- Jan 4 Mai Meneses, Spanish singer, born in Madrid, Spain
- Jan 6 Nikki Einfeld, Canadian coloratura soprano, born in Manitoba
- Jan 9 AJ McLean, American singer (Backstreet Boys), born in West Palm Beach, Florida
- Jan 10 Brent Smith, American singer (Shinedown), born in Knoxville, Tennessee
- Jan 12 Amerie, American singer & songwriter, born in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
- Jan 12 Jeremy Camp, American musician, born in Lafayette, Indiana
- Jan 12 Kris Roe, American musician (The Ataris), born in Anderson, Indiana
- Jan 21 Tamir "Nokio" Ruffin, American Singer
- Feb 2 Eden Espinosa, American singer and stage actress
- Feb 3 Eliza Schneider, American actress and singer
- Feb 10 Don Omar, Puerto Rican singer, born in Carolina, Puerto Rico
- Feb 13 Hamish Glencross, Scottish guitarist (My Dying Bride), born in Dundee, Scotland
- Feb 14 Dwele [Andwele Gardner], American soul singer, born in Detroit, Michigan
- Feb 15 Kimberly Goss, American singer and musician (Sinergy), born in Los Angeles, California
- Feb 19 Immortal Technique, American rapper
- Feb 23 Residente [René Pérez], Puerto Rican musician (Calle 13), born in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico
- Feb 24 Shinya, Japanese musician (Dir en grey)
- Feb 24 John Nolan, American musician (Straylight Run)
- Feb 28 Jeanne Cherhal, French Singer-songwriter
- Mar 3 Douglas Osmond, vocalist (Osmond Boys), born in Provo, Utah
- Mar 3 Seomoon Tak, Korean singer
- Mar 3 Jeff Hanson, American singer-songwriter, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (d. 2009)
- Mar 10 Ben Burnley, American musician (Breaking Benjamin)
- Mar 12 Claudio Sanchez, American musician (Coheed and Cambria)
- Mar 15 Sid Wilson, American musician (Slipknot)
- Mar 29 Michael Kaczurak, American singer and actor
- Mar 31 Tony Yayo, American rapper
- Apr 4 Lemar Obika, English singer and songwriter, born in Tottenham, London
- Apr 4 Aska Yang, Taiwanese singer (Dove), born in Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Apr 6 Myleene Klass, British singer
- Apr 6 Martin Mendez, Uruguayan-born Bassist (Opeth)
- Apr 9 Rachel Stevens, English singer (S Club 7), born in Southgate, London
- Apr 9 Vesna Pisarović, Croatian singer, born in Brčko, Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Apr 11 Tom Thacker, Canadian musician (Gob), born in Langley, British Columbia, Canada
- Apr 12 Guy Berryman, Scottish musician (Coldplay), born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland
- Apr 13 Chris Sligh, American singer and Idol finalist, born in Madison, Tennessee
- Apr 15 Luis Fonsi [Luis López-Cepero], Puerto Rican singer-songwriter (Despacito), born in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Apr 15 Chris Stapleton, American country musician (The SteelDrivers, Traveller), born in Lexington, Kentucky
- Apr 17 Bilal Abdul-samad, American rocker (Boys), born in Carson, California
- Apr 21 Jukka Nevalainen, Finnish drummer (Nightwish)
- Apr 21 Branden Steineckert, American drummer (Rancid), (The Used)
- Apr 22 Jason Stollsteimer, American singer (The Von Bondies)
- Apr 26 Avant [Myron Lavell Avant], American R&B singer, born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Apr 28 Lauren Laverne, Disc jockey, television presenter and former singer
- May 2 Steve Bays, Canadian musician (Hot Hot Heat)
- May 3 Paul Banks, English-American vocalist (Interpol), born in Clacton-on-Sea, England
- May 5 Ola Gjeilo, Norwegian composer (Dreamweaver), born in Skui, Norway
