Editing 1981 in music (section)

==Births==
*[[January 2]] - [[JT Daly]],  American indie rock musician, producer, songwriter, and visual artist (K Flay, [[Demi Lovato]]) 
*[[January 4]] – [[Silvy De Bie]], Belgian singer 
*[[January 5]] – [[Carmen Monarcha]], Brazilian operatic soprano
*[[January 7]] – [[Ania (singer)|Ania]], Polish singer-songwriter and composer
*[[January 15]] 
**[[Howie Day]], American singer-songwriter 
**[[Pitbull (rapper)|Pitbull]], Cuban-American rapper
*[[January 16]]
**[[Marta Roure]], Andorran singer and actress
**[[Mỹ Tâm]], Vietnamese singer and songwriter
*[[January 19]] – [[Thaila Zucchi]], British singer and actress ([[allSTARS*]])
*[[January 21]] 
** [[Andy Lee (South Korean singer)|Andy Lee]], South Korean singer and actor ([[Shinhwa]])
** [[Floor Jansen]], Dutch singer, songwriter, and vocal coach. 
*[[January 22]] – [[Willa Ford]], American pop singer-songwriter, model, musician and actress
*[[January 25]] – [[Alicia Keys]], American singer-songwriter, record producer, pianist, actress and activist
*[[January 28]] – [[Gen Hoshino]], Japanese singer
*[[January 29]] – [[Jonny Lang]], American blues artist
*[[January 31]] – [[Justin Timberlake]], American singer ([[NSYNC]]), collaborator with [[Britney Spears]] (Married to [[Jessica Biel]], Worked with [[JC Chasez]]) 
*[[February 1]] – [[Jay R Sillona]], Filipino singer
*[[February 3]] - [[Micah P. Hinson]]  an American Americana singer and guitarist and recording artist 
*[[February 5]] – [[Zameer Rizvi]], Canadian singer/songwriter, composer and record producer
*[[February 9]] 
**[[Tom Hiddleston]], English actor, film producer and musician (Taylor Swift)
**[[The Rev]], American musician ([[Avenged Sevenfold]]) (d. [[2009 in music|2009]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jim-the-rev-sullivan30-2009dec30-story.html|title=James 'The Rev' Sullivan dies at 28; drummer for heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold|last=Lewis|first=Randy|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=December 30, 2009|access-date=January 6, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527160631/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-jim-the-rev-sullivan30-2009dec30-story.html|archive-date=May 27, 2016}}</ref>
*[[February 10]] – [[Natasha St-Pier]], Canadian singer
*[[February 11]] – [[Kelly Rowland]] American singer-songwriter, member of [[Destiny's Child]]
*[[February 12]] – [[Lisa Hannigan]], Irish singer-songwriter, musician and voice actress.
