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OneRepublic discography

OneRepublic (ワンリパブリック) discography: six Mosley/Interscope studio albums 2007–2024, hits 'Apologize', 'Counting Stars', 'I Ain't Worried', BMG deal 2025, seventh album era and The Collection.

Operation Ivy (band)

Operation Ivy: Berkeley, California ska-punk band (1987–1989) with Jesse Michaels, Tim Armstrong, Matt Freeman, Dave Mello; released Hectic EP and Energy on Lookout Records; forerunner of Rancid.

Opus Kink

Opus Kink: Brighton, England jazz-punk six-piece formed 2017 (Angus Rogers, Sam and Fin Abbo, Jazz Pope, Jed Morgans, Jack Banjo Courtney). Debut album The Sweet Goodbye, 31 July 2026, SO Recordings; runs Hideous Mink Records.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), English synthpop band formed 1978 on the Wirral by Andy McCluskey and Paul Humphreys; Kraftwerk-influenced, 14 albums from 1980 debut to Bauhaus Staircase (2023), hits Enola Gay and If You Leave.

Organized Noize

Organized Noize is an Atlanta-based hip-hop and R&B production trio formed in 1992, comprising Rico Wade, Ray Murray, and Sleepy Brown, best known for TLC's "Waterfalls" and OutKast's early albums.

Orishas (band)

Orishas, Cuban hip-hop group formed in Paris (1998/1999) by ex-Amenaza members Yotuel Romero, Ruzzo, Roldán González, and Flaco-Pro; debut A lo Cubano fused son, rumba, and rap, going platinum in Europe.

Orleans (band)

Orleans (band): American pop/rock band formed in Woodstock, NY, in 1972 by John Hall, Larry Hoppen, and Wells Kelly; known for "Dance With Me", "Still the One", and "Love Takes Time"; 2026 is its final touring year.

Osibisa

Osibisa: British Afro-rock band formed in London in 1969 by Ghanaian saxophonist Teddy Osei with Mac Tontoh, Sol Amarfio, Nigerian and Caribbean members; hits "Sunshine Day" and "Music for Gong Gong"; pioneered world music.

Our Lady Peace

Our Lady Peace (OLP) is a Canadian alternative rock band from Toronto formed in the early 1990s, named after a 1943 Mark Van Doren poem, known for Naveed, Clumsy, Spiritual Machines, four JUNO Awards, and the OLP30 anniversary tour.

Outkast

OutKast, Atlanta hip-hop duo of André 3000 and Big Boi formed in 1992, pioneers of Southern rap's Dirty South sound; eight albums, Speakerboxxx/The Love Below sold over 10 million, first hip-hop group to win the Album of the Year Grammy (2004), Rock Hall inductees 2025.

Outlaws (band)

The Outlaws: Tampa, Florida Southern rock band (also 'Florida Guitar Army'), formed 1972, triple-guitar attack and country harmonies, first act signed to Arista by Clive Davis; hits 'Green Grass & High Tides' and 'There Goes Another Love Song'.

Outlawz

Outlawz (The Outlawz, originally Outlaw Immortalz) was an American hip hop group formed in late 1995 by Tupac Shakur and Yaki Kadafi, featured on the Makaveli album and Still I Rise, with albums Ride wit Us or Collide wit Us and Novakane.

Ozomatli

Ozomatli is a Los Angeles band formed in 1995, fusing salsa, hip-hop, funk, cumbia, and rock. Known for activist origins, Grammy-winning Street Signs, and US Cultural Ambassador tours.

P-Square

P-Square, Nigerian Afrobeats/R&B duo of identical twins Peter and Paul Okoye from Jos, formed via the Smooth Criminals; albums Get Squared through Double Trouble; split 2017, reunited 2021, split again 2024; Mr P and Rudeboy now solo.

P.M. Dawn

P.M. Dawn, hip-hop/R&B duo formed 1988 in Jersey City by brothers Attrell Cordes (Prince Be) and Jarrett Cordes (DJ Minutemix); 1991 hit "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss" sampled Spandau Ballet's "True" and topped the Hot 100; Prince Be died 2016.

