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Brian McKnight
Brian McKnight (born 1969, Buffalo, New York) is an American R&B singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist known for "Back at One" (No. 2 Hot 100), "One Last Cry," and "6, 8, 12"; he holds 17 Grammy nominations without a win and has sold over 25 million albums.
Brian Molko
Brian Molko (born 1972, Brussels, Belgium) is the singer, guitarist, and main songwriter of Placebo, the London alternative rock band formed in 1994 with Stefan Olsdal, known for androgynous glam image, "Nancy Boy", Bowie patronage, and 12 million albums sold.
Brian Robertson (guitarist)
Brian 'Robbo' Robertson, Scottish guitarist born 1956 in Glasgow, Thin Lizzy twin-lead partner to Scott Gorham (Jailbreak, Live and Dangerous), later Motörhead's Another Perfect Day guitarist and Wild Horses founder.
Brian Setzer
Brian Setzer (born 1959), Long Island guitarist and vocalist, founded the Stray Cats rockabilly trio and the Brian Setzer Orchestra; 3 Grammy wins, 13 million records, 1959 Gretsch 6120 signature guitars.
Brian Welch
Brian "Head" Welch (born 1970) is an American guitarist, founding member of nu metal band Korn, leader of Love and Death, memoirist of Save Me from Myself, and Korn member again since 2013.
Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson (1942–2025) was the American songwriter, arranger, and producer who co-founded the Beach Boys, created Pet Sounds and Good Vibrations, and completed the long-shelved album Smile in 2004.
Brian Wilson Band
Brian Wilson Band: the backing group, formed 1999 around the Wondermints, that supported Beach Boy Brian Wilson's solo tours, Pet Sounds Symphony Tour, and Live at the Roxy Theatre.
Briana Corrigan
Briana Corrigan (born 1965, Belfast) is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, the first female vocalist of The Beautiful South (1988–1992), singer on the band's only UK number one, "A Little Time"; later a solo artist and touring performer.
Bright Eyes (band)
Bright Eyes is an Omaha, Nebraska indie rock band founded in 1995 by singer-songwriter Conor Oberst with Mike Mogis and later Nate Walcott, known for sad, poetic albums on Saddle Creek and, since 2020, Dead Oceans.
Brigitte Calls Me Baby
Brigitte Calls Me Baby is a Chicago alt-rock band formed in 2022, fronted by Wes Leavins, named for his pen-pal letters to Brigitte Bardot; albums The Future Is Our Way Out (2024) and Irreversible (2026) on ATO Records.
Briston Maroney
Briston Maroney (Briston Lee Maroney), Knoxville-born American indie rock/folk singer-songwriter signed to Canvasback/Atlantic; albums Sunflower (2021), Ultrapure (2023), JIMMY (2025); known for "Freakin' Out On the Interstate."
Brit Floyd
Brit Floyd, a Liverpool-formed (2011, pre-history 2010 as The British Pink Floyd Show) British Pink Floyd tribute band led by Damian Darlington, ex-The Australian Pink Floyd Show; over 1,500 shows in 40+ countries with lasers, circular screen and inflatables.
British brass band
The British brass band, or British-style brass band, is an all-brass ensemble. It developed in 19th-century Britain and is defined by its fixed instrumentation and contesting tradition.
British dance band
British dance bands were jazz-influenced British orchestras, roughly 1919-1945, playing anglicised, precisely arranged dance music for ballrooms, records, and the BBC, with bandleaders such as Ambrose and Jack Payne.
British Invasion
The British Invasion was the wave of British pop and rock acts, led by the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, that dominated US charts and youth culture from 1964 to the mid-1960s, reshaping music, fashion, and film.
Britney Spears
Britney Spears (born 1981) is an American pop singer from Mississippi, known for "...Baby One More Time" and "Toxic," with nearly 100 million records sold, a 2008-2021 conservatorship, the memoir The Woman in Me, and a 2025 catalog sale to Primary Wave.
Britpop
Britpop was a mid-1990s British music movement reacting against American grunge, led by Blur, Oasis, and Pulp, and peaking with the 1995 Battle of Britpop.
Brittany Howard
Brittany Amber Howard (born 1988), American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Athens, Alabama; Alabama Shakes frontwoman (Boys & Girls, Sound & Color, I Must Be Dreaming) and solo artist (Jaime, What Now), with five Grammy Awards.
Broadcast (band)
Broadcast: Birmingham, England art-pop band formed 1995 by James Cargill and Trish Keenan, signed to Warp Records; albums The Noise Made By People, Haha Sound, Tender Buttons; ended with Keenan's 2011 death and the 2013 Berberian Sound Studio score.
Brockhampton (band)
Brockhampton, also known as BROCKHAMPTON, was a Los Angeles hip-hop boy band founded by Kevin Abstract via the KanyeToThe forum. The 14-member collective released the 2017 Saturation trilogy, topped the Billboard 200 with Iridescence, and disbanded in 2022.
Brody Dalle
Brody Dalle, born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson (also reported as Bree Leslie Pucilowski), Australian singer-guitarist of the Distillers, Spinnerette, and solo album Diploid Love.
Broken Bells
Broken Bells is an American indie rock duo of Shins frontman James Mercer and producer Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton, formed after meeting at Roskilde 2004; albums Broken Bells (2010), After the Disco (2014), Into the Blue (2022).
Broken Social Scene
Broken Social Scene: Canadian indie rock collective formed in Toronto in 1999 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, with over 20 rotating members, the Arts & Crafts label, albums You Forgot It in People (2002) and Remember the Humans (2026).
Bronski Beat
Bronski Beat: British synth-pop trio formed in London in 1983 by Jimmy Somerville, Steve Bronski, and Larry Steinbachek; gay-activist pop band behind "Smalltown Boy" (UK No. 3, 1984) and the album The Age of Consent.
Bronwen Lewis
Bronwen Lewis is a Welsh bilingual singer-songwriter from Seven Sisters, Dulais Valley, known for The Voice UK Series 2 (2013), the film Pride, Welsh-language TikTok covers, BBC Radio Wales shows, and coaching Y Llais.
Broods
Broods are a New Zealand sibling pop duo, Georgia and Caleb Nott from Nelson, formed 2013. Known for "Bridges", four albums including Evergreen and Space Island, Joel Little production, and multiple NZ Music Awards.
Brook Benton
Brook Benton (Benjamin Franklin Peay, 1931-1988) was an American baritone singer and songwriter of soul, R&B, and pop, known for "It's Just a Matter of Time," duets with Dinah Washington, and "Rainy Night in Georgia."
Brooke Alexx
Brooke Alexx, stage name of Brooke Alexandria Greenberg, is an independent American pop singer-songwriter from Old Tappan, New Jersey, based in Nashville. Known for the viral TikTok hit "All My Exes' Moms", the 2023 American Songwriter Song Contest Pop win, and the albums Big Mouth (2024) and Dream Girl (2026).
Brooke Combe
Brooke Combe (born 2000, Edinburgh) is a Scottish soul singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Debut single "Are You With Me?" (2021); mixtape Black Is the New Gold (2023); debut album Dancing At The Edge Of The World (2025, Modern Sky), produced by James Skelly.
Brooke Fraser
Brooke Fraser, also known as Brooke Ligertwood (born 1983, Wellington), New Zealand singer-songwriter. Debut What to Do with Daylight (2003) went 8x platinum in NZ; hit "Something in the Water"; 2018 Grammy for Hillsong Worship's "What A Beautiful Name".