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Justin Timberlake - 78% match to Timbaland

31 January 1981, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. Timberlake rose to fame in the late 90s as a member of hugely popular US vocal group *NSYNC, with whom he enjoyed a string of bestselling singles and albums. Timberlake became the most prominent member of the group owing to his personal relationship with teen pop queen Britney Spears, although by the time he launched his solo career Read more

Flo Rida - 67% match to Timbaland

Sean Paul - 45% match to Timbaland

Usher - 45% match to Timbaland

Usher Raymond IV, 14 October 1978, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Originally drawn from LaFace Records’ seemingly inexhaustible wellspring of young R&B acts in the mid-90s, Usher is one of the few who can boast of real star quality and staying power. Indeed, after the release of his self-titled debut in 1994, there seemed to be a danger that he would become better kno Read more

David Guetta - 43% match to Timbaland

Nelly Furtado - 43% match to Timbaland

2 December 1978, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. One of the most intriguing singer-songwriters to emerge in the new millennium, Furtado’s music embraces enough styles to defy easy categorisation. This first generation Canadian was raised in British Columbia by her parents, who were originally from the Portuguese archipelago Azores. As a teenager she learned to play Read more

Taio Cruz - 42% match to Timbaland

Adetayo Ayowale Cruz Onile-Ere, Sussex, England. Touted as the UK’s answer to John Legend on the release of his debut album in 2008, this UK singer-songwriter mirrored his American counterpart in having worked behind the scenes for several years as a writer and producer before enjoying solo success. Raised in London by his Nigerian father and Brazilian mother, Cruz was Read more

Akon - 39% match to Timbaland

Aliaune Thiam, 14 October 1981, Dakar, Senegal. The son of jazz percussionist Mor Thiam, Akon spent his early years in the west African country of Senegal before his family returned to the USA and settled in New Jersey. His parents relocated to Atlanta while he was still at high school, leaving the youngster to make the most of his freedom by running into trouble with the la Read more

Will.I.Am - 39% match to Timbaland

William James Adams Jnr., 15 March 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA. Before launching a solo career during the early twenty-first century, US rapper Will.I.Am came to the attention of hip-hop fans as a member of the multi-ethnic crew the Black Eyed Peas. The original trio, Will.I.Am, his childhood friend Apl.de.Ap, and their friend Taboo, released a pair of critically accl Read more

Pitbull - 37% match to Timbaland

Jay Sean - 36% match to Timbaland

Kamaljit Jhooti, 26 March 1981, Southall, Middlesex, England. The highly talented vocalist Jay Sean became the first UK Asian R&B artist to breakthrough into the mainstream, riding high on the pop charts during 2003/4 with a string of hit singles. Jhooti had always dreamed of becoming a singer and while still at school formed the rap duo Compulsive Disorder with his cous Read more

Nelly - 35% match to Timbaland

Cornell Haynes Jnr., 2 November 1974, Austin, Texas, USA. Haynes had an itinerant childhood, moving to Spain at one point before ending up in the ghettos of St. Louis, Missouri. A talented baseball player, Haynes opted instead to form the St. Lunatics rap crew with high school friends Kyjuan (b. Robert Cleveland), City Spud (b. Lavell Webb), Big Lee (b. Ali Jones), Murphy Le Read more

Ciara - 31% match to Timbaland

Ciara Princess Harris, 25 October 1985, Austin, Texas, USA. R&B vocalist Ciara enjoyed immediate commercial success when her debut ‘Goodies’, climbed up the US charts to reach the peak position in September 2004. As a child of a military family, Ciara spent an itinerant childhood moving around Europe and the USA. She settled in Atlanta, Georgia, and after leavi Read more

Diddy - 30% match to Timbaland

T-Pain - 30% match to Timbaland

Faheem Najm, 30 June 1985, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. This former rapper turned singer-songwriter/producer enjoyed US success at the end of 2005 with the R&B/pop hit ‘I’m Sprung’. Najm began making music in his bedroom studio while still living with his parents, before graduating to live performance with the Florida-based rap outfit Nappy Headz. The quinte Read more