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Music History Events: Births

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.

September 27, 1984 Avril Lavigne is born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada. She is raised in Napanee, Ontario.

September 10, 1984 Matthew Followill (lead guitarist for Kings Of Leon) is born Cameron Matthew Followill in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

August 21, 1984 Pop singer/actress Melissa Schuman (of Dream) is born in San Clemente, California.

August 6, 1984 Eric Roberts (bassist for Gym Class Heroes) is born in Edmeston, New York.

June 30, 1984 Fantasia Barrino is born in High Point, North Carolina. She wins the third season of American Idol and later stars in both Broadway and film adaptations of The Color Purple.

April 24, 1984 Tyson Ritter (frontman of The All-American Rejects) is born in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

April 10, 1984 Singer and actress Mandy Moore is born Amanda Leigh Moore in Nashua, New Hampshire.

January 30, 1984 Kid Cudi is born Scott Mescudi in Cleveland, Ohio. His first two albums take off but send him into a swirl of drug abuse and depression. He becomes one of the first hip-hop stars to openly discuss his struggles with mental health.

November 20, 1983 Future is born Nayvadius Wilburn in Atlanta, Georgia. Rapping with distinctive Auto-Tuned vocals over trap beats, he comes onto the scene in 2011 with his feature on YC's "Racks," and by 2015 he's a star, earning his first #1 album with DS2.

November 10, 1983 Country singer Miranda Lambert is born in Longview, Texas. After competing on the reality singing competition Nashville Star, the 21-year-old releases her major-label debut in 2005 and has her first hit with its title track, "Kerosene," a revenge fantasy about killing her cheating ex.

October 24, 1983 Adrienne Bailon (lead singer for 3LW) is born in New York City, New York.

October 10, 1983 Halestorm frontwoman Lzzy Hale is born Elizabeth Hale in Red Lion, Pennsylvania. She takes the name Lzzy as an homage to Ozzy Osbourne.

September 25, 1983 Donald Glover is born in Edwards, California, raised in Stone Mountain, Georgia. He writes for the TV series 30 Rock and stars in the sitcom Community before making music as the rapper Childish Gambino. His 2016 hit "Redbone" popularizes the phrase "stay woke," and his 2018 #1 "This Is America" wins Grammys for Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year.

September 14, 1983 Amy Winehouse is born in Southgate, London, England. Her 2006 album Back To Black is hailed as a masterwork and makes her quite famous, but all the attention exacerbates her drug and alcohol addictions, and she dies of alcohol poisoning in 2011.

July 29, 1983 Country singer Ashley McBryde is born in Waldron, Arkansas. She drops out of college and starts playing bars in 2002 but doesn't break through until 2017 when she lands a record deal and releases her first single, "A Little Dive Bar In Dahlonega."

July 2, 1983 Michelle Branch is born in Sedona, Arizona.

June 20, 1983 Grace Potter is born in Waitsfield, Vermont. While attending St. Lawrence University in New York in 2002, she meets drummer Matt Burr during a campus open-mic in and they form a rock band that evolves into Grace Potter And The Nocturnals.