1988 in Music - Births

Births

• January 14
  • Jordy, French singer
  • Mikalah Gordon, American Idol contestant
• January 25 – Yasmien Kurdi, Filipina pop singer
• February 3 – Cho Kyu Hyun, Korean pop singer
• February 7 – Ai Kago, Japanese pop singer
• February 18 – Shim Chang Min, Korean pop singer
• February 20 – Rihanna, Barbadian pop singer
• February 23 – Ashley Cooper, New Zealand pop singer
• February 27 – JD Natasha, American Latin music artist
• February 28 – Milly Edwards, Australian Idol contestant
• March 1 - Ke$ha
• March 2 – Nadine Samonte, German pop singer
• March 6 – Agnes Carlsson, Swedish pop singer
• March 10 – Patrick Henry Hughes, American tenor and trumpeter
• April 6 – Raymond David Henriksen, Norwegian singer
• April 24 – Natalie Zahra, Australian Idol contestant
• April 25 – Sara Paxton, American singer/actress
• April 29 – Younha, Japanese & Korean pop singer
• May 2 – Guilherme Rodrigues, Portuguese jazz musician
• May 5
  • Adele, English singer
  • Brooke Hogan, American pop singer
  • Skye Sweetnam, Canadian pop singer
• May 13 – Casey Donovan, Australian Idol winner
• May 24 – Billy Gilman, American country singer
• June 1 – Nami Tamaki, Japanese singer
• June 6 – Neha Kakkar, Indian pop singer
• June 12 – Dave Melillo, American singer-songwriter
• June 16 – Keshia Chante, Canadian urban singer
• June 20 – May J., Japanese R&B singer
• June 22 – Miliyah Kato, Japanese R&B singer
• June 28 – Julian Waterfall Pollack, jazz pianist and composer
• June 29 – Martina Šindlerová, Slovak pop singer
• July 2 – Amali Ward, Australian Idol contestant
• July 7 – Kaci Brown, American pop/R&B singer
• July 12 – Melissa O'Neil, Canadian Idol winner
• July 13 - Tulisa Contostavlos, British singer-songwriter and member of N-Dubz
• July 25 – Sarah Geronimo, Fillipina pop singer
• August 2 – Brittany Hargest, American pop singer
• August 14 – Shahd Barmada, Arabian Idol contestant
• August 27 – Alexa Vega, American pop singer
• September 6 – Gustav Schäfer, drummer of German band Tokio Hotel
• September 16 – Teddy Geiger, American singer-songwriter
• September 22 – Bethany Dillon, American Christian-music artist
• September 30 – Jyongri, Japanese pop singer
• October 4 – Jessica Benson, American R&B singer
• October 11 – Knut Eirik Kokkin, Norwegian singer
• October 20 – Risa Niigaki, Japanese pop singer
• October 23 – Caleigh Peters, American pop singer
• November 10 – Chisaki Hama, Japanese singer
• November 28 – Scarlett Pomers, American singer/actress
• December 19 – Paulina Gretzky, American pop singer
• December 23 – Eri Kamei, Japanese pop singer
• December 26 – Veronika Eberle, German violinist
• December 27 – Hayley Williams, American singer (Paramore)
• December 30 – James Hall, British singer-songwriter
• December 31 – Holly Holyoake, soprano