Musicians Born in 1976

Emma Bunton (48 years old)

Jan 21 British pop singer (Spice Girls - "Girl Power"), born in London, England

Jan 23 Angelica Lee, Taiwanese actress and singer, born in Alor Setar, Malaysia
Jan 26 Willie Adler, American rock guitar player (Lamb Of God), born in Richmond, Virginia
Jan 27 Ruby Lin, Taiwanese actress (My Fair Princess), singer, and television producer, born in Taipei, Taiwan
Jan 28 Jarrod Montague, American rock drummer (Taproot), born in Linden, Michigan
Jan 28 Rick Ross [William Leonard Roberts II] American rapper and songwriter (Port Of Miami; "Aston Martin Music"), born in Clarksdale, Mississippi
Feb 4 Cam'ron [Cameron Ezike Gile], American rapper, born in East Harlem, New York City

Chen Kun (48 years old)

Feb 4 Chinese actor (Painted Skin), and singer ("Power to Go"), born in Chongqing, China

Feb 10 Kev Brown, American rapper & hip hop producer, born in Landover, Maryland
Feb 11 Gretchen Parlato, American jazz singer, and songwriter (The Lost And Found), born in Los Angeles, California
Feb 11 Peter Hayes, American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - "Weapon of Choice"), born in New York Mills, Minnesota
Feb 13 Dave Padden, Canadian heavy metal vocalist and guitarist (Annihilator; Terror Syndrome), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Feb 13 Feist [Leslie Feist], American Canadian Juno Award-winning folk-pop singer-songwriter and guitarist ("1234"), born in Amherst, Nova Scotia
Feb 14 Liv Kristine, Norwegian singer (Leaves' Eyes), born in Stavanger, Norway

Brandon Boyd (48 years old)

Feb 15 American rock singer (Incubus - "Make Yourself"), born in Van Nuys, California

Feb 15 Ronnie Vannucci Jr., American drummer (The Killers), born in Las Vegas, Nevada
Feb 16 Kyo [Tooru Nishimura], Japanese heavy metal singer and lyricist (Dir En Grey), born in Kyoto, Japan
Feb 20 Ed Graham, British drummer (The Darkness, 2000-14), born in Great Yarmouth, England
Feb 20 Fulvia di Domenico, Italian jazz and world music singer-songwriter, born in Rome, Italy
Feb 23 Lorne Balfe, Scottish composer and record producer of film, television, and video game scores (Mission Impossible - Fallout; Tour of Duty; The Crown; Genius; Argylle), born in Inverness, Scotland
Feb 24 Eric Griffin, American heavy metal rock guitarist (Genitorturers) and bassist (Murderdolls), born in Boston, Massachusetts
Feb 24 Matt Skiba, American punk rock singer-songwriter (Blink-182, 2015'22; Alkaline Trio; Heavens), born in Chicago, Illinois

Rashida Jones (48 years old)

Feb 25 American actress (Parks and Recreation), writer, model, and musician, born in Los Angeles, California

Feb 26 Chad Urmston, American rock-ska-reggae singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist (Dispatch; State Radio), born in Sherborn, Massachusetts

Ja Rule (48 years old)

Feb 29 American rapper (Between Me and You, Always on Time) and actor, born in New York City

