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Noel Redding
Noel David Redding (born 1945, died 2003), English rock bassist and guitarist, founding bassist of the Jimi Hendrix Experience (1966-1969) on its three studio albums; later led Fat Mattress and the Noel Redding Band in Ireland; his estate lost a 2026 Sony copyright case.
NOFX
NOFX is a Los Angeles punk rock band formed in 1983 by Fat Mike, Eric Melvin, and Erik Sandin, later joined by El Hefe. Known for never signing to a major label, the gold-selling Punk in Drublic (1994), and Fat Wreck Chords; the band retired after its final show on October 6, 2024.
Nomeansno
Nomeansno: Canadian punk band formed 1979 in Victoria, BC, by brothers Rob and John Wright; fused hardcore with jazz and funk, released Wrong (1989), disbanded 2016.
Nooran Sisters
The Nooran Sisters are Jyoti and Sultana Nooran, a Punjabi Sufi singing duo from Jalandhar, India, trained by their father Ustad Gulshan Mir, famous for "Tung Tung" (2012) and "Patakha Guddi" from Highway.
Norah Jones
Norah Jones, born 1979 in Brooklyn, is an American singer-songwriter and pianist; her 2002 Blue Note debut Come Away with Me won five Grammys and sold over 20 million copies. She has since released nine solo albums and won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album for Visions (2024).
Norma Tanega
Norma Tanega (1939-2019), American folk-pop singer-songwriter, painter, and experimental musician; hit "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog" (1966), partner and songwriter for Dusty Springfield, later Claremont teacher and percussionist.
Norman Greenbaum
Norman Greenbaum, American singer-songwriter born 1942 in Malden, Massachusetts, wrote and recorded "Spirit in the Sky" (1969), a No. 3 US and No. 1 UK fuzz-guitar hit; also led Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band.
Norman Whitfield
Norman Jesse Whitfield was an American songwriter and Motown record producer who, with Barrett Strong, wrote "I Heard It Through the Grapevine," "War," and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone."
Normani
Normani (Normani Kordei Hamilton, born 1996, Atlanta) is an American R&B/pop singer and dancer, ex-Fifth Harmony member; solo hits "Love Lies," "Dancing with a Stranger," "Wild Side," and 2024 debut album DOPAMINE on RCA.
Not Enough Space
Not Enough Space: Orlando, Florida metalcore band formed 2018, fronted by vocalists Lizzie Raatma and Liv Mitchell. Viral 'moancore' single 'Primitive' (2024); debut album Weaponize Your Rage on Thriller Records, September 12, 2025.
Nothing (band)
Nothing is a Philadelphia shoegaze band formed around 2010 by Domenic Palermo after prison, known for Guilty of Everything (2014) through a short history of decay (2026) and heavy, melody-driven shoegaze.
Nothing but Thieves
Nothing but Thieves: English alternative rock band formed 2012 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex (Conor Mason, Joe Langridge-Brown, Dominic Craik, Philip Blake, James Price). Five RCA albums; Dead Club City was its first UK No. 1; Stray Dogs released 2026.
Nothing More
Nothing More is an American rock band from San Antonio, Texas, known for its 2014 breakthrough album, the song "Go To War," and a unique live show featuring Jonny Hawkins.
Notker the Stammerer
Notker the Stammerer, Latin Notker Balbulus, was a Benedictine monk, poet, and composer at the Abbey of St. Gall in Switzerland from about 840 until his death in 912.
Noura (singer)
Noura (نورة), stage name of Fatima Zohra Badji, Algerian singer (1942 Cherchell – 1 June 2014 Paris) of 500+ songs in Arabic, Kabyle, and French; 1971 Pathé Marconi gold disc; wife of composer Kamel Hamadi. Distinct from Nouara the Kabyle singer and Noura Mint Seymali.
Nourished by Time
Nourished by Time is the musical project of Baltimore-born Marcus Brown, blending R&B, post-punk, and new wave into post-R&B. Debut Erotic Probiotic 2 (2023); second album The Passionate Ones (2025) on XL Recordings.
