Music History Events: Births
January 22, 2013 Shakira and Spanish soccer star Gerard Pique welcome their first child, baby boy Milan.
August 21, 2011 Rod Stewart's becomes a grandfather for the first time when his daughter Kimberly gives birth to her own daughter, Delilah Genoveva del Toro (the result of a liaison with actor Benicio del Toro).
July 11, 2011 Jewel and her rodeo star husband Ty Murray welcome their first child: Kase Townes Murray.
July 9, 2011 Matt Bellamy of Muse and his fiancé Kate Hudson welcome a baby boy named Bingham. Hudson had a boy with Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson seven years earlier; she and Bellamy call off their engagement in 2014.
June 2, 2011 Pink and her husband, Carey Hart, welcome their first child, a daughter named Willow Sage.
April 30, 2011 Mariah Carey and her husband Nick Cannon welcome twins: daughter Monroe and son Moroccan.
April 22, 2011 At age 51, Bryan Adams becomes a father for the first time when his baby girl Mirabella Bunny is born.
February 2, 2011 Leonard Cohen's first grandchild is born to proud parents Lorca Cohen, Rufus Wainwright and "deputy dad" Jorn Weisbrodt. Little Viva Katherine, named after Wainwright's mother, the folk singer Kate McGarrigle, is born only a year after Cohen reportedly remarked on childhood to both Lorca and Rufus: "You know, it's pretty much the only amazing thing there is."
December 25, 2010 Alanis Morissette gives birth to her first child, a son named Ever Imre. Morissette married the baby's father, rapper Mario "Souleye" Treadway, earlier in the year.
November 12, 2010 Ne-Yo welcomes his first child, baby girl Madilyn Grace, with girlfriend Monyetta Shaw.
October 14, 2010 Alicia Keys gives birth to a baby boy named Egypt, and is inspired to write the song "Speechless." The father is her producer husband Swizz Beatz.
February 26, 2010 Though they are separated, The-Dream and Christina Milian welcome a baby daughter, Violet.
September 4, 2009 The-Dream and Christina Milian elope in Las Vegas; they separate three months later, though the split is not made public until July 2010.
May 27, 2009 Gerard Way (of My Chemical Romance) becomes a father when wife Lyn-Z (of Mindless Self Indulgence) gives birth to daughter Bandit Lee.
April 17, 2009 Brad Paisley and his wife, Kimberly Williams, welcome their second child, Jasper. His song "Today" is about this event.
November 20, 2008 Newly married Ashlee Simpson and Pete Wentz (of Fall Out Boy) welcome a baby boy: Bronx Mowgli Wentz.
August 21, 2008 Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale have their second child: a son named Zuma Nesta Rock.
June 22, 2007 Sarah McLachlan gives birth to her second child, daughter Taja Summer Sood.
February 22, 2007 Brad Paisley and his wife, the actress Kimberly Williams, have their first child: a son named Huckleberry ("Huck").
December 22, 2006 The producer Swizz Beatz and his wife, the singer Mashonda Tifrere, have their first child, Kasseem Dean Jr. In 2016, Kasseem's stepmother Alicia Keys writes a song for him called "Blended Family (What You Do For Love)."
December 6, 2006 On her third wedding anniversary to Elvis Costello, Diana Krall gives birth to twin boys, Dexter Henry Lorcan and Frank Harlan James.
October 19, 2006 Nick Valensi of The Strokes and his wife, photographer/actress Amanda de Cadenet, welcome fraternal twins, Silvan and Ella.
May 14, 2004 Chris Martin of Coldplay and his wife, Gwyneth Paltrow, have a daughter they name Apple.
March 2, 2004 All Saints' Natalie Appleton gives birth to a son, Ace Billy Howlett. The father is her husband Liam Howlett (of The Prodigy).
January 7, 2004 Chris Robinson (of The Black Crowes) and actress Kate Hudson's son, Ryder Russell, is born.
February 20, 2003 Olivia Rodrigo is born in Murrieta, California. She stars on the Disney shows Bizaardvark and High School Musical: The Musical: The Series before releasing her debut single, "Drivers License," in 2021.
April 6, 2002 Sarah McLachlan gives birth to her first child, daughter India Ann Sushil Sood.
December 18, 2001 Billie Eilish is born in Los Angeles. Working with her brother, Finneas, she composes her Grammy-winning debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, which is released in 2019 when she's 17.
August 12, 2001 Shania Twain and her husband/producer Mutt Lange welcome a baby boy, Eja (pronounced "Asia").
July 2, 2001 Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher welcomes his first child, Gene Gallagher, with girlfriend (and future wife) Nicole Appleton (of All Saints).
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