Mar 4 Mattias Sköld, Swedish contemporary classical and electro-acoustic composer, and educator, born in Stockholm, Sweden
Mar 4 Stza Crack [Scott Sturgeon], American punk rock musician (Choking Victim; Leftover Crack), born in New York
Mar 8 (Gareth) "Gaz" Coombes, British rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Supergrass - "Alright"), born in Oxford, England
Mar 10 Haifa Wehbe, Lebanese-Egyptian actress, model, pop and world music singer, born in Mahrouna, Lebanon
Mar 10 Kisaki [Matsuura Tadashi], Japanese progressive rock keyboardist, bassist, and record producer (Phantasmagoria), born in Kainan, Wakayama, Japan
Mar 12 Simon Young, English music journalist, born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
Mar 13 James Dewees, American musician (The Get Up Kids), born in Liberty, Missouri
Mar 16 Blu Cantrell [Tiffany Cobb], American singer-songwriter (Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!), Breathe), born in Providence, Rhode Island
Mar 17 Stephen Gately, Irish pop singer (Boyzone - "A Different Beat"; "No Matter What"), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 2009)
Mar 19 Zach Lind, American drummer (Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"), born in Mesa, Arizona
Mar 20 Chester Bennington, American singer and songwriter (Linkin Park), born in Phoenix, Arizona (d. 2017)
Mar 25 Baek Ji Young, South Korean R&B and K-pop singer ("Ordinariness"; "Hate"), born in Seoul, South Korea
Mar 25 Gigi Leung, Hong Kong actress and singer (Tempting Heart), born in Hong Kong
Mar 25 Juvenile [Terius Gray], American rapper (The Hot Boys), born in Magnolia, New Orleans, Louisiana
Mar 27 Tia Fuller, American jazz saxophonist (Soul (film); Beyoncé backing band), composer, and educator (Berklee School), born in Aurora, Colorado
Mar 28 David Keuning, American guitar player (The Killers), born in Pella, Iowa
Mar 30 Mark McClelland, Northern Irish rock bassist and songwriter (Degrassi; Snow Patrol), born in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Apr 3 Drew Shirley, American Christian-rock guitarist (All Together Separate; Switchfoot, 2003-present), born in Key West, Florida
Apr 6 Georg Hólm, Icelandic rock bassist (Sigur Rós), born in Iceland
Apr 14 Christian Älvestam, Swedish heavy metal guitarist (Scar Symmetry: Miseration), born in Skövde, Sweden
Apr 16 Kelli O'Hara, American stage actress and singer (The King and I), born in Elk City, Oklahoma
Apr 16 Lukas Haas, American actor (Witness; Inception), and musician, born in Los Angeles, California
Apr 17 Monet Mazur, American actress and musician, born in Los Angeles, California
Apr 18 Fayray [Minako Ōhashi], Japanese pop-jazz singer-songwriter (Taiyō no Gravity), born in Tokyo, Japan
Apr 19 Ruud Jolie, Dutch symphonic metal guitarist (Within Temptation), born in Tilburg, Netherlands
Apr 23 Aaron Dessner, American songwriter, musician and producer (The National), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Apr 23 Bryce Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter (The National), orchestral and film score composer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Apr 26 José Pasillas, American drummer (Incubus - "Meglomaniac"; "Drive"), born in Calabasas, California
Apr 27 Isobel Campbell, Scottish singer and composer, born in Glasgow, Scotland
Apr 29 Jay Orpin, Swedish-Finnish pop composer and record producer, born in Stockholm, Sweden
Apr 30 Amanda Palmer, American performance artist, pianist, singer, and lyricist (The Dresden Dolls), born in New York City
May 8 Ian "H" Watkins, Welsh pop singer (Steps - "Heartbeat"; "Stomp"), actor, and television personality, born in Llwynypia, Wales
May 8 Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American musician and songwriter, born in Montréal, Quebec
May 10 Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish guitarist and songwriter (Mogwai, born in South Lanarkshire, Scotland)
May 10 Udo Mechels, Belgian singer (Isn't It Time), born in Brussels, Belgium**-
May 12 Matt Mangano, American country-rock bass player (Zac Brown Band), born in Visalia, CA
May 14 Hunter Burgan, American punk rock bassist (AFI), born in Los Angeles County, California
May 17 Wang Leehom, American-Taiwanese pop and musical theater singer, multi-instrumentalist, and composer, born in Rochester, New York
May 21 Christopher Tin, American film, television, and video game score composer (Baba Yetu), born in Redwood City, California
May 21 Deron Miller, American rock musician (CKY), born in Chester, Pennsylvania
May 21 Kardinal Offishall [Jason Drew Harrow], Canadian rapper, born in Scarsborough, Ontario
May 24 Alessandro Cortini, Italian rock musician (Nine Inch Nails, 2005-08 & 2018-present), born in Bologna, Italy
May 25 Sandra Nasić, German singer (Guano Apes), born in Göttingen, Germany
May 26 Justin Pierre, American punk-pop singer and guitarist (Motion City Soundtrack), born in Mahtomedi, Minnesota
May 28 Pamelia Stickney, American theremin player and jazz bassist, born in California
May 29 David Buckner, American drummer (Papa Roach, 1993-2007 - "Last Resort"), born in Vacaville, California
Jun 2 Adrian Carlos Olivares, singer (Menudo - "Cannonball"), born in Mexico City
Jun 2 Tim Rice-Oxley, English musician (Keane), born in Oxford, England
Jun 3 Yuri Ruley, American drummer (punk band MxPx), born in Tacoma, Washington
Jun 4 Kasey Chambers, Australian country singer-songwriter and musician ("Not Pretty Enough"), born in Mount Gambier, South Australia
Jun 6 Akido [Kim Gaboury], Canadian musician (Dancing in Chains), born in Quebec City, Quebec
Jun 7 Necro [Ron Braunstein], Jewish American rapper, born in Brooklyn, New York
Jun 9 Olly Knights, British folk-rock singer-songwriter (Turin Brakes -"Pain Killer (Summer Rain)"), born in Clapham, England
Jun 11 Tai Anderson, American contemporay Christian rock bass player (Third Day, 1992-2015), born in Georgia
Jun 13 (Jason) "J" Brown, British singer and rapper (Five), born in Aldershot, England
Jun 13 Kym Marsh, British pop singer (HearSay), actress (Coronation Street), and BBC TV presenter (Morning Live), born in Whiston, Merseyside, England
Jun 15 Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish musician (Snow Patrol - "Chasing Cars"), born in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland

Blake Shelton (47 years old)

Jun 18 American country singer-songwriter ("Boys 'Round Here"; "God Gave Me You"; "Honey Bee"), and TV personality (The Voice), born in Ada, Oklahoma

Jun 20 Jerome Fontamillas, Filipino-American rock keyboardist (Switchfoot), born in Pasay, Philippines
Jun 21 Mike Einziger, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Incubus), born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 22 Gordon Moakes, English rock bassist (Bloc Party, 2002-15; Young Legionnaire), born in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England
Jun 23 Joe Becker, American rock guitarist and composer, born in Chicago, Illinois
Jun 27 Leigh Nash, American pop singer and songwriter (Sixpence None The Richer -"Kiss Me"), born in New Braunfels, Texas
Jun 29 Bret McKenzie, New Zealand musician and comedian (Flight of the Conchords - "Feel Inside (And Stuff Like That)"), born in Wellington, New Zealand
Jul 1 Aleah [Julia Stanbridge], South African metal musician (Trees of Eternity), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 2016)
Jul 3 Shane Lynch, Irish singer (Boyzone), born in Dublin, Ireland
Jul 5 Bizarre [Rufus Johnson], American rapper (D12), born in Detroit, Michigan
Jul 8 David Kennedy, American guitarist (Angels & Airwaves)
Jul 9 Dan Estrin, American rock guitarist (Hoobastank - "The Reason"), born in Los Angeles, California
Jul 10 Elijah Blue Allman, American musician (Deadsy), son of Cher and Gregg Allman, born in Beverly Hills, California
Jul 12 Tracie Spencer, American pop and R&B singer ("This House"), born in Waterloo, Iowa
Jul 13 Huw Watkins, British pianist and contemporary classical music composer, born in South Wales
Jul 15 Jim Jones, American rapper (The Diplomats), born in New York City

Luke Bryan (47 years old)

Jul 17 American country singer ("I'll Stay Me"), and television personality (American Idol, 2018- ), born in Leesburg, Georgia

