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Christina Aguilera
Christina Aguilera
5-Time Grammy Award Winner

Music

Christina Aguilera rose to prominence with her 1999 self-titled debut album that spawned the Billboard Hot 100 number one singles "Genie in a Bottle", "What a Girl Wants", and "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)".

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Christopher Williams
Christopher Williams
Recording Artist and Actor

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Christopher Williams has scored many hit singles, notably "Promises, Promises" (1989), "Talk to Myself" (1989), and "Every Little Thing U Do" (1993). The single "I'm Dreamin'" (1991), from the "New Jack City" soundtrack, became a #1 single.

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Chubby Checker
Chubby Checker
Recording Artist

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Chubby Checker is widely known for popularizing the twist dance style, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard's R&B hit "The Twist" and the Pony with hit "Pony Time". Checker is the only recording artist to place five albums in the Top 12 at once.

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Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Pioneer, Rock 'n' Roll

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Chuck Berry was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. He was among the first musicians to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on its opening in 1986.

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Chuck Brown
Chuck Brown
Godfather of Go-Go

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Chuck Brown was an American guitarist, bandleader, and singer who garnered the honorific nickname the "Godfather of Go-Go". Go-Go is a sub-genre of funk music developed in and around the Washington metropolitan area in the mid-1970s.

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Chuck D
Chuck D
Member, Public Enemy and Member, Prophets of Rage

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Chuck D is an American rapper, author, and producer. As the leader of the rap group Public Enemy, he helped create politically and socially conscious hip-hop music in the mid-1980s.

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Chuck Jackson
Chuck Jackson
Recording Artist

Music

Chuck Jackson is an American R&B singer, who was one of the first artists to record material by Burt Bacharach and Hal David successfully. As a songwriter, he is known for writing Whitney Houston's number one hit "Where Do Broken Hearts Go".

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Chuck McDermott
Recording Artist

Music

Over the last 40 years, Chuck McDermott has left his musical mark on audiences on both coasts of the United States. Over the last few decades, he has devoted himself to energy and environmental policy issues, and working in government.

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CHVRCHΞS
CHVRCHΞS
iHeartRadio Music Award Nominee

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Chvrches (stylized "CHVRCHΞS" and pronounced "Churches") is a band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in September 2011. The band consists of Lauren Mayberry, Iain Cook, and Martin Doherty.

Tags: Synth-pop · Indietronica · Indie Pop · Trio

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Ciara
Ciara
Grammy Award Winner and 3-Time MTV Video Music Award Winner

Music

Ciara is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and model. She has received many awards, including three BET Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, three MOBO Awards, and one Grammy Award. As of 2015, she has sold over 23 million records worldwide.

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Ciara
Ciara
Grammy Award Winner

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Ciara earned numerous awards and accolades, including three BET Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, three MOBO Awards, and one Grammy Award. To date, she has sold over 23 million records worldwide.

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Cibo Matto
Cibo Matto
Recording Group

Music

Cibo Matto was a band formed by Yuka Honda and Miho Hatori in 1994. Initially, the lyrics were primarily concerned with food, before expanding into broader subject matter following the addition of Sean Lennon, Timo Ellis, and Duma Love to the band.

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Cissy Houston
Cissy Houston
2-Time Grammy Award Winner

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After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley. and Aretha Franklin, Cissy Houston embarked on a solo career, winning two Grammy Awards for her work. Houston is the mother of singer Whitney Houston.

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Claudja Barry
Recording Artist

Music

Claudja Barry is a singer, songwriter, and actress. Her successful songs were "Down and Counting", "Boogie Woogie Dancin' Shoes", and others. As an actress, she is known for performing in the European versions of the musicals "AC/DC" and "Catch My Soul".

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Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken
Recording Artist

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Clay Aiken first gained fame when he came in second place on the second season of the reality singing competition "American Idol" in 2003. His debut album, "Measure of a Man", released in October 2003, went multi-platinum.

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Clay Walker
Clay Walker
Recording Artist

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Clay Walker is an American country music artist. His first four studio albums all achieved platinum certification in the United States, and his greatest hits collection and fifth studio album were each certified gold. He has charted 30 country singles.

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Cliff Edwards
Cliff Edwards
Disney Legends Award Winner

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Clifton Edwards, known as "Ukulele Ike", was an American singer and voice actor who enjoyed considerable popularity in the 1920s and early 1930s, specializing in jazzy renditions of pop standards and novelty tunes.

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Clint Black
Clint Black
Recording Artist

Music

Clint Black is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and actor. His debut album, "Killin' Time", produced four straight number one singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts.

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Clive Davis
Clive Davis
Record Producer, A&R Executive, and Music Industry Executive

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Clive Davis is an American record producer, A&R executive, and music industry executive. He has won five Grammy Awards and is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a non-performer.

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Club Nouveau
Club Nouveau
Recording Group

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Club Nouveau is a group formed by record producer/performer Jay King in 1986 in Sacramento, California subsequent to the breakup of the Timex Social Club. The group's name (French for "New Club") was changed from its original incarnation, Jet Set.

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Coco Jones
Coco Jones
Recording Artist and Actress

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Coco Jones is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to prominence starring in the Disney Channel film "Let It Shine". She was featured on Radio Disney's "Next Big Thing, or N.B.T.", and she was formerly signed with Hollywood Records.

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Colbie Caillat
Colbie Caillat
Recording Artist

Music

Colbie Caillat is an American singer and songwriter from Malibu, California. She has sold over six million albums worldwide and over 10 million singles. In 2009, she was named Billboard magazine's 94th-best-selling music artist of the 2000s.

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Coldplay
Recording Group

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Coldplay are a British rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist and keyboardist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland. They have sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's bestselling music artists.

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Color Me Badd
Color Me Badd
Recording Group

Music

Color Me Badd is an American contemporary R&B group. The group sold 12 million records worldwide and has been on TV shows, commercials. Their songs have been in movies such as "New Jack City", "No Strings Attached" and "Glee".

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Commodores
Commodores
Recording Group

Music

Commodores are a band, which was at its peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s. The group's most successful period was in the late 1970s and early 1980s when Lionel Richie was the co-lead singer. In 1986, the Commodores won their first Grammy.

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