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Oldelaf

Oldelaf is the stage name of Olivier Delafosse, a French singer-songwriter of humorous chanson who led the duo Oldelaf et Monsieur D from 2000 to 2010, then recorded solo.

Oliver Mandić

Oliver Mandić (Оливер Мандић), born 1953 in Titovo Užice, is a Serbian pop-rock singer and composer famous for his 1981 debut album Probaj me and the TV show Beograd noću.

Olivia Ruiz

Olivia Ruiz, stage name of Olivia Blanc, is a French singer-songwriter born in 1980 in Carcassonne, a 2001 Star Academy semi-finalist turned award-winning recording artist.

Olly

Olly is the stage name of Federico Olivieri, an Italian singer-songwriter from Genoa who won the 75th Sanremo Festival in 2025 with "Balorda nostalgia" and declined the Eurovision slot.

Onirama

Onirama (ΟΝΙΡΑΜΑ) was a Greek pop-rock band formed in Thessaloniki in 2000 and fronted by Thodoris Marantinis, best known for its gold 2008 album Klepsydra before disbanding in 2026 after 25 years.

Onuka

Onuka is a Ukrainian electro-folk band founded in Kyiv in 2013 by singer Nata Zhyzhchenko and composer Yevhen Filatov, whose Eurovision 2017 interval act carried the Vidlik EP into UK and German charts.

Otava Yo

Otava Yo (Отава Ё) is a Russian folk band from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2003 and best known for its 2015 viral video «Сумецкая», watched over 65 million times.

Ovi

Ovi, born Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu, is a Romanian singer-songwriter and producer based in Norway who finished third at Eurovision 2010 with Paula Seling on "Playing with Fire".

Oxajo

Oxajo is a Belgrade alternative and indie rock trio formed in 2023 by Dušan Strajnić, Marko Ajković, and Dario Vuksanović, who released their debut album in 2026.

Oxmo Puccino

Oxmo Puccino is the stage name of Abdoulaye Diarra, a French rapper born in Mali in 1974 and raised in Paris, active in French hip-hop since the mid-1990s.

Paean

A paean was originally a Greek healing god later equated with Apollo and Asclepius, and the choral song addressed to them, from which English derives its word for joyful praise.

Paket aranžman

Paket aranžman (Пакет аранжман) is a 1981 Jugoton compilation album by three Belgrade bands, Šarlo Akrobata, Idoli, and Električni Orgazam, proclaimed the manifesto of the Yugoslav new wave.

Palais des Sports (Paris)

The Palais des Sports (Palais des Sports de Paris), today the Dôme de Paris, is an indoor arena at the Porte de Versailles in Paris, opened in 1960.

Partibrejkers

Partibrejkers (Партибрејкери) are a Serbian garage rock band formed in Belgrade in 1982, fronted by Zoran Kostić Cane and guitarist Nebojša Antonijević Anton; their bass-less 1985 debut is a landmark of Serbian rock.

Party-Schlager

Party-Schlager, also called Ballermann-Musik or Après-Ski-Musik, is a German-language uptempo Schlager subgenre built for crowd singalongs, which grew out of the 1990s Mallorca tourist boom.

Paschalis Terzis

Paschalis Terzis (Πασχάλης Τερζής) is a Greek laiko singer born in Thessaloniki in 1949, whose 1986 album Εθνική Θεσσαλονίκης led to broad hits and packed Athens venues in the 1990s.

Patachou

Patachou, born Henriette Ragon (1918–2015), was a French singer, actress, and cabaret owner whose Montmartre club Chez Patachou launched Georges Brassens in 1952 and carried her to Broadway.

Pathé-Marconi (record label)

Pathé-Marconi was the French record company of the EMI group, created in 1936, whose Chatou factory produced records for Pathé, Columbia, and Parlophone, including Édith Piaf and the Beatles.

Patricia Kaas

Patricia Kaas, born 1966 in Forbach, Moselle, is a French singer whose blend of chanson, blues, and cabaret found success beyond France from the late 1980s onward.

Patrick Bruel

Patrick Bruel is a French singer and actor, born in Algeria in 1957, whose 1989 album Alors regarde sold three million copies and triggered Bruelmania.

PDU

PDU, an Italian-Swiss record label and music publisher founded in 1967 by singer Mina and her father Giacomo Mazzini, remains the corporate home of Mina's recordings.

Pesma za Evroviziju

Pesma za Evroviziju (Песма за Евровизију, "Song for Eurovision") is Serbia's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest, organized by broadcaster RTS and first held in 2022.

Pesni (show)

Pesni (Песни, "Songs") was a Russian music competition show on TNT in 2018 and 2019, where contestants wrote and performed their own songs for the record labels Black Star and MALFA.

Pesnya Goda

Pesnya Goda (Песня года) is a Soviet and Russian televised song festival, held since 1971, where the year's most popular songs are performed in a New Year broadcast.

Peter Orloff

Peter Orloff (real name Pjotr Nikolajewitsch von Orlow) is a German Schlager singer and composer, born 1944, who wrote million-selling hits for Peter Maffay and Bernd Clüver.

Petit Biscuit

Petit Biscuit is the stage name of Mehdi Benjelloun, a French electronic producer and multi-instrumentalist from Rouen whose 2015 instrumental hit "Sunset Lover" earned diamond certification in France.

Petros Klampanis

Petros Klampanis (Πέτρος Κλαμπάνης) is a Greek jazz double bassist and composer from Zakynthos who built his career in New York, leading seven albums since his 2011 debut Contextual.

Philippe Katerine

Philippe Katerine, born Philippe Blanchard in 1968, is a French singer-songwriter, actor, and visual artist whose eccentric pop-chanson made him a cult figure in the 1990s.

Philippe Lavil

Philippe Lavil, born Philippe Durand de La Villejégu du Fresnay, is a French singer from Martinique whose Antillean-tinged hits include "Il tape sur des bambous" and "Kolé séré".

Piedigrotta

Piedigrotta is Naples' historic September festival, a fusion of devotion to the Madonna di Piedigrotta and a song festival that launched the classics of Neapolitan song.