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Nevertel
Nevertel: Tampa, Florida rock trio (Jeremy Michael, Raul Lopez, Alec Davis) blending nu-metal, rap, and alt-rock; self-released Living Fiction and Everything in My Mind before Epitaph's Start Again (2025).
New Boyz
New Boyz: Hesperia, California rap duo of Ben J (Earl Benjamin) and Legacy (Dominic Thomas), formed 2008 as Swagger Boyz; "You're a Jerk" (2009, No. 24, platinum) popularized the jerkin' dance movement; albums Skinny Jeanz and a Mic and Too Cool to Care; split 2013, reunited 2022.
New Constellations
New Constellations is a Portland, Oregon indie-pop duo of Harlee Case and Josh Smith, breakout single "Hot Blooded" (2021), debut album It Comes in Waves, Nettwerk, May 15, 2026; distinct from the Nashville band The Constellations and the Constellation DAQ software.
New Edition
New Edition, American R&B/pop vocal group formed 1978 in Roxbury, Boston; members DeVoe, Brown, Bell, Bivins, Tresvant, Gill; hits 'Candy Girl', 'Cool It Now'; forerunner of boy bands and new jack swing.
New Found Glory
New Found Glory: American pop-punk band formed 1997 in Coral Springs, Florida, also early name A New Found Glory. Gold/platinum albums New Found Glory (2000), Sticks and Stones (2002), Catalyst (2004); easycore pioneers; guitarist Chad Gilbert died 2026.
New Hope Club
New Hope Club (NHC), British pop trio formed 2015: Reece Bibby, Blake Richardson, George Smith. Vamps' Steady Records act; debut album hit UK No. 5 in 2020; second album Getting Better 2024; large Asian fanbase.
New Kids on the Block
New Kids on the Block (NKOTB), formed 1984 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, is an American boy band (Jonathan and Jordan Knight, Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, Danny Wood) created by Maurice Starr; Hangin' Tough and Step by Step hit No. 1, 80 million albums sold, reunited 2008 with Vegas residency The Right Stuff.
New Model Army (band)
New Model Army: English rock band formed in Bradford in 1980, led by Justin Sullivan, named after Cromwell's army; 16 studio albums from Vengeance (1984) to Unbroken (2024).
New Order (band)
New Order: English rock band formed 1980 in Salford by Joy Division survivors Sumner, Hook and Morris with Gillian Gilbert; creators of 'Blue Monday', the best-selling 12-inch single ever, and UK No. 1 albums Technique and Republic.
New Radicals
New Radicals, an American pop-rock project formed in 1997 around Gregg Alexander and Danielle Brisebois, released one album, Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998), whose hit "You Get What You Give" preceded a 1999 breakup and a 2021 Biden inauguration reunion.
New Riders of the Purple Sage
New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS), American country rock band formed 1969 in the San Francisco Bay Area as a Grateful Dead offshoot with Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, and Mickey Hart; debut album 1971, gold with The Adventures of Panama Red (1973).
New wave of British heavy metal
New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), British metal movement circa 1979-1983 named by Sounds editor Alan Lewis; DIY scene of Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Saxon, Neat Records that seeded thrash and power metal.
New West (band)
New West is a Toronto collective formed in 2017 (Kala Wita, Lee Vella, Ben Key, Noel West) blending Britpop, indie pop, and alternative R&B; known for the 2019 viral hit "Those Eyes" and the 2023 debut album Based on a True Story...
New York Art Quartet
The New York Art Quartet (NYAQ) was a 1964-66 American free jazz group of John Tchicai, Roswell Rudd, Milford Graves and successive bassists, known for the ESP album with Amiri Baraka's 'Black Dada Nihilismus', Mohawk, and later reunion releases.
New York Contemporary Five
New York Contemporary Five: early-1960s free jazz collective with Archie Shepp, Don Cherry, and John Tchicai; recorded Consequences (Fontana, 1966) and Sonet's Copenhagen 1963 Montmartre albums before disbanding in 1964.
