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U.D.O.

U.D.O. is a European power metal band formed in 1987 by singer Udo Dirkschneider after he left Accept, and it still tours on Accept classics like "Balls to the Wall".

U96

U96 is a German electronic dance act from Hamburg, formed by producer Alex Christensen with the production team Matiz, best known for the chart-topping 1991 techno single "Das Boot".

Ubbi Dubbi Gets Freaky Deaky

Ubbi Dubbi Gets Freaky Deaky was a planned two-day EDM festival merging Ubbi Dubbi with Freaky Deaky, set for Houston Raceway Park in October 2020 but canceled.

Überhaus

Überhaus is a Lebanese nightlife brand and clubbing company founded in Beirut in 2012, best known for its winter club and its outdoor summer venue The Gärten.

UFO (band)

UFO (band): English hard rock band formed in London (1968 or 1969), originally Hocus Pocus, led by vocalist Phil Mogg. Classic Michael Schenker era produced Phenomenon, Lights Out, and the 1979 live album Strangers in the Night; dissolved 2024.

Ufo361

Ufo361, born Ufuk Bayraktar in Berlin in 1988, is a German trap and cloud rap rapper who founded the Stay High label and scored German number-one albums.

Ugly God

Ugly God (Royce Cornell Davison-Rodriguez, born 1996) is a Houston-raised rapper and producer of the SoundCloud era, known for the 2016 viral hit "Water," the 2017 XXL Freshman Class, and the 2019 debut album Bumps & Bruises.

UK Afrobeats Chart

The UK Afrobeats Chart is the Official Charts Company's weekly Top 20 of the UK's biggest Afrobeats songs, launched in July 2020 and considered among the world's first official charts for the genre.

UK drill

UK drill is a London-born offshoot of Chicago drill rap, emerging around 2014 with sliding 808s, a 1-2-2 hi-hat pattern, and grime-inherited bounce; known for 67 and Headie One, mainstream hits like Russ's "Gun Lean", and heavy policing over lyrics used as court evidence.

UK garage

UK garage (UKG), also called British garage, speed garage and 2-step, is a UK-born electronic dance genre from the mid-1990s: sped-up US garage house with heavy bass, MCs and swung 2-step rhythms.

UK hardcore

UK hardcore, also called UK happy hardcore, is a euphoric British electronic dance music style, around 170 BPM, that grew out of 1990s happy hardcore.

UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart

The UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart is a weekly Official Charts Company ranking of the UK's biggest rock and metal songs, compiled from sales of downloads, CDs, and vinyl.

UK underground rap

UK underground rap: rap made in Britain outside major-label distribution, spanning 1980s Britcore, 2010s DIY labels High Focus and Blah, and the 2023-2025 SoundCloud wave of fakemink, EsDeeKid, and Jim Legxacy, distinct from grime and drill.

Ultra Australia 2025

Ultra Australia 2025 was the Australian edition of the Ultra Worldwide electronic music festival, held in April 2025 on the Gold Coast and in Melbourne.

ULTRA Beach Gold Coast

ULTRA Beach Gold Coast is a single-day beach-format electronic music event at Broadwater Parklands, Gold Coast, Australia, held annually since its sold-out debut in 2024.

Ultra Brasil

Ultra Brasil, also known as Ultra Brazil, is the Brazilian edition of the Ultra Music Festival, staged in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro since 2008.

Ultra Buenos Aires (festival)

Ultra Buenos Aires is an outdoor electronic dance music festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, licensed from Miami's Ultra Music Festival, held from 2012 to 2015 and revived in 2025.

Ultra Europe

Ultra Europe is an annual three-day electronic dance music festival held each July at Park Mladeži in Split, Croatia, since 2013, drawing over 100,000 attendees.

Ultra Europe 2016

Ultra Europe 2016 was the fourth edition of the Ultra electronic dance music festival, held at Poljud Stadium in Split, Croatia, from 15 to 17 July 2016.

Ultra Europe 2024

Ultra Europe 2024 was the tenth edition of the Ultra Europe festival, held 12–14 July 2024 at Park Mladeži in Split, Croatia, with over 200 DJs.

Ultra Japan

Ultra Japan is the Japanese edition of Ultra Music Festival, an electronic dance music festival held at Odaiba in Tokyo since 2014, drawing crowds of up to 120,000.

Ultra Music Festival

Ultra Music Festival (UMF) is an annual three-day electronic dance music festival held each March in Miami, Florida, co-founded in 1999 by Russell Faibisch and Alex Omes.

Ultra Music Festival 2017

Ultra Music Festival 2017, or UMF 2017, was the 19th edition of the Miami electronic dance music festival, held March 24–26, 2017 at Bayfront Park in Downtown Miami.

Ultra Music Festival Europe 2026

Ultra Music Festival Europe 2026 was the twelfth edition of the Ultra Europe electronic dance music festival, held 10–12 July 2026 in Split, Croatia, drawing a record 140,000 attendees.

Ultra South Africa

Ultra South Africa is Africa's largest electronic music festival, a single-day Ultra Worldwide event held in Johannesburg and Cape Town since its 2014 debut, which drew 40,000 fans.

Ulver

Ulver (Norwegian for "wolves") is an Oslo experimental collective formed in 1993, led by Kristoffer Rygg, that moved from black metal (Bergtatt) through ambient, trip hop, and synthpop to the 2025 instrumental album Neverland.

UMEK

UMEK is the stage name of Uroš Umek, a Slovenian techno DJ and producer born in 1976 who pioneered Slovenia's rave scene and founded the label 1605.

Uncle Murda

Uncle Murda, real name Leonard Grant (born 1978), is a Brooklyn East New York rapper known for mixtapes, Roc-A-Fella and G-Unit deals that produced no studio album, and his annual Rap Up year-in-review songs.

Undeath (group)

Undeath is an American death metal band from Rochester, New York, formed in 2018, a leading light of the old-school death metal revival with three albums on Prosthetic Records before signing to Relapse in 2026.

Underoath

Underoath (UNDERØATH) is an American metalcore/post-hardcore band from Ocala and Tampa, Florida, formed in 1997, known for gold albums They're Only Chasing Safety and Define the Great Line, a 2013 breakup, and the 2018 comeback album Erase Me.