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Alabama Shakes
Alabama Shakes is a Grammy-winning American soul and blues rock band formed in Athens, Alabama, in 2009, fronted by Brittany Howard and known for its 2015 album Sound & Color.
Alan Osmond
Alan Ralph Osmond (1949–2026), American singer, songwriter and producer, eldest performing member and leader of The Osmonds; co-wrote "One Bad Apple" and "Crazy Horses", produced The Donny & Marie Show, had MS from 1987.
Alcazar (group)
Alcazar is a Swedish nu-disco group formed in Stockholm by Andreas Lundstedt, Tess Merkel, and Lina Hedlund. The group was active across four periods, ending its run in 2018.
Alex & Sierra
Alex & Sierra were the American indie folk-pop duo of Alex Kinsey and Sierra Deaton, winners of The X Factor USA season 3 (2013); debut album It's About Us (2014) reached No. 8 on the Billboard 200 before their 2017 split.
Alexandros (band)
[Alexandros] (アレキサンドロス), formerly [Champagne], is a Japanese rock quartet formed in 2001 at Aoyama Gakuin University, renamed in 2014 after a Champagne-committee request, with major debut 2015 and Oricon No. 1 album EXIST!.
Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire: Canadian post-hardcore band formed in St. Catharines, Ontario in 2001, also called AOF or 'the only band ever'. Three lead vocalists; five albums including Crisis (2006), a Canadian number one, and Otherness (2022).
Alice Cooper (band)
Alice Cooper: American rock band formed in Phoenix in 1964 (also the name of singer Vincent Furnier). Hits "School's Out" and Billion Dollar Babies; Rock Hall 2011; 2025 reunion album.
Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from Chicago, formed in 1996 and known for dark, macabre lyrics set against catchy pop-punk melodies led by Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano.
All About Eve (band)
All About Eve were an English alternative rock band formed in 1984, fronted by Julianne Regan, known for the 1988 top 10 hit "Martha's Harbour".
All Saints (group)
All Saints: British-Canadian girl group (Melanie Blatt, Shaznay Lewis, Natalie and Nicole Appleton) formed in London in 1993 as All Saints 1.9.7.5; five UK number-one singles including Never Ever and Pure Shores, over 12 million records sold.
All Time Low
All Time Low: American pop-punk band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed 2003 (Gaskarth, Barakat, Dawson, Merrick); ten studio albums, five consecutive Billboard Top 200 Top 10s, UK number one Future Hearts, and tenth album Everyone's Talking! (2025) on Basement Noise Records.
Allah-Las
Allah-Las are an American garage-rock/neo-psychedelic band formed in 2008 in Los Angeles by Miles Michaud, Pedrum Siadatian, Spencer Dunham and Matthew Correia, three of whom met working at Amoeba Music. Known for 1960s surf-psych revivalism and later albums Zuma 85 and Sirenas, plus Reverberation Radio and Calico Discos.
Alphaville (band)
Alphaville is a German synth-pop band from Münster, formed in 1981 by Marian Gold and Bernhard Lloyd, known for "Big in Japan", "Sounds Like a Melody", and "Forever Young".
Alt-J
Alt-J (∆) is an English indie rock band formed in 2007 at the University of Leeds by Joe Newman, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Thom Sonny Green, and later-departed Gwil Sainsbury; their debut An Awesome Wave won the 2012 Mercury Prize, and This Is All Yours reached UK No. 1.
Alter Bridge
Alter Bridge: American hard rock band formed January 2004 in Orlando, Florida, by ex-Creed members Mark Tremonti, Brian Marshall, and Scott Phillips with vocalist Myles Kennedy. Eight studio albums from One Day Remains (2004) to the self-titled 2026 release on Napalm Records.
Altered Images
Altered Images, Scottish new wave band formed in Glasgow in 1979, fronted by Clare Grogan; hits "Happy Birthday" (UK No 2) and "I Could Be Happy"; albums Happy Birthday, Pinky Blue, Bite, and 2022's Mascara Streakz.