Nouvelle Vague (band)
Nouvelle Vague is a French musical collective led by Marc Collin and Olivier Libaux that covers punk, post-punk, and new wave songs in bossa nova arrangements.
Nova Twins
Nova Twins: London rock duo (Amy Love, Georgia South), formed 2014 as Braat. Albums Who Are the Girls? (2020), Supernova (2022), Parasites & Butterflies (2025). First Black rock band Mercury-shortlisted; 2026 MOBO winners; no synths, pedal-driven bass-led sound.
Novagang
Novagang (NOVAGANG, Nova Gang) is an American experimental underground music and internet art collective founded in 2018 by prblm, known for digicore and hyperpop-adjacent releases including the H.T.N.G. mixtapes.
Novo Amor
Novo Amor is the indie-folk project of Welsh multi-instrumentalist Ali John Meredith-Lacey (born 1991), Portuguese for 'new love'. Albums: Birthplace (2018), Cannot Be, Whatsoever (2020), Collapse List (2024); known for falsetto, found-sound production, Bon Iver comparisons.
Novulent
Novulent is a Texas alternative rock and shoegaze singer-songwriter, active from 2022, whose TikTok-viral single "scars" (143 million views, RIAA Gold) led to Capitol Records and the 2026 album VOL. 3, the close of the VOL. trilogy.
Now United
Now United (NU), global pop group formed in 2017 in West Hollywood by Simon Fuller, managed by XIX Entertainment; debuted with 14 members from 14 countries, holds the Guinness record for most nationalities in a pop group, first single "Summer in the City".
NRBQ
NRBQ, widely called "The Q," is an American rock band known for its eclectic blend of rock, jazz, and R&B, and for founding keyboardist Terry Adams' five-decade career.
NSYNC
NSYNC (NSYNC), American pop boy band formed 1995 in Orlando, Florida; members Timberlake, Chasez, Kirkpatrick, Fatone, Bass. No Strings Attached sold 2.4 million first-week copies; disbanded 2002; 2023 reunion single Better Place.
NSYNC discography
NSYNC discography: catalog of the Orlando boy band NSYNC, three studio albums (NSYNC 1998, No Strings Attached 2000, Celebrity 2001), Home for Christmas, Greatest Hits, 17 charting singles, and about 70 million albums sold.
Nu Virgos
Nu Virgos, Russian/Ukrainian ВИА Гра (ВІА Гра), a Ukrainian pop girl group founded in Kyiv on 3 September 2000 by Konstantin Meladze and Dmitry Kostyuk; name puns on viagra, hence 'Nu Virgos' abroad; dissolved 23 May 2025.
Nujabes
Nujabes (ヌジャベス), stage name of Seba Jun (瀬葉淳, born Jun Yamada), was a Tokyo hip-hop producer, DJ, and Guinness Records shop owner who founded Hyde Out Productions, scored Samurai Champloo, made Metaphorical Music and Modal Soul with Shing02, and died in 2010, later shaping lo-fi hip-hop.
Nuno Bettencourt
Nuno Bettencourt (Nuno Duarte Gil Mendes Bettencourt), lead guitarist of Extreme, known for the Washburn N4, Marshall DSL and Rat rig, the 2023 solo on "Rise," a 2026 Grammy, and his Nuno Guitars brand.
Nxdia
Nxdia (Nadia Ahmed) is a Cairo-born, Manchester-based non-binary alt-pop artist of Sudanese-Egyptian heritage singing in English and Arabic; known for the viral 2024 single "She Likes A Boy," the 2023 EP in the flesh, and the 2025 mixtape I Promise No One's Watching.
Nyango Star
Nyango Star (にゃんごすたー) is a cat-and-apple yuru-chara mascot drummer from Kuroishi, Aomori, Japan, played by an anonymous drummer, famous for metal covers of X Japan's Kurenai and the Anpanman March.