Greatest Singers
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Sharon den Adel was born on 12 July 1974 in Waddinxveen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She is an actress and composer, known for Within Temptation: Dangerous (2013), Armin van Buuren Feat. Sharon den Adel: In and Out of Love (2008) and Within Temptation: Ice Queen (First Version) (2001).- Actress
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Simone Simons was born on 17 January 1985 in Hoensbroek, Limburg, Netherlands. She is an actress, known for Kamelot: The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) (2005), Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame (2014) and Ayreon: Transitus (2020). She has been married to Oliver Palotai since 2013. They have one child.- Actor
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Roy Khan is known for Kamelot: Necropolis (2011), Kamelot: The Great Pandemonium (2010) and Kamelot: The Haunting (Somewhere in Time) (2005).- Actor
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Born in Finland on the 14th of January 1966, Marko "Marco" Tapani Hietala became a name in Finn music with his first band, Tarot, his and his brother Zachary's project, in which he plays bass and is vocalist. They became famous after hit-single "Wings of Darkness" (1986). Since then, he's been member of bands such as Sinergy, Impaled Nazarene or Delain. Since 2002, he became member of Nightwish, after former bassist Sami Vanska left the band. Their first album together is "Century Child". His arrival meant a slight change of style, now involving powerful male vocal parts. Such songs as "Planet Hell", "Wish I had an Angel", "Slaying the Dreamer" or cover "The Phantom of the Opera" are clearly proof of his special vocal qualities, somewhere between hardcore and opera. Since October 2005, when Tarja Turunen was fired from the band, Hietala remains until present (October 2006) the only vocal of Nightwish. The band started recording a new album and a search for a new vocal.- Actress
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Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli was born in Puhos, Finland on August 17th, 1977; she has one older brother (Timo) and one younger brother (Toni). Her talent for music was first noticed when, at 3 years old, she sang "Enkeli taivaan" (the Finnish version of "From Heaven Above to Earth I Come") in the Kitee church hall. She started taking vocal lessons, and joined the church choir. At 6 years old, she started learning to play piano. At comprehensive school, Turunen performed as a singer for several projects. Her first piano teacher, Kirsti Nortia-Holopainen, "Tarja was in a school that had some very musical people. Even then she got to perform a lot. I think she sang in every school function there was." Her music teacher Plamen Dimov, later explained that "If you gave Tarja just one note, she immediately got it. With the others, you'd have to practice three, four, five times". At school she had a tough time, some girls bullied her because they envied her musicality and vocal talent. To solve the problem, Dimov would organize projects outside school. At 15 years old, Turunen had her first major appearance as a soloist at a church concert in front of one thousand listeners. In 1993, she attended the Senior Secondary School of Art and Music in Savonlinna. For several years Turunen performed various songs, including soul music by Whitney Houston and Aretha Franklin. Later she listened to songs from classical crossover artist Sarah Brightman, especially the song "The Phantom of the Opera", and decided to focus on that genre of music. At 18 years old, she moved to Kuopio to study at the renowned Finnish music conservatory, Sibelius Academy. In December 1996, former classmate Tuomas Holopainen invited Turunen to join his new acoustic mood project and she agreed. At the recording session for their first demo, Holopainen discovered that due to her classical singing lessons ,Turunen's voice had become much more powerful than he remembered from their school days. At following practices, Erno 'Emppu' Vuorinen used an electric guitar instead of acoustic because he felt that it better accompanied her voice. Holopainen later explained that the band members had gradually realized that Turunen's voice had become too dramatic for acoustic music, and eventually came to the conclusion that the music had to be massive too. Holopainen decided to form Nightwish as a metal band, and Erno 'Emppu' Vuorinen and Tarja Turunen became Nightwish's fellow Founding Members. The rest is history.- Actress
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Amy Lynn Hartzler (known professionally as Amy Lee) was born on December 13, 1981 to John Lee, a disc jockey and voiceover artist, and Sara Cargill. She trained in classical piano since childhood, originally inspired by Mozart and Danny Elfman's film scores. The death of her little sister at six years old significantly affected her emotional state and outlook on life. In her preteen years, her family moved around the country, including Florida, Illinois, and finally settling in Little Rock, Arkansas. 13-year old Amy met 14-year old guitarist Ben Moody in 1994 at a summer camp, where she played piano and he acoustic guitar. They began writing and playing music together, and performed at local shops and cafes. They decided on the name Evanescence, released independent EPs, a demo CD, and were signed by Wind-Up Records in 2001. In 2003, their debut album "Fallen" was released, becoming a major commercial success driven by hit singles such as "Bring Me To Life" and "My Immortal". "Fallen" was followed by the release of "The Open Door" in 2006, the self-titled album "Evanescence" in 2011, the orchestral-electronica album Synthesis in 2017, and their latest album, The Bitter Truth in 2021.
