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Dynamic

There are two artists that have gone by the name "Dynamic".
1) Psytrance duo from Israel. They are and Ben Avital and Shay Elmakaies. Their songs on Psytisfaction CDs hit the full-on hearted minds ... 2) Urban Soul, group "Dynamic" operates out of California's Bay Area. They have released two albums. The first, "Photosynthesis" was heavily influenced by hip hop and the vocal style of Dynamic's drummer/lead vocalist Darian Gray.

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Toshi

Toshi is a healing music artist and a current lead singer of a legendary Japanese rock band X JAPAN. Не was born in 1965 in Tateyama, Chiba, Japan. Toshi has a very beautiful voice that goes over about three octaves. Не started his solo career in 1993 when he was still an active member of X JAPAN before their Last Live. Toshi left X Japan in 1997. In the same year, he released an album, "Beautiful Love Song" , which showed a change of his music style, from a rock star to a healing music artist.

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Utada Hikaru

宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru), born January 19, 1983 in New York City, United States, also known by her fan-nickname "ヒッキー" (Hikki), is a third culture singer-songwriter, arranger, and record producer in Japan and the United States. 宇多田ヒカル (Utada Hikaru) is the name she uses for her Japanese releases. Her English releases should be tagged as Utada, as she has stated herself that she wants her Japanese music to be separate from her English releases.

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Eve

There are five artists who use this name:
1. A female rapper from the United States
2. A rock band from Korea
3. A pop trio from Japan
4. a singer from Finland
5. A visual kei band from Japan (イヴ) 1. Eve (born Eve Jihan Jeffers on November 10, 1978 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American rapper, singer, and actress associated with the Aftermath crew. She adopted the name Gangsta in high school as part of an all-female group called EDGP (pronounced Egypt), and eventually went solo as Eve of Destruction.

Read more about Eve on Last.fm.

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On/Off

There are four artists named ON/OFF: 1) ON/OFF is a Japanese band comprising of twins Naoya & Kazuya Sakamoto (坂本直弥 and 坂本和弥). They performed in the drama "Fuuma no Kojirou" and also performed its ending song "永遠の刹那"; the opening theme of the anime Vampire Knight, "ふたつの鼓動と赤い罪", is their second and more mainstream single. 2) English On/Off is an alias of UK electronica duo Posthuman. 3) On/Off: Patrick Shaw Iversen & Raymond Pellicer

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Newsted

Newsted is an American metal band founded by Jason Newsted (Metallica, Flotsam and Jetsam, Voivod, Ozzy Osbourne, ...). They released their first EP, Metal, in January 2013. Band members: Jason Newsted Vocals (lead), Bass
Jesus Mendez Jr. Drums
Jessie Farnsworth Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Mike Mushok (Staind) Guitars (live)

Read more about Newsted on Last.fm.

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Anna

There are several artists called Anna:
1) Anna Santos (Spanish/Japanese) of Latin band BON-BON BLANCO, who solos as "Anna"
2) German pop band (written "AnnA")
3) 90's Rock band from Croydon, England
4) Techno Project ("Schneewittchen EP")
5) Swiss rap artist (Debut: "Still Young", 2006, muve/Musikvertrieb)
6) Ukrainian nu-metal band. 1) Anna Santos is the vocalist of Latin band BON-BON BLANCO. She releases her solo work under just "Anna".

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