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Justin Bieber　

Pop singer Justin Bieber was barely into his teens when he released his platinum-selling debut, My World, and became one of 2009’s youngest success stories. An Ontario native, Bieber had plac ..more

Justice (Electro)　

Juno Reactor　

Best-known for injecting former porn star Traci Lords with some hi-NRG trance on her 1995 solo album, Ben Watkins and co. have pursued a fusion of Goa trance and techno on their own recordings a ..more

Juicy (Dance)　

Joss Stone　

British singer Joss Stone was only 16 years old when she hit the mainstream in 2003, armed with a powerful voice and a vintage, soul-based sound. Smartly aligning herself with a number of soul lege ..more

Jose James　

Johnnie Taylor　

Young gospel phenom, gritty Stax/Volt soulster, lady-killing balladeer, chart-topping disco king, Southern soul-blues stalwart -- Johnnie Taylor somehow always managed to adapt to th ..more

John Morales　

Bronx native John Morales, a pioneering mixing artist worthy of Dance Music Hall of Fame induction, became involved with music just prior to his teens, when he took a part-time position at a record ..more

John Edwards　

John Beltran　

A producer’s credentials for recording Detroit-styled techno don’t come much better than John Beltran’s. Based in nearby Lansing, Beltran worked with Derrick May (as Indio) and released sever ..more

Joe Budden　

The ridiculous success of 50 Cent in early 2003 opened the floodgates for other street-level, mixtape-bred rappers, one of whom was Joe Budden, a Jersey City rapper with a distinct loose-cannon ..more

Jimmy Castor Bunch　

A master of novelty/disco funk, saxophonist Jimmy Castor started as a doo wop singer in New York. He wrote and recorded I Promise to Remember for Wing with the Juniors in 1956, ..more

Jerry Butler　

Jerry Butler’s career spans four decades; he recorded more than 50 albums and his voice is one of the most distinguished voices in all of music. As soulful as ever, yet smooth as ice, his nickname ..more

Jermaine Jackson　

The lone Jackson family member to stay with Motown while the other brothers split for CBS/Epic (he was then married to Berry Gordy’s daughter Hazel), Jermaine enjoyed a artistically ..more

Jennifer Lopez　

Actress/singer Jennifer Lopez was born in the Bronx, New York, on July 24, 1969; after starting out in musical theater as a child, she made her film debut at age 16 in the little-seen My Little ..more

Jeff Mills　

Jeff Mills, along with Robert Hood, Carl Craig, and Joey Beltram, is one of the biggest American names in techno. Championed for his music’s relentless pursuit of hardness and his strip ..more

Jazztronik　

Jazzanova　

Berlin’s Jazzanova collective formed in 1995, after DJing with one another at a club called Delicious Doughnuts. Alexander Barck, Claas Brieler, Roskow Kretschmann, Stefan Leisering, ..more

JAY-Z　

Embodying the rags-to-riches rap dream, Jay-Z pulled himself up by his bootstraps as a youth to eventually become the reigning rapper of New York City and, in turn, a major-label executive followin ..more

Jay Sean　

British R＆B singer/songwriter Jay Sean is notable for being one of the first British-Asian crossover stars and also for his international popularity. Born Kamaljit Singh Jhooti on March 26, 1981 ..more