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Arkells
Arkells are a Canadian rock band formed in 2006 in Hamilton, Ontario, named after Arkell Street near McMaster University. Five members, nine Juno Awards including record Group of the Year wins, albums from Jackson Square (2008) to Between Us (2026).
Army of Lovers
Army of Lovers is a Swedish dance-pop and eurodance group from Stockholm, formed by Alexander Bard, Jean-Pierre Barda, and La Camilla, known for its campy image and the 1991 hit "Crucified".
Arrested Development (group)
Arrested Development, the Atlanta alternative hip-hop group founded in 1988 by Speech and Headliner, won 1993 Grammys for Best New Artist and "Tennessee," released the multi-platinum debut 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of…, and still tours as a full band.
Art Ensemble of Chicago
Art Ensemble of Chicago: avant-garde jazz collective from the AACM (founded 1965), classic lineup Mitchell, Jarman, Bowie, Favors, Moye, Paris rename 1969, motto Great Black Music Ancient to the Future.
Art of Anarchy
Art of Anarchy: American hard rock supergroup formed 2014 by the Votta brothers, Disturbed's John Moyer, and Guns N' Roses guitarist Bumblefoot; three albums with singers Scott Weiland (2015), Scott Stapp (2017), and Jeff Scott Soto (2024).
As December Falls
As December Falls are an independent pop-punk/emo-rock band formed in 2014 in Nottingham, England (Bethany Curtis, Ande Hunter, Timmy Francis, Lukas James). Four albums; Join the Club (2023) hit UK Rock and Metal number 1; won 2023 Heavy Music Awards Best UK Breakthrough Artist.
Ash (band)
Ash: Northern Irish rock band formed in Downpatrick in 1992 by Tim Wheeler and Mark Hamilton; debut album 1977 (1996) was the first Irish number-one debut, with hits Girl from Mars and Shining Light. Distinct from Wishbone Ash and other namesakes.
Ashford & Simpson
Ashford & Simpson: husband-and-wife R&B songwriting duo Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson, who wrote Motown hits like "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" and scored their own 1984 No. 1 R&B hit "Solid."
Asia (band)
Asia is an English rock supergroup formed in London in 1981 by John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, and Carl Palmer, veterans of 1970s progressive rock bands.
Asian Dub Foundation
Asian Dub Foundation: British electronic rock band formed 1993 at London's Farringdon Community Music House, fusing jungle, dub, punk, and South Asian music with political lyrics; albums include Rafi's Revenge (1998) and Community Music (2000).
Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション)
Asian Kung-Fu Generation, known to fans as Ajikan (アジカン), is a Japanese rock band formed in 1996 at Kanto Gakuin University in Yokohama, led by Masafumi Goto.
Asleep at the Wheel
Asleep at the Wheel is an American band playing western swing, jazz, and country, founded by Ray Benson in 1970 and based in Austin, Texas since 1974.
At the Drive-In
At the Drive-In (ATDI), post-hardcore band formed 1994 in El Paso, Texas; classic lineup Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Jim Ward, Paul Hinojos, Tony Hajjar; broke through with 2000's Relationship of Command, split in 2001 into The Mars Volta and Sparta, reunited with 2017's in•ter a•li•a.
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Atlanta Rhythm Section (ARS), Southern rock band formed 1970 in Doraville, Georgia, as Studio One's house band from Classics IV and Candymen members; hits "So Into You" and "Imaginary Lover," gold A Rock and Roll Alternative, platinum Champagne Jam (1978).
Atlantic Starr
Atlantic Starr, first recorded as Newban, is an American R&B band formed in White Plains, New York, by three Lewis brothers, best known for the hits "Secret Lovers" and "Always".
Atomic Kitten
Atomic Kitten is an English pop girl group from Liverpool formed in the late 1990s by OMD's Andy McCluskey and Stuart Kershaw, who wrote its early material.
Atomic Rooster
Atomic Rooster: British heavy prog/hard rock band formed in London in 1969 by Vincent Crane and Carl Palmer of The Crazy World of Arthur Brown; Hammond-organ-led hits "Tomorrow Night" and "Devil's Answer", revived 2016 with album Circle the Sun (2025).
Atoms for Peace (band)
Atoms for Peace: Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich's supergroup with Flea, Joey Waronker, and Mauro Refosco, formed 2009 in Los Angeles to play The Eraser live; one album, AMOK (XL, 2013).
Audioslave
Audioslave, also known as The Civilian Project, was an American hard rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles in 2001 by Chris Cornell and Rage Against the Machine's guitarist, bassist, and drummer.
Avant-garde and free jazz ensembles
Avant-garde and free jazz ensembles are jazz groups that depart from tonal harmony, fixed meter, and standard roles, replacing them with collective improvisation in performance.
Avantasia
Avantasia is a German symphonic power metal project founded in 1999 by Edguy singer Tobias Sammet; known for concept 'metal opera' albums with guest vocalists like Michael Kiske and Geoff Tate, ten albums including Moonglow (2019) and Here Be Dragons (2025).
Aventura (band)
Aventura, a Bronx bachata group (formerly Los Tinellers) led by Romeo Santos, fused bachata with R&B and hip-hop; "Obsesión" topped European charts, and the 2024 Cerrando Ciclos farewell tour grossed $134.7 million.
Average White Band
Average White Band (AWB), Scottish funk and soul band formed in London in 1972, known for "Pick Up the Pieces," a US No. 1 in 1975 on Atlantic Records, and for extensive hip-hop sampling.
Awolnation
AWOLNATION is an American rock band formed in 2010 in Los Angeles by Aaron Bruno, known for the triple-platinum 2011 single "Sail" and six albums including Megalithic Symphony, Run, and The Phantom Five.
Ax and the Hatchetmen
Ax and the Hatchetmen, a Chicago indie rock sextet formed in 2018 by Axel Ellis and Sal Defilippis, blends jazz-trained musicianship, trumpet and saxophone, and Strokes-influenced rock; debut album So Much to Tell You (2025), Arista Records.
Ay Yola (Ай Ёла)
Ay Yola (Ай Ёла) is a Bashkir ethno-pop trio from Ufa, Bashkortostan, founded in 2024: Rinat Ramazanov, Adel Shaykhitdinova, and Ruslan Shaykhitdinov. Their 2025 single Homay, based on the Ural-Batyr epic, topped 130 million streams and entered the global Shazam top ten.
Ayreon
Ayreon is the Dutch progressive rock/metal rock-opera project of Arjen Lucassen (born 1960, The Hague), known since The Final Experiment (1995) for interconnected sci-fi concept albums sung by large rotating casts of guest vocalists, ten studio albums to Transitus (2020), and rare sold-out live productions.
Aztec Camera
Aztec Camera, Scottish indie pop band formed 1980 in East Kilbride by Roddy Frame; Postcard Records debut "Just Like Gold" (1981), breakthrough album High Land, Hard Rain (1983), six albums, disbanded 1995.
Azúcar Moreno
Azúcar Moreno: Spanish duo of sisters Toñi and Encarna Salazar from Badajoz, blending flamenco, rumba, and dance pop. Represented Spain at Eurovision 1990 in Zagreb with "Bandido", finishing fifth after a technical failure; later Latin-pop success with Emilio Estefan.
B*Witched
B*Witched is an Irish girl group formed in Dublin in 1997 with Edele and Keavy Lynch, Sinéad O'Carroll, and Lindsay Armaou, whose first four singles all hit UK number one; dropped in 2002, they reunited in 2012 and still tour.