*[[February 15]]  
**[[Matt Hoopes]], musician, guitarist and singer-songwriter, ([[Relient K]])
**[[Olivia (singer)|Olivia]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*[[February 17]] – [[Paris Hilton]], American singer-songwriter, DJ, YouTuber and writer (Friend of [[Britney Spears]]) 
*[[February 18]] – [[Kamasi Washington]], American crossover jazz saxophonist
*[[February 19]] – [[Beth Ditto]], American singer-songwriter, author, entrepreneur  (Gossip) 
*[[February 26]] – [[Sharon Van Etten]], American singer-songwriter and actress
*[[February 27]] – [[Josh Groban]], American crossover singer-songwriter
*[[March 3]]
**[[Tobias Forge]], Swedish musician
**[[Shatha Hassoun]], Iraqi singer
**[[Cristina Scarlat]], Moldovan singer  
*[[March 7]] – [[Anna Leese]], New Zealand operatic soprano
*[[March 9]] – [[Chad Gilbert]], American musician, singer-songwriter ([[New Found Glory]])
*[[March 11]]
**[[Russell Lissack]] ([[Bloc Party]])
**[[LeToya Luckett]] ([[Destiny's Child]])
* [[March 14]] - [[Katarína Knechtová]],  Slovak singer-songwriter and guitarist
* [[March 16]] - [[Danny Brown]], American rapper, singer and songwriter
* [[March 18]] - [[LP (singer)]], American singer and songwriter
*[[March 20]] – [[Declan Bennett]], English singer-songwriter
*[[March 26]]
**[[Anaïs Mitchell]], American singer-songwriter, producer and musician (Rachel Ries, Jefferson Hamer,  Ani DiFranco, Justin Vernon, Greg Brown and Ben Knox Miller)
**[[Jay Sean]], British singer-songwriter 
*[[March 27]] – [[JJ Lin]], Singaporean singer
*[[March 28]] - [[Michael Sarver]], American singer
*[[March 29]]
**[[Megan Hilty]], American singer
**[[PJ Morton]], American musician ([[Maroon 5]])
*[[April 1]]
**[[Theresa Sokyrka]], ''[[Canadian Idol]] 2'' runner-up
**[[Hannah Spearritt]], English singer and actress ([[S Club 7]])
*[[April 2]] – [[Raghav]], Canadian singer  
*[[April 5]] – [[Mariqueen Maandig]], Filipino-American musician and singer-songwriter ([[How to Destroy Angels (band)|How To Destroy Angels]], [[West Indian Girl]], [[Trent Reznor]]) 
*[[April 6]] – [[Aidonia]], Jamaican dancehall artist
*[[April 7]] – [[Vanessa Olivarez]], American singer
*[[April 8]] – [[Gummy (singer)|Gummy]], Korean singer
*[[April 9]] - [[Geneviève Castrée]], a Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, and musician from Quebec. (D. 2016) (Married to [[Phil Elverum]])
*[[April 10]] – [[Laura Bell Bundy]], American actress and singer
*[[April 12]] – [[Fahad Al Kubaisi]], Qatari singer and activist
*[[April 16]] – [[Loulou Lamotte]], Swedish singer-songwriter ([[The Mamas]])
*[[April 17]] – [[Hanna Pakarinen]], Finnish singer<ref>{{Cite web|last=Proffa|date=22 March 2011|title=Hanna Pakarinen|url=http://suosikki.fi/viihde/proffa/hanna-pakarinen|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108034608/http://suosikki.fi/viihde/proffa/hanna-pakarinen|archive-date=8 November 2012|website=Suosikki|publisher=Otavamedia}}</ref>
*[[April 27]] – [[Sandy Mölling]], German pop singer  
*[[April 29]] – [[Tom Smith (Editors musician)|Tom Smith]] (Editors)
*[[April 30]] – [[Justin Vernon]], American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter and producer ([[Bon Iver]], [[Taylor Swift]]'s [[Folklore (Taylor Swift album)|Folklore]] and [[Evermore (Taylor Swift album)|Evermore]]) 
*[[May 3]] 
**[[Farrah Franklin]], American singer-songwriter, actress ([[Destiny's Child]])
**[[Father John Misty]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, drummer and record producer
*[[May 4]] – [[Dallon Weekes]], American singer, songwriter, musician and producer (Of Bands: [[Panic! At The Disco]], & [[I Dont Know How But They Found Me]])
*[[May 5]] 
