List of multilingual bands and artists
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.
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Individual artists
- A.I. (Japanese, English)
- Achinoam Nini, a.k.a. Noa (Hebrew, English, Spanish)
- Adrienne Bailon (Spanish, English)
- 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)
- Anke Pietrangeli (Afrikaans, English)
- Antonio Banderas (Spanish, English)
- Ariana Delawari (English, Pashto, Tajiki)
- Arielle Dombasle (French, Spanish)
- Aris San (Greek, Hebrew, Spanish)
- Arno Carstens (Afrikaans, English)
- 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)
- Bente Kahan (Yiddish, Ladino, Hebrew, Polish, Russian, Norwegian, Hungarian, German, English)
- Bera Ivanishvili (Georgian, English, Russian, French)
- Beyoncé (English, Spanish)
- Björk (Icelandic, English)
- BoA (Korean, Japanese, English, Mandarin Chinese)
- Bobby van Jaarsveld (Afrikaans, English)
- Bob Marley (Jamaican, English)
- Brenda Fassie (Zulu, English)
- Bruno Mars (English, Spanish)
- Caetano Veloso (Portuguese, English, Spanish)
- Cameron Cartio (Persian, Spanish, English)
- Carike Keuzenkamp (Dutch, Afrikaans, English)
- Carla Bruni (French, English)
- Carlos Santana (Spanish, English)
- Carole Samaha (Arabic, French, English, Spanish)
- 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)
- Chloë Agnew (English, Irish Gaelic, Latin, Italian and German)
- Christina Aguilera (English, Spanish)
- Christina Milian (English, Spanish)
- Christian Bautista (Filipino, 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)
- Cross Gene (English, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese)
- Dalida (French, Italian, Spanish, German, Arabic)
- Daniel Padilla (Filipino, English)
- David Bisbal (Spanish, English)
- Dayanara Torres (Spanish, English)
- Demis Roussos (English, French, Greek, Italian, Spanish, German)
- Dima Bilan (Russian, English)
- Dozi (South African Singer) (Afrikaans, English, Zulu)
- Edison Chen (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, English)
- Elīna Garanča (Spanish, Italian, English, German, French)
- Elissa (Arabic, French, English)
- Elvis Blue (Afrikaans, English)
- Emo Adams (South African Comedian & Singer) (Afrikaans, English)
- Enrique Gil (Filipino, English)
- Enrique Iglesias (Spanish, English, Italian)
- Enrico Macias (French, Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, Italian)
- Ensiferum (English, Finnish)
- Enya (Irish Gaelic, English)
- Eros Ramazzotti (Italian, Spanish, English)
- Faudel (Arabic, French)
- Faye Wong (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, English)
- Francesca Gagnon (French, English, Spanish, Italian)
- Francis Soghomonian (French, Esperanto)
- 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, Afrikaans, English, German, Latin, Xhosa, Zulu, Swahili, Ndebele)
- Heinz Winckler (Afrikaans, English)
- Henry Lau (English, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese)
- Hiba Tawaji (Arabic, French, English, German)
- Hikaru Utada (Japanese, English)
- Isa Kremer (Yiddish, Russian, French, Italian, English)
- Ishtar (Arabic, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Russian, English)
- INNA (Romanian, English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Catalan)
- Jackie Chan (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, English)
- Jackie Evancho (English, Italian, Latin, French)
- Jacky Cheung (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, English)
- Jack Parow (Afrikaans, English)
- Jacopo Sarno (Italian, 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, Hokkien, Cantonese, 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)
- Juanita du Plessis (Afrikaans, English)
- Julio Iglesias (Spanish, French, English, Italian, Filipino)
- Justin Bieber (English, French)
- K'Maro (Arabic, French, English)
- Kahimi Karie (Japanese, French, English, Italian, Spanish)
- Karl Wolf (Arabic, English)
- Karen Zoid (Afrikaans, English)
- Karsten Troyke (Yiddish, German, English)
- Katherine Jenkins (Welsh, English, Italian, Latin, French)
- Kelly Chen (Cantonese, Japanese, Mandarin, English)
- Khaled (Arabic, French)
- Korpiklaani (English, Finnish)
- Kraftwerk (German, English)
- Lada Gorpienko (Polish, Yiddish, Ukrainian, Russian, Hebrew)
- Lady Gaga (English, Italian, French)
- Laila Kinnunen (Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Hungarian, Afrikaans)
- Lara Fabian (French, English, Spanish, Italian)
- Laura Pausini (Italian, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese)
- Laurika Rauch (Afrikaans, English, Dutch)
- Lee Soo Young (Korean, Japanese)
- Leon Schuster (Afrikaans, English)
- Lhasa de Sela (English, Spanish)
- Lila Downs (Spanish, English, Mixtec, Zapotec, Mayan, Nahuatl, Purépecha)
- Linda de Suza (Portuguese, French)
- Linda Ronstadt (English, Spanish, Italian)
- Lira (Xhosa, Zulu,Sesotho, English, Afrikaans)
- Los Lonely Boys (Spanish, English)
- Louis Armstrong (English, 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)
- Mariah Carey (English, Spanish)
- 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)
- Milva (Italian, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, English, Greek)
- Mina (Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, German)
- Mireille Mathieu (French, English, German, Spanish, Russian)
- Miriam Makeba "Mama Afrika" (Xhosa, Zulu, English)
