Yanni (real name: Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης / Yiannis Hrysomallis) is a Greek self-taught pianist, keyboardist, and composer who was born in November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece. Starting his career in 1977, joining up the Minneapolis-based rock group Chameleon, his musical efforts have spanned over three decades and brought him international popularity. Although many fans and critics call his music "New Age", Yanni himself has distanced himself from that label. In his autobiography, Yanni devotes an entire chapter to the subject, stating that he prefers to call his music "contemporary instrumental".Yanni is a self-taught pianist who began his musical......
There are several artists named Yasin.1) Yasin, or Yasin Byn, is a Swedish-Somalian rapper and part of the hip-hop team Byn Block Entertainment haling from Rinkeby in Stockholm.2) Yasin, or Yasin Sulaiman, is a composer and musician from Malaysia. He was the ex-member of a popular nasyid group, Brothers. He left the group thus created his own album. Since 2009, there are 4 albums - Mimpi Laila, Salsabila, The Best Of Yasin, and Arus Qudus. His song, soon to be famous, Mimpi Laila was the winner for Anugerah Juara Lagu 2001.His other contributions internationally were that he wrote the Malay lyrics for Sami Yusuf for the song: No Word Is Worthy and You Came To Me (feat......
Yazoo (aka "Yaz" - as those strange 'Muricans call them) was an English synthpop duo from Basildon, UK.Yazoo were formed in early 1982 by former Depeche Mode songwriter Vince Clarke (synthesizers) and English singer Alison Moyet (vocals) and signed to Mute Records in the United Kingdom.Their debut single "Only You" was released on 15 March 1982 and rose to number 2 on the UK charts. They also released two studio albums: Upstairs at Eric's in 1982 and You and Me Both in 1983.Shortly after the release of the second album, Moyet and Clarke decided to break up. Moyet pursued a solo career while Clarke first founded (the short lived) The Assembly......
Yelle is a trio formed in Saint-Brieuc, France in 2005, of lead singer Julie Budet (aka Yelle) and Jean-François Perrier (aka GrandMarnier), with Tanguy Destable (aka Tepr) joining prior to their début album.Budet rose to fame on MySpace when she posted a song titled "Short Dick Cuizi", dissing Cuizinier, a member of the Parisian hip-hop group TTC.With producer and close friend GrandMarnier, Budet has recorded a début album Pop-Up, after her hit single "Je veux te voir" (a finalised version of "Short Dick Cuizi"). The song, which samples the bassline from 20 Fingers' 1994 club hit Short Dick Man, received heavy airplay on MTV. She was also......
