Editing 1972 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 1]] - [[Yoon Chan (actor, born 1972)|Yoon Chan]], South Korean actor 
*[[January 3]] – [[Nichole Nordeman]], American singer
*[[January 5]] - [[Jang Seo-hee]], South Korean actress
*[[January 15]] - [[Chung Il-mi]], South Korean goffer 
*[[Yang Yong-eun]], South Korean goffer
*[[January 17]] – [[Aqualung (musician)|Aqualung]], English songwriter, musician and record producer
*[[January 19]] – [[Angham]], Egyptian singer, record producer and actress
*[[January 21]]
**[[Cat Power]], American singer-songwriter and musician
**[[Jesse van Ruller]], Dutch jazz guitarist and composer
*[[January 24]] - [[Beth Hart]], American singer, songwriter and musician
*[[January 26]] – [[Christopher Boykin]], American rapper
*[[January 27]]
**[[Wynne Evans]], Welsh tenor
**[[Mark Owen]], British singer ([[Take That]])
**[[Bibi Gaytán]], Mexican singer 
*[[January 29]] – [[Coumba Gawlo]], Senegalese singer
*[[February 1]] – [[Tego Calderón]], Puerto Rican rapper and singer
*[[February 2]] - [[Zoë Keating]], Canadian-American cellist and composer
*[[February 11]] – [[Craig Jones (musician)|Craig Jones]], American heavy metal sampler/keyboardist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]])
*[[February 14]] – [[Rob Thomas (musician)|Rob Thomas]], American singer-songwriter, musician, multi instrumentalist and advocate ([[Matchbox Twenty]])
*[[February 16]] – [[Taylor Hawkins]], American rock drummer ([[Foo Fighters]]) (d. 2022)
*[[February 17]]
**[[Billie Joe Armstrong]], American rock musician, playwright, activist, advocate, actor and singer-songwriter ([[Green Day]])
**[[Yuki Isoya]], Japanese singer
*[[February 20]] – [[K-os]], Canadian alternative rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer
*[[February 21]] - [[Seo Taiji]], South Korean singer ([[Seo Taiji and Boys]])
*[[February 24]]
**[[Teodor Currentzis]], Greek orchestral conductor
*[[March 4]] 
**[[Alison Wheeler]], British singer ([[The Beautiful South]])
**[[Ivy Queen]], Puerto Rican singer, rapper and songwriter
*[[March 6]] – [[Jaret Reddick]], American musician ([[Bowling for Soup]])
*[[March 7]] - [[Jang Dong-gun]], South Korean actor
*[[March 8]] – [[Angie Hart]], Australian pop singer
*[[March 9]] – [[AZ (rapper)|AZ]], American rapper
*[[March 10]] – [[Timbaland]], American record producer, rapper, singer-songwriter and DJ ([[Ginuwine]], [[Aaliyah]], [[Justin Timberlake]])
*[[March 11]] – [[UA (singer)|UA]], Japanese singer-songwriter
*[[March 13]] – [[Common (rapper)|Common]], American rapper and actor
*[[March 15]] – [[Mark Hoppus]], American rock musician ([[blink-182]])
*[[March 17]] – [[Melissa Auf der Maur]] ([[Hole (band)|Hole]])
*[[March 20]] – [[Alexander Kapranos]], British rock singer and guitarist ([[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]])
*[[April 1]] – [[Sukshinder Shinda]], British bhangra singer-songwriter and record producer
*[[April 4]] 
** [[Vladimir Jurowski]], Russian conductor
** [[Jill Scott (singer)|Jill Scott]], American soul singer and songwriter 
*[[April 8]] – [[Paul Gray (American musician)|Paul Gray]], American heavy metal bass guitarist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]])
*[[April 10]] – [[Sami Yli-Sirniö]], Finnish rock and metal guitarist
*[[April 12]] – [[Şebnem Ferah]], Turkish singer-songwriter
*[[April 13]] – [[Aaron Lewis (musician)|Aaron Lewis]], American nu metal musician ([[Staind]])
*[[April 20]] 
** [[Željko Joksimović]], Serbian singer, composer songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer
** [[Marko Kon]], Serbian composer, producer and singer
** [[Stephen Marley (musician)|Stephen Marley]], Jamaican-American musician
*[[April 21]] – [[Severina (singer)]], Croatian singer
*[[April 23]] – [[Amira Medunjanin]], singer from Bosnia and Herzegovina
*[[April 24]] – [[Corey Cerovsek]], Canadian violinist and pianist
*[[April 28]] – [[Violent J]], American rapper
*[[April 29]] – [[Fredrik Kempe]], Swedish songwriter and opera and pop singer
*[[May 3]] – [[Mark Morrison]], British R&B singer 
*[[May 4]]
**[[Mike Dirnt]] American musician, songwriter and composer. ([[Green Day]])
**[[Chris Tomlin]], American contemporary Christian musician (CCM)
*[[May 7]] – [[Felix da Housecat]], American house music DJ and record producer
*[[May 8]]
**[[Dino Bardot]], British guitarist band ([[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]], [[The Yummy Fur]])
**[[Darren Hayes]], Australian singer ([[Savage Garden]])
*[[May 14]] – [[Salaam Remi]], American record producer
*[[May 16]] – [[Hideki Naganuma]], Japanese DJ and video game composer<ref>{{Cite web |title=長沼英樹 (Hideki Naganuma) |url=https://genius.com/artists/Hideki-naganuma |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=Genius |language=en}}</ref>
*[[May 19]] – [[Jenny Berggren]], Swedish singer ([[Ace of Base]])
*[[May 20]] – [[Busta Rhymes]], American hip hop recording artist, actor, record producer and record executive
*[[May 21]]
