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Southeast Asian pop scenes: T-pop, P-pop, and OPM, V-pop, Indonesian and Malaysian pop

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Pinoy rock

Pinoy rock is the rock tradition of the Philippines, a strand of Original Pilipino Music born in 1973 with the Juan de la Cruz Band's Himig Natin.

Pixxie

PiXXiE (พิกซี่) is a three-member Thai T-pop girl group under LIT Entertainment, Mabelz, Pimma, and Ingkho, who debuted 11 February 2021 with "Ded" and are known for viral hits "Whatever" and "Too Cute".

Potato (group)

Potato (Thai: โปเตโต้) is a Thai rock band on Genie Records, one of Thailand's most influential and enduring acts, with chart-topping hits since its 2001 self-titled debut album.

PP Krit

PP Krit (พีพี กฤษฏ์), born Krit Amnuaydechkorn in 1999, is a Thai actor and singer who rose to fame in I Told Sunset About You.

Proxie

PROXIE (พร็อกซี) is a six-member Thai T-pop boy group (Gun, Kim, Chokun, Gorn, Onglee, Victor) that debuted 28 April 2022 under bROTHERS MUSIC after the survival show The Brothers, known for Crazy Love, Silent Mode, and albums Data Storage and Level Up.

Putthipong Assaratanakul

Putthipong Assaratanakul (พุฒิพงศ์ อัสสรัตนกุล), known as Billkin, is a Thai actor and singer who rose to fame in the 2020 series I Told Sunset About You.

Queso

Queso, known as Cheese until 2003, is a Filipino rock band best known for "Mottaka", credited with initiating the Philippine nu metal movement in the late 1990s.

Raim Laode

Raim Laode is the stage name of La Ode Raimudin, an Indonesian singer-songwriter and former stand-up comedian from Wakatobi whose 2022 song "Komang" set Indonesian streaming records and won him two AMI Awards.

Rizky Febian

Rizky Febian is an Indonesian singer-songwriter, actor, and presenter, the eldest son of comedian Sule, who debuted in 2015 and is known for the hits "Cuek" and "Alamak".

Rockaway Festival

Rockaway Festival, also billed as Rockaway Fest, is a rock music festival held in and around Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, described as the country's biggest and first of its kind.

Ruth Sahanaya

Ruth Sahanaya is an Indonesian pop, R&B, and gospel singer born in Bandung in 1966, known for "Kaulah Segalanya" and the supergroup 3 Diva with Titi DJ and Krisdayanti.

Saint Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana (music)

Saint Suppapong Udomkaewkanjana is a Thai actor, singer, and producer who broke out as Pete in Love by Chance (2018) and founded the production company IdolFactory in 2020.

Sanamluang Music

Sanamluang Music (สนามหลวงมิวสิก) is a Thai record label in the GMM Grammy group, launched in 2005 as a genre-open home for indie, pop, and rock artists in Bangkok.

Sarah Geronimo

Sarah Geronimo, the Filipino "Popstar Royalty," is a singer and actress born 1988 in Manila who won Star for a Night in 2003 at 14, signed with Viva, and became the first Filipina to receive Billboard's Global Force Award in 2024.

SB19

SB19 is a five-member Filipino boy group (Pablo, Josh, Stell, Ken, Justin) formed under ShowBT Philippines and known as the P-pop Kings. Debuting in 2018 with 'Tilaluha,' they were the first Filipino act nominated at the Billboard Music Awards and the first on Billboard's Social 50 and Next Big Sound charts.

SexBomb Girls

SexBomb Girls, also known as the SexBomb Dancers, is a Filipino all-female sing-and-dance group formed in 1999, known for novelty hits like "Bakit Papa?" and "The Spageti Song".

Sheena (singer)

Sheena Mae Manuel Catacutan (born 2004, Santiago, Isabela), known as BINI Sheena, is the main dancer and sub-vocalist of the Filipino P-pop girl group BINI, a former Pinoy Big Brother: Otso housemate and Star Hunt Academy trainee who choreographed "Pantropiko."

Shila Amzah

Shila Amzah, full name Nur Shahila Amir Amzah, is a Malaysian singer-songwriter who broke into the Chinese market by winning the Asian Wave contest in Shanghai in 2012.

ShowBT Philippines

ShowBT Philippines is a Philippine talent agency, the local arm of South Korea's ShowBT, best known for forming SB19, whose 2019 hit "Go Up" helped launch the P-pop movement.

Side A

Side A is a Filipino pop and soft-rock band formed in Manila in 1985, known for "Eva Marie" and "Forevermore" and among the Philippines' most commercially successful 1990s groups.

Sinjai Plengpanich

Sinjai Plengpanich (สินจัย เปล่งพานิช), nicknamed Nok, is a Thai actress born in Bangkok in 1965 who began in film in 1982 and later starred in musicals.

Slank

Slank is an Indonesian rock band formed in Jakarta in 1983 by drummer Bimbim and fronted since 1989 by vocalist Kaka, known for 'Balikin', street-slang lyrics, and its Slankers fan community.

Son Yuke

Son Yuke Songpaisan (สน ยุกต์ ส่งไพศาล) is a Thai actor and model, a lakorn lead since 2008 who won a 2025 Kom Chad Luek Award for Shine.

Sonray Music

Sonray Music (ซันเรย์ มิวสิค) is a Thai record label and idol agency in Bangkok, the music label arm of TADA Entertainment and home of the boy group BUS.

Sony Music Malaysia (record label)

Sony Music Malaysia is the Malaysian branch of Sony Music Entertainment, based in Kuala Lumpur, operating since 1981 and led since 2024 by managing director Kenny Ong.

Soundrenaline

Soundrenaline is an Indonesian rock and alternative music festival first held in Jakarta in 2002, later based in Bali and known for crowds above 100,000.

South Border (group)

South Border is a Filipino pop and R&B band formed in Davao City in 1993 and led by Jay Durias, known for the ballads "Kahit Kailan" and "Rainbow".

St.319 Entertainment

St.319 Entertainment is a Vietnamese entertainment agency and music label that grew out of a K-pop dance crew founded in Hanoi in 2011, managing artists including Min, Erik, MONSTAR, and AMEE.

Stacey (singer)

Stacey, born Lindtsey Stacey Aubrey Sevilleja in 2003, is a Filipino singer and rapper who joined BINI, the P-pop girl group that performed at Coachella in 2026.

Stamp

Stamp (แสตมป์-อภิวัชร์ เอื้อถาวรสุข), born Apiwat Eurthavornsuk in Bangkok in 1982, is a Thai singer-songwriter who wrote hits for Thongchai McIntyre, coached on The Voice Thailand, and runs his own label, 123records.