Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

A French pop singer and actress.She is well known in France, Switzerland and Belgium for a number of

A French pop singer and actress.She is well known in France, Switzerland and Belgium for a number of hit singles released in the 1980s. Her first success was "Toute première fois" in 1984. This song was simultaneously released in the United Kingdom in English. Two of her singles charted at number one in France: "Johnny, Johnny" and "En Rouge et Noir" in 1985 and 1986, respectively. Her 1980's albums are good examples of the Euro disco electro-pop style popular in Continental Europe at the time, featuring synthesizers and very catchy melodies.

Was a French classical pianist. She was known for her lyrical and elegant interpretations of the sol

Was a French classical pianist. She was known for her lyrical and elegant interpretations of the solo works of Chopin and Liszt, and of the Saint-Saens Concertos. She was awarded the Légion d'honneur and made a Chevalier des Arts et Lettres.Darré was born in Givet, France, in 1905. She studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Isidor Philipp and Marguerite Long, and worked with Faure, Saint-Saens and Ravel among others. She made her debut at the age of 14 and her first recordings at 16. When she was 21, she played all five of the Saint-Saens Piano Concertos in a single concert with the Concerts Lamoureux orchestra

Is a Puerto Rican-American recording artist, actress, dancer, and songwriter.Ortega was a member of

Is a Puerto Rican-American recording artist, actress, dancer, and songwriter.Ortega was a member of the first graduating class of Brooklyn's High School of The Arts, along with long time friend Stickz Greenz. In her youth, she performed at local parks as

A country music singer. She is best known for her 1968 Country and Pop hit "Harper Valley PTA". She

A country music singer. She is best known for her 1968 Country and Pop hit "Harper Valley PTA". She became the first woman to have a single become a Billboard Country and Pop number one hit at the same time.[2] Following "Harper Valley PTA", she had moder

Is a Filipino singer. His hit songs as a solo artist include How Can I Fall, The Past, The Search is

Is a Filipino singer. His hit songs as a solo artist include How Can I Fall, The Past, The Search is Over, and Love Always Finds a Way.There were six categories whereby Jed won the golds. For the pop category, he sang “I’m Your Angel.” For the original song category, meaning a composition from the singer’s home country, he did Martin Nievera’s old hit, “Be My Lady.

Is an English rock guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eri

Is an English rock guitarist. He was one of the three noted guitarists — the others being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page — to have recorded with the band The Yardbirds. He was ranked the 14th on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists o

An American artist whose work incorporates kitsch imagery using painting, sculpture, and other forms

An American artist whose work incorporates kitsch imagery using painting, sculpture, and other forms, often in large scale. His life and work were profiled on CBS Sunday Morning and 60 minutes.Arts journalist Arifa Akbar reported for The Independent that in “an era when artists were not regarded as ‘stars’, Koons went to great lengths to cultivate his public persona by employing an image consultant." Featuring photographs by Matt Chedgey, Koons placed "advertisements in international art magazines of himself surrounded by the trappings of success” and gave interviews “referring to himself in the third person.”

Is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone.Sm

Is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone.Smith released the first issue of RASL, "a stark, sci-fi series about a dimension-jumping art thief with personal problems", in February, 2008. A six page pr

A Canadian photographer best known for his large-scale back-lit cibachrome photographs and art-histo

A Canadian photographer best known for his large-scale back-lit cibachrome photographs and art-historical writing.[citation needed]Jeff Wall received his MA from the University of British Columbia in 1970, with a thesis titled, "Berlin Dada and the Notion of Context," and did postgraduate work at the Courtauld Institute from 1970-73, where he studied with Manet expert T.J. Clark.[citation needed] Wall was assistant professor at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (1974-75), associate professor at Simon Fraser University (1976-87) and taught for many years at the University of British Columbia. He has published essays on Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, Roy Arden, Ken Lum, Stephen Balkenhol, On Kawara, and other contemporary artists. Many of these texts are collected in the New York Museum of Modern Art's recent, Jeff Wall: Selected Essays and Interviews (NY, 2007).[citation needed]

An American classical music pianist and conductor. He is music director of the Los Angeles Chamber O

An American classical music pianist and conductor. He is music director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and Colorado Symphony Orchestra.Kahane grew up in West Los Angeles, and began studying piano at age five, and at age 10 began learning to play the guitar. For the next few years, he split his time between his piano studies and playing folk and rock music on the guitar. At age 14, he was accepted as a scholarship pupil by the Polish-born pianist Jakob Gimpel. "I was completely transformed by the contact with him," Kahane said. "There was something that I got from Brahms and Beethoven and Bach that I couldn't live without. And I wanted to make a contribution to keeping it vital and alive."[1][2]

Is an openly gay American folk singer and songwriter.

Is an openly gay American folk singer and songwriter.

