Musicians Born in 1977

Shakira (47 years old)

Feb 2 Colombian pop singer ("Whenever Wherever"; "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)"), born in Barranquilla, Colombia

Daddy Yankee (47 years old)

Feb 3 Puerto Rican reggaeton singer and rapper ("Despacito"; "Gasolina"), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Feb 4 Gavin DeGraw, American rock singer-songwriter "Not Over You"), born in South Fallsburg, New York
Feb 8 Dave Farrell, American rock bass player (Linkin Park - "In The End"; "What I've Done"), born in Plymouth, Massachusetts
Feb 11 Mike Shinoda, American musician (Linkin Park, Fort Minor), born in Agoura Hills, California
Feb 14 Nathan Osmond, American vocalist (Osmond Boys), born in Utah
Feb 15 Brooks Wackerman, American drummer (Bad Religion; Avenged Sevenfold), born in Long Beach, California
Feb 17 Matthew Kaminski, jazz, and baseball organist (Atlanta Braves), polka accordionist, and educator, born in Chicago, Illinois
Feb 18 Gordon Grdina, Canadian jazz guitarist and oud player (Nomad Trio), born in Vancouver, British Columbia
Feb 18 Sean Watkins, American guitarist, mandolin player, and songwriter (Nickel Creek), born in Vista, California
Feb 19 Ola Salo [Svensson], Swedish glam-rock singer (The Ark - "It Takes a Fool to Remain Sane"), born in Avesta, Sweden
Feb 20 Amal Hijazi, Lebanese pop singer (Zaman), born in Kfarfila, Lebanon
Feb 21 Rhiannon Giddens, American singer, fiddler, and banjo player (Carolina Chocolate Drops), and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer (Omar), born in Greensboro, North Carolina
Feb 24 Alexis Jose Grullon, American vocalist (Menudo-Cannonball), born in New York City
Feb 25 Sarah Jezebel Deva][Jane], British gothic-metal singer (Cradle of Filth, 1994-2008; Angtoria, 2001-2011), born in London, England

Jason Aldean (47 years old)

Feb 28 American country singer ("Dirt Road Anthem"), born in Macon, Georgia

Chris Martin (47 years old)

Mar 2 British rock singer-songwriter, and piano player (Coldplay - "Viva la Vida"), born in Exeter, Devon, England

Ronan Keating (47 years old)

Mar 3 Irish pop singer (Boyzone - "Words"; "No Matter What"; solo -"When You Say Nothing At All"), radio host, and television personality, born in Bayside, Dublin, Ireland

Mar 4 Jason Marsalis, American jazz drummer, born in New Orleans, Louisiana
Mar 4 Jeremiah Green, American drummer (Modest Mouse), born in Oahu, Hawaii (d. 2022)
Mar 7 Bartosz Kowalski [-Banasewicz], Polish classical music composer (Contra Tempus; Symmetrical Visions), born in Warsaw, Poland
Mar 10 Matt Rubano, American rock bassist (Taking Back Sunday, 2003-10), and comedian, born in Valley Stream, Long Island, New York
Mar 10 Robin Thicke, Canadian-American singer ("Blurred Lines"), born in Los Angeles, California
Mar 11 Andre Nickatina [Adams], American rapper ("Conversation with a Devil "), born in San Francisco, California
Mar 12 Ben Kenney, American rock guitarist and bassist (The Roots, 2000-03; Incubus, 2003-present), born in Brielle, New Jersey
Mar 13 Ed Sloan, American musician (Crossfade), born in South Carolina
Mar 14 Britta Byström, Swedish classical composer (Many, Yet One; Ten Secret Doors), born in Sundsvall, Sweden
Mar 15 Joe Hahn, American musician and turntablist (Linkin Park), born in Dallas, Texas
Mar 17 Richard Swift [Ochoa], American singer and songwriter (The Black Keys), born in California (d. 2018)
Mar 18 Devin Lima [Harold Lima], American singer (LFO), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 2018)
Mar 22 Santa Ratniece, Latvian classical and choral composer (Horo horo hata hata), born in Jelgava, Latvia
Mar 24 Corneille [Cornelius Nyungura], Rawandan-Canadian R&B, pop, and soul singer, born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Mar 24 Natalie Hemby (Wrucke), American Grammy Award-winning country music songwriter (Miranda Lambert - "Only Prettier"; "Automatic"; Toby Keith - "Drinks After Work"), and singer (The Highwomen), born in Bloomington, Illinois
Mar 28 Angelo Garcia, American pop singer (Menudo - "Cannonball"), born in Brooklyn, New York
Mar 31 Toshiya [Toshimara Hara], Japanese heavy metal bassist (Dir en Grey), born in Nagano, Japan
Apr 2 Sascha Gerstner, German heavy metal guitarist (Freedom Call; Helloween, 2002-present), born in Stuttgart, West Germany
Apr 4 Adam Dutkiewicz, American guitarist (Killswitch Engage), born in Westhampton, Massachusetts

