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Uncle Tupelo
Uncle Tupelo, also called the architects of alt-country and the No Depression band, was an American alternative country band from Belleville, Illinois (1987–1994) led by Jay Farrar and Jeff Tweedy, whose four albums spawned Wilco and Son Volt.
Union J
Union J: British boy band formed on The X Factor UK series 9 in 2012 from trio Triple J plus George Shelley; finished fourth, RCA Records, two albums (2013, 2014), dissolved 2019, 2022 reunion.
United States Marine Band
The United States Marine Band, known as "The President's Own," is the band of the US Marine Corps, established by Congress in 1798 to provide music for the President.
University and academic choirs
A university or academic choir is a vocal ensemble whose members come from a higher-education institution, ranging from chapel choirs with daily service duties to broad student choirs.
Unkle
Unkle (UNKLE) is a British music project led by Mo' Wax founder James Lavelle, initially with DJ Shadow. Debut Psyence Fiction (1998) featured Thom Yorke and Richard Ashcroft; later albums include Never, Never, Land and War Stories.
Unknown Hinson
Unknown Hinson is the comedic hillbilly-vampire country persona of North Carolina musician Stuart Daniel (Danny) Baker, created in 1993 on Charlotte public access TV, recorded for Capitol, voiced Early Cuyler on Squidbillies until 2020.
Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Unknown Mortal Orchestra (UMO) is a Portland-based psychedelic rock band founded in 2010 by New Zealand-born Ruban Nielson of the Mint Chicks, known for lo-fi funk-psych albums including II, Multi-Love, and the double album V.
Unlimited Love Tour
Unlimited Love Tour, also the 2022 Global Stadium Tour, Red Hot Chili Peppers world tour June 2022 to July 2024 supporting Unlimited Love and Return of the Dream Canteen; 113 shows, 26 countries, 3.4 million tickets, first tour with returning guitarist John Frusciante.
Urge Overkill
Urge Overkill, Chicago alternative rock band formed mid-1980s by Nash Kato and Eddie "King" Roeser, named after a Parliament song; known for Saturation (1993) and the Pulp Fiction Neil Diamond cover "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon."
Uriah Heep (band)
Uriah Heep: English hard rock band formed in London in 1969 from the band Spice, named after a Dickens character; known for harmony vocals, Hammond organ, and 1970s gold albums like Demons and Wizards.
Usher (musician)
Usher (Usher Raymond IV, born 1978, Dallas) is an American R&B and pop singer with eight Grammys, diamond-certified Confessions (2004), a Las Vegas residency, the 2024 Super Bowl halftime show, and Coming Home (2024).
Uzeyir Hajibeyov
Uzeyir Hajibeyov, also written Uzeyir Hajibeyli (1885–1948), was an Azerbaijani composer regarded as the founder of Azerbaijani composed music; his opera Leyli and Majnun premiered in Baku in 1908.
Vaali (வாலி) (poet)
Vaali (வாலி), born T. S. Rangarajan (1931–2013), was a prolific Tamil film lyricist and poet who wrote over 10,000 songs across five decades, from MGR's Naan Aanai Ittal to Dhanush-era hits, and received the Padma Shri.
Val Doonican
Val Doonican (Michael Valentine Doonican, 1927–2015) was an Irish easy-listening singer and TV entertainer from Waterford; his BBC Val Doonican Music Show ran 1965–1986 with up to 19 million viewers, five UK top-ten singles, and the 1967 no. 1 album Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently.
Valentina Lisitsa
Valentina Lisitsa (Валентина Лисица, born 1973, Kyiv) is a Ukrainian-born pianist who built her career through YouTube, debuted at the Royal Albert Hall in 2012, recorded the complete Rachmaninov concertos with the LSO for Decca, and drew controversy in 2015 over pro-insurgency tweets.
Valery Gergiev (Валерий Абисалович Гергиев)
Valery Gergiev is a Russian conductor, artistic and general director of the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg and artistic director of the Bolshoi since December 2023.
Vampire Weekend
Vampire Weekend is an American indie rock band formed at Columbia University in 2006 by Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio, and Chris Tomson, known for Afropop- and baroque-inflected albums including Contra, Modern Vampires of the City, and Only God Was Above Us.
Van Cliburn
Van Cliburn (Harvey Lavan Cliburn Jr., 1934–2013), American pianist and Cold War cultural icon, won the first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in April 1958, and the quadrennial Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth bears his name.
Van der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator: English progressive rock band formed 1967 at Manchester University by Peter Hammill and Chris Judge Smith, named after the Van de Graaff static-electricity machine; known for Pawn Hearts, Godbluff, and punk-era cult status.
Van Dyke Parks
Van Dyke Parks (born 1943, Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is an American songwriter, arranger, and producer, lyricist of the Beach Boys' abandoned SMiLE, creator of Song Cycle, Discover America, and Clang of the Yankee Reaper, and arranger for Joanna Newsom, Randy Newman, and Ry Cooder.
Van Halen
Van Halen: American hard rock band formed in Pasadena, California, by Eddie and Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, and Michael Anthony; famous for the 1978 debut, the 1984 album and 'Jump', the Sammy Hagar era, Eddie's tapping technique, and 2007 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction.
Van Hunt
Van Hunt (Van Hunt Jr., born 1970) is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer from Dayton, Ohio; Grammy winner for "Family Affair" with John Legend and Joss Stone, known for the shelved album Popular.
Van Morrison
Van Morrison (George Ivan Morrison, born 1945) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter from Belfast, frontman of Them and writer of "Gloria" and "Brown Eyed Girl", known for Astral Weeks, Moondance, Celtic soul, and his 2016 knighthood.
Vana (singer)
Vana is the stage name of Yvonne Winckel, an industrial alt-metal singer and songwriter based in Auckland, New Zealand, who broke out with the 2024 single "BEG!".
Vance Joy
Vance Joy, the stage name of James Gabriel Keogh, is an Australian singer-songwriter from Melbourne born in 1987 whose 2013 single "Riptide" set an Australian chart record.
Vanessa Carlton
Vanessa Carlton, full name Vanessa Lee Carlton, is an American singer-songwriter and pianist best known for her 2002 debut single "A Thousand Miles", which earned three Grammy nominations.
Vanessa Paradis
Vanessa Paradis (Vanessa Chantal Paradis), French singer, actress, and model born 1972 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés; famous for 1987 hit "Joe le taxi" and albums like Divinidylle; César-winning actress, Chanel muse, ex-partner of Johnny Depp, separated from Samuel Benchetrit in 2026.
Vanessa White
Vanessa White, born Vanessa Karen White in 1989, is an English R&B singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the girl group The Saturdays before going solo.
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa Williams (born 1963) is the first African American Miss America (1983, resigned 1984) who rebuilt her career as a pop/R&B singer with "Save the Best for Last" and "Colors of the Wind," and as an actress on Ugly Betty; distinct from other performers named Vanessa Williams.
Vanessa-Mae
Vanessa-Mae (Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson), British violinist born 1978 in Singapore; child prodigy turned classical crossover pioneer with The Violin Player, 10 million albums sold, and Thailand ski team Olympian at Sochi 2014.