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Sofi Tukker

Sofi Tukker (Sophie Hawley-Weld and Tucker Halpern) is a New York electronic duo of Brazilian-influenced jungle pop; Grammy-nominated for "Drinkee" and Treehouse, albums WET TENNIS and BREAD.

Sofia Kourtesis

Sofia Kourtesis is a Peru-born, Berlin-based DJ, producer, and activist in melodic house, known for the 2021 EP Fresia Magdalena and her 2023 debut album Madres.

Sofiane Pamart

Sofiane Pamart is a French pianist and composer, classically trained at the Conservatoire de Lille, who built his career in French rap before becoming one of the most-streamed classical artists.

Soichi Terada

Soichi Terada (寺田創一, born 1965 in Tokyo) is a Japanese electronic producer and DJ who co-founded Far East Recording in 1989 and composed the Ape Escape game soundtracks.

Soilent Green

Soilent Green is an American sludge, death metal, and grindcore band from New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in 1988 and known for blending grindcore with bluesy Southern rock.

Soilwork

Soilwork (Inferior Breed) is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg formed in 1995 by Björn "Speed" Strid and Peter Wichers; twelve albums from Steelbath Suicide (1998) to Övergivenheten (2022), including the first melodeath double album.

Sole DXB

Sole DXB, also known as Sole Dubai, is an annual street culture and music festival held each December at Dubai Design District, begun in 2011 as a sneaker summit.

Solid State Records

Solid State Records is an American record label in Seattle specializing in Christian metal, metalcore, and hardcore, founded by Brandon Ebel as a Tooth & Nail imprint.

Solidays

Solidays is an annual charity music festival held at the Hippodrome de Longchamp in Paris since 1999, raising funds for the fight against AIDS and drawing over 250,000 festival-goers.

Sólstafir

Sólstafir, Icelandic for "crepuscular rays", is an Icelandic post-metal band formed in Reykjavík in 1995, which has released eight studio albums and signed with Century Media Records in 2024.

Soma Quality Recordings

Soma Quality Recordings, also known as Soma Records, is a Scottish independent techno and house label founded in Glasgow in 1991, best known for releasing Daft Punk's early singles.

Something In The Water (festival)

Something In The Water is a music and culture festival founded by Pharrell Williams, held in Virginia Beach since 2019 and in Washington, D.C. in 2022.

Sonar (festival)

Sónar, also known as Sónar Barcelona, is an annual electronic music and new media art festival held each June in Barcelona, Spain, since 1994, pairing a daytime program of digital experimentation with a night-time club-music program.

Sonar 2016

Sónar 2016 was the 23rd edition of Barcelona's electronic music and new media art festival, held 16–18 June 2016 and headlined by New Order, Jean-Michel Jarre, and Fatboy Slim.

Sonar Istanbul 2017

Sónar Istanbul 2017 was the first Turkish edition of Sónar, the Barcelona-based electronic music and technology festival, held on 24–25 March 2017 at Istanbul's Zorlu Performing Arts Center.

Sónar Lisboa

Sónar Lisboa, also known as Sonar Lisbon, is an annual electronic music festival in Lisbon, Portugal, held since 2022 as a Lisbon edition of Barcelona's Sónar festival.

Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica, Finnish power metal band from Kemi formed 1996 as Tricky Beans, then Tricky Means; debut Ecliptica (1999), Unia (2007) shift, Clear Cold Beyond (2024) return to power metal, 30th anniversary 2026.

Sonique (musician)

Sonique (Sonia Clarke), British singer and DJ born in London; S'Express vocalist whose 2000 dance hit It Feels So Good spent three weeks at UK No. 1, won a 2001 Brit Award and Ivor Novello Award, with album Hear My Cry.

Sonja Moonear

Sonja Moonear, real name Sonja Mounir, is a Swiss DJ, producer, and label head from Geneva known for minimal house and techno and her Ruta5 label.

Sonny Digital

Sonny Digital (Sonny Corey Uwaezuoke, born 1991) is an Atlanta trap producer and rapper behind "Racks," "Birthday Song," "Tuesday," and "Stargazing," with solo releases from G.O.A.T. (2016) to Dolores Son (2023).

Sonus

Sonus Festival is an annual five-day house and techno festival held since 2013 at Zrće Beach near Novalja on Pag island, Croatia, organized by Cosmopop.

Soren

Soren is the hard dance project of Los Angeles-based DJ and producer Bryce Sorensen, who in 2023 became the first American artist signed to Dirty Workz.

Sotomayor

Sotomayor is a Mexican electronic duo formed in Mexico City by siblings Paulina and Raúl Sotomayor, known for fusing cumbia and Afro-Latin rhythms with electronic beats across four albums.

Soulfly

Soulfly is the heavy metal band founded by Max Cavalera after leaving Sepultura in 1996; active since 1997, it has released thirteen albums from Soulfly (1998) to Chama (2025).

Soulja Slim

Soulja Slim (James Adarryl Tapp Jr., 1977-2003), also known as Magnolia Slim, was a New Orleans rapper on No Limit Records whose Give It 2 'Em Raw (1998) nearly went gold and whose posthumous Juvenile duet "Slow Motion" hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004.

Souls of Mischief

Souls of Mischief: Oakland hip-hop group (Tajai, A-Plus, Opio, Phesto) of the Hieroglyphics collective, formed in the late 1980s; debut album 93 'til Infinity (1993, Jive) sold over 500,000 copies; independent since 1995.

Soundstorm

Soundstorm, also known as MDLBEAST Soundstorm, is a large annual music festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, held since 2019 and drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors.

South African hip hop

South African hip hop, also known as SA hip hop, is South Africa's rap scene, shaped under apartheid and commercially driven by fusing rap with kwaito and amapiano.

South Park Mexican

South Park Mexican (SPM), Carlos Coy, Houston rapper and Dope House Records founder; 1999's 3rd Wish to Rock the World sold 100,000 copies; convicted of aggravated sexual assault in 2002, sentenced to 45 years; When Devils Strike (2006) his highest-charting album.

Southside (record producer)

Southside (Joshua Howard Luellen, born 1989, Atlanta) is a trap record producer and rapper, co-founder of 808 Mafia, known for Future's DS2 and 56 Nights, "Fuck Up Some Commas," and G Herbo's Swervo.