1977 in Music - Births

Births

• January 18 – Richard Archer, British singer (Hard-Fi)
• January 20 – Melody, Belgian singer
• January 25
  • The-Dream, American singer
  • Christian Ingebrigtsen, Norwegian singer (A1)
• January 28 - Joey Fatone, American singer (*NSYNC)
• February 2
  • Shakira, Colombian singer and dancer
  • Jessica Wahls, German pop singer
• February 3 – Daddy Yankee, Puerto Rican musician
• February 4 – Gavin DeGraw, American musician
• February 8 – Dave "Phoenix" Farrell (Linkin Park)
• February 11 – Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park, Fort Minor)
• February 15 – Brooks Wackerman (Bad Religion)
• February 18 – Sean Watkins, American guitarist and songwriter
• February 20 – Amal Hijazi, Lebanese singer and model
• March 2 – Chris Martin, British singer (Coldplay)
• March 3 – Ronan Keating, Irish singer (Boyzone)
• March 4 – Jason Marsalis, American jazz musician
• March 6 – Bubba Sparxxx, rapper
• March 7 – Paul Cattermole, British singer (S Club 7)
• March 10
  • Bree Turner, American dancer and actress
  • Colin Murray, British radio disc jockey
  • Matt Rubano, American rock bassist (Taking Back Sunday)
• March 11 – Jason Greeley, Canadian singer
• March 15 – Joseph Hahn (Linkin Park)
• March 16 – Ben Kenney, American rock bassist (Incubus)
• March 18 – Devin Lima, LFO
• April 9 – Gerard Way, vocalist (My Chemical Romance)
• April 17 – Frederik Magle, Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist
• April 23 – John Cena, American professional wrestler, actor and singer
• May 1 – Dan Regan (Reel Big Fish)
• May 8 – Joe Bonamassa, American musician
• May 12 - Wu Fei, Chinese musician and composer
• May 17
  • Kandi Burruss, African-American R&B singer
  • Lisa Kelly, Irish singer
• May 31
  • Scott Klopfenstein (Reel Big Fish)
  • Joel Ross, British disc jockey
• June 3 – Yuri Ruley (MxPx)
• June 5 – Nourhanne, Lebanese singer
• June 8 – Kanye West, African-American rapper and record producer
• June 10 – Adam Darski, Polish musician (aka Nergal, Holocausto)
• June 12 – Kenny Wayne Shepherd, guitarist
• June 23 – Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter
• June 28
  • Mark Stoermer, American rock guitarist (The Killers)
  • Harun Tekin, Turkish rock vocalist and guitarist (Mor ve Ötesi)
• June 29 – DEALZ, American rapper
• July 1 – Tom Frager, French-born singer and surfer
• July 12 – Airin Older, American musician
• July 14 – Gordon Cree, composer
• July 15 – Ray Toro (My Chemical Romance)
• July 18 – Tony Fagenson (Eve 6)
• July 28 – Coby Dick (Papa Roach)
• July 29 – Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley)
• July 30 – Ian Watkins, vocalist (Lostprophets)
• August 2 – Dave Farrel, American musician
• August 10 – Aaron Kamin (The Calling)
• August 12 – Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer (d. 2010)
• August 16 – Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer/actor
• August 17
  • Claire Richards, British singer (Steps)
  • Tarja Turunen, Finnish operatic soprano
• August 30 – Jens Ludwig, German guitarist
• August 31 – Craig Nicholls (The Vines)
• September 1 – Chris Cain, American rock bassist (We Are Scientists)
• September 2 – Elitsa Todorova, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
• September 4
  • Ian Grushka (New Found Glory)
  • Lucie Silvas, English singer
• September 6 – Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer
• September 11
  • Jonny Buckland, British guitarist (Coldplay)
  • Ludacris
• September 13 – Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriter
• September 15 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter
• September 19 – Ioana Maria Lupascu, Romanian pianist
• September 20 – Namie Amuro, Japanese singer
• September 23 – Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (murdered) (d. 2008)
• October 1 – Owen Biddle, rock bass guitarist (The Roots)
• October 2 – Jeremiah Rangel (Mest)
• October 12 - Young Jeezy, American rapper
• October 13 – Justin Peroff (Broken Social Scene)
• October 16
  • John Mayer, American musician
  • Chris Knapp, The Ataris
  • Joanne Yeoh, Malaysian violinist
• October 17 – Nicole Cabell, American operatic soprano
• October 25 – Yehonathan Gatro, Israeli singer and actor
• November 1 – Alistair Griffin, British singer and songwriter
• November 4 - Kavana, British singer
• November 13
  • Chanel Cole, New Zealand-born singer
  • Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer
• November 14 – Obie Trice, African-American rapper
• November 15 – Logan Whitehurst, American one man band
• November 19 – Justin Young, drummer (Treehouse Union, Neves, freelance)
• November 20 – Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer
• November 30 – Steve Aoki, electro house DJ
• December 1 – Brad Delson (Linkin Park)
  • Akiva Schaffer - member of The Lonely Island
• December 7 – Dominic Howard, drummer (Muse)