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Racing Mount Pleasant
Racing Mount Pleasant (formerly Kingfisher) is a seven-piece indie rock, chamber pop band from Ann Arbor, Michigan, formed at the University of Michigan in 2019; its self-titled 2025 album on R&R followed Grip Your Fist, I'm Heaven Bound (2022).
Radiohead
Radiohead are the English rock band from Oxford: Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Colin Greenwood, and Philip Selway. Known for "Creep" (1993), OK Computer (1997), the electronic turn of Kid A (2000), the pay-what-you-want In Rainbows, and a 2025 reunion tour after seven years.
Radiohead discography
Radiohead discography: nine studio albums by the Oxford rock band, from Pablo Honey (1993) and OK Computer (1997) to In Rainbows (2007) and A Moon Shaped Pool (2016), plus singles, live albums, and reissues.
Radwimps
RADWIMPS: Japanese rock band formed 2001 in Yokohama, major debut 2005; members Yojiro Noda, Yusuke Takeda, Satoshi Yamaguchi; known for Shinkai film scores Your Name., Weathering with You, Suzume and 2025 20th-anniversary album Anew.
Rae Sremmurd
Rae Sremmurd, the Tupelo, Mississippi duo of brothers Swae Lee and Slim Jxmmi, party-rap act behind "Black Beatles", the 7-week Hot 100 #1 fueled by the Mannequin Challenge, and albums SremmLife through Sremm 4 Life.
RaeLynn
RaeLynn (Racheal Lynn Woodward, born 1994) is an American country-pop singer from Baytown, Texas, a Voice season 2 Team Blake alumna known for "God Made Girls" and the No. 1 album WildHorse.
Raf-Saperra (عدیل سردار خان)
Raf-Saperra (Adeel Sardar Khan, عدیل سردار خان), British-Punjabi singer born 1998 in South London, fuses Punjabi folk, qawwali, and bhangra with hip-hop and UK garage; known for Modern Mirza, Ruff Around the Edges, and Venomz Vol. II.
Rafael Reyes (artist)
Rafael Reyes, aka Leafar Seyer, is a Mexican-American musician and artist, frontman of San Diego's cholo goth duo Prayers with Dave Parley, creator of the cholo goth genre, ex-gang member, and husband of Kat Von D.
Raffaella Carrà
Raffaella Carrà, stage name of Raffaella Maria Roberta Pelloni, Italian singer, dancer, actress and TV presenter (Bologna 1943 – Rome 2021), famed for Canzonissima, Tuca Tuca, 60 million records sold, stardom in Spain, LGBT-icon status, and posthumous foundation and hologram concert.
Rag'n'Bone Man
Rag'n'Bone Man, real name Rory Charles Graham (born 1985), is a British baritone singer blending soul, blues, and hip-hop. Known for the 2016 hit "Human", the fastest-selling 2010s debut album by a British male, BRIT Awards, and "Giant" with Calvin Harris.
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan
Rahat Fateh Ali Khan (born 1974, Faisalabad) is a Pakistani qawwali and playback singer, nephew and heir of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, known for Bollywood hits, Filmfare Award, Sitar-i-Imtiaz, and Oxford honorary degree.
Rahim Redcar
Rahim Redcar, born Héloïse Letissier in 1988 and formerly Christine and the Queens, is a French electro-pop musician and producer who adopted the name in 2024.
Rainbow (rock band)
Rainbow, also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, is a British hard rock band formed in 1975 by Ritchie Blackmore after leaving Deep Purple, built around vocalist Ronnie James Dio.
Rainbow Kitten Surprise
Rainbow Kitten Surprise (RKS) is an American indie rock band formed in 2013 at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, fronted by Ela Melo; known for "It's Called: Freefall" and albums How To: Friend, Love, Freefall (2018), Love Hate Music Box (2024), and bones (2025).
Raine Maida
Raine Maida (Michael Maida, born 1970) is the Canadian frontman and last founding member of Our Lady Peace, also a solo artist, songwriter with Chantal Kreviazuk, and War Child Canada advocate.
Rainelle Krause
Rainelle Krause (1987–2026) was an American coloratura soprano whose signature role was the Queen of the Night, performed more than 100 times, and who sang arias suspended on aerial silks.
Rak-Su
Rak-Su is a British pop and R&B group from Watford, England, and the first boy band to win The X Factor, taking the 2017 series with their own songs.
Ralf Hütter
Ralf Hütter (born 1946, Krefeld) is the German musician who co-founded Kraftwerk with Florian Schneider in Düsseldorf in 1970 and remains its only original member, leading the pioneering electronic band behind Autobahn.
Ralph Johnson (musician)
Ralph Johnson (born 1951) is the American drummer, percussionist, and vocalist of Earth, Wind & Fire, joining in 1972; a six-time Grammy winner, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and author of the memoir Rhythm & Fire.
Ralph McTell
Ralph McTell (born Ralph May, 1944) is an English folk singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist, best known for 'Streets of London' (No. 2 UK single, 1975), the Ivor Novello Award, and over 50 years on the British folk scene.
Ralph Stanley
Ralph Stanley (1927-2016), Dr. Ralph Stanley, American bluegrass banjo player and tenor singer from Dickenson County, Virginia; co-founder of the Stanley Brothers and Clinch Mountain Boys; won the 2002 Grammy for "O Death" on the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack.
Ralph Tresvant
Ralph Tresvant (born 1968, Roxbury, Boston), nicknamed Rizz, is the American R&B tenor who fronted New Edition on "Candy Girl" and scored the 1990 solo hit "Sensitivity"; also a 2026 radio host.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) was an English composer of nine symphonies, The Lark Ascending, and Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, central to reviving English music.
Ram Jam
Ram Jam was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1977, known for the Top 20 hit "Black Betty," a reworking of a Lead Belly-associated prison work song; it disbanded after two albums.
Rambo Amadeus
Rambo Amadeus is the stage name of Antonije Pušić (born 1963, Kotor), a Belgrade-based Montenegrin satirical singer-songwriter who coined the term turbofolk on his 1988 debut O tugo jesenja and represented Montenegro at Eurovision 2012.
Rami Jaffee
Rami Jaffee (born 1969) is an American keyboardist, founding member of The Wallflowers and official Foo Fighters keyboardist since 2017, also a session player and co-owner of Fonogenic Studios.
Ramin Djawadi
Ramin Djawadi, German-Iranian composer (born 1974), scored Game of Thrones, Westworld, Iron Man, House of the Dragon, and Fallout; two-time Emmy winner, Berklee 1998, Hans Zimmer protege, Game of Thrones Live Concert Experience creator.
Ramleh (band)
Ramleh is a British experimental band formed by Gary Mundy in Croydon, London, in 1982, moving from power electronics into psychedelic noise rock while remaining active in both forms.
Ramones
Ramones: American punk rock band formed 1974 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, by Joey, Johnny, Dee Dee, and Tommy Ramone. Debut album Ramones (1976, Sire) launched punk; Rock Hall 2002; all four originals died 2001-2014.
Ramsey Lewis
Ramsey Lewis (Ramsey Emmanuel Lewis Jr., 1935–2022) was a Chicago jazz pianist and composer whose trio's 1965 hit "The In Crowd" crossed over to pop, leading to three Grammys, Sun Goddess, and NEA Jazz Master honors.