As a solo artist, Amy has composed soundtracks for films (including the indie film War Story (2014) with friend and cellist Dave Eggar), and contributed to the Underworld (2003) soundtrack and musical projects such as 2008's Nightmare Revisited, Muppets:The Green Album (2011) and We Walk The Line: A Celebration of the Music of Johnny Cash (2012). She has released a covers EP, a film soundtrack, and a children's album. She has also collaborated with various artists, such as Korn, Bring Me the Horizon, Seether, Lindsey Stirling, and Dave Stewart.- Actor
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Till Lindemann is a German musician, actor and poet. He is the lead singer of the German band Rammstein.
Till Lindemann was born in Leipzig, East Germany, but he grew up in the village of Wendisch-Rambow near Schwerin (in East Germany). His father was famous children's poet Werner Lindemann and his mother, Brigitte "Gitta" Hildegard Lindemann, was a journalist and writer until she retired. Till was in a relationship with Sophia Thomalla.
Lindemann started to play drums for First Arsch, who released an album titled Saddle Up, and played one song with a punk band called Feeling B (which was the former band of Rammstein members Paul H. Landers, Christoph "Doom" Schneider and Christian "Flake" Lorenz). In the 1990s, Lindemann began to write lyrics. In 1994, the trio entered and won a contest in Berlin, which allowed them to record a four track demo professionally. Then, the same year, Rammstein was founded.
In November 2002, Lindemann's poetry book "Messer" was published. It consists of 54 poems compiled by Gert Hof, who is author of the book Rammstein and was the band's pyro-designer for the last seven years. In October 2013, Till published his second poetry book "In Stillen Nächten".- Actress
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Cristina Scabbia was born on 6 June 1972 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. She is an actress and composer, known for Lacuna Coil: Blood, Tears, Dust (2017), Lacuna Coil: Swamped (2004) and Lacuna Coil: Nothing Stands in Our Way (2014).- Music Department
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Anneke van Giersbergen is known for &Me (2013), Devin Townsend Project - Bend It Like Bender! (2009) and The Same Place (2014). She has been married to Rob Snijders since 11 February 2003.- Dianne van Giersbergen is known for Ayreon: Transitus (2020) and Ayreon: Electric Castle Live and Other Tales (2020).
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Marcela Bovio is known for Ayreon: Transitus (2020), Stream of Passion: Monster (2015) and Soaring Highs and Brutal Lows: The Voices of Women in Metal (2015).- Floor Jansen was born on 21 February 1981 in Goirle, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She is married to Hannes Van Dahl. They have one child.
- Stene was born in Sokndal, Rogaland, Norway to Steinar Stene and Sissel Bø Stene, and has two sisters named Ingvild and Maiken. She first performed for people outside her family at the age of three. She began taking singing lessons at age 13, and became interested in Classical Singing. She continued Classical Singing lessons until she was 23 years old.
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Senta-Sofia Delliponti was born on 16 April 1990 in Wolfsburg, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for In aller Freundschaft (1998), Der Staatsanwalt (2005) and TV AllStars: Do They Know It's Christmas? (2003).- Actress
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Charlotte Wessels is known for Delain: Suckerpunch (2016), Karmaflow: The Rock Opera Videogame (2014) and Soaring Highs and Brutal Lows: The Voices of Women in Metal (2015).- Music Department
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Liv Kristine was born on 14 February 1976 in Stavanger, Norway. She is an actress, known for Leaves' Eyes: To France (2011), Leaves' Eyes: The Road to King of Kings (2015) and Death Metal: Are We Watching You Die? (2010).- Clémentine Delauney is known for Winter Night: Visions of Atlantis (2016), Serenity: Legacy of Tudors (Official Live Video) (2022) and Metalliquoi? (2014).
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Michele Guaitoli is known for Temperance feat. Arjen Anthony Lucassen: Daruma (2023), Visions of Atlantis: A Symphonic Journey to Remember (2020) and Serenity: Memoria (2022).- Actress
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Candice Night was born on 8 May 1971 in Hauppauge, Long Island, New York, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Yes Man (2008), The Perfect Banana (2009) and Helloween Feat. Candice Night: Light the Universe (2006). She has been married to Ritchie Blackmore since 5 October 2008. They have two children.- Lisa Middelhauve is known for The Birdcage (2015), Xandria: Now & Forever - History and Future of Xandria (2008) and Delain: Interlude (2013).
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Marko Saaresto is known for Max Payne (2001), Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) and Alan Wake's American Nightmare (2012).- Actress
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Elize Ryd is known for Amaranthe: Digital World (2015), Amaranthe: The Nexus (2013) and Amaranthe: Hunger (2011).- Actor
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Diana Bovio was born on 12 March 1989. She is an actress and writer, known for 1974: La posesión de Altair (2016), Lecciones para canallas (2022) and From Prada to Nada (2011).- Actor
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Lajon Witherspoon was born on 3 October 1972 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Daria (1997), Manipulated (2019) and Snot: Angel's Son (2000).- Marina Latorraca is known for Little Lamb (2019).
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Howard Jones is known for Freddy vs. Jason (2003), Ginger Snaps (2000) and Killswitch Engage - The End of Heartache (2004).- Courtney LaPlante was born on 26 February 1995 in Alabama, USA. She is an actress, known for Spiritbox: Jaded (2023), Spiritbox: Hurt You (2021) and Spiritbox: Secret Garden (2021).
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