Musicians Born in 1978

Feb 13 Hamish Glencross, Scottish guitarist (My Dying Bride), born in Dundee, Scotland
Feb 14 Dwele [Andwele Gardner], American soul singer, born in Detroit, Michigan
Feb 15 Kimberly Goss, American singer and musician (Sinergy), born in Los Angeles, California
Feb 19 Immortal Technique [Felipe Coronel], American rapper, born in Lima, Peru
Feb 23 Residente [René Pérez], Puerto Rican musician (Calle 13), born in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
Feb 24 John Nolan, American rock guitarist, singer and piano player (Taking Back Sunday; Straylight Run), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Feb 24 Shinya [Terachi], Japanese heavy metal drummer (Dir En Grey), born in Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Feb 28 Jeanne Cherhal, French singer-songwriter, born in Nantes, France
Mar 3 Douglas Osmond, American pop vocalist (Osmond Boys), born in Provo, Utah
Mar 3 Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2009)
Mar 3 Seomoon Tak [Lee Su-jin], Korean rock singer, born in Seoul, South Korea
Mar 6 Saukrates [Karl Amani Wailoo], Canadian rapper (Big Black Lincoln), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Mar 10 Ben Burnley, American rock guitarist, and singer-songwriter (Breaking Benjamin - "Breath"), born in Atlantic City, New Jersey
Mar 12 Claudio Sanchez, American rock singer, guitarist, and lyricist (Coheed and Cambria), born in Suffern, New York
Mar 29 Michael Kaczurak, American jazz and standards singer and stage actor, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Mar 31 Tony Yayo [Marvin Bernard], American rapper (G-Unit - "So Seductive"), born in Queens, New York
Apr 4 Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer (Dove), born in Taoyuan, Taiwan
Apr 4 Lemar Obika, English singer and songwriter, born in Tottenham, London
Apr 6 Armen Nalbandian, Armenian-American jazz pianist, composer, and activist, born in Manchester, England
Apr 6 Martin Mendez, Uruguayan-Swedish progressive-metal bassist (Opeth), born in Montevideo, Uruguay
Apr 6 Myleene Klass, British pop-opera singer, born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England
Apr 6 Robert Glasper, American jazz, neo-soul, and R&B pianist, songwriter, arranger, and producer, born in Houston, Texas
Apr 7 Duncan James, British pop singer (Blue -"If You Come Back"), and actor (Hollyoaks), born in Dorset, England
Apr 9 Rachel Stevens, English singer (S Club 7), born in Southgate, London
Apr 9 Vesna Pisarović, Croatian singer, born in Brčko, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Apr 11 Tom Thacker, Canadian musician (Gob), born in Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Apr 12 Guy Berryman, Scottish bassist (Coldplay), born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland
Apr 13 Chris Sligh, American singer and Idol finalist, born in Madison, Tennessee
Apr 15 Chris Stapleton, American CMA and Grammy Award-winning country and bluegrass singer-songwriter ("Broken Halos"; "You Should Probably Leave"; The SteelDrivers, 2008-10), born in Lexington, Kentucky
Apr 15 Luis Fonsi [Luis López-Cepero], Puerto Rican singer-songwriter ("Despacito"), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Apr 15 Philippe Powell, Franco-Brazilian jazz and world music pianist, composer and arranger, born in Paris, France
Apr 17 Bilal Abdul-samad, American rocker (Boys), born in Carson, California
Apr 21 Branden Steineckert, American drummer (Rancid; The Used), born in Pocatello, Idaho
Apr 21 Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish heavy metal drummer (Nightwish, 1997-2014), born in Kitee, Finland
Apr 22 Jason Stollsteimer, American indie-rock singer-songwriter (The Von Bondies), born in Southfield, Michigan
Apr 26 (Myron) Avant, American R&B singer ("Separated"; "Read Your Mind"), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Apr 28 Lauren Laverne [Gofton], British disc jockey, television presenter and punk-pop singer [Kenickie], born in Sunderland, England
May 2 Steve Bays, Canadian rock musician (Hot Hot Heat - "In The Middle Of Nowhere"), and record producer, born in Vancouver, British Columbia
May 3 Paul Banks, English-American vocalist (Interpol), born in Clacton-on-Sea, England
May 5 Marcus Lewis, American jazz trombonist, composer, arranger, and bandleader, born in Augusta, Georgia
May 5 Ola Gjeilo, Norwegian composer (Dreamweaver), born in Skui, Norway
May 7 Nagash [Stian Hinderson], Norwegian black metal musician (Dimmu Borgir; Troll), born in Hamar, Norway
May 8 Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer, rapper, and dancer (HOT; JTL), and actor, born in Daegu, South Korea
May 11 Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica), born in Helsinki, Finland
May 12 Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume), born in Sopporo, Japan
May 12 Wilfred [Le Bouthillier], Acadian singer, born in Tracadie-Sheila, New Brunswick
May 15 Zoltan Bathory, Hungarian-born American musician and martial artist (Five Finger Death Punch), born in Szentendre, Hungary
May 16 David Ford, English singer-songwriter (Songs for the Road), born in Dartford, Kent, England
May 16 Jim Sturgess, British actor ("Across the Universe"; "The Way Back"), and singer-songwriter, born in Wandsworth, London, England