P.S. Eliot

P.S. Eliot, the DIY feminist pop punk band formed in Birmingham, Alabama by twin sisters Katie and Allison Crutchfield (later Waxahatchee and Swearin'), released two Salinas Records albums before disbanding in 2011; the 2016 anthology 2007-2011 collected their recordings.

Pablo Cruise

Pablo Cruise is an American soft rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973, best known for the Top Ten hits "Whatcha Gonna Do?" and "Love Will Find a Way."

Pain of Truth

Pain of Truth is a Long Island, New York hardcore band formed in 2020 by Michael Smith. Known for guest-vocal features on No Blame… Just Facts and Not Through Blood, and the feature-free self-titled 2026 LP on DAZE Records.

Palaye Royale

Palaye Royale (formerly Kropp Circle) is a Las Vegas fashion-art rock band of brothers Remington Leith, Sebastian Danzig, and Emerson Barrett, signed to Sumerian Records, known for Boom Boom Room, The Bastards, Fever Dream, and Death or Glory.

Pale Waves

Pale Waves: Manchester indie pop band formed 2014 (Baron-Gracie, Doran, Silvani, Wood), signed to Dirty Hit, known for goth aesthetics, four albums including My Mind Makes Noises and Smitten.

Panic! at the Disco

Panic! at the Disco, also styled Panic! At The Disco, was a Las Vegas pop-rock band formed in 2004, later the solo vehicle of Brendon Urie, known for "I Write Sins Not Tragedies," two No. 1 albums, and its 2023 disbandment.

Papa Roach

Papa Roach is an American rock band formed in Vacaville, California, in 1993, also called P-Roach. Known for Infest (2000), Last Resort, over 20 million albums sold, lineup Jacoby Shaddix, Jerry Horton, Tobin Esperance, Tony Palermo, and the Rise of the Roach Tour.

Paramore

Paramore is an American rock band formed in 2004 in Franklin, Tennessee, fronted by Hayley Williams with Taylor York and Zac Farro. Known for Riot!, Ain't It Fun, and the Grammy-winning 2023 album This Is Why.

Paramore discography

Paramore discography: catalog of the Franklin, Tennessee rock band Paramore, six studio albums 2005-2023 (All We Know Is Falling to This Is Why), plus the Re: This Is Why remix album, live releases, EPs, and soundtrack singles.

Parcels (band)

Parcels: Australian five-piece disco-funk band formed 2014 in Byron Bay, based in Berlin; members Swain, Hetherington, Hill, Serret, Crommelin; produced by Daft Punk on "Overnight"; albums Parcels, Day/Night, LOVED.

Parliament (band)

Parliament: George Clinton's funk band (1970-1980), the horn-and-harmony half of Parliament-Funkadelic, known for Mothership Connection, Funkentelechy, the Mothership prop, and 1997 Rock Hall induction.

Parokya ni Edgar

Parokya ni Edgar: Filipino comedy-rock band formed 1993 at Ateneo de Manila (originally Comic Relief), known for Khangkhungkherrnitz, Buruguduystunstugudunstuy, parodies like 'Order Taker,' and 30-plus years in OPM.

Parquet Courts

Parquet Courts is a Brooklyn, New York indie rock band founded by Andrew Savage and Austin Brown, who met in Denton, Texas; known for Light Up Gold, the Parkay Quarts alias, and Rough Trade albums through Sympathy for Life (2021).

Party Wave (band)

Party Wave (PartyWave, PARTY WAVE) names several unrelated acts: a Hawaii/San Diego bass music producer, an Asbury Park NJ punk trio, and Forrest Frank and Noah Hayden's Christian duo, formerly Dawn Patrol, whose debut album Dawn Patrol arrived in 2026.

Passion Pit

Passion Pit is an American indie-synth-pop band formed 2007 in Boston by Michael Angelakos, starting as a Valentine's Day gift EP, Chunk of Change. Albums Manners (2009), Gossamer (2012), Kindred (2015); falsetto-led electro-pop, 'Sleepyhead' breakout.