**[[Jesse Colburn]], Canadian guitarist and songwriter 
**[[Craig David]], British singer-songwriter, rapper and record producer
*[[May 12]] – [[Hannah Ild]], Estonian singer-songwriter and pianist
*[[May 13]] - [[Mozella]], American songwriter and singer
*[[May 16]] - [[Brooke McClymont]], Australian singer-songwriter, musician and guitarist (sister of [[Samantha McClymont]]) 
*[[May 17]] – [[R. J. Helton]], American singer
*[[May 19]] - [[Yo Gotti]], American rapper
*[[May 20]] 
**[[Sean Conlon]], English pop singer ([[Five (group)|5ive]])
**[[Rachel Platten]], American singer-songwriter
*[[May 21]] – [[Stig van Eijk]], singer, composer and lyricist
*[[May 23]] 
**[[Dessa]], American rapper, singer, spoken word artist, writer and record executive
**[[Pierre Lapointe]], Canadian singer-songwriter and keyboard player 
**[[Gwenno Saunders]], Welsh singer and dancer ([[The Pipettes]])
*[[May 25]] - [[Autumn Rowe]], American singer-songwriter, TV personality, DJ and activist 
*[[May 28]] - [[Victoria Legrand]], French-American musician ([[Beach House]])
*[[May 30]] – [[Devendra Banhart]], Venezuelan American singer-songwriter and visual artist
*[[June 1]] – [[Brandi Carlile]], American folk rock and Americana singer-songwriter
*[[June 2]] 
**[[Brandon Jenner]], indie pop musician (Brandon & Leah)
**[[Catherine Manoukian]], Canadian violinist
*[[June 7]] – [[Dave Catching]], American guitarist, songwriter and producer ([[Earthlings?]] and [[Mondo Generator]])
*[[June 8]] – [[Alex Band]], American rock singer-songwriter ([[The Calling (band)|The Calling]])
*[[June 9]]  
** [[Vic Chou]], Taiwanese actor, singer and model
**[[Anoushka Shankar]], British Indian sitar player
*[[June 10]] – [[Hoku Ho]], Hawaiian singer and musician  
*[[June 15]] – [[Billy Martin (guitarist)]], American guitarist
*[[June 17]] – [[Ken the 390]], Japanese rapper
*[[June 20]] – [[Alisan Porter]],  American singer, winner of season 10 of ''[[The Voice (U.S. TV series)|The Voice]]'' (US)
*[[June 21]]
** [[Christina Cewe]], American singer
** [[Brandon Flowers]], American singer-songwriter, musician, Multi-instrumentalist, advocate, member of ([[The Killers]])
*[[June 23]]
**[[Mikey Bustos]], Filipino-Canadian singer and entertainer
**[[Antony Costa]] ([[Blue (boy band)|Blue]])
**[[Shi Xin Hui]], Malaysian singer
*[[June 28]] 
**[[Michael Crafter]], Australian singer-songwriter ([[Confession (band)|Confession]], [[I Killed the Prom Queen]], [[Carpathian (band)|Carpathian]] and [[Bury Your Dead]])
**[[Savage (rapper)|Savage]] (AKA Demetrius Savelio) New Zealand born Samoan rapper
*[[June 30]] - [[Andy Knowles]], English director and artist
*[[July 1]] – [[Clemency Burton-Hill]], English classical music broadcast presenter
*[[July 3]] – [[Hayley Holt]], New Zealand snowboarder, host and ballroom dancer 
*[[July 6]] – [[Emily West]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[July 7]] – [[Synyster Gates]], American musician ([[Avenged Sevenfold]])
*[[July 8]] 
** [[Oka Antara]], Indonesian rapper and actor 
** [[Dagmar Oja]], Estonian singer 
*[[July 12]]
** [[Rebecca Hunter]], English pop singer ([[allSTARS*]]) and actress
** [[Maya Sar]], Bosnian singer
*[[July 14]] – [[Milow]], Belgian singer-songwriter 
*[[July 15]] – [[OC Ukeje]], Nigerian actor, model and musician 
*[[July 20]]
** [[Lowkey (American rapper)|Lowkey]], American rapper and producer
** [[Dayang Nurfaizah]], Malaysian singer  
*[[July 21]] 
**[[Paloma Faith]], English singer-songwriter
**[[Blake Lewis]], ''[[American Idol]] 6'' runner-up
**[[Claudette Ortiz]], American singer and model ([[City High]])
*[[July 22]] – [[Anthony Santos]], American singer-songwriter and composer
