1982 in Music - Births

Births

• January 6 – Morgan Lander, Canadian musician (Kittie)
• January 11 - Ashley Taylor Dawson, (allSTARS*)
• January 14 – Caleb Followill, singer (Kings of Leon)
• January 17 – Alex Varkatzas, Greek-American lead vocalist (Atreyu)
• January 18
  • Quinn Allman, guitarist (The Used)
  • Joanna Newsom, American musician
• January 19 – Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
• January 25 – Sho Sakurai, Japanese singer
• January 29 – Adam Lambert, singer, stage actor, American Idol 8 finalist
• January 31 – Elena Paparizou, Greek-Swedish singer
• February 3 – Jessica Harp, American singer and guitarist (The Wreckers)
• February 4 – Kimberly Wyatt, singer (The Pussycat Dolls)
• February 16 – Lupe Fiasco, American rapper
• February 25 – Bert McCracken, lead singer of American rock band The Used
• March 13 - Darbuka Siva, percussionist and composer
• March 20 – Nick Wheeler (The All-American Rejects)
• March 21 – Jocie Kok, Chinese-Singaporean singer
• March 22 – Pete Bennett, English rock singer (Daddy Fantastic) and television personality (Big Brother 2006)
• April 7 - Kelli Young, (Liberty X)
• April 18 – Marie-Élaine Thibert, Canadian singer
• April 24 – Kelly Clarkson, first American Idol winner
• April 26
  • Nadja Benaissa, German pop singer
  • Jon Lee, (S Club 7)
• April 30 – Lloyd Banks, African American/Puerto Rican rapper
• May 4 – Vera Schmidt, Hungarian singer-songwriter
• May 15 – Jessica Sutta, singer from The Pussycat Dolls
• June 2 – Jewel Staite, Canadian actress and singer
• June 4 – Jin Au-Yeung, Chinese-American rapper
• June 7 – Amy Nuttall, British actress and opera singer
• June 14 – Lang Lang, pianist
• July 6 – Tay Zonday, American musician, voice actor
• July 7 – Cassidy, rapper
• July 10 – Alex Arrowsmith, American musician
• July 14 – Dmitry Chaplin, Russian So You Think You Can Dance finalist
• July 15 – Haley Scarnato, American singer and American Idol finalist
• July 17 - Natasha Hamilton, (Atomic Kitten)
• July 18 – Ryan Cabrera, American musician and TV host
• July 23 – Claudette Ortiz, American soul singer
• August 19 – Willy Denzey, French singer
• August 28 – LeAnn Rimes, singer
• September 3
  • Andrew McMahon, American musician
  • Kaori Natori, Japanese singer and model
• September 7 – Race Wong, Hong Kong singer/actress, Member of 2R
• September 9 – Ai Otsuka, Japanese singer
• September 22 – Billie Piper, singer and actress
• September 27 – Lil Wayne, American rapper
• October 1 – Sandra Oxenryd, Swedish pop singer
• October 6 – MC Lars, American rapper
• October 18 – Ne-Yo, R&B singer
• October 27 – Keri Hilson, American singer
• November 13
  • Michael Copon, American actor model and singer
  • Kumi Koda, Japanese singer
• November 22 – Charlene Choi, Hong Kong singer and actress
• December 3 – Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong actor and singer
• December 13 – Anthony Callea, Australian singer
• December 14 – Anthony Way, British singer and actor
• December 20
  • David Cook, American singer
  • Zhang Jie, Chinese singer
• December 23 – Beatriz Luengo, singer, dancer and actress
• December 24 – Robert Carmine, vocalist (Rooney)
• December 27 – Terji Skibenæs, Faroese guitarist (Týr)