** [[The Notorious B.I.G.]], American rapper (d. 1997)
** [[Mitch Allan]], American record producer, songwriter and musician.
*[[May 26]] – [[Ahmad Dhani]], Indonesian rock musician, songwriter, arranger, producer and politician
*[[May 27]] – [[Ivete Sangalo]], Brazilian female singer
*[[May 29]] – [[Stanislas Renoult|Stanislas]], French singer
*[[May 31]] - [[Christian McBride]], American jazz bassist, composer, artistic director
*[[June 4]] – [[Stoja]], Serbian [[pop-folk]] singer
*[[June 5]] 
**[[Paweł Kotla]], Polish conductor
**[[Toni Pearen]], Australian singer-songwriter, TV host, dancer and actor
*[[June 6]] – [[Cristina Scabbia]], Italian singer
*[[June 12]] – [[Bounty Killer]], reggae/dancehall singer
*[[June 13]] - [[Natalie MacMaster]], Canadian fiddler
*[[June 16]] - [[John Cho]], South Korean actor
*[[June 17]] – [[It Wasn't Me|Rik Rok]], Jamaican singer
*[[June 23]] – [[Fredwreck]], Palestinian American music artist and record producer
*[[June 25]] – Mike Kroeger, Canadian rock bass guitarist ([[Nickelback]])
*[[June 26]] – [[Garou (singer)|Garou]], French Canadian singer
*[[June 29]] – [[DJ Shadow]], American DJ and record producer
*[[July 1]]
**[[Sunshine Becker]], American backing singer ([[Furthur (band)|Furthur]])
**[[Alex Machacek]], Austrian guitarist ([[BPM (band)|BPM]] and [[CAB (band)|CAB]])
*[[July 4]] – Rogue, American dark wave lead singer ([[The Crüxshadows]])
*[[July 10]] – [[Tilo Wolff]], German musician
*[[July 12]] – [[Brett Reed]], drummer ([[Rancid (band)|Rancid]])
*[[July 17]]
**[[Elizabeth Cook]], American singer and guitarist
**[[Jason Rullo]], American drummer ([[Symphony X]] and [[Redemption (band)|Redemption]])
*[[July 20]] – [[Vitamin C (singer)|Vitamin C]], American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress ([[Eve's Plum]])
*[[July 26]] – [[Wayne Wonder]], reggae singer
*[[July 28]] - [[Yum Jung-ah]], South Korean actress
*[[July 29]] – [[Anssi Kela]], Finnish rock musician
*[[August 4]] - [[John Paul White]], is an American singer-songwriter, and was a member of the Grammy Award-winning duo The Civil Wars.
