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August Alsina
August Alsina (born 1992, New Orleans) is an American R&B singer-rapper; platinum 2013 single "I Luv This Shit," number-two debut album Testimony (2014), later independent on Shake the World label.
August Kubizek
August Kubizek (1888, Linz) was an Austrian musician and conductor, Adolf Hitler's close friend from 1905 to 1908, and author of a 1953 memoir about him.
Augustin Hadelich
Augustin Hadelich (born 1984, Cecina, Italy) is a German-American classical violinist, 2006 Indianapolis Gold Medalist, 2016 Grammy winner, playing the 1744 'Leduc, ex Szeryng' Guarneri del Gesù, teaching at Yale.
Aundrea Fimbres
Aundrea Fimbres (born 1983, Upland, California) is an American soprano singer, founding member of Danity Kane formed on MTV's Making the Band 3 in 2005; sang on two No. 1 Billboard albums, quit in 2014, rejoined the 2025 Untold Chapter Tour trio.
Aurora (singer)
Aurora (Aurora Aksnes, born 1996) is a Norwegian art-pop singer-songwriter; albums All My Demons Greeting Me as a Friend (2016) through What Happened to the Heart? (2024), viral "Runaway," Frozen II and Oscars appearances.
Austin Brown
Austin Brown refers to several musicians: Nathaniel Austin Brown (born 1985), Rebbie Jackson's son and an R&B singer of Highway 85; AUSTN, a teen pop singer born 2002 in Bend, Oregon; and the former Home Free lead tenor born 1986.
Austin Carlile
Austin Carlile (born 1987, Pensacola, Florida) is an American metalcore vocalist, former frontman of Attack Attack! and Of Mice & Men, who left the band in 2016 due to Marfan syndrome and returned with solo releases in 2026.
Austin Jones (musician)
Austin Jones (born 1992), American musician and former YouTuber from Bloomingdale, Illinois, known for a cappella cover songs; pleaded guilty in 2019 to receiving child pornography and was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison.
Austin Mahone
Austin Mahone, full name Austin Harris Mahone, is an American singer from San Antonio, Texas, who rose to fame as a teenager through YouTube covers.
Ava Max
Ava Max, born Amanda Ava Koci, is an American pop singer of Albanian descent whose 2018 single "Sweet but Psycho" topped charts worldwide, and who has released three studio albums.
Avant (singer)
Avant (born Myron Lavell Avant, 1978, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American R&B singer and songwriter known for the early-2000s hits "Separated," "My First Love," and "Read Your Mind."
Avant-garde and free jazz ensembles
Avant-garde and free jazz ensembles are jazz groups that depart from tonal harmony, fixed meter, and standard roles, replacing them with collective improvisation in performance.
Avantasia
Avantasia is a German symphonic power metal project founded in 1999 by Edguy singer Tobias Sammet; known for concept 'metal opera' albums with guest vocalists like Michael Kiske and Geoff Tate, ten albums including Moonglow (2019) and Here Be Dragons (2025).
Aventura (band)
Aventura, a Bronx bachata group (formerly Los Tinellers) led by Romeo Santos, fused bachata with R&B and hip-hop; "Obsesión" topped European charts, and the 2024 Cerrando Ciclos farewell tour grossed $134.7 million.
Average White Band
Average White Band (AWB), Scottish funk and soul band formed in London in 1972, known for "Pick Up the Pieces," a US No. 1 in 1975 on Atlantic Records, and for extensive hip-hop sampling.
Avery Anna
Avery Anna (Avery Anna Rhoton, born 2004, Flagstaff, Arizona) is an American country singer-songwriter on Warner Music Nashville, known for "Narcissist," the albums Breakup Over Breakfast and let go letters, and Sam Barber's "Indigo."
Avi Kaplan
Avi Kaplan (Avriel Benjamin Kaplan, born 1989, Visalia, California) is an American bass vocalist and folk singer-songwriter, ex-Pentatonix bass (2011–2017, three Grammys), solo debut album Floating on a Dream (2022).
Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter born 1984 in Belleville, Ontario, broke through with Let Go (2002) and Complicated; seven studio albums, eight Grammy nominations, 50 million records sold, Lyme disease comeback, Love Sux (2022).
Awolnation
AWOLNATION is an American rock band formed in 2010 in Los Angeles by Aaron Bruno, known for the triple-platinum 2011 single "Sail" and six albums including Megalithic Symphony, Run, and The Phantom Five.
Ax and the Hatchetmen
Ax and the Hatchetmen, a Chicago indie rock sextet formed in 2018 by Axel Ellis and Sal Defilippis, blends jazz-trained musicianship, trumpet and saxophone, and Strokes-influenced rock; debut album So Much to Tell You (2025), Arista Records.
Axl Rose
Axl Rose (W. Axl Rose, born William Bruce Rose Jr., 1962, Lafayette, Indiana) is the American singer-songwriter, sole constant member and name-owner of Guns N' Roses, frontman of the 30-million-selling Appetite for Destruction and the 17-year, $13-million Chinese Democracy saga, and AC/DC's 2016 touring vocalist.
Ay Yola (Ай Ёла)
Ay Yola (Ай Ёла) is a Bashkir ethno-pop trio from Ufa, Bashkortostan, founded in 2024: Rinat Ramazanov, Adel Shaykhitdinova, and Ruslan Shaykhitdinov. Their 2025 single Homay, based on the Ural-Batyr epic, topped 130 million streams and entered the global Shazam top ten.
Aya Nakamura
Aya Nakamura (Aya Danioko, born 1995, Bamako) is a French-Malian pop singer, the most-streamed French-language artist worldwide, known for "Djadja," her 2024 Olympics opening ceremony performance, and three sold-out 2026 Stade de France concerts.
Ayesha Erotica
Ayesha Erotica, stage name of Ayesha Alexis Aucellio (born 1996, Huntington Beach, California), is an American hyperpop-inspired singer and producer; active 2015–2018, retired, returned 2023, known for "Emo Boy" and Slayyyter collaborations.
Aynsley Dunbar
Aynsley Dunbar, English drummer born 1946 in Liverpool, played with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, Frank Zappa's Mothers, Journey, Jefferson Starship, Whitesnake, David Bowie, and Lou Reed; Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, 2017, as a Journey member.
Ayra Starr
Ayra Starr (Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe), Beninese-Nigerian Afrobeats singer born 2002 in Cotonou; Mavin Records artist behind Rush and the albums 19 & Dangerous, The Year I Turned 21, and Starrgirl.
Ayreon
Ayreon is the Dutch progressive rock/metal rock-opera project of Arjen Lucassen (born 1960, The Hague), known since The Final Experiment (1995) for interconnected sci-fi concept albums sung by large rotating casts of guest vocalists, ten studio albums to Transitus (2020), and rare sold-out live productions.
Azis (Васил Троянов Боянов)
Azis (Васил Троянов Боянов, Vasil Troyanov Boyanov, born 1978) is a Bulgarian pop-folk (chalga) singer of Roma origin known as the King of chalga; hits include Habibi and Sen Trope.
Aztec Camera
Aztec Camera, Scottish indie pop band formed 1980 in East Kilbride by Roddy Frame; Postcard Records debut "Just Like Gold" (1981), breakthrough album High Land, Hard Rain (1983), six albums, disbanded 1995.
Azúcar Moreno
Azúcar Moreno: Spanish duo of sisters Toñi and Encarna Salazar from Badajoz, blending flamenco, rumba, and dance pop. Represented Spain at Eurovision 1990 in Zagreb with "Bandido", finishing fifth after a technical failure; later Latin-pop success with Emilio Estefan.