Favourite Artists: Bands/Singers/Musicians
by kirkstaik | created - 22 Aug 2020 | updated - 11 months ago | PublicMy Personal Favorites
1. Green Day
Soundtrack | Shoot 'Em Up
Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt. For much of the band's career, they have been a trio with drummer Tré Cool, who replaced John Kiffmeyer in 1990 prior to the recording of the band's second studio album...
2. Robbie Williams
Soundtrack | Coronation Street
Robert Peter Williams was born in Stoke-on-Trent, on February 13th 1974, to his mother: Jan and father: Pete. Robbie attended Mill Hill Primary School, followed by St. Margaret Ward's Roman Catholic School in Tunstall. At secondary school he became labeled as mischievous and a jester and ...
3. Avril Lavigne
Actress | Over the Hedge
Avril Lavigne was born on September 27, 1984 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, to Judith-Rosanne (Loshaw) and Jean-Claude Joseph Lavigne. Her ancestry is French-Canadian, Polish, English, Irish, and Scottish. At sixteen, she moved to Manhattan and began work on her debut album. She dropped out of ...
4. The Beatles
Soundtrack | The Beatles: Get Back
The Beatles were an English rock band that became arguably the most successful act of the 20th century. They contributed to music, film, literature, art, and fashion, made a continuous impact on popular culture and the lifestyle of several generations. Their songs and images carrying powerful ideas...
5. Taylor Swift
Soundtrack | Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
Taylor Alison Swift is a multi-Grammy award-winning American singer/songwriter who, in 2010 at the age of 20, became the youngest artist in history to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year. In 2011 Swift was named Billboard's Woman of the Year. She also has been named the American Music Awards...
6. Ennio Morricone
Composer | The Hateful Eight
A classmate of director Sergio Leone with whom he would form one of the great director/composer partnerships (right up there with Eisenstein & Prokofiev, Hitchcock & Herrmann, Fellini & Rota), Ennio Morricone studied at Rome's Santa Cecilia Conservatory, where he specialized in trumpet. His first ...
7. Alan Menken
Soundtrack | Beauty and the Beast
Alan Menken is an American composer, songwriter, music conductor, director and record producer.
Menken is best known for his scores and songs for films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. His scores and songs for The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and ...
Disney renaissance Composer
8. The Rolling Stones
Soundtrack | Pirate Radio
The Rolling Stones are the legendary British rock band known for many popular hits, such as Paint it Black, Lady Jane, Ruby Tuesday, and (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. Almost everyone who attended their shows is quick to comment on their ability to start you up and shake your hips. Their song "...
9. McFly
Soundtrack | Just My Luck
Tom Fletcher, the founder of McFly, originally auditioned for another band - Busted. When he didn't make the final cut, he stayed friends with James Bourne, a Busted band member. He went along with the band and taped auditions they were holding for a boy band, which later became V.
Danny Jones, who ...
10. Ludwig van Beethoven
Soundtrack | Elysium
Beethoven was the child of a Flamian musician family and became a member of the electoral orchestra of Bonn in 1783. In 1787 he studied at Mozart's in Vienna and in 1792 he moved all to Vienna becoming a student of Joseph Haydn. The Vienna High Society loved him as a piano player as well as as ...
11. Busted
Soundtrack | A Cinderella Story
Busted is known for A Cinderella Story (2004), Thunderbirds (2004) and Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj (2006).
12. The Vamps
Soundtrack | The Duff
The Vamps is known for The DUFF (2015), Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) and Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014).
13. Michael Jackson
Soundtrack | Michael Jackson: Thriller
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, and entertained audiences nearly his entire life. His father, Joe Jackson (no relation to Joe Jackson, also a musician), had been a guitarist, but was forced to give up his musical ambitions following his marriage to Michael's ...