- May 7 Stian Arnesen (Nagash/Lex Icon), Norwegian Black Metal musician
- May 8 Jang Woo Hyuk, Korean singer
- May 11 Perttu Kivilaakso, Finnish Cellist (Apocalyptica), born in Helsinki, Finland
- May 12 Wilfred Le Bouthillier, Acadian singer
- May 12 Aya Ishiguro, Japanese singer (formerly Morning Musume)
- May 15 Zoltan Bathory, Hungarian-born American musician and martial artist (Five Finger Death Punch), born in Szentendre, Hungary
- May 16 David Ford, English singer-songwriter (Songs for the Road), born in Dartford, Kent, England
- May 23 Scott Raynor, American drummer (formerly of blink-182)
- May 25 Adam Gontier, Canadian singer (Three Days Grace), born in Peterborough, Ontario
- May 26 Phil Elverum, American singer-songwriter
- May 29 Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives)
- Jun 3 Lyfe Jennings, R&B singer-songwriter
- Jun 6 Carl Barât, English musician (The Libertines and Dirty Pretty Things)
- Jun 6 Mariana Popova, Bulgarian singer
- Jun 7 Tony An, Korean singer (H.O.T)
- Jun 9 Matthew Bellamy, British musician (Muse), born in Cambridge, England
- Jun 14 The-Dream [Terius Nash], American R&B singer, born in Rockingham, North Carolina
- Jun 15 RoRo [Romell Chapman], rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Atlanta, Georgia
- Jun 16 Jasmine "Fish" Leong, Chinese Malaysian singer (Courage), born in Bahau, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
- Jun 23 Frédéric Leclercq, French bassist (DragonForce)
- Jun 23 Memphis Bleek, American rapper
- Jun 24 Ariel Pink, American musician
- Jun 24 Erno "Emppu" Vuorinen, Finnish guitarist (Nightwish)
- Jun 25 Layla El, English dancer, model and 2006 WWE Diva Search winner, born in London
- Jun 26 Alex Dana, French singer (L5's singer), born in Marseille, France
- Jun 27 Lolly [Anna Shantha Kumble], British singer (Viva la Radio), born in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England
- Jun 29 Sam Farrar, Australian-American bassist (Phantom Planet), born in Los Angeles, California
- Jun 29 Nicole Scherzinger, American singer (Pussycat Dolls), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Jul 4 Stephen McNally, British singer and songwriter (BBMak, 10 Reasons to Live), born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
- Jul 7 Misia [Misaki Itō], Japanese singer (Mother Father Brother Sister), born in Omura, Japan
- Jul 9 Mark Medlock, German pop singer (Now Or Never), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Jul 10 Jesse Lacey, American musician (Brand New)
- Jul 12 Mélanie De Biasio, Belgian jazz singer (A Stomach Is Burning), born in Charleroi, Belgium
- Jul 17 Émilie Simon, French singer, born in Montpellier, France
- Jul 18 Verónica Romeo [Sotoca], Spanish pop singer, born in Elche, Spain
- Jul 21 Damian Marley, Jamaican musician, born in Kingston, Jamaica
- Jul 23 Stefanie Sun, Singaporean singer
- Jul 28 Hitomi Yaida, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Toyonaka, Osaka
- Jul 28 Luka Udjbinac, Croatian jazz musician, born in Zagreb, Croatia
- Jul 31 Will Champion, English musician (drummer for Coldplay), born in Southampton, England
- Jul 31 Zac Brown, American musician (Zac Brown Band), born in Dahlonega, Georgia
- Aug 1 Dhani Harrison, British musician (Brainwashed), born in Windsor, Berkshire
- Aug 5 Nektaria Karantzi, Greek singer (Byzantine Chant)
- Aug 7 Jamey Jasta [James Shanahan], American metal singer (Hatebreed), born in New Haven, Connecticut
- Aug 7 Vanness Wu, Taiwanese-American singer (F4, Kangta & Vanness), born in Santa Monica, California
