Yiorgos Ampatis

Was the first martial arts master (Chinese: Sifu) to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun open

Was the first martial arts master (Chinese: Sifu) to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun openly. He had several students who later became martial arts teachers in their own right, including Bruce Lee.

Was an important Israeli painter, born in 1899 in Odessa, Ukraine. He was a great-grandson of the fa

Was an important Israeli painter, born in 1899 in Odessa, Ukraine. He was a great-grandson of the famed Rabbi Levi Yitzchok of Berditchev. In 1917, he studied under Aleksandra Ekster at the Art Academy in Odessa. Frenkel immigrated to Palestine in 1919 as part of the first wave of settlers of the Third Aliyah (see Aliyah).

A Swedish singer of popular music, standards and jazz. She is the daughter of Harald Vrethammar an e

A Swedish singer of popular music, standards and jazz. She is the daughter of Harald Vrethammar an education official, and Britta Vrethammar a musical education teacher, specializing in the piano. Her son Pierre Vrethammar, is also a music teacher.

Is a Swedish guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader. Malmsteen became notable in

Is a Swedish guitarist, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader. Malmsteen became notable in the mid-1980s for his technical fluency and neo-classical metal compositions. Four of his albums, from 1984 to 1988, Rising Force, Marching Out, Trilogy, and Odyssey, ranked in the top 100 for sales.[

A Japanese pop singer. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Taiwanese. She can speak three langu

A Japanese pop singer. Her mother is Japanese and her father is Taiwanese. She can speak three languages: Japanese, English, and Mandarin[citation needed]. Tae Hitoto is her older sister. Her name Hitoto is not her real surname, it is her mother's maiden name. She changed her name when she came to Japan. Her father died when she was very young, and her mother died when she was 16.Soon after she was born in Tokyo, she moved to Taipei, and after she completed kindergarten in Taipei, she moved back to Tokyo and she has lived there ever since. She graduated from the department of Environmental Information of Keio University and participated in the Keio University a cappella group, K.O.E., during her days as a student. She used to have live concerts on the street with fellow K.O.E. members before she met Youichi Kitayama, a member of the famous Japanese a cappella group the Gospellers. Mr. Kitayama encouraged Yo Hitoto to compose her own music. Before this encounter, she had been a backup singer for many other artists.

A popular reality TV singing competition in Taiwan. During the competition, he once contemplated qui

A popular reality TV singing competition in Taiwan. During the competition, he once contemplated quitting due to the elimination of his good friend, Eddie Tsai (???). However, upon persuasion by the show producers, he maintained his composure and regained his determination, attaining five rounds of perfect scores (20 & above) continuously after that — an unbeatable record up to present. After winning the first place in Season One, he was signed by the Taiwanese record label, HIM International Music along with three other fellow contestants, Judy Chou (???), Peter Pan (???), Stanly Hsu (???), and they were dubbed as the "Four Princes of Superstar Avenue" (???

Is an American fashion designer.She once dated Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Pepp

Is an American fashion designer.She once dated Anthony Kiedis, lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, on and off for four years. A few of the Red Hot Chili Peppers songs such as Phat Dance, Slow Cheetah and She Looks To Me mention or were inspired by Y

A Japanese mangaka and animator, who has worked with Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki.He belongs to

A Japanese mangaka and animator, who has worked with Isao Takahata and Hayao Miyazaki.He belongs to Nintendo Co., Ltd., and he is a lecturer at Tokyo designer academy cartoon film course (?????????????????) now.His wife was Reiko Okuyama of an animator / copperplate engraving, and they sponsored studio "atelier Rei" (?????) only for oneself jointly.

A Japanese computer graphics artist, professor at the University of Tokyo. Kawaguchi rose to interna

A Japanese computer graphics artist, professor at the University of Tokyo. Kawaguchi rose to international prominence in 1982 when he presented "Growth Model" in the international conference SIGGRAPH.

