Artists/performer Famous Names Starting with Letter S

Is an Icelandic singer who rose to popularity after winning Idol Stjörnuleit 3, the Icelandic versi

Is an Icelandic singer who rose to popularity after winning Idol Stjörnuleit 3, the Icelandic version of Pop Idol. Snorri compares his vocal style to Axl Rose & includes Robert Plant as his biggest influence, his favourite Icelandic artist is Jet Black Joe. Snorri was a contestant in the Icelandic selection to eurovision song contest but didn't make it to the final.

A J-Pop singer. She currently attends Santa Monica College in California. She has grown up in a bili

A J-Pop singer. She currently attends Santa Monica College in California. She has grown up in a bilingual environment. Her favorite artists include Ani DiFranco, Iggy Pop, Talking Heads, and Jack Johnson.Her debut single Yes was released under an indie re

Is a Swedish heavy metal musician (primarily a drummer), based in the port city of Gothenburg in the

Is a Swedish heavy metal musician (primarily a drummer), based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori. He is currently working solo, after a split from Dream Evil in January 2006. He will be drumming for Deathstars on the January/February 2008 European tour with Korn.

A Korean female singer.

A Korean female singer.

Was a Swedish artist, a painter.She was born the daughter of a nobleman, Axel Adlersparre, governor

Was a Swedish artist, a painter.She was born the daughter of a nobleman, Axel Adlersparre, governor of Öland, and Carolina von Arbin, and displayed a talent for painting in childhood. When the artist C.F. Pedersen became shipwrecked near her home, she was taught by him, and when her family moved to Stockholm in 1830, she was educated by the artists Carl Gustaf Qvarnström, Johan Gustaf Sandberg and O.J. Södermark.

Is a dancer, mainly hip-hop and street dance, known from Nike Women advertising.Meanwhile, she had t

Is a dancer, mainly hip-hop and street dance, known from Nike Women advertising.Meanwhile, she had taken up Hip hop and street dance, and was part of a group called the Vagabond Crew, which won the World Championship HipHop battle in 2006. She also participated in a group called "Chiene de Vie and Aphrodites, created by Momo from the Vagabond Crew. Sofia is graduate of Berklee College of Music.

A Franco-Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco.From August 30 to December 13, 2003, s

A Franco-Moroccan singer. She was born in Casablanca, Morocco.From August 30 to December 13, 2003, she participated in the show Star Academy France's third season, becoming a semi-finalist. She was very popular due to being quite charismatic and also havi

A Swedish singer from Gällivare, Sweden. She mainly sings in Sami and does yoiking.

A Swedish singer from Gällivare, Sweden. She mainly sings in Sami and does yoiking.

A French singer of Moroccan origin, at the age of ten she moved to Paris with her family.In 2000 she

A French singer of Moroccan origin, at the age of ten she moved to Paris with her family.In 2000 she performed in the Eurovision Song Contest for France with the song On aura le ciel, which placed 23rd out of 24 with 5 points.She released an album of the

A Russian singer, actress and songwriter.Sofia graduated with honors from a musical academy, and aft

A Russian singer, actress and songwriter.Sofia graduated with honors from a musical academy, and afterward went to the Gnessin Russian Academy of Music. By 11 she was choosen by the French journalist Bernard Pivot to take part in his telecast on TV5 Paris, where she performed well known French song Douce France. At 17 Sofia was a winner of several international competitions of young singers including the "Bravo, Bravissimo!" competition in Mini La Scala (Italy), "Crystal Note" (Moscow, Russia), "Crystal Fur-tree" (Borjomi, Georgia). She participated in many festivals: in Russia, Turkey, Italy, Latvia and Georgia. Since 2001, she's been a soloist in the Georgian National Philharmonic. In 2003, she was the lead in a musical-circus revue, "Svadba Soek".

A Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan and Soviet pop singer-songwriter, musician, dancer, record producer,

A Russian, Ukrainian, Moldovan and Soviet pop singer-songwriter, musician, dancer, record producer, film producer, actress, business woman, and author. She is known for combining a lyrical deep rich voice, sex appeal, and social or religious themes. In Eastern Europe and in the former USSR her career was marked by her stage success and numerous controversies. She has been named the "Queen of Pop" and "This Is All We Have" by the media.[1] Sofia Rotaru is one of the best paid singers in the world and the best paid singer in Ukraine. In 2008, she declared the highest revenue in the country, which is significantly higher than 500 million hryvnia (about $100 million).[2]

A Swedish musician and singer/songwriter.Talvik's debut album Blue Moon was released in 2005. Blue M

A Swedish musician and singer/songwriter.Talvik's debut album Blue Moon was released in 2005. Blue Moon was recorded and produced entirely by Sofia Talvik herself and took 40 hours to record.It's Just Love, the first single to be released from her second album Street of Dreams (2007), features Bernard Butler, guitarist in former British band Suede. Talvik contacted Butler via MySpace while working on the album, looking for a partner with whom to duet on the single.Her third album Jonestown was released at the end of August 2008 and is the second album released on her own record label Makaki Music. The title on the album refers to the sanctuary built by the cult Peoples Temple that was founded by pastor Jim Jones, where over 900 people committed suicide.

A yogi, poet and a painter from India who has lived in Copenhagen for the past 30 years. His paintin

A yogi, poet and a painter from India who has lived in Copenhagen for the past 30 years. His paintings result from states of deep meditation, and are informed by the colors of India: luminous, dye-infused works on meticulously serrated paper. Over his long career, Qadri has interacted with a wide array of cultural figures including Surrealist painter René Magritte, Nobel laureate Heinrich Böll, and architect Le Corbusier. Böll once said, "Sohan Qadri with his painting liberates the word meditation from its fashionable taste and brings it back to its proper origin." He has had more than 70 exhibitions in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa.[2]

A Finnish lyric soprano. She is an opera singer as well as a concert and Lieder singer.She graduated

A Finnish lyric soprano. She is an opera singer as well as a concert and Lieder singer.She graduated from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (a cantor-organist diploma, a singing teacher's degree and a singing diploma) and made her concert debut there in 1986.Isokoski won the Lappeenranta song competition in Finland (1987), the Elly Ameling Competition in the Netherlands (1988) and the Tokyo International Singing Competition (1990). In 1987 she won 2nd prize in the BBC Singer of the World competition in Cardiff.She worked first as a church musician in Northern Finland. In 1987 she was engaged as a soloist with the Finnish National Opera and stayed there until 1994. Her first appearance there was as 'Mimi' in Puccini's La bohème in 1987.

Is a Greek singer and songwriter.

Is a Greek singer and songwriter.

Was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism. LeWitt

Was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism. LeWitt rose to fame in the late 1960s with his wall drawings and "structures" (a term he preferred instead of "sculptures") but was prolific in a wide range of media including drawing, printmaking, and painting.He has been the subject of hundreds of solo exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world since 1965. His prolific two and three-dimensional work ranges from wall drawings (over 1200 of which have been executed) to hundreds of works on paper extending to structures in the form of towers, pyramids, geometric forms, and progressions. These works range in size from gallery-sized installations to monumental outdoor pieces. Sol LeWitt’s frequent use of open, modular structures originates from the cube, a form that influenced the artist’s thinking from the time that he first became an artist.

A South Korean singer and actress, who debuted as a member of mixed group Typhoon in 2006.Solbi had

A South Korean singer and actress, who debuted as a member of mixed group Typhoon in 2006.Solbi had been trained by songwriter Kim Se-jin for more than 2 years. A total of 18 tracks make up Typhoon's first album, which was released in 2006. The album ranges from disco, reggae, techno and ballads. Although the trio concentrates on dance music, Typhoon wanted to display their talent by offering a variety of songs on their first album.Aside from her music career, Solbi has also achieved fame as a television host on MBC, in shows such as Sang Sang Plus Season 2 (alongside Lee Hyori and Shin Jung-hwan), as well as a current host on Music Core with Big Bang members Seung Ri and Dae Sung.

