List of multilingual bands and artists
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See also Multilingualism in music
− This is a list of multilingual bands and artists. The band's or artist's native language is listed first. The list itself may also contain some singers from all over the world whose first language is English and ability to sing in different languages.
Individual artists
- A.I. (Japanese, English)
- Achinoam Nini, a.k.a. Noa (Hebrew, English, Spanish)
- Ajda Pekkan (Turkish, French)
- Albert Au (Cantonese, English)
- Alexa Weber Morales (French, English, Spanish, Portuguese)
- Alexander Veljanov (English, German, Macedonian, French)
- Alizée (French, English)
- Anna Moffo (English, Italian)
- Anna Netrebko (Russian, Italian, French, German, English, Czech)
- Andrea Bocelli (Italian, Spanish, English, Latin, German)
- Anggun (Indonesian, French, English, Russian)
- Ani Lorak (Ukrainian, Russian, English)
- Anita Mui (Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, English)
- Ariana Delawari (English, Pashto, Tajiki)
- Arielle Dombasle (French, Spanish)
- Aris San (Greek, Hebrew, Spanish)
- Arno Hintjens (French, Dutch, English)
- Asha Bhosle (Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, Malayalam, English, Russian, Czech, Nepali, Malay)
- Ayumi Hamasaki (Japanese, English, Mandarin Chinese)
- Azam Ali (Persian, Hindi)
- Barbra Streisand (English, French)
- Batir Zakirov (Uzbek, Russian, Arabic, Hindi)
- Bebel Gilberto (Portuguese, English)
- Beyoncé (English, Spanish)
- BoA (Korean, Japanese, English, Mandarin Chinese)
- Caetano Veloso (Portuguese, English, Spanish)
- Cameron Cartio (Persian, Spanish, English)
- Carla Bruni (French, English)
- Carlos Santana (Spanish, English)
- Cat Stevens / Yusuf Islam (English, Greek, Arabic)
- Cecile Corbel (French, Italian, Breton, English, German, Irish, Turkish, Cantonese, Japanese)
- Cecilia Cheung (Cantonese, Mandarin)
- Celine Dion (French, English, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Japanese, Mandarin, German)
- Charlene Choi (Cantonese, Mandarin)
- Charles Aznavour (French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Armenian)
- Charlotte Church (English, Welsh, French, Italian, Latin, German)
- Chava Alberstein (Hebrew, Yiddish, English)
- Cheb Mami (Arabic, French)
- Christina Aguilera (English, Spanish)
- Christian Bautista (Tagalog, English)
- Cliff Richard (English, German, Italian, Spanish)
- Coco Lee (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, English)
- Connie Francis (English, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish,portuguese,french,japanese,hebrew,irish,greek)
- Coeur de Pirate (French, English)
- Cristina Zavalloni (Italian, English, Spanish, Russian)
- Dalida (French, Italian, Spanish, German, Arabic)
- Daniel Padilla (Tagalog, English)
- David Bisbal (Spanish, English)
- Dayanara Torres (Spanish, English)
- Demis Roussos (English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish, German)
- Dima Bilan (Russian, English)
- Edison Chen (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, English)
- Elīna Garanča (Spanish, Italian, English, German, French)
- Enrique Gil (Tagalog, English)
- Enrique Iglesias (Spanish, English, Italian)
- Enrico Macias (French, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, Italian)
- Ensiferum (English, Finnish)
- Eros Ramazzotti (Italian, Spanish, English)
- Faudel (Arabic, French)
- Faye Wong (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, English)
- Garou (French, English)
- Gillian Chung (Cantonese, Mandarin)
- Gloria Estefan (Spanish, English, Portuguese, French)
- Grégory Charles (French, English, Spanish)
- Hadiqa Kiani (Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Siraiki, Sindhi, Pashto, Balochi, Kashmiri, Persian, French, English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Turkish and Arabic)
- Hayley Westenra (English, Māori, Italian, Irish Gaelic, German, Japanese and Latin)
- Heintje Simons (Dutch, German, English)
- Helmut Lotti (Belgian/Dutch, English, German, Latin)
- Henry Lau (English, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese)
- Hikaru Utada (Japanese, English)
- Isa Kremer (Yiddish, Russian, French, Italian, English)