May 23 Scott Raynor, American drummer (Blink-182, 1992-1998), born in Poway, California
May 25 Adam Gontier, Canadian rock singer-songwriter (Three Days Grace), born in Peterborough, Ontario
May 26 Jaheim [Hoagland], American R&B singer ("Put That Woman First"), born in New Brunswick, New Jersey
May 26 Phil Elverum (né Elvrum), American singer-songwriter (The Microphones), born in Anacortes, Washington
May 29 Per "Howlin' Pelle" Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives - "Hat To Say I Told You So"; "Walk Idiot, Walk"), born in Fagersta, Sweden
Jun 3 Lyfe Jennings, American R&B singer-songwriter, born in Toledo, Ohio
Jun 6 Carl Barât, English rock singer (The Libertines; Dirty Pretty Things), born in Basingstoke, North Hampshire, England
Jun 6 Jeremy Gara, Canadian drummer (Arcade Fire), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Jun 6 Mariana Popova, Bulgarian pop singer ("Dream About Me"), born in Sofia, Bulgaria
Jun 7 Tony An, Korean K-pop singer and dancer (H.O.T), born in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Jun 9 Matthew Bellamy, British singer, guitarist, and songwriter (Muse - "Uprising"; "Supermassive Black Hole"), born in Cambridge, England
Jun 10 Shane West, American actor and singer (What We Do Is Secret), born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jun 14 The-Dream [Terius Nash], American R&B singer (Shawnty is a 10), songwriter, and record producer, born in Rockingham, North Carolina
Jun 15 RoRo [Romell Chapman], American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 16 Jasmine "Fish" Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer (Courage), born in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Jun 23 Frédéric Leclercq, French heavy metal bassist and guitarist (DragonForce; Sinsaenum), born in France
Jun 23 Memphis Bleek [Malik Cox], American rapper ("Is Theat Your Chick"), born in New York City
Jun 24 Ariel Pink [Rosenberg], American hypnagogic pop and chillwave musician and songwriter ("Before Today"), born in Los Angeles, California
Jun 24 Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish symphonic metal guitarist (Nightwish; Brother Firetribe), born in Kitee, Finland

Jun 25 Layla El, English dancer, model and 2006 WWE Diva Search winner, born in London
Jun 26 Alex Dana, French singer (L5's singer), born in Marseille, France
Jun 27 Lolly [Anna Shantha Kumble], British singer ("Viva la Radio"), born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England
Jun 29 Nicole Scherzinger, American singer (Pussycat Dolls), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
Jun 29 Sam Farrar, Australian-American bassist (Phantom Planet), born in Los Angeles, California
Jul 4 Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak, 10 Reasons to Live), born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Jul 7 Misia [Misaki Itō], Japanese singer (Mother Father Brother Sister), born in Omura, Japan
Jul 9 Mark Medlock, German pop singer (Now Or Never), born in Frankfurt, Germany
Jul 10 Jesse Lacey, American indie rock singer and guitarist (Brand New), born in Levittown, New York
Jul 12 Mélanie De Biasio, Belgian jazz singer, composer and flute player (A Stomach Is Burning), born in Charleroi, Belgium
Jul 17 Émilie Simon, French pop singer-songwriter and electronic music composer, born in Montpellier, France
Jul 18 Verónica Romeo [Sotoca], Spanish pop singer, born in Elche, Spain
Jul 20 Elliott Yamin, American singer-songwriter (American Idol, 2007; "Wait for You"), born in Los Angeles, California
Jul 21 Damian Marley, Jamaican musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica
Jul 23 Stefanie Sun, Singaporean pop singer-songwriter (Yan Zi), born in Singapore
Jul 28 Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Toyonaka, Osaka
Jul 28 Luka Udjbinac, Croatian jazz musician, born in Zagreb, Croatia
Jul 31 Will Champion, British drummer (Coldplay - "Viva La Vida"), born in Southampton, England
Jul 31 Zac Brown, American country-rock singer and guitarist (Zac Brown Band - "Toes"; "Knee Deep"), born in Dahlonega, Georgia

