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Yes (band)

Yes is an English progressive rock band formed in London in 1968 by Jon Anderson and Chris Squire with Peter Banks, Tony Kaye, and Bill Bruford. Known for Fragile, Close to the Edge, 90125, and 24 studio albums across nearly 60 years.

Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman

Yes Featuring Jon Anderson, Trevor Rabin, Rick Wakeman (ARW): 2016–2018 touring band of three former Yes members playing Yes music, renamed in April 2017, with Live at the Apollo as its sole release.

YHWH Nailgun

YHWH Nailgun ("Yahweh Nailgun") is a New York experimental rock band formed 2020 in Philadelphia by Zack Borzone and Sam Pickard; albums 45 Pounds (2025, AD 93) and Magazine (2026, 4AD), a 10-song, 11-minute record.

Yin Yin (band)

Yin Yin is a Dutch four-piece band from Maastricht, Netherlands, formed in 2017, whose largely instrumental sound combines disco, funk, psychedelia, and surf with Southeast Asian and Japanese influences.

Ying Yang Twins

Ying Yang Twins: Atlanta crunk/rap duo of Kaine (Eric Jackson Jr.) and D-Roc (Deongelo Holmes), formed 2000, not actual twins or brothers. Known for "Wait (The Whisper Song)", "Salt Shaker", "Get Low" with Lil Jon, and five million records sold.

Ylvis

Ylvis, Norwegian comedy duo of brothers Bård and Vegard Ylvisåker formed in Bergen in 2000, best known for the 2013 viral hit "The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)" and their TV work.

Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo: American indie rock trio formed 1984 in Hoboken, New Jersey, by Ira Kaplan and Georgia Hubley, with James McNew; 17 albums on Matador, named after a 1962 baseball phrase.

Yoasobi

YOASOBI (from Japanese for nightlife) is a J-pop duo formed October 1, 2019, composer Ayase plus vocalist ikura, turning monogatary.com novels into songs; debut "Yoru ni Kakeru" and "Idol" set Japanese chart records.

Yothu Yindi

Yothu Yindi (Yolngu Matha for child and mother) is an Australian band formed in 1986 by Yolngu and non-Indigenous musicians from Arnhem Land and Darwin, famed for the 1991 protest hit Treaty, the Tribal Voice album, ARIA and NIMA Hall of Fame inductions, and fusing Yolngu language with rock and dance music.

You Am I

You Am I is an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1989. They were the first Australian band to have three consecutive albums debut at number one on the ARIA charts.

You Me at Six

You Me at Six: English rock band formed 2004 in Weybridge, Surrey, fronted by Josh Franceschi; eight albums, two UK Number 1s (Cavalier Youth, SUCKAPUNCH), disbanded 2025 after the Final Nights of Six farewell tour.

Young Fathers

Young Fathers: Edinburgh experimental trio (Hastings, Massaquoi, Bankole) formed 2008; won 2014 Mercury Prize for debut Dead; albums White Men Are Black Men Too, Cocoa Sugar, Heavy Heavy; scored 28 Years Later.

Young the Giant

Young the Giant, originally the Jakes, is an American alternative rock band from Irvine, California, known for RIAA gold singles "My Body" and "Cough Syrup" and six albums through 2026's Victory Garden.

Youth of Today

Youth of Today, also called YOT, is a 1985 straight edge hardcore punk band formed in Connecticut by Ray Cappo and John Porcelly; its 1986 album Break Down the Walls and 1987 tour launched the youth crew scene.

Youth orchestra festivals and competitions

Youth orchestra festivals and competitions are performance events for school, regional, and national youth ensembles. The field spans three types: non-competitive festivals, rated festivals, and ranked competitions.

Zabranjeno Pušenje

Zabranjeno Pušenje ("No Smoking") is a Bosnian rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980, the leading band of the New Primitivism movement; debut Das ist Walter (1984) sold 100,000 copies, and the band split in 1992 into Sarajevo (Sejo Sexon) and Belgrade (No Smoking Orchestra) lines.

Zac Brown Band

Zac Brown Band, a Georgia-formed American country/southern rock group led by Zac Brown, broke through with 2008's "Chicken Fried", won three Grammys including Best New Artist, and has sold over seven million albums.

Zebrahead

Zebrahead: Orange County, California punk-rap band formed 1996 in La Habra, also called zebra rock. Known for rap verses over pop-punk choruses, nine studio albums, an Oricon foreign-chart No. 1, and eight Summer Sonic appearances.

Zero 7

Zero 7 is a British downtempo project of Henry Binns and Sam Hardaker; Simple Things (2001) went gold, earned a Mercury nomination, and defined their chillout, guest-vocalist sound.

Zusha (band)

Zusha is an American Hasidic folk-rock band formed in Manhattan in 2013 by Shlomo Gaisin, Zachariah Goldschmiedt, and Elisha Mlotek, named for Reb Zusha of Hanipoli; its 2014 EP hit No. 9 and Kavana No. 2 on Billboard's World Albums chart.

Zwan

Zwan was Billy Corgan's short-lived supergroup (2001-2003) with Jimmy Chamberlin, Matt Sweeney, David Pajo, and Paz Lenchantin; one album, Mary Star of the Sea (2003), then breakup and announced unreleased archives.

ZZ Top

ZZ Top, American blues-boogie rock trio formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969; classic lineup Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, Frank Beard; known for Tres Hombres, Eliminator, MTV videos, and 2004 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.