*[[August 6]] – [[Geri Halliwell]], British singer, clothes designer, author and actress ([[Spice Girls]])
*[[August 8]] – [[Lüpüs Thünder]] ([[Bloodhound Gang]])
*[[August 9]] – [[A-mei]], Taiwanese Puyuma singer-songwriter
*[[August 12]]
**[[Del tha Funky Homosapien]], American hip-hop artist
**[[Demir Demirkan]], Turkish rock musician and songwriter
*[[August 15]] - [[Yoo Jae-suk]], South Korean comedian and television personality 
*[[August 15]] – [[Mikey Graham]], Irish singer ([[Boyzone]])
*[[August 16]] – [[Emily Robison]], American country music performer ([[Dixie Chicks]])
*[[August 18]]
** [[Leo Ku]], Hong Kong actor and singer 
** [[Keiko Yamada]], Japanese singer ([[Globe (band)|Globe]])
*[[August 19]] – [[Sammi Cheng]], Hong Kong singer and actress
*[[August 27]] – [[Jimmy Pop]], American musician ([[Bloodhound Gang]])
*[[August 29]] - [[Amanda Marshall]], Canadian singer-songwriter 
*[[Bae Yong-joon]], South Korean actor and businessman
*[[September 4]] – [[Carlos Ponce]], Puerto Rican actor, singer, composer 
*[[September 6]] – [[Idris Elba]], English actor, producer, musician and DJ
*[[Oh Yong-ran]], South Korean handball player
*[[September 13]] – [[Kelly Chen]], Hong Kong singer and actress
*[[September 21]] – [[Liam Gallagher]], British singer ([[Oasis (band)|Oasis]])
*[[September 23]] – [[Sam Bettens]], Belgian musician ([[K's Choice]])
*[[September 23]] – [[Jermaine Dupri]], American rapper, record producer, musician
*[[September 27]] – [[Lhasa de Sela]], American-Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
*[[September 26]] – [[Shawn Stockman]], American singer ([[Boyz II Men]])
*[[September 28]] 
** [[Dita Von Teese]], American vedette, burlesque dancer, model, businesswoman and singer (worked with [[Sebastien Tellier]]) 
** [[Kevin MacLeod]], American composer and music producer
*[[September 30]] – [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], Indian singer
*[[October 3]] - [[G. Love]], American musician ([[G. Love and Special Sauce]])
*[[October 6]] - [[Ko So-young]], South Korean actress and model
*[[October 8]] - [[Kim Myung-min]], South Korean actor
*[[October 10]] – Tor Erik Hermansen, American record producer and songwriter of the team [[Stargate (music producers)]]
*[[October 14]] - [[Nick Fyffe]], English bassist ([[Jamiroquai]])
*[[October 17]]
**[[Eminem]], American rapper, producer, record producer, musician, business man ([[D12]] and Soul Intent (group))
**[[Tarkan (singer)|Tarkan]], [[Turkey|Turkish]] singer
*[[October 6]] – [[Anders Iwers]], Swedish heavy metal guitarist
*[[October 19]] – [[Pras]] (Michél), American rapper, hip hop musician, record producer, songwriter and actor ([[Fugees]])
*[[October 20]] – [[Stephan Moccio]], Canadian pianist, composer, producer, arranger and conductor
*[[October 21]] - [[Matthew Friedberger]], American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist ([[The Fiery Furnaces]])
*[[October 27]] – [[Elissa (Lebanese singer)|Elissa]], Lebanese singer
*[[October 28]] – [[Brad Paisley]], American country music performer
*[[October 29]] - [[Tracee Ellis Ross]], American actress
*[[November 9]] - [[Christian Scharnweber]], German trance Disc Jockey
*[[November 10]] – [[Justin Trosper]], American musician, songwriter, and record producer ([[Unwound]])
*[[November 17]] – [[Kimya Dawson]], American singer/songwriter
*[[November 25]] – [[Mark Morton (guitarist)|Mark Morton]], American heavy metal guitarist ([[Lamb of God (band)|Lamb of God]])
*[[November 28]] – [[Jesper Strömblad]], Swedish death metal guitarist
*[[December 1]] – [[Greg Upchurch]], American rock drummer ([[Puddle of Mudd]], 3 Doors Down)
*[[December 9]] – [[Tré Cool]], German-born American musician, drummer and composer ([[Green Day]])
*[[December 10]]
**[[Scot Alexander]], American alternative rock bass guitarist (Dishwalla)
**[[Brian Molko]], British rock singer ([[Placebo (band)|Placebo]])
** Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, American songwriter and producer of the team [[Stargate (music producers)]]
*[[December 11]] – [[Easther Bennett]], British singer ([[Eternal (band)|Eternal]])
*[[December 12]] – [[Kevin Parent]], Canadian singer-songwriter and actor
*[[December 13]] – [[Niki Evans]], English actress and singer
*[[December 15]], [[Jason Nevins]], American songwriter, record producer and remixer
*[[December 16]] – [[Ben Kowalewicz]], Canadian rock lead singer ([[Billy Talent]])
*[[December 18]] – [[DJ Lethal]], Latvian-born rock musician ([[Limp Bizkit]], [[House of Pain]])
*[[December 19]] – [[Alyssa Milano]], American activist, advocate, producer, singer and actress
*[[December 22]] – [[Vanessa Paradis]], French singer and actress
*[[December 23]] - [[Morgan (singer)]], Italian musician and singer 
*[[December 25]] - [[Josh Freese]], American rock drummer
*[[December 27]] – [[Matt Slocum]], American pop guitarist-composer and multi-instrumentalist ([[Sixpence None the Richer]])
*[[December 31]] – [[Joey McIntyre]], American singer ([[New Kids on the Block]])