Persons

Amy Winehouse

Music

Amy Winehouse's debut album, "Frank" (2003), was a critical success. Her follow-up album, "Back to Black" (2006), led to five 2008 Grammy Awards, tying the then record for the most wins by a female artist in a single night.

Tags: R&B • 100 Greatest Women in Music • Grammy Award Winner • London, England • Best Pop Vocal Album

Amy Schumer

Comedy

Amy Schumer is an American stand-up comedian and actress. She ventured into comedy in the early 2000s before appearing as a contestant on the fifth season of the NBC reality competition series "Last Comic Standing" in 2007.

Amy Grant

Music

Amy Grant is an American singer, songwriter, and media personality. As of 2009, she had sold more than 30 million albums worldwide, won six Grammy Awards, 22 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, and had the first Christian album ever to go platinum.

Amr El Banna

Fashion

Amr El Banna is a fashion designer, who specializes in haute couture, wedding dresses, and soiree dresses.

American Authors

Music

American Authors is an American rock band based in New York City. It currently consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Zac Barnett, lead guitarist and banjoist James Adam Shelley, bassist Dave Rublin, and drummer Matt Sanchez.

Amelia Moore

Music

Amelia Moore (aka Ameliaismore) is an actress, author, and journalist. She has been A&R Assistant at Atlantic Records, Director of A&R at Gee Street, and General Manager at Ruff Ryders Records, leaving as President at Ruff Ryders Lifestyle.

Ambrose Akinmusire

Music

Ambrose Akinmusire is an American jazz trumpeter. In 2014, he won the North Sea Jazz Festival's Paul Acket Award. His third album, entitled "The Imagined Savior is Far Easier to Paint", was released on March 11, 2014.

Amber

Music

Amber is a Dutch-born German singer, songwriter, label owner, and executive producer. She is best known for her hits "This Is Your Night", "If You Could Read My Mind", and "Sexual (Li Da Di)".

Amanda Witkowski

Pageantry

Amanda Witkowski, currently National American Miss New Jersey 2017, is a Thomas More honors student at Sacred Heart University. She has since co-founded "Shop. Sell. Strut!", as an Autism New Jersey awareness and fundraising event.

Amanda Bynes

Television

Amanda Bynes is an American actress, comedian, and fashion designer. After appearing in commercials and in plays, she rose to prominence as a child star in the late 1990s and early 2000s on the Nickelodeon series "All That" and "The Amanda Show".

Alyssa Morgan Lego

Pageantry

Alyssa Morgan Lego was the reigning Miss Stars and Stripes' Outstanding Teen 2017 through Miss New Jersey's Outstanding Teen Scholarship Program (Miss America's Outstanding Teen).

Alyssa Milano

Television

Alyssa Milano is an American actress, activist, producer, and former singer. She appears in "Who's the Boss?", "Melrose Place", "Charmed", "My Name Is Ear", "Mistresses" and recently (2017) the Netflix series "Wet Hot American Summer: 10 Years Later".

Alvaro Alencar

Music

Alvaro Alencar has over 140 records in his career spanning 20+ years. In this time, he has won 13 Latin Grammy Awards, over 25 Latin Grammy nominations, and over 30 platinum or gold certificates for CD and DVD sales, which total approximately 10 million.

Altered Five

Music

For many years, Altered Five has been winning audiences with a swaggering stomp of bruising, barrelhouse grit. For the band's fourth album, "Charmed & Dangerous", the quintet joined forces with Blind Pig Records, one of the world's premiere blues labels.

alt-J

Music

alt-J, stylised as ∆, are an English indie rock band formed in 2007 in Leeds, by Gwil Sainsbury (guitar/bass), Joe Newman (guitar/lead vocals), Thom Sonny Green (drums) and Gus Unger-Hamilton (keyboards/vocals). The band have sold over 4 million records.

Alonzo Brown

Music

Dr. Jeckyll & Mr. Hyde was an American 1980s hip-hop group consisting of Andre "Dr. Jeckyll" Harrell and Alonzo "Mr. Hyde" Brown. The group was known for its corporate business image, wearing designer suits and ties while they rapped.

Almighty Jahwel

Music

Son of Bazerk and No Self Control is an American hip-hop group consisting of Son of Bazerk, Almighty Jahwel, and ½ Pint. The group was formed by Hank Shocklee, a member of the production team Bomb Squad.

Allure

Music

Allure formed in the early 1990s as a quartet, now a trio, best known for their hit single "All Cried Out" with 112, which reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Original members were Alia Davis, Linnie Belcher, Lalisha Sanders, and Akissa Mendez.

Allison Janney

Film

Allison Janney's performance in the black comedy "I, Tonya" (2017) garnered widespread acclaim and earned her a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, as well as an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

All-4-One

Music

All-4-One is a R&B and pop group, best known for their cover hit single "I Swear" from their self-titled debut album. The group comprises Jamie Jones, Delious, Alfred Nevarez, and Tony Borowiak. The group has sold 22 million records worldwide.

All Saints

Music

All Saints are a girl group formed in London in 1993. The group's debut album, "All Saints" (1997) went on to become the third best-selling girl group album of all-time in the United Kingdom. As of January 2016, All Saints have sold 12 million records.

Alicia Keys

Music

Alicia Keys is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and actress. She has won numerous awards such as 15 Grammy Awards and 17 NAACP Image Awards. She has sold over 35 million albums and 30 million singles worldwide.

Alfred Nevarez

Music

All-4-One is a R&B and pop group, best known for their cover hit single "I Swear" from their self-titled debut album. The group comprises Jamie Jones, Delious, Alfred Nevarez, and Tony Borowiak. The group has sold 22 million records worldwide.

Alfred Hitchcock

Film

Alfred Hitchcock was a film director and producer. He is one of the most influential and extensively studied filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as the "Master of Suspense", he directed over 50 feature films in a career spanning six decades.

Alfonso Ribeiro

Television

Alfonso Ribeiro is an American actor, comedian, dancer, director, and television personality. He played Alfonso Spears on the sitcom "Silver Spoons", and Carlton Banks on the NBC sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".