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Gipsy Kings
Gipsy Kings (The Gipsy Kings): Franco-Spanish rumba flamenca band from the Reyes and Baliardo families of Arles and Montpellier; 1987 hits "Bamboleo" and "Djobi Djoba", 14-20 million albums, 2014 Grammy winner.
Girl group
A girl group is a popular music act of young women who sing, typically with harmonized vocals and coordinated dancing, rather than playing instruments as a band.
Girl Group (band)
Girl Group: British-Norwegian indie pop five-piece in Liverpool (Katya Birkeland, Lily Christlow, Thea Gundersen, Mia Halvorsen, Maria Tollisen), formed 2023 at LIPA; EPs Think They're Looking, Let's Perform (2025) and Little Sticky Pictures (2026).
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud: British pop girl group formed in 2002 on ITV's Popstars: The Rivals (Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh). Known for 20 consecutive UK Top 10 singles, four number ones, Xenomania production, and the 2024 Sarah Harding memorial reunion tour.
Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight & the Pips, also billed Gladys Knight and The Pips, were an Atlanta family soul group formed in 1952, known for "Midnight Train to Georgia," "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," and Motown and Buddah hits.
Glare (band)
Glare: American shoegaze band from the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, formed 2017 from the emo band Dispirit; heavy melodic shoegaze on Sunday Drive and Deathwish; debut album Sunset Funeral released April 2025.
Glass Animals
Glass Animals: English indie band formed in Oxford in 2010 (Bayley, MacFarlane, Irwin-Singer, Seaward), known for Zaba, Dreamland, and 'Heat Waves', which took a record 59 weeks to top the Billboard Hot 100.
Glass Beams
Glass Beams: masked Melbourne psychedelic trio formed in 2020 around Indian-Australian producer Rajan Silva, blending Indian classical and Bollywood influences with Western psych rock; EPs Mirage (2021) and Mahal (2024, Ninja Tune).
Glass Tiger
Glass Tiger, Canadian pop rock band from Newmarket, Ontario (formed as Tokyo, 1981); debut The Thin Red Line (1986) was Canada's fastest-selling debut, with "Don't Forget Me (When I'm Gone)" reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100; five Juno Awards, 2025 Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductees.
Glassjaw
Glassjaw is an American post-hardcore band from Hempstead, New York, formed in 1993 by Daryl Palumbo and Justin Beck, known for Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence (2000), Worship and Tribute (2002), and Material Control (2017).
Glee club
Glee club: vocal ensemble named for the 18th-century English glee part-song; Harvard (1858), Michigan (1859), Yale (1861), and Penn (1862) founded the oldest American college clubs, which evolved into mixed, touring choral ensembles.
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Glenn Miller Orchestra: American big band. Original 1938–1942 swing orchestra behind "In the Mood" and "Moonlight Serenade"; present band formed 1956 under Ray McKinley, still touring worldwide under Glenn Miller Productions.
Globe Unity Orchestra
The Globe Unity Orchestra is a rotating free-jazz orchestra founded by German pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1966 for the Berlin Jazz Festival, drawing improvisers from across Europe, Japan, and the United States.
Gnarls Barkley
Gnarls Barkley: American duo of Cee-Lo Green and producer Danger Mouse, formed 2003. Known for 'Crazy', the UK's first download-only No. 1, albums St. Elsewhere (2006) and The Odd Couple (2008), two 2007 Grammys, and the 2026 farewell album Atlanta.
Go West (band)
Go West: English pop duo formed in London in 1982 by Peter Cox and Richard Drummie, also known as Cox and Drummie. Hits include We Close Our Eyes (UK No. 5, 1985) and King of Wishful Thinking from Pretty Woman; BRIT Best British Newcomer 1986.
Goanna (band)
Goanna was an Australian rock band formed in Geelong in 1977, led by Shane Howard, best known for the 1982 land rights protest song "Solid Rock".
Goblin (band)
Goblin is an Italian progressive rock band formed in Rome in 1972, also known as Cherry Five and Reale Impero Britannico, famous for horror scores for Dario Argento including Profondo rosso, Suspiria, and Zombi.
Godflesh
Godflesh is a Birmingham, England industrial metal band formed in 1988 by Justin K. Broadrick and B.C. Green, pioneers of drum-machine-driven metal on Streetcleaner (1989), disbanded 2002, later reformed.
Godley & Creme
Godley & Creme: English art pop duo of Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, ex-10cc, formed 1976-77. Known for Consequences, the Gizmotron, UK hits Under Your Thumb and Wedding Bells, and pioneering music videos like Cry and Girls on Film.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Godspeed You! Black Emperor (GY!BE), Montreal post-rock collective formed 1994, named after a 1976 Japanese documentary; long instrumental pieces, 16mm film projections, Constellation Records, hiatus 2003, reunion 2010, ninth album 2024.
Gogol Bordello
Gogol Bordello is a New York gypsy punk band formed in 1999 by Ukrainian-born Eugene Hutz, fusing punk with Romani and Eastern European folk; known for Gypsy Punks: Underdog World Strike and immigrant-themed songs.
Golden Earring
Golden Earring: Dutch rock band formed 1961 in The Hague as The Tornadoes; classic lineup Hay, Kooymans, Gerritsen, Zuiderwijk from 1970; hits Radar Love (1973) and Twilight Zone (1982); ended 2021 after Kooymans's ALS diagnosis; he died 2025.
Goldfinger (band)
Goldfinger is an American ska-punk band formed in 1994 in Los Angeles, fronted by producer John Feldmann, known for "Here in Your Bedroom," the 1996 gold debut, and "Superman" from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater; nine albums through Nine Lives (2026).
Goldfrapp
Goldfrapp: English electronic pop duo formed in 1999 by Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory on Mute Records; seven albums from Felt Mountain to Silver Eye, hits Ooh La La and Strict Machine, two Ivor Novellos.
Gomez (band)
Gomez is an English five-piece rock band from Southport (Ian Ball, Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul Blackburn, Olly Peacock) whose garage-recorded 1998 debut Bring It On won the Mercury Prize; not the Mexican composer or other namesakes.
Gong (band)
Gong is a psychedelic progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1967 by Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth, known for the Radio Gnome Trilogy, space whisper vocals, and a current line-up led by Kavus Torabi.
Goo Goo Dolls
The Goo Goo Dolls are an American rock band formed in Buffalo, New York, around 1986 by Johnny Rzeznik and Robby Takac, known for the hits "Name" and "Iris."
Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte: American pop punk band from Waldorf, Maryland, formed 1996, led by twin brothers Joel and Benji Madden with Paul Thomas and Billy Martin; known for The Young and the Hopeless (2002) and Motel Du Cap (2025).
Good Kid
Good Kid: Toronto indie rock band (Nick Frosst, David Wood, Jacob Tsafatinos, Michael Kozakov, Jon Kereliuk), formed by University of Toronto computer science students, independent, four EPs, debut album Can We Hang Out Sometime? (2026), Nomu Kid mascot lore.
Good Neighbours (duo)
Good Neighbours (British spelling) are an English indie pop duo of Oli Fox and Scott Verrill from London, distinct from the NGO Good Neighbors; breakout single "Home" (2024) went TikTok-viral, and their debut album Blue Sky Mentality appeared in 2025 on Polydor.