- Ishtar (Arabic, Hebrew, French, Spanish, English)
- Jacky Chan (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, English)
- Jacky Cheung (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, English)
- Jane Zhang (Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Spanish)
- Jan Peerce (English, Italian, Yiddish, Hebrew)
- Jay Park (English, Korean)
- Jelena Tomašević (Serbian, Spanish)
- Jennifer Lopez (Spanish, English)
- Johnny Hallyday (French, English)
- Joan Baez (English, Spanish, Portuguese)
- Joan Manuel Serrat (Spanish, Catalan)
- Jolin Tsai (Mandarin, English)
- Jon Christos (English, Greek, Latin, Spanish, German, Russian)
- Jon Secada (Spanish, English)
- José Feliciano (Spanish, English)
- Joseph Schmidt (German, Italian, English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Hebrew, Aramaic)
- Josh Groban (English, Spanish, Italian)
- Julio Iglesias (Spanish, French, English, Italian)
- K'Maro (Arabic, French, English)
- Kahimi Karie (Japanese, French, English, Italian, Spanish)
- Karl Wolf (Arabic, English)
- Katherine Jenkins (Welsh, English, Italian, Latin, French)
- Kelly Chen (Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, English)
- Khaled (Arabic, French)
- Korpiklaani (English, Finnish)
- Lada Gorpienko (Polish, Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, Hebrew)
- Laila Kinnunen (Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Afrikaans)
- Lara Fabian (French, English, Spanish, Italian)
- Laura Pausini (Italian, English, Spanish, French)
- Lee Soo Young (Korean, Japanese)
- Lhasa de Sela (English, Spanish)
- Lila Downs (Spanish, English, Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl, Purépecha)
- Linda de Suza (Portuguese, French)
- Luciano Pavarotti (Italian, English, Spanish, French)
- M. Pokora (French, English)
- Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese, English)
- Mallu Magalhães (Portuguese, English)
- Manu Chao (Spanish, French, English)
- Marc Anthony (Spanish, English)
- Maria Krupoves (Yiddish, Belorussian, Tatar, Russian, Roma, Hebrew)
- Marija Šerifović (Serbian, Russian, English)
- Marisa Monte (Portuguese, English)
- Masha Itkina (Yiddish, Hebrew)
- Massari (Arabic, English)
- Maurice Chevalier (English, French)
- Méav Ní Mhaolchatha (English, Gaelic, French, Latin, Italian and German)
- Melody Gardot (English, French)
- Michel Teló (Portuguese, English)
- Mika (English, French)
- Mike Brant (French, German, Hebrew, Spanish)
- Mina (Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German)
- Mireille Mathieu (French, English, German, Spanish, Russian)
- Moishe Oysher (Yiddish, Hebrew, English)
- Mônica da Silva (English, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and French)
- Morten Harket (Norwegian, English)
- Murat Nasyrov (Russian, Uyghur)
- Mustafa Sandal (Turkish, English)
- Nana Mouskouri (Greek, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish)
- Natacha Atlas (Arabic, English, French)
- Natasha St-Pier (French, English, Cantonese)
- Nena (German, English)
- Ofra Haza (Hebrew, Arabic, English)
- Oleksandr Ponomaryov (Ukrainian, English)
- Petula Clark (English, French, Italian)
- Pilita Corrales (Tagalog, English, Visayan, Spanish)
- Priscilla Chan (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, English)
- Psoy Korolenko (Russian, Yiddish, French, English)
- Rachid Taha (Arabic, French)
- Rashid Behbudov (Azerbaijani, Russian, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali)
- Rita Streich (German, Russian, French, Italian, Czech)
- Ritchie Valens (Spanish, English)
- Ricky Martin (Spanish, English)
- Rika Zaraï (French, Hebrew)
- Rita (Hebrew, English, Persian)
- Robbie Williams (English, Spanish)
- Roch Voisine (French, English)
- Rubén Blades (Spanish, English)
- Ruslana (Ukrainian, English)
- Sammi Cheng (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, English)
- Sarah Brightman (English, Spanish, French, Latin, German, Italian, Russian, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Occitan)
- Sarah Geronimo (Filipino, English, Japanese)
- Sarbel (Greek, English, Arabic)
- Sarit Hadad (Hebrew, Arabic)
- Savina Yannatou (Greek, Ladino)
- Selena (Spanish, English)
