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Melt-Banana (メルト・バナナ)
Melt-Banana (メルト・バナナ) is a Tokyo noise rock band formed in 1993, built around vocalist Yasuko Onuki (Yako) and guitarist Ichirou Agata, known for hyperactive, effects-driven noise punk on its A-Zap label.
Melvin Franklin
Melvin Franklin (David English, 1942-1995), nicknamed Blue, was the founding bass singer of Motown's the Temptations from 1960 to 1995, anchoring hits like My Girl and Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, a 1989 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who died of heart failure at 52.
Memphis Mafia
Memphis Mafia: the nickname for Elvis Presley's entourage of musicians, bodyguards, and hangers-on at Graceland; also used by Memphis jazz players, a rockabilly band renamed King Memphis, and later acts.
Men at Work
Men at Work: Australian new wave band formed in Melbourne in 1979, led by Colin Hay and Greg Ham. Hits "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under"; Grammy Best New Artist 1983; disbanded 1985, later reformed.
Men I Trust
Men I Trust: Canadian indie dream-pop trio from Montreal, formed 2014 by Dragos Chiriac and Jessy Caron with singer Emmanuelle Proulx from 2015. Fully label-free band behind Oncle Jazz (2019), Untourable Album (2021), and the 2025 Equus Asinus/Equus Caballus companion albums.
Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats: Canadian synth-pop/new wave band from Montreal, formed 1977, led by Ivan Doroschuk; known for "The Safety Dance" (1982, US No. 3) and "Pop Goes the World" (1987), active again since 2010.
Menahem Pressler
Menahem Pressler (1923–2023), born Max Jacob Pressler in Magdeburg, was a German-Israeli-American pianist, founding and sole pianist of the Beaux Arts Trio (1955–2008) and a 67-year Indiana University piano professor.
Mental As Anything
Mental As Anything, also called the Mentals, is an Australian new wave and pub rock band formed in Sydney in 1976 by art school students including Reg Mombassa and Martin Plaza, with 25 Australian Top 40 hits and the international hit Live It Up.
Menudo (group)
Menudo, Puerto Rican Latin pop boy band founded in 1977 by Edgardo Díaz in San Juan, with a rotating teenage lineup replaced at 16; hits "Súbete a Mi Moto" and "Claridad"; alumni include Ricky Martin and Draco Rosa; 2026 50th-anniversary reunion tour.
Mercedes Sosa
Mercedes Sosa (Haydeé Mercedes Sosa, 1935–2009), Argentine folk singer and Nueva Canción icon known as the voice of Latin America; co-founded Nuevo Cancionero, was censored and exiled under the dictatorship, and won three Latin Grammys.
Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev, American psychedelic rock band formed 1989 in Buffalo, New York, led by Jonathan Donahue and Grasshopper; debut Yerself Is Steam (1991), breakthrough Deserter's Songs (1998), latest album Born Horses (2024).
Mercy Chinwo
Mercy Chinwo (Mercy Nnenda Chinwo, Mercy Chinwo Blessed), born 1990 in Port Harcourt, is a Nigerian gospel singer-songwriter and actress who won Nigerian Idol Season 2 in 2012 and is known for "Excess Love" and the albums The Cross: My Gaze, SATISFIED, and Overwhelming Victory.
MercyMe
MercyMe, American contemporary Christian band formed 1994 in Greenville, Texas, led by Bart Millard; known for "I Can Only Imagine," the first Christian digital single certified platinum, Billboard's Top Christian Artist of the 2000s and 2010s, and albums through Wonder & Awe (2025).
Meredith Brooks
Meredith Brooks (Meredith Ann Brooks, born 1958, Oregon City, Oregon), American singer-songwriter and producer; 1997 hit "Bitch" and album Blurring the Edges, two 1998 Grammy nominations, later Kissing Booth Music production work.
Meredith Willson
Meredith Willson, born Robert Reiniger Meredith Willson, was an American composer and flutist best known for the 1957 Broadway musical The Music Man and its song Seventy-Six Trombones.
Merle Haggard
Merle Haggard was an American country music singer and songwriter who helped create the Bakersfield Sound, recorded 38 No. 1 Billboard country singles, and wrote "Okie from Muskogee."
Merle Travis
Merle Travis (1917-1983), American country guitarist and songwriter from Rosewood, Kentucky, namesake of the Travis picking fingerstyle technique; wrote "Sixteen Tons" and "Dark as a Dungeon", built a pioneering 1948 Bigsby solid-body electric, and won a 1975 Grammy with Chet Atkins.
Merrill Osmond
Merrill Osmond (born 1953, Ogden, Utah) is an American singer best known as lead singer of The Osmonds, singing "One Bad Apple" and "Love Me for a Reason."
Merry Clayton
Merry Clayton is an American gospel and soul singer from New Orleans, best known for her guest vocal on the Rolling Stones' 1969 song "Gimme Shelter."
Merzbow
Merzbow (メルツバウ) is the noise music project of Masami Akita, founded in Tokyo in 1979; named after Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau, with over 400 albums including the 50-CD Merzbox and the 13 Japanese Birds series.
Meshell Ndegeocello
Meshell Ndegeocello, born Michelle Lynn Johnson (1968, Berlin), is an American bassist, singer, and songwriter, pioneer of neo-soul with Plantation Lullabies (1993), and three-time Grammy winner including two Best Alternative Jazz Album awards on Blue Note.
Method Man & Redman
Method Man & Redman: American hip-hop duo of Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man and Def Squad's Redman, formed 1995 with "How High"; albums Blackout! (1999) and Blackout! 2 (2009), film How High (2001), sitcom Method & Red.
Metric (band)
Metric: Canadian indie rock band formed 1998 in Toronto by Emily Haines and James Shaw, with Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott-Key; synth-pop and new wave sound, ten studio albums, own label Metric Music International, Juno-winning 2009 album Fantasies.
Metro Boomin
Metro Boomin (Leland Tyler Wayne) is a St. Louis-born trap producer and DJ behind Not All Heroes Wear Capes, Heroes & Villains, Savage Mode II, and the 2024 Future albums, with a reported ~$70M publishing sale.
Metro Station (band)
Metro Station (band): American electropop band formed 2006 in Los Angeles by Trace Cyrus and Mason Musso with Blake Healy and Anthony Improgo; known for the 2007 debut album and the double-platinum single "Shake It".
MewithoutYou
MewithoutYou (mewithoutYou) was an American experimental-punk/post-hardcore band from Philadelphia, formed 2001, fronted by Aaron Weiss; seven albums on Tooth & Nail and Run for Cover, Sufi and Judeo-Christian lyrics, farewell shows 2022.
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
The Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra (Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México) is a symphony orchestra founded in 1978 and owned by Mexico City's Secretaría de Cultura.
MFSB
MFSB (Mother, Father, Sister, Brother), Philadelphia International Records' house band of about 30-40 Sigma Sound Studios session players, formed 1971; hit number one in 1974 with "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)", the Soul Train theme, and released "Love Is the Message".
MGMT
MGMT is an American rock band formed in 2002 by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser at Wesleyan University, known for Oracular Spectacular, "Kids", psychedelic follow-ups, the TikTok-viral "Little Dark Age", and the 2024 album Loss of Life.
Mia Asano
Mia Asano (born 1999) is an American electric violinist from Denver, a Berklee graduate who went viral on TikTok, plays a seven-string fretted Viper violin, and tours with Sabaton and Two Steps From Hell.