- Aug 8 Countess Vaughn, American actress and singer
- Aug 15 Tim Foreman, American bassist (Switchfoot - The Beautiful Letdown), born in Lake Arrowhead, California
- Aug 17 Vibeke Stene, Norwegian singer (Tristania), born in Sokndal, Norway
- Aug 22 Jeff Stinco, Canadian musician (Simple Plan), born in Montreal, Quebec
- Aug 23 Julian Casablancas, American musician, born in NYC, New York
- Aug 26 Raja Kashif, Pakistani singer and songwriter, born in Isleworth, Hounslow, England
- Aug 28 Jess Margera, American drummer (CKY), born in West Chester, Pennsylvania
- Sep 3 Valfar, Norwegian heavy metal vocalist/musician (Windir), born in Sogndal, Norway (d. 2004)
- Sep 6 Cisco Adler, American singer and record producer, born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 6 Tony Thaxton, American drummer (Motion City Soundtrack), born in Mechanicsville, Virginia
- Sep 7 Adrian [General Austin] Witcher, American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Columbus, Georgia
- Sep 11 Ben Lee, Australian musician and actor (The Rage in Placid Lake), born in Sydney, Australia
- Sep 12 Michael Paget, Welsh guitarist (Bullet for My Valentine), born in Bridgend, South Wales
- Sep 12 Ruben Studdard, American singer (American Idol, I Need An Angel), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Sep 13 Swizz Beatz [Kasseem Dean], American rapper and record producer (Full Surface Records), born in NYC, New York
- Sep 14 Danielle Peck, American country music singer (Findin' a Good Man), born in Jacksonville, North Carolina
- Sep 16 Matthew Rogers, American TV host and country singer, born in Arcadia, California
- Sep 20 Patrizio Buanne, Austrian-Italian singer and guitarist, born in Vienna, Austria
- Sep 20 Sarit Hadad [Sarah Hudadatov], Israeli pop and Mizrahi singer, born in Afula, Israel
- Sep 27 Brad Arnold, American singer (3 Doors Down - "Kryptonite"), born in Escatawpa, Mississippi
- Sep 28 Bushido [Anis Ferchichi], German rapper, born in Bonn, West Germany
- Sep 29 Gunner McGrath, American guitarist (Much the Same)
- Sep 29 Kurt Nilsen, Norwegian singer
- Oct 2 Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese J-pop singer-songwriter (Secret), born in Fukuoka, Japan
- Oct 3 Jake Shears [Jason Sellards], American rock singer (Scissor Sisters), born in Mesa, Arizona
- Oct 5 James Valentine, American musician (Maroon 5), born in Lincoln, Nebraska
- Oct 7 Alesha Dixon, British pop singer (Mis-Teeq), born in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom
- Oct 8 Mike Moreno, American jazz musician (First in Mind), born in Houston, Texas
- Oct 9 Nicky Byrne, Irish musician (Westlife), born in Dublin, Ireland
- Oct 14 Justin Brannan, American musician (Most Precious Blood), born in Brooklyn, New York
- Oct 16 Abel Talamántez, American LAtin, pop, and Tex-Max singer (Menudo; Los Super Reyes), born in Pecos, Texas
- Oct 16 Ethan Luck, American rock musician (The O.C. Supertones; Demon Hunter; Relient K), born in Long Beach, California
- Oct 19 Chris Sellers, American rapper (Another Bad Creation), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Oct 19 Henri "Trollhorn"Sorvali, Finnish heavy metal muscian (Moonsorrow), born in Helsinki, Finland
- Oct 20 Paul Wilson, Irish bass player (Snow Patrol)
- Oct 26 Mark Barry, English musician (BBMak), born in Manchester
- Oct 27 Vanessa-Mae [Vanakorn Nicholson], Singaporean-British violinist and Olympic alpine skier, born in Singapore
- Oct 27 Dmitri Kogan, Russian concert violinist (Five Great Violins), born in Moscow (d. 2017)