*[[July 25]] – [[Kizito Mihigo]], Rwandan gospel singer, organist and peace activist (d. [[2020 in music|2020]])<ref name=edge20200217>{{cite news|url=https://edge.ug/2020/02/17/rwanda-musician-kizito-mihigo-dies-in-prison/|title=Rwanda musician Kizito Mihigo dies in prison|date=17 February 2020|newspaper=edge.ug|access-date=May 23, 2021|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218181649/http://edge.ug/2020/02/17/rwanda-musician-kizito-mihigo-dies-in-prison/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[July 31]] 
** [[Mesut Kurtis]], British Turkish Islamic singer
** [[Ira Losco]], Maltese singer
** [[M. Shadows]], American singer-songwriter and musician ([[Avenged Sevenfold]])
*[[August 1]] – [[Vaiko Eplik]], Estonian singer-songwriter
*[[August 3]] - [[Scroobius Pip]],  English actor and podcaster as well as a spoken word poet and hip hop recording artist from Stanford-le-Hope, Essex. ([[Dan le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip]]) 
*[[August 4]] – [[Florian Silbereisen]], German singer and television presenter
*[[August 5]] – [[Ko Shibasaki]], Japanese singer and actress  
*[[August 6]] – [[Leslie Odom Jr.]], American singer and actor 
*[[August 8]]
**[[Vanessa Amorosi]], Australian singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist and rock star (Dave Stewart) 
**[[Bradley McIntosh]], English pop singer ([[S Club 7]])
**[[Kaori Iida]], Japanese singer and actress  
*[[August 11]]
**[[Sandi Thom]], Scottish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
**[[Fiona Sit]], Hong Kong singer and actress
*[[August 24]] – [[Jiro Wang]], Taiwanese actor and singer ([[Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band)|Fahrenheit]])
*[[August 28]] – [[Iracema Trevisan]] ([[CSS (band)|Cansei de Ser Sexy]])
*[[September 4]] 
**[[Beyoncé]], American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress   
**[[Lacey Sturm]], American singer-songwriter ([[Flyleaf (band)|Flyleaf]])
*[[September 6]] – [[Yumiko Cheng]], Hong Kong singer 
*[[September 7]] – [[Do (singer)|Do]], Dutch singer
*[[September 12]] – [[Jennifer Hudson]], American singer
*[[September 13]] – [[EJay Day]], American singer
*[[September 14]] – [[Ashley Roberts]] American singer-songwriter, dancer, choreographer, actress, model, presenter and television personality ([[The Pussycat Dolls]])
*[[September 16]] – [[Nazril Irham]], Indonesian singer  
*[[September 18]] – [[Jesse Frasure]], American music publisher, record producer, songwriter and DJ
*[[September 25]] 
** [[Perfume Genius]], American indie EDM musician, singer-songwriter and artist
** [[Shane Tutmarc]], American producer, songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist. ([[Jessica Lea Mayfield]], [[Tristen Gaspadarek]])
*[[September 26]] 
** [[Christina Milian]], American singer-songwriter, dancer and actress
** [[Aras Baskauskas]], Yogi, musician and reality TV personality, worked musically under name: Odd Us
*[[September 29]] – [[Suzanne Shaw]], English singer ([[Hear'Say]]) and actress
*[[October 1]] – [[Jamelia]], British singer-songwriter
*[[October 5]] – [[Breakbot]], producer and DJ
*[[October 8]] – [[Ruby (Egyptian singer)|Ruby]], Egyptian singer
*[[October 10]] – [[Una Healy]], Irish singer ([[The Saturdays]])
*[[October 13]] 
** [[Doveman]], American singer, pianist and producer
** [[Kele Okereke]], Kele, English musician ([[Bloc Party]])
*[[October 14]] – [[Ruslan Alekhno]], Russian-Belarusian singer
*[[October 15]] – [[Nick White (musician)|Nick White]] ([[Tilly and the Wall]])
*[[October 19]] – [[Christian Bautista]], Filipino singer, actor, host and model
*[[October 23]] - [[Shoo (singer)|Yoo Soo-young]], South Korean singer ([[S.E.S. (group)|S.E.S.]])