14. Pink
Actress | Thanks for Sharing
Pink was born Alecia Beth Moore in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, and was later raised in Philadelphia. Her parents, Judith Moore (née Kugel), a nurse, and Jim Moore, a Vietnam veteran, divorced when she was very young. Her mother is from an Ashkenazi Jewish family, while her father has Irish, German, ...
15. The Offspring
Soundtrack | The Faculty
The Offspring is known for The Faculty (1998), Bubble Boy (2001) and Idle Hands (1999).
16. Queen
Soundtrack | Flash Gordon
Queen were one of the longest-lasting and most commercially successful bands to emerge from the British heavy rock scene of the early 1970s, but unlike their contemporaries such as Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Black Sabbath, they soon became just as popular with pop fans as fans of hard rock and ...
17. Freddie Mercury
Soundtrack | Flash Gordon
Freddie Mercury was born on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, sent him off to a private school in India, from 1955 til 1963. In 1964, he and his family flew to England. In 1966 he started his education at the Ealing College of Art, where he graduated in 1969. He ...
Honorable Mention
18. Blink-182
Soundtrack | Bubble Boy
Blink-182 is known for Bubble Boy (2001), Charlie's Angels (2000) and The Salton Sea (2002).
19. Sum 41
Soundtrack | Spider-Man
Sum 41 is known for Spider-Man (2002), Green Lantern (2011) and Fantastic Four (2005).
20. Olly Murs
Soundtrack | Love, Rosie
Olly Murs was born on May 14, 1984 in Witham, Essex, England, UK. He is a music artist and actor, known for Love, Rosie (2014), Johnny English Strikes Again (2018) and The X Factor UK (2004). He has been married to Amelia Tank since July 15, 2023.
21. Backstreet Boys
Soundtrack | This Is the End
The Backstreet Boys is an American boy group consisting of A.J. McLean, Howie Dorough, Nick Carter, Kevin Scott Richardson and Brian Littrell. They became famous in the 90's with their debut international album, Backstreet Boys (1996). They released their second international album, Backstreet's ...
Honorable Mention due to their LIVE in BST
22. Rihanna
Actress | Battleship
Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty on February 20, 1988 in Bridgetown, St. Michael, Barbados to Monica Braithwaite, an accountant & Ronald Fenty, a warehouse supervisor. Her mother is Afro-Guyanese and her father is of Afro-Barbadian and British Isles ancestry. Rihanna lived the life of a normal ...
23. t.A.T.u.
Soundtrack | About Time
t.A.T.u. was a Russian music duo that consisted of Lena Katina and Yuliya Volkova. The duo was managed by Russian television producer Ivan Shapovalov while in the group Neposedy. The duo was signed to their own production company, T.A. Music, following the split with Universal Music Russia, and ...
24. Dolores O'Riordan
Soundtrack | Mission: Impossible
Dolores Mary Eileen O'Riordan was born in Ballybricken, a town 8 miles outside Limerick on Sept. 6, 1971. Her parents are Eileen and Terrance. Terrance was in a wheelchair due to a motorcycle accident. Dolores was the youngest of seven children, and one of two girls. In the late eighties, Dolores ...
25. The Black Eyed Peas
Soundtrack | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
The Black Eyed Peas is known for G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), The Rundown (2003) and Taxi (2004).
26. Dropkick Murphys
Soundtrack | Battleship
Dropkick Murphys is known for Battleship (2012), The Fighter (2010) and The Departed (2006).
27. James
Soundtrack | Heat
James is known for Heat (1995), The World's End (2013) and One Day (2011).
28. Elena Temnikova
Soundtrack | Zashchitniki
Elena Temnikova was born on April 18, 1985 in Kurgan, Kurganskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress and composer, known for The Guardians (2017), Gusar (2020) and Serebro: Gun (2012). She has been married to Dmitriy Sergeev since April 2014. They have one child. She was previously...
29. Manu Chao
Soundtrack | Blood Father
Manu Chao was born on June 21, 1961 in Paris, France. He is a music artist and actor, known for Blood Father (2016), Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003) and Princesses (2005).
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