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April Wine
April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in Nova Scotia in late 1969, known for platinum albums and hits like "Roller" and "Just Between You and Me."
Aqua (band)
Aqua: Danish-Norwegian Europop band behind 1997's "Barbie Girl" (Aquarium, Aquarius, Megalomania). Won the Mattel parody lawsuit, sampled in Barbie (2023), ended as a live band in May 2026.
Arab Strap
Arab Strap are a Scottish indie rock duo from Falkirk, formed in 1995 by Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton, named after a sex toy. Split in 2006, reformed 2016; albums include As Days Get Dark and Half-Told Tales.
Aram Khachaturian (Արամ Խաչատրյան)
Aram Khachaturian (Արամ Խաչատրյան, 1903–1978), Soviet Armenian composer of the ballets Gayane and Spartacus and the Sabre Dance; studied with Myaskovsky in Moscow, denounced in 1948, UNESCO Memory of the World honoree.
Arash (آرش لباف) (singer)
Arash (Arash Labaf, آرش لباف), Iranian-Swedish dance-pop singer born 1977 in Tehran, Sweden-based; known for "Boro Boro", the album Donya, Eurovision 2009 third place for Azerbaijan with "Always", and collaborations with Shaggy and Snoop Dogg.
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire is a Grammy-winning Canadian indie rock band from Montreal led by Win Butler and Regine Chassagne; debut Funeral (2004) and The Suburbs, the 2011 Album of the Year Grammy winner, define its anthemic orchestral sound.
Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli (1653–1713), Italian Baroque violinist and composer active in Rome under patrons Christina of Sweden and Cardinals Pamphili and Ottoboni; six opuses of sonatas and concerti grossi, including the Christmas Concerto, founded the modern violin school.
Archive (band)
Archive is a British music collective formed in Croydon, South London, in 1994 by Darius Keeler and Danny Griffiths. Debut Londinium (1996) was trip-hop; the sound evolved to progressive and art rock across 14 albums, with Glass Minds (2026) and Not In My Name (2027) on Dangervisit/[PIAS].
Arctic Monkeys
Arctic Monkeys, an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, Sheffield (Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders, Nick O'Malley), hold the fastest-selling UK debut album, six UK number 1 albums, 7 Brit Awards, and the AM-era hit Do I Wanna Know?
Arctic Monkeys discography
The Arctic Monkeys discography covers seven studio albums by the English rock band from Sheffield, six of which topped the UK chart between 2006 and 2018.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin (1942–2018), the Queen of Soul, American singer and pianist from Detroit; 18 Grammys, 75 million records, first woman in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987), famous for "Respect" and Amazing Grace.
Argent (band)
Argent: English progressive rock band formed in 1969 by ex-Zombies keyboardist Rod Argent with Russ Ballard, Jim Rodford, and Bob Henrit; known for "Hold Your Head Up" (No.5, 1972) and "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You", later covered by Kiss; active 1969-1976, seven studio albums.
Ari Abdul
Ari Abdul (Arianna Abdul), Brooklyn-born dark alternative pop singer; viral TikTok hit "BABYDOLL" (2021-2022), EPs Fallen Angel and CCTV on RCA, debut album THE VOID due 2026.
Ari Lennox
Ari Lennox (Courtney Shanade Salter, born 1991) is an American R&B singer from Washington, D.C., Dreamville's first female signee, known for Shea Butter Baby, "Pressure," Age/Sex/Location, and Vacancy.
Ari Up
Ari Up (Arianna Forster, 1962-2010) was the German-born frontwoman of the British punk band the Slits, which she co-founded at 14 in 1976; she pioneered punk-reggae fusion on the 1979 album Cut.
Ariana Grande
Ariana Grande (born 1993, Boca Raton, Florida) is an American singer and actress, formerly Cat Valentine on Victorious, with eight studio albums, ten Hot 100 No. 1 hits, three Grammys, and a 2025 Oscar nomination for Wicked.
Ariana Savalas
Ariana Savalas (born 1987, Los Angeles) is an American jazz cabaret singer, songwriter, and burlesque performer, youngest daughter of Telly Savalas and a founding vocalist of Postmodern Jukebox.
Ariel Marx
Ariel Marx, American composer and multi-instrumentalist for film and TV; Emmy, BAFTA, and World Soundtrack Awards nominee known for The Tale, Shiva Baby, Candy, A Small Light, Dying for Sex, and Black Mirror.
Ariel Pink
Ariel Pink, born Ariel Rosenberg in 1978, is a Los Angeles lo-fi pop musician whose 1990s home recordings as Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti prefigured chillwave; breakthrough The Doldrums (2004) on Paw Tracks, later 4AD albums, dropped by Mexican Summer after January 6, 2021.
Ariel Rechtshaid
Ariel Rechtshaid is an American record producer, songwriter, engineer, and multi-instrumentalist from Los Angeles who has won three Grammys for work with Vampire Weekend, Haim, and Adele.
Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin, Turkish-born Atlantic Records producer and arranger (1932-2006), Berlkee-trained, worked with Aretha Franklin, the Bee Gees, Chaka Khan, and Norah Jones; multi-Grammy winner, died 2006.
Arjun (singer)
Arjun (singer): stage name of Arjun Coomaraswamy (born 1990), British-Sri Lankan R&B singer from London; 2011 "Why This Kolaveri Di" remix, T-Series and Island/Universal artist behind "Suit" with Guru Randhawa.
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).
Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie (born 1947, Brooklyn) is an American folk singer-songwriter, son of Woody Guthrie, famous for the 18-minute talking blues "Alice's Restaurant Massacree" (1967), the Woodstock hit "Coming into Los Angeles", and "City of New Orleans".
Arlo Parks
Arlo Parks, stage name of Anaïs Oluwatoyin Estelle Marinho (born 2000), is a London-born British singer-songwriter and poet; Mercury Prize and BRIT-winning debut Collapsed in Sunbeams, albums My Soft Machine and Ambiguous Desire.
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".
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg (Arnold Schönberg, 1874–1951), Viennese-born composer who pioneered atonality and invented the twelve-tone method, teacher of Berg and Webern, exile in Los Angeles, rival of Stravinsky.
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 Blakey
Art Blakey, also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He led The Jazz Messengers for decades, defining the hard bop style.
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.