The Best POP Singers 2024

Stage Name: Jung Kook / Jungkook (정국)
Full Name: Jeon Jung Kook (전정국)
Position: Main Vocalist, Lead Dancer, Sub Rapper, Center, Maknae
Birthday: September 1, 1997

Ariana Grande-Butera, commonly known by her stage name Ariana Grande, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman.

Date/place of birth: June 26, 1993 (age 30), Boca Raton, Florida, United States

Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer and songwriter. She received widespread attention from the media and the public as well as being honored by many publications as one of the featured faces on top lists.

Date/place of birth: December 13, 1989, West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States

Sabrina Ann Lynn Carpenter is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is best known for her role as Maya Hart in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World. She played Jenny Parker in the 2016 film Adventures in Babysitting, one of the original movies on Disney Channel.

Date/place of birth: May 11, 1999, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, United States

Justin Drew Bieber is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Bieber is famous for his ability to combine a variety of music genres and is an artist who plays an important role in today's popular music industry.

Date/place of birth: March 1, 1994 (age 30), St. Joseph's Hospital, London, Canada

Dua Lipa is a singer, songwriter, fashion designer, actress, and model of Albanian descent from the UK. Her music career began at the age of 14 with home music videos posted on YouTube.

Date/place of birth: August 22, 1995, London, United Kingdom

Selena Marie Gomez is an American singer, songwriter, actress and producer. Born and raised in Texas, Gomez began his career with the children's television series Barney & Friends.

Date/place of birth: July 22, 1992, Grand Prairie, Texas, United States

Anne-Marie Rose Nicholson, known professionally as Anne-Marie, is an English singer and songwriter, who has had five singles in the UK Singles Chart, with "Rockabye" by Clean Bandit, featuring Sean Paul.

Date/place of birth: April 7, 1991, East Tilbury, United Kingdom

Charles Otto "Charlie" Puth Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He quickly became famous from videos released on YouTube. He has released two EPs, The Otto Tunes and Ego, as an independent artist.

Date/place of birth: December 2, 1991 (age 32), Rumson, New Jersey, United States

Zain Javadd Malik was born on January 12, 1993 at St. Luke's in West Lane Baildon, Bradford, England. He was a contestant on the British music talent contest The X Factor; was a member of the band One Direction.

Date/place of birth: January 12, 1993, Bradford, UK

Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell is an American singer and songwriter. She first came to public attention in 2015 with her debut single "Ocean Eyes", later released by Interscope Records subsidiary Darkroom.

Date/place of birth: December 18, 2001 (age 22), Los Angeles, California, United States

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins MBE is a famous British singer and songwriter. In 2006, Adele was offered a recording contract with XL Recordings after a friend of Adele's posted a demo of hers on Myspace.

Date/place of birth: May 5, 1988, Tottenham, London, United Kingdom

Conan Lee Gray is an American singer-songwriter and YouTuber from Georgetown, Texas. Since 2013, when he was still a teenager, Gray began posting vlogs, cover videos and self-composed songs on Youtube and received the attention of many audiences.

Date/place of birth: December 5, 1998, Lemon Grove, California, United States

Samuel Frederick "Sam" Smith is an English singer-songwriter. Sam rose to fame in October 2012 when he collaborated with Disclosure on the single "Latch", which peaked at number 11 on the UK charts.

Date/place of birth: May 19, 1992, London, United Kingdom

Shawn Peter Raul Mendes is a Canadian singer and songwriter. He began to gain attention in 2013, when he posted cover songs on the social network Vine. He then caught the attention of artist managers Andrew Gertler and Island Records A&R Ziggy Chareton, and he signed with the record label.

Date/place of birth: August 8, 1998, Pickering, Canada

Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, better known by her stage name Katy Perry, is an American singer-songwriter and television personality. Famous for her influence on modern pop music and camp style, Perry has been called the "Queen of Camp" by Vogue magazine.

Date/place of birth: October 25, 1984, Santa Barbara, California, United States

Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, better known by his stage name The Weeknd, is a Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer. He is widely known for his unique music production, artistic creations, and his signature falsetto vocal range.

Date/place of birth: February 16, 1990, Scarborough, Toronto, Canada

Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato is an American singer, actress and musician. Lovato debuted with her first child role in the series Barney & Friends.

Date/place of birth: August 20, 1992, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Edward Christopher "Ed" Sheeran MBE, also known by his stage name Ed Sheeran, is an English singer-songwriter. Ed was born in Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk. In early 2011, he independently released his eighth EP, No. 5 Collaborations Project. 

Date/place of birth: February 17, 1991 (age 33), Halifax, United Kingdom

Peter Gene Hernandez, known by his stage name Bruno Mars, is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. Mars grew up in a family of artists in Honolulu, Hawaii, and he began singing at an early age.

