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Ajay-Atul
Ajay-Atul (अजय-अतुल) are brothers Ajay and Atul Gogavale, self-taught Indian music composers for Marathi and Hindi cinema, National Film Award winners for Jogwa, known for Sairat, Dhadak, Agneepath, and orchestral recording at Sony Scoring Stage, Los Angeles.
AJJ (band)
AJJ, formerly Andrew Jackson Jihad, is an American folk-punk and rock band formed in Phoenix, Arizona in 2004 by Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty, known for eclectic instrumentation and the 2016 name change; ninth album Dirty Old Power (2026) on AJJ Unlimited LTD.
AJR (band)
AJR is an American indie pop band formed in 2005 in New York by brothers Adam, Jack, and Ryan Met (born Metzger); known for the band name being their initials, the DIY albums Living Room, The Click, Neotheater, OK Orchestra, and The Maybe Man, and the singles I'm Ready, Weak, Bang!, and World's Smallest Violin.
AKMU (악뮤)
AKMU (악뮤, formerly Akdong Musician) is a South Korean sibling duo, Lee Chanhyuk and Lee Suhyun, who won K-Pop Star 2, debuted under YG in 2014, and went independent in 2026 with the label 영감의 샘터 and the album FLOWERING.
Al Bano and Romina Power
Al Bano and Romina Power, the Italian husband-and-wife pop duo of Albano Carrisi and Tyrone Power's daughter Romina, married in 1970, scored Felicità, Ci sarà and Libertà, won Sanremo 1984, entered Eurovision twice, split in 1999 and reunited on stage from 2013.
Alabama (band)
Alabama (band), also known as Wildcountry and Young Country, is the country supergroup from Fort Payne, Alabama, formed by cousins Randy Owen, Teddy Gentry, and Jeff Cook, with 42 number-one country singles, over 73 million albums, and 2005 Country Music Hall of Fame induction.
Alabama 3
Alabama 3 (A3 in the US) are a Brixton, London band formed in 1995 fusing country, acid house, blues, and gospel; their "Woke Up This Morning" is The Sopranos' theme.
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.
Alexander von Schlippenbach
Alexander von Schlippenbach (born April 7, 1938, Berlin), German free jazz pianist, composer, and arranger; founder-leader of the Globe Unity Orchestra (1966) and the Schlippenbach Trio with Evan Parker and Paul Lovens; recorded Monk's Casino.
Alexandria City High School
Alexandria City High School (formerly T.C. Williams High School), Alexandria, Virginia's only public high school, opened in 1965; renamed July 2021 over its segregationist namesake; home of the 1971 state-champion Titans of Remember the Titans.
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!.
Alexandrov Ensemble
The Alexandrov Ensemble, also known as the Red Army Choir, is the Russian Army's academic song and dance ensemble founded in 1928 by Alexander Alexandrov, with a male choir, orchestra, and dance group.
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 Angels
All Angels: British classical crossover vocal quartet formed in 2006 in London by UCJ. Members Charlotte Ritchie, Daisy Chute, Laura Wright, Melanie Nakhla; debut album peaked UK No. 9 with 33,000 first-week sales, the fastest-selling classical debut in UK chart history.
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.
All-4-One
All-4-One is an American R&B/pop vocal quartet (Tony Borowiak, Jamie Jones, Delious Kennedy, Alfred Nevarez) formed 1993 in Antelope Valley, California, famous for "I Swear", 11 weeks at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 1994, and a 1995 Grammy.
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.
Altan (band)
Altan: Irish traditional band from County Donegal, formed 1987 by Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy; known for Irish-language song and twin fiddling; 14 albums including Donegal (2024).
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 country
Alternative country (alt-country; also insurgent country, y'alternative) is a loosely defined country subgenre blending country with punk and rock aesthetics, crystallized by Uncle Tupelo's 1990 album No Depression and the No Depression magazine, later absorbed into Americana.