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Big Brother and the Holding Company
Big Brother and the Holding Company, formed in San Francisco in late 1965, is the psychedelic rock band that launched Janis Joplin; its 1968 album Cheap Thrills topped the Billboard chart for eight weeks.
Big Brovaz
Big Brovaz: South London hip hop/R&B sextet (Cherise, Dion, Nadia, Flawless, J-Rock, Randy) produced by Skillz and Fingaz; "Nu Flow" hit UK No. 3 in 2002 and the group won 2003 MOBO Best Newcomer.
Big Country
Big Country: Scottish rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1981 by ex-Skids guitarist Stuart Adamson and Bruce Watson, famed for bagpipe-like twin guitars and the 1983 platinum album The Crossing with In a Big Country; renamed Big Country Redux in 2026.
Big Five (orchestras)
The Big Five is a traditional grouping of five leading American symphony orchestras: Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, the New York Philharmonic, and Philadelphia, first named in the 1950s.
Big Head Todd and the Monsters
Big Head Todd and the Monsters, also BHTM, is a rock band formed in 1986 in Boulder, Colorado, by Todd Park Mohr, Rob Squires, and Brian Nevin. Known for the platinum 1993 album Sister Sweetly, recorded at Paisley Park, 35 Red Rocks headlining shows, and 2023 Colorado Music Hall of Fame induction.
Big Iron
Big Iron is a 1959 Western ballad written and performed by Marty Robbins on Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, telling of an Arizona Ranger who outdraws outlaw Texas Red in Agua Fria; a 1960 country Top Ten hit later popularized by Fallout: New Vegas.
Big Special
Big Special are an English rock duo from the Black Country, West Midlands, of Joe Hicklin and Callum Moloney, blending post-punk, blues, and spoken word on the albums Postindustrial Hometown Blues (2024) and National Average (2025).
Big Star
Big Star, an American power pop band formed in Memphis in 1971 by Alex Chilton, Chris Bell, Jody Stephens, and Andy Hummel, made #1 Record, Radio City, and Third, cult albums that shaped alternative rock.
Big Thief
Big Thief: Brooklyn indie folk-rock band formed 2015, led by Adrianne Lenker with Buck Meek and James Krivchenia; six albums on Saddle Creek and 4AD, Grammy-nominated, Oleartchik departed 2024.
Big Time Rush
Big Time Rush (BTR) is an American boy band formed in 2009 for a Nickelodeon TV series, with Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos PenaVega, and Logan Henderson; three Billboard Top 20 albums, 2014 hiatus, 2021 reunion, and 2023 album Another Life.
Big Time Rush (group)
Big Time Rush (BTR), American boy band formed in Los Angeles in 2009 for the Nickelodeon series of the same name; members Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos PenaVega, Logan Henderson; albums BTR, Elevate, 24/Seven, Another Life; 2021 reunion.
Big Tymers
Big Tymers were a New Orleans hip hop duo of Birdman (Brian Williams) and producer Mannie Fresh on Cash Money Records, active 1998-2005, with platinum albums I Got That Work and Hood Rich and the Grammy-nominated single Still Fly.
BIIRD
BIIRD is an Irish traditional music group of eleven members formed in 2024 by Lisa Canny, dubbed the "Spice Girls of trad" for changing the narrative around women in the genre.
Bijelo Dugme
Bijelo Dugme is a Yugoslav rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1974, led by guitarist Goran Bregović, fusing hard rock with folk motifs in what critics called shepherd rock.
Bikini Kill
Bikini Kill, American feminist punk band formed 1990 in Olympia, Washington, active to 1997 and reunited since 2019; Kathleen Hanna, Tobi Vail, Kathi Wilcox, Billy Karren; instigators of the riot grrrl movement and the phrase "girl power."
Bilal (American singer)
Bilal Sayeed Oliver, known professionally as Bilal, is an American singer and producer from Philadelphia spanning neo-soul, jazz, and hip-hop; he won a Grammy with Kendrick Lamar in 2016.
Bilinda Butcher
Bilinda Jayne Butcher (born 1961, England) is the English vocalist and guitarist of shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine, joined April 1987; co-creator of Isn't Anything, Loveless, and m b v.
Bill Anderson (singer)
Bill Anderson (James William Anderson III, born 1937), "Whispering Bill," American country singer-songwriter, Grand Ole Opry member since 1961; wrote "City Lights" (Ray Price #1, 1958), hit "Still" (1963), Country Music Hall of Fame 2001.
Bill Bartlett (musician)
Bill Bartlett, born in 1946, is a rock guitarist known as lead guitarist of the Lemon Pipers, whose "Green Tambourine" topped the US charts in 1968.
Bill Berry
Bill Berry (William Thomas Berry, born 1958) is the American drummer and founding member of R.E.M. who left the band in 1997 after a 1995 brain aneurysm, distinct from the 1930–2002 jazz trumpeter and a comedy singer-songwriter of the same name.
Bill Black
Bill Black (1926–1965), Memphis bassist, played slap upright bass on Elvis Presley's first Sun single in 1954 with the Blue Moon Boys, then led Bill Black's Combo, charting 19 Hot 100 instrumentals on Hi Records.
Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford (William Scott Bruford, born 1949) is an English drummer, co-founder of Yes and longtime King Crimson drummer, leader of Bruford and Earthworks, PhD (Surrey 2016), retired 2009, returned 2023 with Pete Roth Trio.
Bill Callahan (musician)
Bill Callahan, born 1966 in Silver Spring, Maryland, is the American singer-songwriter formerly known as Smog (Smog, (Smog)), a Drag City lo-fi and indie-folk artist whose albums include Woke on a Whaleheart, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, Gold Record, and 2026's My Days of 58.
Bill Champlin
Bill Champlin (William Bradford Champlin, born 1947, Oakland, California) is an American singer, keyboardist, and songwriter, founder of the Sons of Champlin and a Chicago member 1981-2009, singing "Hard Habit to Break" and "Look Away", and a two-time Grammy-winning songwriter for "After the Love Has Gone" and "Turn Your Love Around".
Bill Conti
Bill Conti (William Conti, born 1942, Providence, Rhode Island) is an American film and television composer and conductor, Oscar winner for The Right Stuff, composer of Rocky's "Gonna Fly Now" and themes for Dynasty and Falcon Crest.
Bill Drummond
Bill Drummond (William Ernest Drummond, born 1953, Butterworth, South Africa) is a Scottish artist, musician, and writer; co-founder of Zoo Records and, with Jimmy Cauty, the KLF, the Timelords, and the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu; later burned £1 million as the K Foundation. Distinct from jazz drummer Billy Drummond.
Bill Evans
Bill Evans (William John Evans, 1929–1980), American jazz pianist and composer from Plainfield, New Jersey; played on Miles Davis's Kind of Blue, reformed jazz voicings, and defined the interactive piano trio with Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian.
Bill Frisell
Bill Frisell (William Richard Frisell, born 1951) is an American jazz guitarist and composer, an ECM Records stalwart known for ambient Telecaster textures and Americana-jazz fusion, with a 2005 Grammy for Unspeakable.
Bill Haley
Bill Haley (William John Clifton Haley, 1925–1981), American bandleader of Bill Haley & His Comets; "Rock Around the Clock" became in 1955 the first rock 'n' roll number-one pop hit.
Bill Haley & His Comets
Bill Haley & His Comets, American rock and roll band (1952–1981) fronted by Bill Haley (1925–1981); their 1954 "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock" became in 1955 the first rock and roll Number One pop hit, selling about 25 million copies.