Aug 1 Dhani Harrison, British musician (In Parallel; Brainwashed), born in Windsor, Berkshire, England
Aug 5 Nektaria Karantzi, Greek traditional music and Byzantine chant singer, born in Greece
Aug 7 Jamey Jasta [James Shanahan], American metal singer (Hatebreed), born in New Haven, Connecticut
Aug 7 Vanness Wu, Taiwanese-American singer (F4, Kangta & Vanness), born in Santa Monica, California
Aug 8 Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer
Aug 15 Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot - "The Beautiful Letdown"), born in Lake Arrowhead, California
Aug 17 Vibeke Stene, Norwegian goth-metal singer (Tristania), and actress, born in Sokndal, Norway
Aug 23 Julian Casablancas, American musician, born in New York City
Aug 26 Cedric Burnside, American Blues musician and singer-songwriter (I Be Trying), born in Memphis, Tennessee
Aug 26 Raja Kashif, Pakistani singer and songwriter, born in Isleworth, Hounslow, England
Aug 28 Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY), born in West Chester, Pennsylvania
Sep 3 Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist and musician (Windir), born in Sogndal, Norway (d. 2004)
Sep 6 Cisco Adler, American singer and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California
Sep 6 Tony Thaxton, American drummer (Motion City Soundtrack), born in Mechanicsville, Virginia
Sep 7 Adrian [General Austin] Witcher, American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Columbus, Georgia
Sep 11 Ben Lee, Australian singer-songwriter ("Cigarettes Will Kill You"; "Love Me Like the World Is Ending"), and actor (The Rage in Placid Lake), born in Sydney, Australia
Sep 12 Michael Paget, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine), born in Bridgend, South Wales
Sep 12 Ruben Studdard, American singer (American Idol, I Need An Angel), born in Frankfurt, Germany
Sep 13 Swizz Beatz [Kasseem Dean], American rapper and record producer (Full Surface Records), born in New York City

Sep 14 Danielle Peck, American country music singer ("Findin' a Good Man"), born in Jacksonville, North Carolina
Sep 16 Matthew Rogers, American TV host and country singer, born in Arcadia, California
Sep 20 Patrizio Buanne, Austrian-Italian singer and guitarist, born in Vienna, Austria
Sep 20 Sarit Hadad [Sarah Hudadatov], Israeli pop and Mizrahi singer, born in Afula, Israel
Sep 24 Javier Perianes, Spanish concert pianist, born in Nerva, Spain
Sep 27 Brad Arnold, American singer (3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"), born in Escatawpa, Mississippi
Sep 28 Bushido [Anis Ferchichi], German rapper, born in Bonn, West Germany
Sep 29 Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer (She's So High, World Idol)
Oct 2 Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese J-pop singer-songwriter ("Secret"), born in Fukuoka, Japan
Oct 3 Jake Shears [Jason Sellards], American rock singer (Scissor Sisters), born in Mesa, Arizona
Oct 5 James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
Oct 7 Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq), born in Welwyn Garden City, England
Oct 7 Nathaniel Rateliff, American roots-rock, R&B, and folk singer- songwriter (The Night Sweats - "S.O.B"), born in St. Louis, Missouri
Oct 8 Mike Moreno, American jazz guitarist (First in Mind), born in Houston, Texas
Oct 9 Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife -"You Raise Me Up"), born in Dublin, Ireland
Oct 10 Casey Benjamin, American R&B and hip-hop saxophonist, vocoder wizard, and songwriter (The Robert Glasper Experiment), born in the Bronx, New York City (d. 2024) [1]
Oct 14 Justin Brannan, American musician (Most Precious Blood), born in Brooklyn, New York

Usher (45 years old)

