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Herman Li (李康敏)
Herman Li (李康敏), Hong Kong-born co-founder and lead guitarist of Grammy-nominated power metal band DragonForce, known for Through the Fire and Flames, Guitar Hero III, and his PRS Chleo signature guitar.
Herman Santiago
Herman Santiago (born 1941) is an American doo-wop singer, original lead singer of the Teenagers, and disputed co-author of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love"; his 1992 royalty win was reversed on appeal in 1996.
Herman's Hermits
Herman's Hermits, English beat/pop group from Manchester formed in the early 1960s, fronted by Peter Noone and produced by Mickie Most. British Invasion act with eleven US Top Ten hits, 1964-1967, including "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter."
Hesse Kassel
Hesse Kassel is a Chilean post-rock/art rock sextet formed in Santiago in 2022, named after a Google-suggested German principality. Debut La Brea (2025) made Consequence's 50 best; Morir Saltando followed in 2026, plus a Pulsar Best New Artist award.
Hey Violet
Hey Violet is a Los Angeles pop rock band formed in 2008 as hard rock act Cherri Bomb, renamed in February 2015, signed to 5 Seconds of Summer's Hi or Hey Records, known for "Guys My Age" and the 2017 album From the Outside.
Hi-Five
Hi-Five is an American R&B quintet from Waco, Texas, formed in 1989 and known for the 1991 number one hit "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)."
Hiatus Kaiyote
Hiatus Kaiyote: Melbourne future soul quartet (Nai Palm, Paul Bender, Simon Mavin, Perrin Moss) formed 2011; three Grammy nominations; albums Tawk Tomahawk, Choose Your Weapon, Mood Valiant, Love Heart Cheat Code; sampled by Beyoncé, Drake, Kendrick Lamar.
Hide (musician)
hide (Hideto Matsumoto, 松本秀人, 1964-1998) was lead guitarist of X Japan and a solo artist behind HIDE YOUR FACE, PSYENCE, and the LEMONed label; distinct from the Chicago duo HIDE.
Highlife
Highlife: West African popular music and dance genre from late-19th-century Ghana (Gold Coast), spread to Nigeria; guitars, brass, call-and-response; styles Dance Band, Guitar Band, Burger; UNESCO-inscribed 2025; precursor of Afrobeat and juju.
Highly Suspect
Highly Suspect (also styled Highly Suspect band) is an American rock band formed 2009 in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, around Johnny Stevens and twins Ryan and Rich Meyer; known for Mister Asylum, "My Name Is Human," three Grammy nominations, and 800-plus live shows.
Hikari Ōe (大江光)
Hikari Ōe (大江光) is a Japanese composer and the eldest son of novelist Kenzaburō Ōe. He is known for his savant abilities and his 1996 film score A Quiet Life.
Hilary Hahn
Hilary Hahn (born 1979, Lexington) is an American violinist, three-time Grammy winner, Curtis-trained, Baltimore Symphony debut at 12, first Bach album at 17; distinct from Cincinnati singer-songwriter Hillary Hahn.
Hillary Scott
Hillary Scott (b. 1986, Nashville) is an American country singer, lead vocalist of Lady A, 9-time Grammy winner, creator of the family album Love Remains and solo song Mama's Lullaby; distinct from Hilary Scott (one L) and other namesakes.
Hillel Slovak (הלל סלובק)
Hillel Slovak (הלל סלובק), 1962–1988, Israeli-American founding guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, born in Haifa; shaped the band's funk-rock sound on Freaky Styley and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan before dying of a heroin overdose at 26.
Hilliard Ensemble
The Hilliard Ensemble: English a cappella vocal quartet (active 1973/1974 to December 2014), founded by Paul Hillier, named after miniaturist Nicholas Hilliard; famed for early and new music, Arvo Pärt recordings, and the million-selling Officium albums with Jan Garbarek on ECM.
Hilltop Hoods
Hilltop Hoods are an Australian hip hop trio from Adelaide: MCs Suffa (Matthew Lambert) and Pressure (Daniel Smith) with DJ Debris. The Calling (2003) was the first Australian hip-hop platinum album; six consecutive ARIA No. 1 albums, 10 ARIA Awards, Fall From The Light (2025).