Date/place of birth: October 8, 1985 (age 38), Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Harry Edward Styles of Worcestershire, Redditch, England, is an English singer, songwriter, actor, and former member of the boy band One Direction. He began his music career by working as a singer for a small band called White Eskimo in his hometown of Chapel, Cheshire.

Date/place of birth: February 1, 1994, Redditch, United Kingdom

Amanda Ava Koci, known professionally as Ava Max, is an American singer and songwriter whose single "Sweet but Psycho" topped the charts in several countries. Her debut studio album was released in September 2020.

Date/place of birth: February 16, 1994, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

Ashton Dumar Norwill Simmonds, better known by his stage name Daniel Caesar, is a Canadian singer and songwriter.

Date/place of birth: April 5, 1995, Scarborough, Toronto, Canada

Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao is a Cuban-American singer, songwriter and actress. She is known as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony formed through the US version of X-Factor in 2012, and signed contracts with Syco Music and Epic Records.

Date/place of birth: March 3, 1997, Cojímar, Cuba

Bleta Rexha, known professionally as Bebe Rexha, is an Albanian-American singer, songwriter and record producer.

Date/place of birth: August 30, 1989, Brooklyn, New York City, New York State, United States

Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, better known by her stage name Halsey, is an American singer and songwriter. Rising to fame from self-released music on social media platforms, she signed with Astralwerks in 2014 and released her debut EP, Room 93, later that year.

Date/place of birth: September 29, 1994, Edison, New Jersey, United States

Zara Maria Larsson is a Swedish singer. She became well known to domestic audiences after winning the talent show Talang in 2008, the Swedish version of Got Talent.

Date/place of birth: December 16, 1997, Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset, Solna, Sweden

Artemas Diamandis (born 23 September 1999), known mononymously as Artemas, is an English singer, songwriter, and record producer of Cypriot descent.

Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, commonly known as Hozier, is an Irish singer and songwriter from Bray, County Wicklow. In 2013 he released his debut album with the hit title song "Take Me to Church". In 2014, he continued to release his second album "From Eden".

Date/place of birth: March 17, 1990, Bray, Ireland

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, commonly known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She rose to fame through reinventing her image and being flexible between singing and acting in the entertainment industry.

Date/place of birth: March 28, 1986 (age 38), Lenox Hill Hospital, New York City, New York State, United States

Miley Ray Cyrus is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and philanthropist.

Date/place of birth: November 23, 1992, Franklin, Tennessee, United States

Olivia Isabel Rodrigo is an American singer, songwriter and actress. She participated in the arts and became known to the audience in the 2010s through television shows such as Bizaardvark and Disney's High School Musical: The Musical: The Series.

Date/place of birth: February 20, 2003, Murrieta, California, United States

Troye Sivan Mellet, is a South African-Australian singer, songwriter, actor and YouTuber. Sivan played the role of young James Howlett in the Wolverine movie of the X-Men franchise. Most recently, he starred in a three-part series called Spud.

Date/place of birth: June 5, 1995, Johannesburg, South Africa

Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, better known by her stage name Lana Del Rey, is an American singer and songwriter. Lana Del Rey began writing music at the age of 18 and signed her first recording contract with 5 Points Records in 2007.

Date/place of birth: June 21, 1985, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, United States

Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, also known by her stage name Lorde, is a female singer and songwriter born in Takapuna and raised in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand. She performed in music and drama classes from a young age, and by the age of thirteen she was signed to Universal Music Group.

Date/place of birth: November 7, 1996, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand

Sia Kate Isobelle Furler, simply known as Sia, is an Australian singer-songwriter, record producer and music video director. She began her career as a singer in the Adelaide-area acid jazz band Crisp in the mid-90s.

Date/place of birth: December 18, 1975, Adelaide, Australia

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, commonly known by her stage name Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, music producer and actress.
Date/place of birth: September 4, 1981, Houston, Texas, United States

Ari Staprans Leff, whose stage name is Lauv, is an American singer, songwriter and music producer living in Los Angeles. His debut EP Lost in the Light was released in 2015, and his first full-length album I Met You When I Was 18 was released in 2018.

Date/place of birth: August 8, 1994, San Francisco, California, United States

Jeremy Scott Zucker is an American singer and songwriter, best known for the songs Comethru, All the Kids Are Depressed and You Were Good to Me. Since first starting publishing music in 2015, Zucker has released multiple EPs and two full-length albums, Love Is Not Dying and Crusher.

