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Music History Events: Births

May 2, 1986 Country singer-songwriter Rose Falcon is born in New York.

March 22, 1986 Amy Studt is born in Hammersmith, London, England.

March 3, 1986 Christian singer Stacie Orrico is born in Seattle, Washington.

February 21, 1986 Charlotte Church is born in Cardiff, Wales.

January 20, 1986 Kevin Parker (Tame Impala) is born in Sydney, Australia, raised in Perth. His parents are both from Africa, where impalas (a spry kind of antelope) are found - the name reflects the wild but controlled nature of his music. Outside of Tame Impala, he does production work for many artists, including Lady Gaga ("Perfect Illusion"), Gorillaz ("New Gold") and Dua Lipa ("Houdini").

January 17, 1986 Olivia Newton-John gives birth to her daughter, Chloe. The father is her husband Matt Lattanzi, who co-starred with Olivia in Xanadu.

January 6, 1986 Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner is born in Sheffield, England.

November 26, 1985 Rapper Lil' Fizz (of B2K) is born Dreux Pierre Frédéric in New Orleans, Louisiana.

October 25, 1985 R&B singer Ciara is born Ciara Princess Harris in Austin, Texas, but is raised throughout the US and Germany thanks to her Army dad.

October 22, 1985 Zac Hanson (of Hanson) is born in Arlington, Virginia, to a family that includes older brothers - and future bandmates - Isaac and Taylor. He would be raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

September 25, 1985 Diana Ortiz (of Dream) is born in San Fernando Valley, California.

September 7, 1985 Ringo Starr becomes the first Beatles grandfather when his son Zak's child is born.

August 11, 1985 J-Boog (of B2K) is born Jarell Damonte Houston in Compton, California.

August 3, 1985 Holly Blake-Arnstein (of the girl group Dream) is born in Tarzana, California.

June 13, 1985 R&B singer Raz B (of B2K) is born De'Mario Monte Thornton in Cleveland, Ohio.

May 28, 1985 Colbie Caillat is born in Malibu, California.

May 20, 1985 Jon Pardi is born in Dixon, California. Part of a wave of artists that make good-time country songs with modern production (Sam Hunt and Florida Georgia Line are others), he breaks through in 2013 with "Up All Night," a song about a truck, a girl and a dirt road.

May 10, 1985 Pop singer Ashley Poole (of Dream) is born in Blythe, California.

May 2, 1985 Singer-songwriter Lily Allen is born in London. After a rambunctious childhood that gets her kicked out of a number of schools, she finds a following on MySpace and releases her first single, "Smile," in 2006. It goes to #1 in the UK, followed two years later by another chart-topper, "The Fear."

April 3, 1985 Leona Lewis is born in Islington, London, England. After winning The X Factor UK in 2006, she lands a global hit with "Bleeding Love" in 2008.

February 20, 1985 Julia Volkova (of t.A.T.u.) is born in Moscow, Russia (then part of the Soviet Union).

December 25, 1984 The twins Lisa and Jess Origliasso are born in Albany Creek, Queensland, Australia. They form The Veronicas.

November 19, 1984 Country singer Cam is born Camaron Marvel Ochs in Huntington Beach, California. She's raised in the San Francisco area and earns a psychology degree from University of California, Davis, before moving to Nashville, where she has her biggest hit with her 2015 single "Burning House."

November 18, 1984 T.J. Osborne is born in Deale, Maryland. He follows his older brother John to Nashville and they form the Brothers Osborne in 2012.

November 12, 1984 R&B singer Omarion (lead singer for B2K) is born Omari Ishmael Grandberry in Inglewood, California.

October 27, 1984 Ozzy Osbourne and wife Sharon welcome baby girl Kelly Osbourne, born in Westminster, London. She releases two albums before switching her focus to fashion, appearing on shows like Fashion Police, Project Runway and RuPaul's Drag Race.

October 25, 1984 Katy Perry is born Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson in Santa Barbara, California. She starts as a gospel singer but makes a hard turn to pop in 2008 with the single "I Kissed a Girl," the first of her nine #1 hits.

October 19, 1984 Thundercat is born Stephen Lee Bruner in Los Angeles. He first gets attention for his bass playing on Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012) and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) albums, and he later becomes known as a solo artist with a distinctive falsetto.

October 4, 1984 Lena Katina (of t.A.T.u.) is born Elena Sergeevna Katina in Moscow, Russia.

October 3, 1984 Ashlee Simpson is born in Waco, Texas, to a family that includes older sister and fellow singer Jessica Simpson. Propelled by MTV's The Ashlee Simpson Show, her debut album goes straight to #1 and sells over 3 million copies.