Alternative metal
Alternative metal (alt-metal): heavy metal fused with alternative rock and outside influences like funk, rap, and industrial. Emerged mid-1980s US with Faith No More, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden; dominated 1990s metal; spawned nu metal via Korn and Limp Bizkit.
Alvvays
Alvvays (pronounced "always") is a Canadian indie pop band formed 2011 in Charlottetown, PEI, now based in Toronto, led by Molly Rankin of the Rankin Family; albums Alvvays (2014), Antisocialites (2017), Blue Rev (2022).
Aly & AJ
Aly & AJ are sisters Alyson and Amanda Joy Michalka, a pop-rock duo formed in 2004 in Torrance, California, known for the platinum 2007 single "Potential Breakup Song" and later independent albums A Touch of the Beat, With Love From, and Silver Deliverer.
Ambrosia (band)
Ambrosia, American rock band formed 1970 in Los Angeles by David Pack, Joe Puerta, Christopher North, and Burleigh Drummond; prog-to-soft-rock group behind "How Much I Feel" and "Biggest Part of Me," linked to Alan Parsons, still touring with two original members.
America (band)
America is the London-formed soft rock band of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek, sons of US Air Force personnel, known for "A Horse with No Name," "Sister Golden Hair," the 1972 Best New Artist Grammy, and continued touring as a duo.
American Authors
American Authors: Brooklyn-based American pop-rock band formed by Berklee classmates Zac Barnett, James Adam Shelley, Dave Rublin, and Matt Sanchez; known for "Best Day of My Life" and the 2014 gold album Oh, What a Life.
American Football (band)
American Football (band), from Urbana, Illinois, formed 1997; Midwest emo/indie rock act of Mike Kinsella, Steve Holmes, Steve Lamos, later Nate Kinsella. LP1 (1999) is a genre-defining cult record; reunited 2014, LP4 in 2026.
Amyl and the Sniffers
Amyl and the Sniffers, Australian Melbourne punk band formed 2016 by Amy Taylor, Declan Mehrtens, Gus Romer, Bryce Wilson; albums Amyl and the Sniffers (2019), Comfort to Me (2021), Cartoon Darkness (2024).
Anberlin
Anberlin (アンバーリン): American alternative rock band from Winter Haven, Florida, formed 2002, active 2002–2014 and 2018–present; Tooth & Nail then Universal Republic; over 1.5 million U.S. albums sold; now fronted by Matty Mullins with ninth album Currency (2026).
Angels & Airwaves
Angels & Airwaves (AvA) is an American alternative rock band formed in 2005 in San Diego by ex-blink-182 guitarist Tom DeLonge, known for synth-heavy arena rock on six albums from We Don't Need to Whisper (2006) to Lifeforms (2021).
Angine de Poitrine
Angine de Poitrine: anonymous masked Québécois math-rock duo (drummer Klek, guitarist Khn), debut Vol. 1 (2024), 24-TET microtonal double-neck guitar-bass and looping; the French name means angina pectoris, chest pain.
Angus & Julia Stone
Angus & Julia Stone are an Australian sibling folk-indie pop duo formed in Sydney in 2006. Down the Way (2010) hit number one in Australia and won five ARIA Awards; Rick Rubin produced their 2014 reunion album.
Animal Collective
Animal Collective: American experimental pop group of Baltimore County friends Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist, and Deakin; breakthrough 2009 album Merriweather Post Pavilion (ChoruScore 99); albums Feels (2005) and Strawberry Jam (2007) on Domino.
AnnenMayKantereit
AnnenMayKantereit (AMK) is a German indie pop/folk-rock band from Cologne, formed 2011 by Christopher Annen, Henning May, and Severin Kantereit; known for May's deep voice, chart-topping albums, and the Giant Rooks "Tom's Diner" cover.