Date/place of birth: March 3, 1996, Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, United States

John Roger Stephens, better known by his stage name John Legend, is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He has won 10 Grammy Awards, 1 Golden Globe Award and 1 Academy Award, and in 2007, Legend received a special Starlight Award from the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Date/place of birth: December 28, 1978, Springfield, Ohio, United States

Khalid Donnel Robinson, better known as Khalid is an American singer and songwriter. He is signed to Right Hand Music Group and RCA Records.

Date/place of birth: February 11, 1998, Fort Stewart, Georgia, United States

Megan Jovon Ruth Pete, commonly known by her stage name Megan Thee Stallion, is an American female rapper. Starting out in Houston, Texas, she first received attention when her freestyle rapping videos became popular on social media such as Instagram.

David Bowden, also known by his stage name Pink Sweats, is an American singer and songwriter. He released his first EP titled Volume 1 on November 2, 2018.

Date/place of birth: February 14, 1992, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a Barbadian singer and businesswoman. Born in Saint James, Barbados and raised in Bridgetown, during 2003 she began recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers and signed a recording contract with the label. Def Jam Recordings disc.

Date/place of birth: February 20, 1988, Saint Michael, Barbados

Tommy Richman is an American singer, rapper and songwriter. Richman rose to fame after his 2024 single "Million Dollar Baby", which began receiving major success from snippets posted to TikTok. Upon release the song debuted at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Date/place of birth: 2000, Woodbridge, Virginia, United States

Twenty One Pilots is an American musical duo from Columbus, Ohio. The band was formed in 2009 by lead vocalist Tyler Joseph and two former members Nick Thomas and Chris Salih before they left the group in 2011. Since their departure, the lineup has consisted of Joseph and drummer Josh Dun.

Benson James Boone is an American singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Born and raised in Monroe, Washington, his career began when he began sharing his music on the social media platform TikTok, then auditioned for American Idol.

Date/place of birth: June 25, 2002, Monroe, Washington, United States

Amalaratna Zandile Dlamini, also known by her stage name Doja Cat, is an American female singer and rapper. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she began composing and posting songs on SoundCloud in her teenage years. In 2014, Doja signed a contract with RCA Records.

Date/place of birth: October 21, 1995, Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, United States

Aubrey Drake Graham, better known by his stage name Drake, is an African-Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor, born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. He began to receive attention from the public with his role as Jimmy Brooks in the television series Degrassi: The Next Generation.

Date/place of birth: October 24, 1986, Toronto, Canada

Jacob Dodge Lawson, better known by his stage name Jvke, is an American singer, songwriter, producer and social media personality. During the COVID-19 lockdown, he started creating TikTok videos for his songs, one of which, "Upside Down", went viral in 2021.

Date/place of birth: March 3, 2001, Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Jackman Thomas Harlow is an American male rapper and singer. He began his music career in 2015 and has released several EPs, mixtapes, and studio albums. In 2018, he signed a contract with the Generation Now label of two artists Don Cannon and DJ Drama, a brand under Atlantic Records.

Date/place of birth: March 13, 1998, Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Mitsuki Miyawaki, known by his stage name Mitski, is an American singer and songwriter. She self-released her first two albums, Lush, and Retired from Sad, New Career in Business, while studying studio composition at Purchase College's Conservatory of Music.

Date/place of birth: September 27, 1990, Mie, Japan

Morgan Cole Wallen is an American country music singer and songwriter. He competed on the sixth season of The Voice, initially as a member of Usher's team, but later as a member of Adam Levine's team.

Date/place of birth: May 13, 1993, Sneedville, Tennessee, United States

Austin Richard Post, better known by his stage name Post Malone, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, guitarist and music producer.

Date/place of birth: July 4, 1995, Syracuse, New York State, United States

Solána Imani Rowe, stage name: SZA, is an American singer and songwriter. She was born in the city of St. Louis, Missouri and began composing music in the early 2010s. After releasing two EPs, in 2014, she signed with Top Dawg Entertainment and released her third EP, Z.

Date/place of birth: November 8, 1989, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Tyla Laura Seethal, known professionally as Tyla, is a South African singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Johannesburg, she signed to Epic Records in 2021 following the domestic success of her 2019 debut single, "Getting Late".

Date/place of birth: January 30, 2002, Johannesburg, South Africa

Meghan Elizabeth Trainor is an American singer and songwriter. Trainor's efforts have been recognized with several awards and nominations, including a Golden Globe Award, the Music Business Association's Breakthrough Artist of the Year Award along with two Billboard Music Awards.

Date/place of birth: December 22, 1993, Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Bella Poarch is a Filipino-American social media personality and singer. On August 17, 2020, she uploaded a video to TikTok that became the most viewed video on the platform, in which Bella lip-synced to the song "Soph Aspin Send" by British rapper Millie B.

Date/place of birth: February 8, 1997, San Fabian, Philippines