A Japanese singer, employed under Hyper Voice. She is known for having performed theme songs for ani

A Japanese singer, employed under Hyper Voice. She is known for having performed theme songs for anime shows such as Prétear, Ai Yori Aoshi and the Ah! My Goddess TV series, as well as for having sung for the Para Para Max CD series.Ishida entered the ent

A Japanese enka singer, former J-pop singer, and actress.Nagayama continued singing and performing t

A Japanese enka singer, former J-pop singer, and actress.Nagayama continued singing and performing through her junior high school years. Her plan was to become a professional enka singer after finishing junior high school. However, when she was sixteen, h

A singer, actress and seiyu born on 1968-12-10 in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.[1] Oginome spent

A singer, actress and seiyu born on 1968-12-10 in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.[1] Oginome spent most of her elementary and junior high years living in the town of Ranzan in Saitama Prefecture, though she attended school in the city of Sakura. She gra

Is a Japanese artist and musician. She is known for her work as an avant-garde artist and musician,

Is a Japanese artist and musician. She is known for her work as an avant-garde artist and musician, and her marriage and works with musician John Lennon.Yoko Ono's mother was Isoko Ono, of the Yasuda banking family, and her father was Eisuke Ono, who worked for the Yokohama Specie Bank. Two weeks before she was born, her father was transferred to San Francisco. The rest of the family followed soon after. In 1937, her father was transferred back to Japan and Ono was enrolled at Tokyo's Gakushuin University, the most exclusive school in Japan, open only to those descended from aristocrats (in the House of Peers) or the imperial family.

A Japanese video game composer and musician.While working for Capcom, she was a member of the compan

A Japanese video game composer and musician.While working for Capcom, she was a member of the company's in-house jazz band Alph Lyla, and composed the soundtrack of Street Fighter II.In 1993, Shimomura transferred to another game company, Squaresoft (now Square Enix). Her first project at the company was the score for the console role-playing game (RPG) Live A Live in 1994. Afterwards, she was paired with more experienced composers for a time. For example, she teamed with Noriko Matsueda on the strategy/RPG Front Mission in 1995, and in 1996, she composed and arranged the music in Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, arranging music from Koji Kondo's Mario series music, and three tracks from Final Fantasy IV by Nobuo Uematsu.

A Japanese singer, perhaps best known for performing A Cruel Angel's Thesis (????????? ,Zankoku na T

A Japanese singer, perhaps best known for performing A Cruel Angel's Thesis (????????? ,Zankoku na Tenshi no Teze?), the opening theme song of the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. She also performs the closing theme, an "acid bossa" version of "Fly M

A Japanese recording artist. She has performed in the bands, Oranges & Lemons, Vita Nova, Marsh-Mall

A Japanese recording artist. She has performed in the bands, Oranges & Lemons, Vita Nova, Marsh-Mallow, and Zabadak. She is also a notable musical composer, having written music for several anime series, most prominent being .hack//Legend of the Twilight,

An American singer who specializes in banda music. She is sometimes known by the stage name "La Potr

An American singer who specializes in banda music. She is sometimes known by the stage name "La Potranquita", (Spanish: "little filly"), a name taken by her father from his home city of Zacatecas, Mexico.Perez was born in Los Angeles, California. When she

An actress of telenovelas in Mexico and former singer and member of the Spanish pop band Parchís. S

An actress of telenovelas in Mexico and former singer and member of the Spanish pop band Parchís. She is the daughter of Spanish musician Rudi Ventura and wife of Mexican actor Alejandro Aragón.She joined Parchís after a recording company posted an advertisement looking for kids who could sing, dance and act. A few months later, in 1979, the band was formed and name after the Spanish version of the Pachisi board game. The band was a success in Spain and Latin America, they recorded five albums and filmed seven movies (three in Argentina).

An international singer and actress from Puerto Rico and the first Puerto Rican female singer to be

An international singer and actress from Puerto Rico and the first Puerto Rican female singer to be nominated to the Grammy Music Awards. She has been in the music business since adolescence, and has recorded over thirty albums through her career. She is widely recognized as Puerto Rico's Diva.[1]Monge started out by winning a radio contest in 1966 (at the age of eleven). Later on, she made her TV debut on Luis Vigoreaux's show, Luis Vigoreaux Presenta. She had a regular section in that show. In 1968, she signed with record label Patty Records, which released her first album, named Puerto Rico's Poignant... Powerful... Incomparable....