- 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)
- Myriam Fares (Arabic, English, Kurdish, Berber)
- Nana Mouskouri (Greek, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish)
- Nancy Ajram (Arabic, French, Armenian)
- Natacha Atlas (Arabic, English, French)
- Natasha St-Pier (French, English, Cantonese)
- Nelly Furtado (English, Spanish, Portuguese)
- Nena (German, English)
- Nianell (Afrikaans, English)
- Nia Vardalos (English, Greek)
- Nino Makharadze (Georgian script: მახარაძე (Georgian, Russian, English)
- Ofra Haza (Hebrew, Arabic, English)
- Oleksandr Ponomaryov (Ukrainian, English)
- Patricia Lewis (Afrikaans, English)
- Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson (Icelandic, English, Esperanto)
- Petula Clark (English, French, Italian)
- Pilita Corrales (Filipino, English, Visayan, Spanish)
- Pitbull (Spanish, English)
- Prince Royce (Spanish, English)
- Priscilla Chan (Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, English)
- Psoy Korolenko (Russian, Yiddish, French, English)
- Psy (Korean, English)
- Rachid Taha (Arabic, French)
- Rashid Behbudov (Azerbaijani, Russian, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Hindi, Urdu and Bengali)
- Ricky Ullman (Hebrew, English)
- Rita Streich (German, Russian, French, Italian, Czech)
- Ritchie Valens (Spanish, English)
- Ricky Martin (Spanish, English)
- Rika Zaraï (Hebrew, English, French, Italian, Spanish and German)
- 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 Källgren (Swedish, English, Mandarin Chinese)
- Sofia Rotaru (Ukrainian, Russian, Italian, Moldovan, English, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian)
- Sonja Herholdt (Afrikaans, English)
- Sophia Loren (Italian, English)
- Sogdiana Fedorinskaya (Uzbek, Russian, Ukrainian, French, English, Chechen)
- Soraya (Spanish, English)
- Souad Massi (Algerian, Arabic, French)
- Stephanie (Japanese, English)
- Steve Hofmeyr (Afrikaans, English)
- Sublime (English, Spanish)
- Sylvie Vartan (French, English, Italian, Bulgarian)
- Takeshi Kaneshiro (Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, English)
- Tarkan (Turkish, English)
- Thalía (Spanish, English, Filipino, French, Portuguese)
- Thomas Anders (German, English, Spanish)
- Toše Proeski (Macedonian, Serbian, English, Italian)
- Umberto Tozzi (Italian, English, French, Spanish)
- Ute Lemper (German, French, English)
- U-KISS (English, Japanese, Spanish, Korean)
- 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)
- Angra (English, Portuguese)
- Apulanta (Finnish, English)
- Arcade Fire (Mostly English, French)
- Babymetal (Japanese, English)
- The Bala Brothers (Zulu, English, Afrikaans)
- Banghra (Spanish, English)
- B.A.P (Korean, Japanese)
- Big Time Rush (English, Spanish)
- baSix (Danish, English)
- BLACKPINK (Korean, English)
- The Barry Sisters (Yiddish, English, Hebrew, Spanish)
- The Beatles (English, French, German)
- Blonde Redhead (English, French, Italian)
- Brainstorm (Latvian, English, Russian)
- Breed 77 (English, Spanish))
- BTS (Korean, Japanese)
- Buranovskiye Babushki (Russian, English)
- BZN (Dutch, German, English, French)
- 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 Antwoord (Afrikaans, English)
- Die Heuwels Fantasties (Afrikaans, English)
- Die Toten Hosen (German, English)
- Dimmu Borgir (Norwegian, English)
- The Dreams (Faroese, Danish, English)
- Duran Duran (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese)
- Eden (Afrikaans, English)
- Eiffel 65 (English, Italian)
- Einstürzende Neubauten (German, English)
- El Chombo (Spanish, English)
- EXO (Korean, Chinese Mandarin, English)
- Fabrika (Russian, English, French, Italian, Kabardian)
- Faky (Japanese, English)
- FEMM (Japanese, English)
- Foto na Dans & Flash Republic (colloquially known as "Dans Republic") (Afrikaans, English)
- Freshlyground (Zulu, Sesotho, English, Swahili)
- Girls' Generation (Korean, English, Japanese)
- Goldfinger (English, German)
- Gregorian (English, German, French, Latin)
- Grimskunk (French, English)
- Icona Pop (Swedish, English)
- Il Divo (English, Italian, Spanish, French, Latin)
- Il Volo (Italian, English, Spanish)
- Irie Révoltés (German, French)
- Impaled Nazarene (English, Finnish)
- JKT48 (Indonesian, English)
- Jump5 (English, Hawaiian)
- Kalamashaka (English, Swahili)
- Kero Kero Bonito (English, Japanese)
- 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)
- Pink Martini (English, French)
- Premiata Forneria Marconi (Italian, English)
- Puffy AmiYumi (Japanese, English)
- Rammstein (German, English, Spanish)
- Red Elvises (Russian, English)
- Rize (Japanese, English)
- Roxette (Swedish, English, Spanish)
- S.E.S (Korean, Japanese)
- Sabaton (Swedish, English)
- Santana (Spanish, English)
- Scorpions (German, English)
- Seeed (German, English)
- Shonen Knife (Japanese, English)
- Simple Plan (English, French)
- Skootteri (Finnish, English, Swedish)
- Slobo Horo (Turkish, Albanian, Serbian, Balkan languages)
- Smokey Mountain (Tagalog, English, Japanese)
- Springbok Nude Girls (Afrikaans, English)
- Sugar (Korean, Japanese)
- Super Junior (Korean, Chinese Mandarin, Japanese)
- Super Junior-M (Korean, Chinese Mandarin)
- The Temptations (English, Tagalog)
- t.A.T.u. (Russian, English)
- Tokio Hotel (German, English)
- Trybe (Shangaan, Shona, Sotho, Xhosa, Zulu)
- Twice (Korean, Japanese, Chinese Mandarin, Taiwanese, English)
- Týr (Faroese, English)
- Zeraphine (German, English)