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Willie D
Willie D (William James Dennis, born 1966, Houston) is a rapper, former Golden Gloves boxer, and member of the Geto Boys, featured on We Can't Be Stopped and "Mind Playing Tricks on Me," later a solo artist.
Willie Nelson's Luck Reunion
Willie Nelson's Luck Reunion, commonly the Luck Reunion, is an annual one-day country and Americana festival held each March during SXSW week at Nelson's Luck Ranch in Spicewood, Texas.
Willy William
Willy William (Willy Fauade William), French DJ, producer and singer, ex-Collectif Métissé; known for "Ego" (2015) and "Mi Gente" with J Balvin (2017), first all-Spanish track to top Spotify's global chart.
Wind Rose (band)
Wind Rose: Italian power metal band from Pisa, formed 2009 (earlier Power Rose), known as the "dwarf metal" band whose 2019 cover of Yogscast's "Diggy Diggy Hole" went viral on Napalm Records.
Windhand
Windhand is a doom metal band from Richmond, Virginia, formed in 2009, on Relapse Records. Albums: Windhand (2012), Soma (2013), Grief's Infernal Flower (2015), Eternal Return (2018); fronted by vocalist Dorthia Cottrell.
Windowlicker
Windowlicker is a 1999 Aphex Twin single on Warp Records (WAP105CDD), three tracks, peaking at No. 16 in the UK, with a controversial ten-minute Chris Cunningham video; NME named it best single of 1999.
Winds of Plague
Winds of Plague is an American symphonic deathcore band from Upland, California, formed in 2002 as Bleak December and renamed in 2005, known for fusing deathcore with symphonic keyboards.
Winston Surfshirt
Winston Surfshirt is an Australian funk, hip-hop, and R&B collective from Sydney, fronted by the singer and rapper Winston, whose debut album Sponge Cake reached number 24 on the ARIA chart.
Wintersun
Wintersun is a Finnish symphonic melodic death metal band founded by ex-Ensiferum multi-instrumentalist Jari Mäenpää. Known for the debut (2004), Time I (2012), The Forest Seasons (2017), and the twelve-year-delayed Time II (2024), crowdfunded with over a million euros.
Wireless Festival
Wireless Festival is a London rap, hip-hop, and Afrobeats day festival at Finsbury Park, run by Festival Republic and Live Nation since 2005; Drake headlined all three 2025 days, and the 2026 edition was cancelled after Ye's UK entry was blocked.
Wishmountain
Wishmountain is the experimental-techno alias of British electronic musician Matthew Herbert, whose tracks are built from eight sounds sampled from a single object, debuting in 1996.
Witch Club Satan
Witch Club Satan is a Norwegian feminist, occult black metal trio (Røising, Spjelkavik, Kleive) formed 2021/2022, whose self-released 2024 debut on International Women's Day and nude, blood-covered ritual live shows made them a controversial force in black metal.
Witch Fever
Witch Fever are a four-piece punk and metal band from Manchester, England, formed in 2017 and signed to Sony's Music For Nations, with two albums, Congregation and FEVEREATEN.
Witchcraft (group)
Witchcraft is a Swedish doom and retro-rock band from Örebro, formed in 2000 by Magnus Pelander, known for its vintage 1970s sound and role in the occult-rock revival.
Within Temptation
Dutch symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in Waddinxveen by Robert Westerholt and Sharon den Adel; debut Enter (1997), breakthrough Mother Earth (2000) with Ice Queen, over 4 million records sold, eighth album Bleed Out (2023).
Wiz Khalifa
Wiz Khalifa (Cameron Jibril Thomaz, b. 1987), Pittsburgh rapper behind "Black and Yellow" and "See You Again," Rostrum/Atlantic artist, founder of Taylor Gang Entertainment and Khalifa Kush.
Wolfgang Gartner
Wolfgang Gartner is the professional alias of Joey Youngman, a Grammy-nominated American electro house producer and DJ who pioneered complextro, adopted the name in 2007, and released the album Weekend in America in 2011.
Wolfheart
Wolfheart is a melodic death metal band from Lahti, Finland, formed in 2013 by multi-instrumentalist Tuomas Saukkonen, whose self-described winter metal spans seven studio albums.
Wolves in the Throne Room
Wolves in the Throne Room is an American black metal band formed in 2002 near Olympia, Washington, by brothers Aaron and Nathan Weaver, pioneers of Cascadian black metal.
Womb (music)
Womb is an electronic dance music club in the Maruyamacho district of Shibuya, Tokyo, opened in April 2000 and regarded as one of Japan's most important electronic music venues.
Wonderfront Festival
The Wonderfront Festival is a three-day music and arts festival on the downtown San Diego waterfront, created by Ernie Hahn II and Paul Thornton and first staged in 2019.
Wonderfruit
Wonderfruit is an annual arts, music, and culture festival held since 2014 near Pattaya, Thailand, combining music, art, and wellness with a commitment to sustainability.
Wonwoo (전원우)
Wonwoo (전원우), born Jeon Won-woo in 1996, is the lead rapper of SEVENTEEN's hip-hop team, half of the JxW subunit, and a solo artist whose birthday releases include GOGAE and Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter; he has served as a social service worker since April 2025.
World DJ Festival
World DJ Festival (월드 디제이 페스티벌) is an annual electronic dance music festival in South Korea, first staged in 2007 and now held at Seoul Land in Gwacheon.
World Downfall
World Downfall is the debut album by the American grindcore band Terrorizer, released by Earache Records in 1989 and widely regarded as a defining landmark of late-1980s grindcore.
Wovenwar
Wovenwar was an American metal band formed in 2013 by members of As I Lay Dying with singer Shane Blay, releasing two albums on Metal Blade Records.
Wretch 32
Wretch 32 (Jermaine Scott Sinclair), Tottenham-born English rapper and former grime MC; 2011 hits Traktor (No. 5), Unorthodox (No. 2), Don't Go (No. 1); Black and White topped UK R&B chart; 2025 album HOME?; Creative Director at 0207 Def Jam.
Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber
Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber is the farewell tour of the American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, announced February 24, 2025, and extended through 2026 with international legs.
Wuki
Wuki, the stage name of Kris Barman, is an American DJ and producer blending booty breaks, electro, and house, with a Grammy-nominated Miley Cyrus remix.
WUKONG
WUKONG is the stage persona of Singaporean DJ and producer Alfy Ngor, who performs a self-coined "oriental rave" style built on Chinese instruments and mythology.