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Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile tenor vocal range and musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from pre-rock and roll pop to classical, ballads and electronica. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in music history.
Sting
British musician (born 1951)
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins is an English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis and had a successful solo career, achieving three UK number-one singles and seven US number-one singles as a solo artist. In total, his work with Genesis, other artists and solo resulted in more US top-40 singles than any other artist throughout the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "You Can't Hurry Love", "Against All Odds ", "One More Night", "Sussudio", "Another Day in Paradise", "Two Hearts" and "I Wish It Would Rain Down".
Zayn Malik
English singer
Bruce Dickinson
English heavy metal singer (born 1958)
Roger Taylor
English musician, drummer of Queen (born 1949)
Sam Smith
British singer-songwriter
Thom Yorke
English musician and singer for Radiohead
Louis Tomlinson
English singer and songwriter
Matt Bellamy
English singer-songwriter, member of Muse
Robert Smith
English singer, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
Jeff Lynne
English musician (born 1947)
Martin Gore
English songwriter, musician, singer, record producer, remixer, and DJ; founding member of Depeche Mode
Paul Rodgers
British-Canadian musician
Steve Winwood
English rock musician
Gary Barlow
English singer-songwriter
James Bay
British singer-songwriter
Neil Tennant
English musician
Simon Le Bon
British singer; lead vocalist of Duran Duran
Graham Nash
British singer
Olly Alexander
British singer and actor
Jay Kay
English musician
Joe Elliott
English rock singer
Paul Potts
English tenor
Michael Crawford
British actor and singer
Bernard Sumner
English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
David Byron
British singer (1947–1985)
Steve Marriott
British guitarist and singer (1947–1991)
George Blagden
British actor
Limahl
Christopher Hamill (born 19 December 1958), known professionally as Limahl ( , an anagram of Hamill), is an English singer and songwriter. He was the lead vocalist of the pop band Kajagoogoo beginning in 1982, before embarking on a solo career, releasing the 1984 hit "The NeverEnding Story", the theme song for the eponymous film.
Daniel Bedingfield
British singer
Sam Fender
English singer-songwriter (born 1994)
Justin Hawkins
British musician
Tony Martin
British heavy metal singer
Boz Burrell
British singer and bassist (1946–2006)
John Lodge
British musician (1943–2025)
Matt Cardle
English singer
Curt Smith
English musician and current member of Tears for Fears
Eric Stewart
British musician
Allan Clarke
British rock singer and songwriter
Matty Healy
English musician (born 1989)
Alfie Boe
English actor and singer
Ben Haenow
English singer
Troy Donockley
English composer and multi-instrumentalist
Vincent Cavanagh
British musician
Guy Garvey
English singer, songwriter and radio presenter
Bill Oddie
British actor, writer, composer, musician, comedian, ornithologist, conservationist, television presenter
Roland Gift
British musician
Clive Wearing
British musicologist
Chaz Jankel
English rock musician (born 1952)
Martin Fry
English singer
John Braham
English operatic tenor (1774-1856)
Alfred Piccaver
British opera singer (1884–1958)
Bob Chilcott
British choral conductor and composer
Gervase Elwes
British tenor (1866–1921)
Edward Lloyd
British tenor singer (1845–1927)
Jonathan Antoine
British singer
Joseph Maas
British singer (1847–1886)
William Shakespeare
British opera singer (1849–1931)
Bryn Christopher
British singer