- Seu Jorge (Portuguese, English)
- Shakira (Spanish, English, Portuguese, Arabic, French, German)
- Shiina Ringo (Japanese, English, French, German, Portuguese)
- Sissel Kyrkjebø (Norwegian, English, Swedish, Danish, Latin, Italian)
- Siti Nurhaliza (Malay, English, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese)
- Sława Przybylska (Polish, Yiddish)
- Soap&Skin (German, French, English)
- Sofia Rotaru (Ukrainian, Russian, Italian, Moldovan, English, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian)
- Sogdiana Fedorinskaya (Uzbek, Russian, Ukrainian, French, English, Chechen)
- Soraya (Spanish, English)
- Souad Massi (Algerian, Arabic, French)
- Stephanie (Japanese, English)
- Sylvie Vartan (French, English, Italian, Bulgarian)
- Takeshi Kaneshiro (Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, English)
- Tarkan (Turkish, English)
- Thalía (Spanish, English, Tagalog)
- Umberto Tozzi (Italian, English, French, Spanish)
- Ute Lemper (German, French, English)
- Vanessa Paradis (French, English)
- Violetta Villas (English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Neapolitan, Polish, Spanish, Russian)
- Wyclef Jean (Creole, English)
- Xuxa (Portuguese, Spanish, English)
- YOHIO (English, Japanese, Swedish)
- Youssou N'Dour (Wolof, French, English)
- Zohar Argov (Hebrew, Arabic)
- Zucchero (Italian, English)
- Zuzana Navarová (Czech, Slovak, Spanish, Romani, Yiddish, Russian, Quechua)
Bands
- 2NE1 (South Korean band) (Korean, English, Japanese)
- ABBA (Swedish, English, German, Italian, Spanish, French)
- Alabina (Arabic, Hebrew, Spanish, French)
- Apulanta (Finnish, English)
- Arcade Fire (Mostly English, French)
- Banghra (Spanish, English)
- Big Time Rush (English, Spanish)
- baSix (Danish, English)
- The Barry Sisters (Yiddish, English, Hebrew, Spanish)
- The Beatles (English, French, German)
- Blonde Redhead (English, French, Italian)
- Breed 77 (English, Spanish))
- Buranovskiye Babushki (Russian, English)
- Celtic Woman (English, Irish Gaelic, Latin, Italian and German)
- Clouseau (Dutch, English)
- Coldrain (English, Japanese)
- Culcha Candela (German, English, Spanish)
- Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird (English, Yiddish)
- Die Toten Hosen (German, English)
- Dimmu Borgir (Norwegian, English)
- Duran Duran (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese)
- Eiffel 65 (English, Italian)
- Einstürzende Neubauten (German, English)
- El Chombo (Spanish, English)
- Fabrika (Russian, English, French, Italian, Kabardian)
- Girls' Generation (Korean, English, Japanese)
- Goldfinger (English, German)
- Gregorian (English, German, French, Latin)
- Grimskunk (French, English)
- Il Divo (English, Italian, Spanish, French, Latin)
- Il Volo (Italian, English, Spanish)
- Irie Révoltés (German, French)
- Impaled Nazarene (English, Finnish)
- Kalamashaka (English, Swahili)
- KMFDM (English, German, Russian, Spanish, Esperanto, Czech)
- The Mars Volta (English, Spanish)
- Massilia Sound System (French, Occitan)
- Mediæval Bæbes (Modern English, Latin, Middle English, French, Italian, Russian, Swedish, Cadenet, Scottish English, German, Manx Gaelic, Spanish, Welsh, Bavarian, Provençal, Irish Gaelic, Cornish)
- Milk & Honey (Arabic, English, French)
- Minimum Serious (French, English)
- No Mercy (Spanish, English)
- Nový Svět (Spanish, Italian, English, French, German)
- One Ok Rock (Japanese, English)
- Os Mutantes (Portuguese, English)
- Os Paralamas do Sucesso (Portuguese, Spanish)
- Premiata Forneria Marconi (Italian, English)
- Puffy AmiYumi (Japanese, English)
- Rize (Japanese, English)
- Rammstein (German, English)
- Roxette (Swedish, English, Spanish)
- S.E.S (Korean, Japanese)
- Santana (Spanish, English)
- Scorpions (German, English)
- Seeed (German, English)
- Shonen Knife (Japanese, English)
- Skootteri (Finnish, English, Swedish)
- Slobo Horo (Turkish, Albanian, Serbian, Balkan languages)
- Smokey Mountain (Tagalog, English, Japanese)
- Sugar (Korean, Japanese)
- Super Junior (Korean, Chinese Mandarin, Japanese)
- Super Junior-M (Korean, Chinese Mandarin)
- The Temptations (English, Tagalog)
- Tokio Hotel (German, English)
- Trybe (Shangaan, Shona, Sotho, Xhosa, Zulu)
- Zeraphine (German, English)