- Oct 28 Justin Guarini [Bell], American pop singer and actor (American Idol), born in Columbus, Georgia
- Nov 6 Jolina Magdangal, Filipina singer, actress and television host, born in Hagonoy, Bulacan, Philippines
- Nov 7 Tomoya Nagase, Japanese actor and singer (TOKIO), born in Kanagawa, Japan
- Nov 9 Sisqó [Mark Althavean Andrews], American singer (Dru Hill, Unleash the Dragon), born in Baltimore, Maryland
- Nov 10 Eve [Jeffers-Cooper], American rapper and actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Nov 12 Andrew Kinlochan, English singer and musician
- Nov 13 Nikolai Fraiture, American rock bassist (The Strokes), born in New York City
- Nov 16 Carolina Parra, Brazilian musician (CSS), born in São Paulo, Brazil
- Nov 18 Andris Nelsons, Latvian conductor (Boston Symphony; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra), born in Riga, Latvia
- Nov 19 Matt Dusk, Canadian jazz vocalist, born in Toronto, Ontario
- Nov 20 Ryan Leslie, American singer-songwriter, born in Washington, D.C.
- Nov 20 Freya Lin, Taiwanese singer, born in Taiwan
- Nov 22 Karen O [Orzolek], American singer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), born in Busan, South Korea
- Nov 25 Ringo Shiina [Yumiko Shiina], Japanese singer, songwriter and musician (Tokyo Jihen), born in Urawa, Saitama
- Nov 26 Matthew Taylor, American bassist (Motion City Soundtrack), born in Richmond, Virginia
- Nov 27 Tim Yeung, American heavy metal drummer (Vital Remains; I Am Morbid), born in Rochester, New York
- Nov 27 Mike Skinner, British singer-songwriter and rapper (The Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free), born in Chipping Barnet, London, England
- Nov 30 Clay Aiken, American singer
- Dec 1 Mat Kearney, American singer and songwriter
- Dec 2 Nelly Furtado, Canadian singer and songwriter (I'm Like a Bird), born in Victoria, British Columbia
- Dec 2 Chris Wolstenholme, British musician and bassist (Muse), born in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England
- Dec 3 Trina [Katrina Laverne Taylor], American rapper (Glamorest Life), born in Miami, Florida
- Dec 4 Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer (Gemilang), born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Dec 6 K. D. Aubert, American actress and singer, born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- Dec 7 Frankie J, Mexican-American singer (Kumbia Kings), born in Tijuana, Mexico
- Dec 12 Evren Genis, Turkish composer, born in Ankara, Turkey
- Dec 12 Louis, Korean singer ("Jung Hwa Ban Jum")
- Dec 13 Ryo Kawakita, Japanese guitarist (Maximum the Hormone), born in Tokyo
- Dec 14 Radu Sârbu, Moldovan singer (O-Zone), born in Peresecina, Moldova
- Dec 14 Martina Filjak, Croatian concert pianist, born in Zagreb, Croatia
- Dec 15 Mark Jansen, Dutch guitarist (Epica)
- Dec 16 Kaine, American rapper (Ying Yang Twins)
- Dec 17 Neil Sanderson, Canadian drummer (Three Days Grace)
- Dec 23 Esthero, Canadian musician and singer, born in Stratford, Canada
John Legend
Dec 28 John Legend [John Stephens], American musician, producer, songwriter and actor (La La Land, Django Unchained), born in Springfield, Ohio
John Legend
- Dec 29 LaToya London, American singer, born in San Francisco, California
- Dec 30 Zbigniew Robert Promiński, Polish drummer
- Dec 30 Tyrese, American singer and actor
- Dec 31 Papoose [Shamele Mackie], American rapper, born in Brooklyn, New York
About 1978
How Old? 41 or 42 years old
Generation: Generation X