: one that croons
especially
: a singer of popular songs
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Framing Ja Rule as a softie and a crooner, 50 Cent had just tucked the artist’s chart-topping career into an eternal slumber in the mid-aughts Drake’s first five years as a Cash Money commodity dovetail with fallout from those sensibilities.
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Previously hosted by Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles in seasons 1 and 2, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley (who is also married to country crooner Brad Paisley) will step in to help guide the farmers on their journeys this season.
—Dory Jackson, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
In addition to pop-rock crooner Hozier, rock veterans Vampire Weekend and Queens of the Stone Age will perform.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Berlusconi had been a cruise-ship crooner and possessed the showman’s ease on the big stage.
—The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
Previously hosted by Sugarland singer Jennifer Nettles in seasons 1 and 2, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley (who is also married to country crooner Brad Paisley) will step in to help guide the farmers on their journeys this season.
—Dory Jackson, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
In addition to pop-rock crooner Hozier, rock veterans Vampire Weekend and Queens of the Stone Age will perform.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
Berlusconi had been a cruise-ship crooner and possessed the showman’s ease on the big stage.
—The Athletic Staff, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Crooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crooner. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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