Oct 14 American singer (My Way, Confessions) and actor, born in Dallas, Texas

Oct 16 Abel Talamántez, American LAtin, pop, and Tex-Max singer (Menudo; Los Super Reyes), born in Pecos, Texas
Oct 16 Ethan Luck, American rock musician (The O.C. Supertones; Demon Hunter; Relient K), born in Long Beach, California
Oct 19 Chris Sellers, American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 19 Henri "Trollhorn"Sorvali, Finnish heavy metal muscian (Moonsorrow), born in Helsinki, Finland
Oct 20 Paul Wilson, Scottish bass player (Snow Patrol), born in Kinlochleven, Scotland
Oct 21 Jimmy López Bellido, Peruvian classical composer (Synesthésie; Warped Symmetry; Aurora), born in Lima, Peru
Oct 22 Ed Droste, American indie-rock singer-songwriter (Grizzly Bear - "Two Weeks"), born in Massachusetts
Oct 26 Mark Barry, British pop musician (BBMak - "Back Here"), born in Manchester, England
Oct 27 Dmitri Kogan, Russian concert violinist (Five Great Violins), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2017)
Oct 27 Vanessa-Mae [Vanakorn Nicholson], Singaporean-British violinist and Olympic alpine skier, born in Singapore
Oct 28 Justin Guarini [Bell], American pop singer and actor (American Idol), born in Columbus, Georgia
Nov 6 Jolina Magdangal, Filipina singer, actress and television host, born in Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines
Nov 7 Tomoya Nagase, Japanese actor and singer (TOKIO), born in Kanagawa, Japan
Nov 7 Ülo Krigul, Estonian contemporary classical composer, born in Tallinn, Estonia
Nov 9 Sisqó [Mark Althavean Andrews], American singer (Dru Hill, Unleash the Dragon), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Nov 10 Diplo [Thomas Wesley Perez], American record producer and DJ (Major Lazer; LSD), born in Tupelo, Mississippi
Nov 10 Eve [Jeffers-Cooper], American rapper ("Let Me Blow Ya Mind"), actress (Barbershop films), and television personality (The Talk), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 12 Andrew Kinlochan, British pop singer and musician (1st openly gay boyband member - Phixx), born in Hertfordshire, England
Nov 13 Nikolai Fraiture, American rock bassist (The Strokes), born in New York City
Nov 16 Carolina Parra, Brazilian musician (CSS), born in São Paulo, Brazil
Nov 18 Andris Nelsons, Latvian conductor (Boston Symphony, 2014-present; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, 2017-present), born in Riga, Latvia
Nov 19 Matt Dusk, Canadian jazz vocalist, born in Toronto, Ontario
Nov 20 Freya Lin, Taiwanese singer, born in Taiwan
Nov 20 Ryan Leslie, American hip-hop, neo-soul, and pop singer-songwriter, musician and producer, born in Washington, D.C.
Nov 22 Karen O [Orzolek], American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), born in Busan, South Korea
Nov 23 Tommy Marth, American rock saxophone player (The Killers, 2008-2010), born in Las Vegas, Nevada (d. 2012)
Nov 25 Ringo Shiina [Yumiko Shiina], Japanese singer, songwriter and musician (Tokyo Jihen), born in Urawa, Saitama
Nov 26 Matthew Taylor, American bassist (Motion City Soundtrack), born in Richmond, Virginia
Nov 27 Mike Skinner, British singer-songwriter and rapper (The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free), born in Chipping Barnet, London, England
Nov 27 Tim Yeung, American heavy metal drummer (Vital Remains; I Am Morbid), born in Rochester, New York
Nov 30 Clay Aiken, American pop singer-songwriter (American Idol, 2003; "This Is The Night"), television personality, and human rights activist, born in Raleigh, North Carolina
Dec 1 Mat Kearney, American singer and songwriter, born in Eugene, Oregon
Dec 2 Chris Wolstenholme, British rock bassist (Muse), born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England

Nelly Furtado (45 years old)

Dec 2 Portuguese-Canadian Juno and Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter (I'm Like a Bird; Maneater), born in Victoria, British Columbia

Dec 3 Trina [Katrina Laverne Taylor], American rapper (Glamorest Life), born in Miami, Florida
Dec 4 Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer (Gemilang), born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dec 6 K. D. Aubert, American actress and singer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
Dec 7 Frankie J. [Francisco Javier Bautista, Jr.], Mexican-American singer (Kumbia Kings), born in Tijuana, Mexico
Dec 12 Evren Genis, Turkish composer, born in Ankara, Turkey
Dec 12 Louis [Im Sang Hun], Korean k-pop singer ("Jung Hwa Ban Jum"), born in Saskatoon
Dec 13 Ryo Kawakita, Japanese punk-metal guitarist and vocalist (Maximum the Hormone), born in Tokyo, Japan
Dec 14 Martina Filjak, Croatian concert pianist, born in Zagreb, Croatia
Dec 14 Radu Sârbu, Moldovan singer (O-Zone), born in Peresecina, Moldova
Dec 15 Mark Jansen, Dutch symphonic-metal guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter (Epica), born in Reuver, Netherlands
Dec 16 Kaine [Eric Jackson], American rapper (Ying Yang Twins - U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta)), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Dec 17 Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer (Three Days Grace), born in Peterborough, Ontario
Dec 23 Esthero [Jenny-Bea Englishman] Canadian dance-rock musician and singer, born in Stratford, Ontario

Dec 28 American EGOT (Emmy; Grammy; Oscar; and Tony Awards winner), piano player; singer-songwriter ("All Of Me"; "Glory"), producer, actor (Jesus Christ, Superstar), and television personality (The Voice), born in Springfield, Ohio

Dec 29 LaToya London, American R&B and soul singer, born in San Francisco, California
Dec 30 Inferno [Zbigniew Promiński], Polish heavy metal drummer (Behemoth), born in Tczew, Poland
Dec 30 Tyrese [Gibson], American R&B singer (Tyrese) and actor (Transformers), born in Watts, Los Angeles, California
Dec 31 Papoose [Shamele Mackie], American rapper, born in Brooklyn, New York
Dec 31 Tom Hamilton Jr., American songwriter, guitarist, producer, and singer (Brothers Past; American Babies; Billy & the Kids), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania