Biography
John Anthony White (né Gillis; born July 9, 1975) is an American musician who was the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock duo the White Stripes. He was a key artist of the 2000s indie and garage rock movements, noted for his distinctive musical techniques, eccentricity, and utilization of analog technology. After the White Stripes split up in 2011, he found success with his solo career and business ventures. White began his career moonlighting in several underground Detroit bands as a drummer and guitarist. He met Meg White in the 1990s, and the two founded the White Stripes in 1997. They earned international fame with their 2001 breakthrough album White Blood Cells. This, along with the three subsequent White Stripes albums released throughout the decade, established White as a key artist of the decade's rock revival. In the latter half of the 2000s, he founded the rock groups the Raconteurs and the Dead Weather, recorded the Bond theme "Another Way to Die" with Alicia Keys (the only duet to perform a Bond theme), and collaborated with numerous artists. White released his debut studio album Blunderbuss (2012) to strong reviews and sales. His second studio album, Lazaretto (2014), broke the record for most first-week vinyl sales since 1991, holding that record until 2021. His following three experimental albums garnered critical and commercial success. His sixth and latest album, No Name (2024), was noted for its unique release method and became his most acclaimed work. White co-founded his record label and studio Third Man Records in 2001, which releases vinyl recordings of his own work as well as that of other artists and local school children. He became a member of the Library of Congress' National Recording Preservation Foundation in 2013. Outside of music, he has acted in the films Cold Mountain, Coffee and Cigarettes (both 2003), Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Among several accolades, White has won twelve Gram
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Ghostbusters (Original Soundtrack)
1984

Branigan
1982

Self Control
1984

Self Control
1984

The Lucky One
1984

Hold Me
1985

Jermaine Jackson
1984

Branigan 2
1983

Der Ostfriesische Götterbote
1979

The American Epic Sessions (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2017

The Best Of Branigan
1995

The $hit Factory
1990

Looking For Freedom
1989

Now That's What I Call Music 12
1988

Freedom For The World
1987

Brasil
1987

The Spanish Night Is Over
1986

Summernight In Rome
1985

Playa Blanca
1984

Do What You Do
1984

Wo Der Südwind Weht
1984

Satisfaction (Special Dance Mix)
1984

Honeymoon In Trinidad
1984

Mi Amor
1984
Credited work
5,643 releases · 1,328 albums · active 1960–2025
- Performance · 8,156
- Production · 3,904
- Other credits · 1,407
- Engineering · 30
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Image Recording Studios · Paradise Studio · Hansa Tonstudios · Rusk Sound Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Tony Marshall
- Andrea Jürgens
- Unknown Artist
- Laura Branigan
- Jürgen Marcus
- David Hasselhoff
- Engelbert