*[[October 25]] – [[Josh Henderson]], American actor, singer and model
*[[October 26]] - [[Guy Sebastian]], Australian singer-songwriter
*[[October 29]] – [[Angelika Dela Cruz]], Filipina actress and singer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinoystop.com/bio/celebrity-profile/517/angelika-dela-cruz-biography|title=Angelika Dela Cruz Biography – PINOYSTOP|website=PinoyStop|access-date=4 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208170830/http://www.pinoystop.com/bio/celebrity-profile/517/angelika-dela-cruz-biography|archive-date=8 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[October 31]] - [[Frank Iero]], American rock guitarist ([[My Chemical Romance]])
*[[November 1]] 
**[[Tommy Karevik]],  Swedish metal vocalist ([[Kamelot]], [[Seventh Wonder]], [[Ayreon]])
**[[LaTavia Roberson]], American R&B singer-songwriter ([[Destiny's Child]])
*[[November 2]] - [[Ai (singer)|Ai]],  a Japanese-American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, spokeswoman, and actress.
*[[November 7]] – [[Krystal Harris]], American singer-songwriter 
*[[November 13]] – [[Shawn Yue]], Hong Kong actor and singer
*[[November 16]] – [[Kate Miller-Heidke]], Australian crossover singer-songwriter and actress
*[[November 17]] – [[Sarah Harding]], English pop singer-songwriter, dancer, model and actress ([[Girls Aloud]]) (d. [[2021 in music|2021]])
*[[November 18]] - [[Shin Ji]], South Korean singer ([[Koyote]])
*[[November 20]] 
**[[Scott Hutchison]], Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist and artist (d. [[2018 in music|2018]])
**[[Kimberley Walsh]], English pop singer-songwriter ([[Girls Aloud]])
*[[November 22]] 
**[[Ben Adams]], English pop singer-songwriter ([[A1 (band)|A1]])
**[[Jenny Owen Youngs]], American singer-songwriter  
*[[November 26]] – [[Natasha Bedingfield]], English singer-songwriter
*[[November 30]] – [[Mavado (singer)|Mavado]], Jamaican deejay and singer-songwriter
*[[December 2]] – [[Britney Spears]], American singer-songwriter, dancer, performer, musician, author, activist, advocate, businesswoman, and clothes designer
*[[December 9]] – [[Camoflauge]], American rapper (d. [[2003 in music|2003]])
*[[December 11]] – [[Zacky Vengeance]], heavy metal rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist ([[Avenged Sevenfold]])
*[[December 13]]
**[[Gary Innes]], Scottish accordionist, shinty player and broadcaster
**[[Amy Lee]], American singer-songwriter, harpist, pianist, musician, multi instrumentalist and activist ([[Evanescence]])
*[[December 16]] 
**[[Gaby Moreno]], Guatemalan singer
**[[Krysten Ritter]], American musician and actress
*[[December 17]]
** [[Wacław Kiełtyka]], Polish musician and composer
** [[Houari Manar]], Algerian [[raï]] singer (d. [[2019 in music|2019]])
** [[S3RL]], Australian Hardcore DJ
*[[December 21]] – [[Lynda Thomas]], Mexican musician, singer-songwriter, [[Eurodance]] and [[alternative rock]] musician
*[[December 23]] – [[Beth (singer)|Beth]], Spanish singer and actress
*[[December 26]] - [[Seorak]], South Korean singer and VJ
*[[December 28]] – [[Frank Turner]], English punk and folk singer-songwriter
*[[December 30]] - [[K.Will]], South Korean singer