A Venezuelan singer.Soledad Bravo was born in Logroño, Spain in 1943. But at an early age, this dau

A Venezuelan singer.Soledad Bravo was born in Logroño, Spain in 1943. But at an early age, this daughter of a republican father had to leave Europe & with her family moved to Venezuela to lead a brand new life and discover a culture of tropical flavours.In 1967, started to study Architecture, Psychology and Literature and the Central university of Venezuela. When she was still studying, she began to sing and interpret Garcia Lorca's "Amor de don Perilimplin con Belisa en su jardin". Very impressed by her performance, Sofia Imber, an influential Venezuelan journalist, gave her the opportunity to appear every morning in a TV show called "Buenos Dias". That's the reason why Soledad became a cult singer.. and the rising Star Venezuela was waiting for.

Was an Iraqi-born musician, conductor, composer, educator and director, who lived most of his life i

Was an Iraqi-born musician, conductor, composer, educator and director, who lived most of his life in Damascus, Syria.Solhi Al-Wadi was born in Baghdad on 12 February 1934 to an Iraqi father and a Jordanian mother, who moved to live in Damascus, Syria, when he was a child. He went to Victoria College, a British boarding school in Alexandria, Egypt, where he started to study the violin and composition at the local conservatory. In 1953 he was admitted to the Royal Academy of Music in London to pursue higher studies in music.

Is an American Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. During the half-century that he has performed

Is an American Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter. During the half-century that he has performed, he has drawn from his roots: gospel, soul, and blues, as well as developing his own style in a time when R&B, and rock were still in their infancy. Burke

Was a South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became

Was a South African Zulu musician, singer and composer who wrote the song "Mbube" which later became the pop hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", and gave its name to a style of isicathamiya a cappella popularized by Ladysmith Black Mambazo.[1]In 1931 Linda joined the stream of young African men who left their homesteads to find menial work in Johannesburg, by then a sprawling gold-mining town hungry for cheap labour. He worked in the furniture store of his uncle's while singing in their choir, the Evening Birds, which disbanded in 1933. Linda started a new group that retained the Evening Birds name, and found employment at Johannesburg's Carlton Hotel.[1]

An internationally-known Norwegian operatic soprano. In April 2006 she created the role of Refka in

An internationally-known Norwegian operatic soprano. In April 2006 she created the role of Refka in the world premiere of Kaija Saariaho's opera Adriana Mater at the Opéra National de Paris.One of Norway's most well-known classical music singers and a particular champion of the music of Edvard Grieg, she trained at the Norwegian State Academy of Music and the Royal Academy of Opera in Stockholm. She made her operatic debut in 1987 at the Royal Swedish Opera.She has toured with the Berlin Philharmonic and other leading orchestras, and sung at many festivals including the Hollywood Bowl, Edinburgh, Salzburg and Glyndebourne. She has performed several times at the BBC Proms concerts in the Royal Albert Hall and has sung in Europe's leading opera houses, including London's Royal Opera House, the Opéra National de Paris, La Scala in Milan, and the Vienna Staatsoper.

A Salvadoran American internet celebrity from Los Angeles, California, who also is an aspiring model

A Salvadoran American internet celebrity from Los Angeles, California, who also is an aspiring model and actress. Reece has appeared on the television programs Entourage and Girlfriends. She may best known for her MySpace presence where she has over 425,0

A South Korean singer who debuted in 2007. Called the "female Rain", she debuted with the single "Cr

A South Korean singer who debuted in 2007. Called the "female Rain", she debuted with the single "Cry Eye".Son previously appeared in music videos for Paran and MYV, along with many advertisements. She first came to fame when she appeared in a commercial for an MP3 player alongside Poppin' Hyun Joon. Before her debut, MSN Japan had a video documentary made, capturing her pre-debut training and rehearsals; it attracted 480,000 visitors in 5 days. Son Dambi's name means Crystal Queen.

Is a K-pop singer, known for being part of the popular group g.o.d. In 2006, he released his first a

Is a K-pop singer, known for being part of the popular group g.o.d. In 2006, he released his first album YES, which had the singles "??" (Unda) ("Crying"), "YES", and "??? ??? ??? ??" (Sarang-eun ibyeoreul) ("Love Brings Separation"). Ho Young has re-released his album containing a DVD of the album's music videos; he is one of the many artists who have re-released their albums in 2006 (including TVXQ and Baek Ji Young).