New York Dolls
New York Dolls: American glam/proto-punk band formed in New York City in 1971, named after the New York Doll Hospital. Albums New York Dolls (1973) and Too Much Too Soon (1974) prefigured punk; members included Johansen, Thunders, Sylvain, Kane, Murcia.
New York Philharmonic
New York Philharmonic (Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York): American symphony orchestra founded 1842 in New York City, the oldest in the United States, based at David Geffen Hall; music directors have included Mahler, Toscanini, Bernstein, and, since 2026, Gustavo Dudamel.
New York Symphony Orchestra
New York Symphony Orchestra, orchestra of the New York Symphony Society founded by Leopold Damrosch in 1878 and led by Walter Damrosch; rival of the New York Philharmonic until their 1928 merger formed the Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York.
Newsboys
Newsboys are an Australian-formed Christian rock and worship band (1985, Mooloolaba, Queensland; later Nashville) behind hits like "Shine" and "God's Not Dead." Distinctive for its rotating frontmen (James, Furler, Tait, Agee), Wes Campbell's brand ownership, and the 2025 Michael Tait scandal and ensuing defamation and antitrust lawsuit.
Neyla Pekarek
Neyla Pekarek (born 1986) is an American cellist and singer-songwriter, a Lumineers member 2010-2018, whose solo debut was the 2019 concept album Rattlesnake about Rattlesnake Kate, followed by the musicals Rattlesnake Kate and The Queen of Magic.
Niall Horan
Niall Horan, Irish singer-songwriter (born 1993, Mullingar), former One Direction member and solo artist behind Flicker, Heartbreak Weather, The Show, and Dinner Party.
Nic Collins (drummer)
Nic Collins (Nicholas Collins, born 2001, Switzerland) is a drummer, son of Phil Collins; drummer for Phil Collins' Not Dead Yet tour, Genesis' The Last Domino? farewell tour, Mike + The Mechanics, and his bands Better Strangers and The Effect.
Niccolò Paganini
Niccolò Paganini (1782 or 1784–1840), Italian violin virtuoso and composer born in Genoa, famed for the 24 Caprices, the 1828–1834 European tours, the devil legend, and the Guarneri "Il Cannone" violin.
Nick Beggs
Nick Beggs, British bassist, Chapman Stick player and songwriter; founder of Kajagoogoo ("Too Shy", 1983 UK number one), later bassist for Steven Wilson and Steve Hackett, and leader of The Mute Gods.
Nick Carter
Nick Carter (Nickolas Gene Carter, born 1980, Jamestown, NY) is the youngest member of the Backstreet Boys and a solo pop artist; albums Now or Never, All American, and Love Life Tragedy, Who I Am tour, Las Vegas Sphere residency.
Nick Cave
Nick Cave (Nicholas Edward Cave, born 1957, Warracknabeal, Australia), Australian singer-songwriter, frontman of the Birthday Party and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds; also screenwriter (The Proposition), novelist and film composer with Warren Ellis.
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1983 by Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, and Blixa Bargeld after the Birthday Party; 18 studio albums including Murder Ballads, Ghosteen, and Wild God.
Nick Drake
Nick Drake (Nicholas Rodney Drake, 1948–1974), English folk singer-songwriter of Three albums Five Leaves Left, Bryter Layter, Pink Moon; died at 26 from antidepressant overdose, posthumously famous.
Nick Hakim
Nick Hakim, Washington D.C.-born Brooklyn singer-songwriter and producer of psychedelic alternative R&B; EPs Where Will We Go (2014), albums Green Twins (2017), Will This Make Me Good (2020), Cometa (2022), I Can See (2026) on Earseed.
Nick Hexum
Nick Hexum (Nicholas Lofton Hexum), born 1970 in Wisconsin, raised in Omaha, is singer-guitarist and co-founder of 311, whose 1995 self-titled album went triple platinum; he also leads the Nick Hexum Quintet and runs the artist-independence platform SKP.