Gerard Way (47 years old)

Apr 9 American singer-songwriter (My Chemical Romance - "Welcome To The Black Parade"), born in Summit, New Jersey

Apr 11 DJ Fresh [Daniel Stein], British musician, DJ and record producer ("Louder"; "Hot Right Now"), born in England
Apr 17 Phil Jamieson, Australian singer (Grinspoon), born in Hornsby, New South Wales
Apr 17 Sizzla Kalonji [Miguel Orlando Collins], Jamaican reggae musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica
Apr 21 Doseone [Adam Drucker], American rapper (co-founder of Anticon), born in Napa, Idaho
Apr 22 Aaron Fink, American guitarist (Breaking Benjamin, 2002-11), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

John Cena (47 years old)

Apr 23 American professional wrestler, rapper and actor (The Marine), born in West Newbury, Massachusetts

Apr 25 Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer ("O, ti m'afora"), born in Limassol, Cyprus
Apr 25 Matthew West, American Christian musician and singer ("Happy"), born in Downers Grove, Illinois
Apr 25 Paavo Siljamäki, Finnish trance music DJ, composer, and record producer based in England (Above & Beyond), born in Finland
May 8 Joe Bonnamassa, American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter ("Dust Bowl"; "Redemption"), born in New Hartford, New York
May 9 Dan Regan, American ska trombonist (Reel Big Fish), and craft brewer, born in Corpus Christi, Texas
May 13 Ilse DeLange, Dutch singer-songwriter, born in Almelo, Netherlands
May 13 Pusha T [Terrence LeVarr Thornton], American rapper and record executive (Daytona), born in New York City
May 16 Dolcenera [Emanuela Trane], Italian singer-songwriter, born in Galatina, Italy
May 16 Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer and songwriter ("Jungle Drum"; "Gollum's Song"), born in Kópavogur, Iceland
May 26 Mark Hunter, American heavy metal vocalist (Chimaira), born in Parma Heights, Ohio
May 28 Ashley Ryan Ruiz Offord, singer (Menudo-Cannonball), born in Miami, Florida
May 31 Scott Klopfenstein, American ska and rock trumpeter and guitarist (Reel Big Fish, 1995-2011), born in Garden Grove, California
Jun 4 Roman Miroshnichenko, Russian jazz-fusion, rock, and world music guitarist, and composer, born in Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
Jun 5 Christian Martucci, American musician (Stone Sour), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jun 5 Nourhanne, Armenian-Lebanese pop singer ("Habibi ya Einy"), born in Beirut, Lebanon
Jun 8 Frøy Aagre, Norwegian jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, born in Tønsberg, Norway

Kanye West (46 years old)

Jun 8 American rapper, songwriter, and record producer, born in Atlanta, Georgia

Jun 10 Nergal [Adam Darski], Polish heavy metal singer, guitarist, bandleadesr, and songwriter (Behemoth), born in Gdynia, Poland
Jun 10 Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress, born in Tokyo, Japan
Jun 11 Ozan Musluoğlu, Turkish ska-punk (Athena), and jazz bassist, born in Germany
Jun 12 Kenny Wayne Shepherd [Brobst], American blues-rock guitarist, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Jun 18 Du Yun, Chinese-American composer (Angel's Bone - Pulitzer Prize for Music 2017), born in Shanghai, China

Jason Mraz (46 years old)

Jun 23 American singer-songwriter ("I'm Yours"; "Have It All"), born in Mechanicsville, Virginia

Jun 28 Harun Tekin, Turkish musician (Mor ve Ötesi), born in Ankara, Turkey
Jun 28 Mark Stoermer, American bass player (The Killers), born in Houston, Texas
Jul 1 Birgit Schuurman, Dutch singer and actress, born in Utrecht, Netherlands
Jul 1 Keigo Hayashi, Japanese music artist (Flow), born in Tokyo, Japan
Jul 4 Jonas Kjellgren, Swedish musician (Scar Symmetry), born in Grangärde, Sweden
Jul 5 Royce Da 5'9" [Ryan Daniel Montgomery], American rapper, born in Detroit, Michigan
Jul 9 Isaac Brock, American musician and songwriter (Modest Mouse), born in Helena, Montana
Jul 15 Faraz Anwar, Pakistani guitarist (Mizraab)
Jul 15 Ray Toro, American musician (My Chemical Romance)
Jul 17 Lehmber Hussainpuri, Indian Bhangra and Punjabi hip hop singer ("Das Ja"), born in Hussainpur, India
Jul 26 Rebecca St. James, Australian Christian pop rock singer, born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Jul 29 Danger Mouse [Brian Burton], American alternative rock and electronic hip-hop musician, songwriter and Grammy Award-winning record producer (The Grey Album; Gnarls Barkley; Black Keys), born in White Plains, New York
Jul 30 Finneas [O'Connell], American Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter, record producer, and audio engineer (Billie Eilish), born in Los Angeles, California
Aug 1 Damien Saez, French rock singer and songwriter, born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France
Aug 8 Robert Randolph, American pedal steel guitarist (Robert Randolph and the Family Band), born in Irvington, New Jersey
Aug 9 Aldona Nawrocka, Polish classical pianist, composer and educator, born in Rzeszów, Poland
Aug 10 Aaron Kamin, American guitarist, and singer-songwriter (The Calling), born in Studio City, California
Aug 11 Gemma Hayes, Irish born singer
Aug 12 Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer
Aug 16 Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer and actor, born in Cairo, Egypt
Aug 17 Tarja Turunen, Finnish heavy metal and classical soprano (Nightwish), born in Kitee, Finland
Aug 18 Régine Chassagne, Canadian rock singer-songwriter, keyboardist and accordion player (Arcade Fire), born in Montreal, Quebec
Aug 26 Saeko Chiba, Japanese voice actor and singer, born in Tokyo, Japan
Aug 27 Mase [Mason Durell Betha], American rapper ("Harlem World"), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Aug 30 Jens Ludwig, German heavy metal guitarist (Edguy), born in Fulda, Germany
Aug 31 Craig Nicholls, Australian musician (The Vines), born in Sydney
Sep 1 Kathleen de León (Jones), Filipina-Australian actress, dancer, and singer (Hi-5, 1998-2006), born in Manila, Philippines
Sep 2 Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian musician, born in Bogotá, Colombia
Sep 2 Sam Rivers, American rock bassist (Limp Bizkit), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Sep 4 Lucie Silvas [Silverman], British singer-songwriter, born in Kingston upon Thames, England
Sep 5 Alexey Harkov, Russian bassist (Kipelov, Sergey Mavrin), born in Khimki, Moscow
Sep 6 Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer, born in Fukuoka, Japan
Sep 9 Chae Jung-an, South Korean actress and singer, born in Busan, South Korea
Sep 9 Soulja Slim [James Adarryl Tapp Jr.], American rapper ("Slow Motion"), born in Magnolia Projects, New Orleans (d. 2003)
Sep 9 Stuart Price, British electronic music artist, DJ, songwriter, and record producer (Madonna; The Killers; Seal; Kylie Minogue), born in Paris, France
Sep 11 Jon Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay - "Clocks"; "Viva La Vida"), born in London, England
Sep 11 Ludacris [Christopher Bridges], American rapper ("Stand Up"; "Act A Fool"), and actor (The Ride; Fast and Furious franchise), born in Champaign, Illinois
Sep 12 2 Chainz [Tauheed Epps], American rapper, born in College Park, Georgia
Sep 12 Idan Raichel, Israeli singer-songwriter, born in Kfar Saba, Israel
Sep 12 James McCartney, British musician son of Paul & Linda McCartney, born in London, England
Sep 12 Jeff Irwin, American rock and jazz bassist, born in Creve Coeur, Missouri
Sep 13 Daisuke Tsuda, Japanese singer (Maximum the Hormone), born in Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
Sep 13 Fiona Apple [McAfee-Morgan], American singer and songwriter (Criminal), born in New York City
Sep 13 Ivan De Battista, Maltese actor, singer and composer, born in Gzira, Malta
Sep 15 Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter, born in Itano, Tokushima, Japan
Sep 18 Barrett Foa, American actor (NCIS LA), and singer, born in Manhattan, New York
Sep 19 Ryan Dusick, American drummer (Maroon 5, 2001-06 - "This Love"), born in Los Angeles, California
Sep 20 Namie Amuro, Japanese pop and R&B singer (Super Monkey's), born in Naha, Okinawa, Japan
Sep 22 Quiara Alegría Hudes, American playwright, lyricist and producer (In the Heights, Water by the Spoonful), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1]
Sep 23 Rachael Yamagata, American singer-songwriter and piano player, born in Arlington, Virginia
Sep 23 Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (Studio El Fan), born in Beirut, Lebanon (d. 2008)

Jeezy (46 years old)

Sep 28 American rapper and songwriter (Trap Or Die 3), born in Columbia, South Carolina

Oct 6 Jamie Laurie, American rapper-rocker (Flobots - "Handlebars"), born in Denver, Colorado
Oct 8 Erna Siikavirta, Finnish heavy metal keyboardist (Deathlike Silence, 2006-08; Lordi, 1997-2005), born in Espoo, Finland
Oct 14 Freddy Kempf, British musician (BBC Young Musician of the Year), born in Croydon, England
Oct 14 Tina Dico [Dickow], Danish singer-songwriter, born in Åbyhøj, Aarhus, Denmark
Oct 15 Erin McKeown, American indie rock-folk musician and singer-songwriter, (We Will Become Like Birds), born in Fredericksburg, Virginia

John Mayer (46 years old)

Oct 16 American guitarist and singer-songwriter ("Your Body Is A Wonderland"; "Waiting For The World To Change'), born in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Oct 18 Simon Rix, British rock bassist (Kaiser Chiefs - "Ruby"), born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Oct 19 DJ Assault [Craig De Shan Adams], American ghettotech DJ, record producer and musician, born in Detroit, Michigan [some sources cite birth as 1973-08-28]
Oct 20 Leila Josefowicz, Canadian-American classical violinist, born in Mississauga, Ontario
Oct 21 Matthew Ramsey, American country music songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist (Old Dominion -"Break Up With Him"; "Snapback"), born in Buchanan, Virginia
Oct 31 Séverine Ferrer, French pop singer, born in Montpellier, France
Nov 3 Jane Monheit, American jazz singer, born in Long Island, New York
Nov 4 Kavana [Anthony Kavanagh], British pop singer ("I Can Make You Feel Good"), born in Moston, England
Nov 8 Jully Black, Canadian R&B singer, born in Toronto, Ontario
Nov 13 Chanel Cole [Whalley], New Zealand-born Australian singer (Spook), born in Hamilton, New Zealand
Nov 13 Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer, born in Qingdao, Shandong, China
Nov 14 Obie Trice, American rapper ("Got Some Teeth"), born in Detroit, Michigan
Nov 15 Logan Whitehurst, American musician, singer-songwriter (Tin Drum; The Velvet Teen), graphic artist, and album cover artist, born in Los Banos, California (d. 2006)
Nov 18 Fabolous [John David Jackson], American rapper (From Nothin' to Somethin'), born in Brooklyn, New York
Nov 20 Josh Turner, American singer (Long Black Train), born in Hannah, South Carolina
Nov 21 Myles Heskett, Australian rock drummer (Wolfmother, 2000-08), and soundtrack composer (500 Days of Summer), born in Sydney, Australia
Nov 21 Tobias Sammet, German heavy metal singer-songwriter (Edguy; Avantasia), and radio host, born in Fulda, Germany
Dec 1 Brad Delson, American rock guitarist (Linkin Park), born in Agoura, California
Dec 4 Big Pokey [Milton Powell], American rapper (Screwed Up Click), born in Houston, Texas
Dec 4 Zeynep Gedizlioğlu, Turkish contemporary classical composer, born in İzmir, Turkey
Dec 7 Dominic Howard, English drummer (Muse), born in Stockport, England
Dec 9 Imogen Heap, British dance-pop singer-songwriter, born in London Borough of Havering, United Kingdom
Dec 14 Andrés Orozco-Estrada, Colombian-Austrian conductor (Houston Symphony, 2014-22; Frankfurt Radio Symphony, 2005-2021), born in Medellín, Colombia
Dec 18 Maria Brink, American heavy metal singer and songwriter (In This Moment), born in Schenectady, New York
Dec 20 David Feldman, Brazilian-Israeli jazz and bossa nova pianist, arranger, and composer, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dec 23 Jari Mäenpää, Finnish heavy metal guitarist and singer (Wintersun), born in Finland