: one that croons
especially
: a singer of popular songs
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Other Day 1 highlights included hip-hop champions Public Enemy, U.K. buzz band Bad Nerves, Aussie indie-pop crooner Mallrat and Palo Alto singer-songwriter Remi Wolf.
BottleRock Napa Valley continues through Sunday at the Napa Valley Expo in downtown Napa.
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 24 May 2025
Police in Fulton County, Georgia, arrested Rod Wave, the 26-year-old trap crooner whose real name is Rodarius Green, on Wednesday.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
The crooner, who excelled across all the genres, is the second Black male artist to win the competition after Ruben Studdard took the title during the show’s second season in 2003.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Specifically, the show lost its youngest competitor, Eagleville, Tennessee high school student, Mattie Pruitt, and Baltimore's gospel crooner, Gabby Samone.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 12 May 2025
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 24 May 2025
Police in Fulton County, Georgia, arrested Rod Wave, the 26-year-old trap crooner whose real name is Rodarius Green, on Wednesday.
—Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 May 2025
The crooner, who excelled across all the genres, is the second Black male artist to win the competition after Ruben Studdard took the title during the show’s second season in 2003.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
Specifically, the show lost its youngest competitor, Eagleville, Tennessee high school student, Mattie Pruitt, and Baltimore's gospel crooner, Gabby Samone.
—Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 12 May 2025
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“Crooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crooner. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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