Jul 20 Andrew Stockdale, Australian rock musician (Wolfmother), born in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Jul 23 Jonathan Gallant, Canadian musician (Billy Talent), born in Streetsville, Ontario
Jul 28 Jacoby Shaddix, American singer (Papa Roach), born in Mariposa, California
Jul 31 Joshua Cain, American guitarist (Motion City Soundtrack), born in St. Paul, Minnesota
Aug 8 (Joshua) "JC" Chasez, American pop singer (*NSYNC ' Bye Bye Bye"), born in Bowie, Maryland
Aug 8 Drew Lachey, American pop singer (98 Degrees), born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Aug 9 Leigh Kakaty, Canadian-American rock singer (Pop Evil), born in Kingston, Ontario
Aug 11 Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter (Death Cab for Cutie; The Postal Service), born in Bremerton, Washington
Aug 11 Brendan Bayliss, American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter (Umphrey's McGee), born in Annapolis, Maryland
Aug 12 Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström, Finnish guitarist
Aug 12 Wednesday 13 [Joseph Poole], American punk rock musician (Wednesday 13, Murderdolls), born in Lexington, North Carolina
Aug 14 Maya Nasri [Asmar], Lebanese actress and singer, born in Minyara, Lebanon
Aug 16 Dave Ockun, American concert producer, born in Syosset, New York
Aug 26 Amaia Montero, Spanish singer (La Oreja de Van Gogh - Guapa), born in Irun, Spain
Aug 26 Zemfira [Ramazanova], Russian rock singer (Forgive Me My Love), born in Ufa, Bashkortostan, Russia, Soviet Union
Aug 31 Vincent Delerm, French singer-songwriter, pianist and composer, born in Évreux, France
Sep 2 Phil Lipscomb, American rock bassist (Taproot), born in the USA
Sep 4 Katreeya English, Thai singer and actress, born in Oxford, United Kingdom
Sep 6 Hyun Young, South Korean actress and pop singer, born in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea
Sep 6 N.O.R.E. [Victor Santiago, Jr.], American rapper, born in Queens, New York
Sep 8 Brendan Kelly, American punk rock bassist and singer (The Lawrence Arms), born in Missouri
Sep 9 Kristoffer Rygg, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist and musician (Ulver; Arcturus), born in Oslo, Norway
Sep 11 Elephant Man [Oneal Bryan], Jamaican musician ("Let's Get Physical"), born in Kingston, Jamaica
Sep 12 Bizzy Bone [Bryon Anthony McCane], American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony), born in Columbus, Ohio
Sep 15 Ivette Sosa, American pop singer (Eden's Crush - "Get Over Yourself"), born in Edison, New Jersey
Sep 15 Paul Thomson, Scottish drummer (Franz Ferdinand - "Take Me Out"), born in Glasgow, Scotland
Sep 16 (Andres) "Andy" Blázquez, Puerto Rican-American pop singer (Menudo, 1991-97 - "Besame En La Playa"), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Sep 16 Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club 7), born in Hammersmith, London
Sep 17 Maile Misajon, American pop singer (Eden's Crush - "Get Over Yourself"), born in Long Beach, California
Sep 19 Jim Ward, American musician (At the Drive-In; Sparta), born in El Paso, Texas
Sep 20 Yo Hitoto, Japanese pop singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
Sep 20 Yui Horie, Japanese voice actress and singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
Sep 21 Jonas Bjerre, Danish rock singer and guitarist (Mew; Apparatjik), and visual artist, born in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sep 27 Dean Butterworth, British drummer and percussionist (Morrissey; Good Charlotte), born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England
Oct 2 Mandisa [Hundley] American gospel and contemporary Christian singer (Overcomer), born in Citrus Heights, California
Oct 6 Barbie Hsu, Taiwanese actress and singer
Oct 7 Pekka Kuusisto, Finnish violinist and composer, born in Espoo, Finland
Oct 7 Taylor Hicks, American pop and blue-eyed soul singer-songwriter (American Idol, 2006), born in Birmingham, Alabama
Oct 12 Sarah Lane, American television personality and ballet dancer, born in San Francisco, California
Oct 15 Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer (Fighting Girl), born in Jeonju, South Korea
Oct 19 Joseph Andrew Duplantier, French-American heavy metal guitarist and vocalist (Gojira), born in Paris
Oct 19 Pete Loeffler, American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter (Chevelle - "The Red"; "Jar"), born in Grayslake, Illinois
Oct 20 Tom Wisniewski, American Christian-punk guitarist (MxPx), born in Dunoon, Scotland
Oct 21 Josh Ritter, American singer-songwriter (Sermon On The Rocks), born in Moscow, Idaho
Oct 22 Jon Foreman, American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, and keyboard player (Switchfoot - "Meant to Live"), born in San Bernardino, California
Oct 28 Karl Tremblay, Canadian folk-rock singer (Les Cowboys Fringants), born in Montreal, Quebec
Nov 3 Jake Shimabukuro, Japanese-American ukulele virtuoso ("While My Guitar Gently Weeps"), and composer (Saidoweizu/Sideways), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Nov 6 Jodi Martin, Australian singer-songwriter, born in Ceduna, Australia
Nov 6 Mike Herrera, American singer and bassist (MxPx), born in Bremerton, Washington
Nov 11 Jesse Keeler, Canadian musician (Death From Above; MSTRKRFT), born in Toronto, Ontario
Nov 12 Judith Holofernes [Holfelder-Roy], German singer (Wir sind Helden), born in Berlin, Germany
Nov 16 Harry Waters, British progressive rock and jazz piano and Hammond organ player, born in England
Nov 18 Shagrath [Stian Tomt Thoresen], Norwegian heavy metal singer (Dimmu Borgir), born in Jessheim, Akershus
Nov 19 Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter, born in Setagaya, Japan
Nov 22 Son Little [Aaron Livingston], American blues and soul singer-songwriter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 22 Ville Valo, Finnish gothic rock singer-songwriter (HIM), born in Helsinki, Finland
Nov 23 Joe Sumner, British rock bassist and singer-songwriter (Fiction Plane), born in England
Nov 26 Jean Grae [Tsidi Ibrahim], South African-American rapper (The Evil Jeanius), born in Capetown, South Africa
Nov 27 Tyrone Sutton, American pop and R&B singer (Perfect Gentlemen - “Ohh La La (I Can’t Get Over You)”) and Muslim chaplain, born in Massachussetts
Nov 30 Martin Kasík, Czech concert pianist, born in Frenštát, Czech Republic
Dec 4 Amie Comeaux, American country music singer, born in Brusly, Louisiana (d. 1997)
Dec 5 Evonne Hsu, Taiwanese-American Mando-pop singer, born in Longview, Texas
Dec 7 Mark Duplass, American filmmaker and musician (The Morning Show), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Dec 7 Sunny Sweeney, American country music singer-songwriter ("From a Table Away"; "Drink Myself Single"), born in Houston, Texas
Dec 8 Naimee Coleman, Irish singer and songwriter, born in Dublin, Ireland
Dec 12 Dan Hawkins, British rock guitarist (The Darkness), born in Chertsey, England
Dec 25 Armin van Buuren, Dutch DJ and producer, born in Leiden, Netherlands
Dec 25 Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish rock keyboardist and songwriter (Nightwish), born in Kitee, Finland