An American rapper and actor signed to The Inc. and Universal Records, formerly of Def Jam Recording

An American rapper and actor signed to The Inc. and Universal Records, formerly of Def Jam Recordings. A Hollis, New York native best-known for hits such as "Put It On Me", "Between Me And You", "I'm Real" and "Wonderful", Ja Rule has released seven albums to date and sold over 20 million albums worldwide.[2] Atkins began his rap career in 1994 with the group Cash Money Click. He told Curtis Waller of MTV News that his stage name "Ja Rule" came from a friend of his who addressed him by that name; other friends called him "Ja"

Which sold over 10 million records and charted eight top 40 singles. He has since worked as a solo a

Which sold over 10 million records and charted eight top 40 singles. He has since worked as a solo artist. He is divorced and shares custody of his two children, a daughter Alyssa and a son Jeffrey Jr.Jeff Timmons was the founding member of 98 Degrees. They formed independently and were later picked up by a label.The group was originally signed to the Motown label in the mid-1990s. After building popularity with their appearance in the movie Mulan, singing "True to Your Heart," a duet with labelmate Stevie Wonder, their success broke out in late 1998 with their album 98¦ and Rising, which included the hit singles "The Hardest Thing" and "I Do (Cherish You)". After the first album, 98 Degrees left Motown for its parent company, Universal Records. All four albums released by the group went platinum.

A Canadian musician. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick in 1977, only to be raised in Calgary, Al

A Canadian musician. He was born in Moncton, New Brunswick in 1977, only to be raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. After leaving his former band Porter Hall in 1999, the band released their only material recorded with Caissie; Ten Month Soundtrack (2000).

Is an Italian singer, the former lead singer of the group Eiffel 65. He is now lead singer of the ba

Is an Italian singer, the former lead singer of the group Eiffel 65. He is now lead singer of the band Bloom 06 with ex-Eiffel member Maurizio Lobina. His looks can be described as sort of a cross between George Clooney and Amaury Nolasco.

A Canadian visual and performance artist based in London, Ontario. Willmore originally enrolled in d

A Canadian visual and performance artist based in London, Ontario. Willmore originally enrolled in design at Fanshawe College in the early 1970s, but did not complete the program. He returned to Fanshawe in the later 1970s and completed the Fine Art program in 1980.Willmore began his career as a visual and performance artist upon his graduation from Fanshawe, exhibiting regularly at such venues as London’s well-known Forest City Gallery and Museum London. Willmore’s performances were a staple at the Forest City Gallery, most notably at its annual performance art festival. He also showed at Nancy Poole’s gallery in Toronto during this time. His visual work at the time consisted of paintings, drawings and collages in a neo-expressionist vein.

Is a Grammy Award-winning English rock songwriter, singer, guitarist and record producer who gained

Is a Grammy Award-winning English rock songwriter, singer, guitarist and record producer who gained fame as the leader of ELO[1] and was the co-founder and member of The Traveling Wilburys

Is an American funk and R&B musician, songwriter, and former lead singer of the band L.T.D.Osborne i

Is an American funk and R&B musician, songwriter, and former lead singer of the band L.T.D.Osborne is the youngest of 12 children and is part of a musical family. He has five brothers and six sisters, some of whom went on to have music careers (his brother Billy was an L.T.D. bandmate).

N American musician, best known as the keyboardist for the Christian pop rock band Newsboys. Franken

N American musician, best known as the keyboardist for the Christian pop rock band Newsboys. Frankenstein has been with the band since 1994, and he has written several songs including "Love Liberty Disco."Frankenstein played keyboards in the youth group at Bloomfield Hills Christian Church, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the mid and late 1980's. His parents were involved in the music ministry there at the time.

An expatriate Australian painter, who is known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes.His

An expatriate Australian painter, who is known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes.His first goal was to become an architect; however, he went on to become an art teacher after studying at Adelaide Teacher's College and the South Australian School of Art and Crafts. Smart taught art in schools for the South Australian Education Department from 1942 - 1947. During this time he also acknowledged his own homosexuality.[1]He later studied in Paris with Fernand Léger as well as at La Grande Chaumière. He began exhibiting frequently in 1957. In 1965 he moved to Italy and bought the house where he still resides, Posticcia Nuova, near Arezzo in 1971. His autobiography, "Not Quite Straight" was published in 1996. A major retrospective of his works travelled around Australian art galleries from 1999.

An American artist.In 1995 he had a solo exhibition at the Santa Monica Museum of Art.[1] His work i

An American artist.In 1995 he had a solo exhibition at the Santa Monica Museum of Art.[1] His work is held in the permanent collection of the Laguna Art Museum.[2]

Is a bass guitarist and singer from St Helens, UK. He is best known for his work with the death meta

Is a bass guitarist and singer from St Helens, UK. He is best known for his work with the death metal / grindcore band Carcass for which he is also the main lyricist. Before Carcass, he played in the punk band the Electro Hippies. After the demise of Carc

Was a French organist and composer.

Was a French organist and composer.

Was born in Sens, France around 1522, the son of the famous painter and sculptor Jean Cousin the Eld

Was born in Sens, France around 1522, the son of the famous painter and sculptor Jean Cousin the Elder ca. 1490-ca. 1560) who was often compared to his noted contemporary, Albrecht Dürer. Having trained to become an artist under his father, Jehan le jeune showed as much talent as his father, and their work is nearly indistinguishable even to the expert.

A Serbian pop singer famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her so

A Serbian pop singer famed for her strong vocal performances. She has won numerous awards for her songs and represented Serbia at 2008 Eurovision Song Contest, coming sixth with the song "Oro".[1]Jelena started her way to stardom at the young age of 8 when she won the children's song contest "Šarenijada" in Kragujevac. She joined a folklore group in Kragujevac called Kud Abrasevic that toured all over Europe winning many awards for their dance as well as Jelena winning many awards with her vocals. She was one of the main vocalist for the folklore group. This was her first public performance and with her vocal abilities captivated a very large amount of people. She performed to a much larger audience in 1994 at the Yugoslav Children's festival, held that year in Kragujevac when she won.