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Kanjani 8　

KARA　

Yuki Kashiwagi　

KAT-TUN　

Kalafina　

GARNET CROW　

Carly Rae Jepsen　

Tomomi Kahara　

Carpenters　

The Carpenters are known for crystal voice and her brother Richard’s outstanding songwriting and arrangements full of lush harmonies and strings. Their music has long been loved, particularly in Japan ..more

Kai Band　

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GALNERYUS　

Japan is no hotbed of power metal, but Galneryus are a convincing (if derivative) answer to European overlords of pomp and chugging riffs such as Stratovarius and Sonata Arctica, whose sound ..more

Hiroshi Kamiya　

Carmen Mcrae　

Carmen McRae always had a nice voice (if not on the impossible level of an Ella Fitzgerald or Sarah Vaughan) but it was her behind-the-beat phrasing and ironic interpretations of lyrics that ..more

Gamma Ray　

Kai Hansen formed Helloween in 1984, playing guitar and singing on the speed metal band’s first four albums. He left in early 1989, however, and founded Gamma Ray with vocalist Ralf Scheepe ..more

Toshiki Kadomatsu　

Kylie Minogue　

On the one hand, in the pop music arena, worldbeaters such as Kylie Minogue are few and far between. Singers and performers of her stature and popularity rarely maintain their power for as long as ..more

Caetano Veloso　

A true heavyweight, Caetano Veloso is a pop musician/poet/filmmaker/political activist whose stature in the pantheon of international pop musicians is on a par with that of Bob Dylan, Bo ..more

Count Basie　

Count Basie was among the most important bandleaders of the swing era. With the exception of a brief period in the early ’50s, he led a big band from 1935 until his death almost 50 years later, and ..more