- Jan 2 Mandy Harvey, American jazz and pop singer-songwriter, profoundly deaf since age 18, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Jan 5 Pauline [Vasseur] French pop singer-songwriter ("Allô le monde"), born in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France
- Jan 8 Adam T. Siska, American rock bassist (The Academy Is...), born in the US Virgin Islands
- Jan 14 Jordy [Lemoine], French singer, youngest singer (4 years) to have a #1, born in Paris, France
- Jan 14 Mikalah Gordon, American pop singer, born in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Jan 15 Skrillex [Sonny Moore], American Grammy Award-winning dance music DJ and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California
- Jan 16 FKA Twiggs [Tahliah Barnett], English singer-songwriter (LP1), born in Cheltenham, England
- Jan 18 Ronnie Day [Guglielmone], American singer-songwriter (Nine Sleepless Nights), born in Redwood City, California
- Jan 21 William C. Woxlin, Swedish ambient and electronic music composer, born in Borlänge, Sweden
- Jan 23 Charlotte Greve, German-American saxophonist, singer, and composer (Wood River; The Choir Invisible), born in Uelzen, Germany
- Jan 26 Mia Rose, British-Portuguese pop singer, born in Wimbledon, London
About January 1988
How Old? 36 years old
Generation: Millennial
Leap Year: Yes
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