Hilton Valentine
Hilton Valentine (Hilton Stewart Paterson Valentine) was the English founding guitarist of the Animals, creator of the arpeggiated A-minor intro to "The House of the Rising Sun" (1964), a UK and US No. 1, and later a skiffle musician as Skiffledog.
HIM (Finnish band)
HIM (His Infernal Majesty), Finnish gothic rock band from Helsinki founded 1991 by Ville Valo; pioneered self-styled 'love metal'; hits 'Join Me in Death' and Dark Light, first Finnish RIAA gold album; disbanded 2017.
Hinder
Hinder: Oklahoma City rock band formed 2001 (Hanson, Garvey, Winkler). Debut Extreme Behavior (2005) went 3x Platinum; "Lips of an Angel" hit number one. Winkler left 2013; Marshal Dutton fronts since 2015.
Hindia (singer)
Hindia is the solo indie-pop project of Indonesian singer-songwriter Daniel Baskara Putra (born 1994, Jakarta), also vocalist of .Feast and member of Lomba Sihir; debut album Menari dengan Bayangan (2019) passed one billion Spotify streams.
Hindley Street Country Club
Hindley Street Country Club is an Australian cover band formed in Adelaide in 2017, known for weekly one-take re-recordings of 1970s to 1990s hits on YouTube.
Hiphop Tamizha (ஹிப்ஹாப் தமிழா)
Hiphop Tamizha (ஹிப்ஹாப் தமிழா), also styled Hip Hop Tamizhan, is the Chennai hip hop duo of Adhi and R Jeeva, whose 2012 debut Hip Hop Tamizhan was the first Tamil hip hop album by Indian musicians; they later scored Thani Oruvan and Meesaya Murukku.
Hippo Campus
Hippo Campus: Minnesota indie rock band formed 2013 in St. Paul by Jake Luppen, Nathan Stocker, Zach Sutton, and Whistler Allen; albums Landmark, Bambi, LP3, and Flood (2024, Psychic Hotline), over a billion streams.
Hiro Yamamoto
Hiro Yamamoto (born 1961) is the founding bassist of Soundgarden (1984–1989), later of Truly and Stereo Donkey, a physical chemist, and a 2022 Asian Hall of Fame and 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Hiromi Uehara (上原ひろみ)
Hiromi Uehara (上原ひろみ), born 1979 in Hamamatsu, is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer; Berklee-trained, Ahmad Jamal-mentored, Grammy winner with Stanley Clarke, leader of the Trio Project and Sonicwonder.
Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野弘之)
Hiroyuki Sawano (澤野弘之), born 1980 in Tokyo, is a Japanese composer for anime, drama, film, and games (Attack on Titan, Gundam UC, Xenoblade X) and creator of the vocal project SawanoHiroyuki[nZk], known for the "Sawano Drop".
Hit-Boy
Hit-Boy (Chauncey Hollis II, born 1987, Fontana, California) is an American producer and rapper, not to be confused with Haitiboy. Three-time Grammy winner behind 'Niggas in Paris,' 'Sicko Mode,' and Nas's King's Disease albums; founder of Surf Club and HS87.
Hitmaka
Hitmaka, born Christian Ward (1985, Chicago), formerly rapper Yung Berg and Iceberg, is an American record producer, songwriter, and Atlantic A&R executive behind hits like Big Sean's "Bounce Back" and A Boogie's "Look Back At It."
Hitsujibungaku (羊文学)
Hitsujibungaku (羊文学) is a Japanese alternative rock trio formed around 2011 by Moeka Shiotsuka, with Yurika Kasai on bass; major debut 2020 on F.C.L.S., known for "more than words" (Jujutsu Kaisen) and the album our hope.
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael (Hoagland Howard Carmichael, 1899-1981), American songwriter, pianist, singer, and actor from Bloomington, Indiana, composer of Stardust, Georgia on My Mind, Heart and Soul, and the 1951 Oscar-winning In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening.