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HVOB

HVOB, short for Her Voice Over Boys, is an Austrian live electronic duo of Anna Müller and Paul Wallner, formed in Vienna in 2012, known for playing fully live techno.

Hydra Head Records

Hydra Head Records was an American independent record label for metal and experimental music, founded by Aaron Turner of Isis, which announced its closure in 2012 after 17 years.

Hyperdub

Hyperdub is a London-based independent record label founded in 2004 by Steve Goodman, known as Kode9, best known for releasing Burial's albums Burial (2006) and Untrue (2007).

Hyphy

Hyphy: high-energy Bay Area hip-hop movement from Oakland and Vallejo, coined by Keak Da Sneak, driven by E-40, Mac Dre, thizz culture, ghostriding, and sideshows, peaking nationally in 2006.

Hypocrisy (group)

Hypocrisy is a Swedish death metal band from Ludvika, formed around 1990 by guitarist and vocalist Peter Tägtgren, known for Roswell 47 and thirteen albums through Worship (2021).

HYTE

HYTE is a Berlin-based electronic music event brand and promoter created by Michael Weicker, known for its weekly Amnesia residency in Ibiza from 2015 and 24-hour HYTE NYE marathons at Funkhaus Berlin.

I Hate Models

I Hate Models is Guillaume Labadie, a masked French techno producer and DJ known for emotional, industrial-tinged hard techno, the 2019 album L'Âge Des Métamorphoses on Perc Trax, and his label Disco Inferno.

I Prevail

I Prevail is an American metalcore/post-hardcore band formed 2013 in Metro Detroit, Michigan, known for a platinum "Blank Space" cover, gold albums Lifelines and Trauma, Grammy nominations, and the 2025 album Violent Nature.

I Promised the World

I Promised the World (f.k.a. Sinema) is a metalcore/post-hardcore band from Denton, Texas, formed 2023, named for a Saosin lyric, signed to Rise Records, self-titled EP released January 2026.

I See Stars

I See Stars: American electronicore band formed 2006 in Warren, Michigan, on Sumerian Records; known for New Demons (No. 28 Billboard 200), Treehouse (2016), and THE WHEEL (2025).

I. JORDAN (musician)

I. JORDAN, formerly India Jordan, is a Doncaster-born, London-based DJ and producer whose For You EP track was named Resident Advisor's best track of 2020.

Ian Van Dahl

Ian Van Dahl is a Belgian vocal trance group formed in 2000, best known for the single "Castles in the Sky", which reached number 3 in the UK in 2001.

Iann Dior

Iann Dior (Michael Ian Olmo, born 1999, Arecibo, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican-American emo-rap and pop-punk singer; his feature on 24kGoldn's Mood topped the Billboard Hot 100, and his albums include Industry Plant, I'm Gone, and On to Better Things.

Ibeyi

Ibeyi is a French-Cuban music duo formed in Paris in 2013 by twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz, fusing Yoruba chants and Cuban percussion with electronic production.

Ibiza club season

The Ibiza club season is the summer circuit of club parties and DJ residencies on Ibiza, Spain, running from late April to mid-October at clubs including Amnesia, Pacha, and Ushuaïa.

Ice Cube

Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson, born 1969, South Central Los Angeles) is an American rapper, actor, and filmmaker, a founding N.W.A member, solo platinum artist, star of Friday and Barbershop, and BIG3 co-founder.

Ice Nine Kills

Ice Nine Kills: American horror-themed metalcore band from Boston, formed 2000 as Ice Nine by Spencer Charnas and Jeremy Schwartz; Fearless Records act behind The Silver Scream albums and theatrical live shows.

Ice Spice

Ice Spice, whose real name is Isis Naija Gaston, is an American rapper from the Bronx. She broke out in late 2022 with the single "Munch (Feelin' U)."

Ice-T

Ice-T (Tracy Marrow, born 1958, Newark) is an American rapper and actor, a pioneer of gangsta rap with Rhyme Pays (1987), frontman of Body Count whose "Cop Killer" (1992) sparked a free-speech controversy, and Detective Fin Tutuola on Law & Order: SVU since 2000.

Iced Earth

Iced Earth, also known early on as The Rose and Purgatory, is an American power/thrash metal band from Tampa, Florida, founded by Jon Schaffer; active 1988-2021, known for the Something Wicked concept albums and vocalists Barlow, Owens, and Block.

Icona Pop

Icona Pop is a Swedish electropop duo of Caroline Hjelt and Aino Jawo, formed in Stockholm in 2009, known for the 2012 hit "I Love It" with Charli XCX and albums including Ritual (2026).

ID

An ID is the placeholder label used on DJ set tracklists for a track that cannot yet be named, covering unreleased productions, exclusive promos, and personal edits.

If You're Reading This It's Too Late

If You're Reading This It's Too Late is Drake's surprise commercial mixtape, released February 12, 2015 via Cash Money; 17 tracks, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 495,000 first-week copies.

Iggy Azalea

Iggy Azalea (Amethyst Amelia Kelly, born 1990) is an Australian rapper whose 2014 debut The New Classic produced the Hot 100 No. 1 "Fancy"; she retired from rap in 2023, later announcing a return to recording.

Igloofest

Igloofest, also known as Igloofest Montréal, is an outdoor winter electronic music festival held at Montreal's Old Port since 2007, drawing over 100,000 attendees a year.

Igorrr

Igorrr is the French experimental music project of composer and multi-instrumentalist Gautier Serre, started in 2005 and known for fusing baroque music, extreme metal, and breakcore.

iio

iiO, formerly known as vaiio, is a New York-based dance music duo of producer Markus Moser and singer Nadia Ali, best known for the 2001 trance-pop single "Rapture", which reached number 2 in the UK.

Ikarus Festival

The Ikarus Festival is an electronic camping music festival held since 2015 at Allgäu Airport near Memmingen, Bavaria, Germany, with about 120,000 visitors across techno, house, hardstyle, and psytrance.

Ikka Singh

Ikka Singh (Ankit Singh Patyal) is an Indian rapper, singer and lyricist working mainly in Hindi and Punjabi, a former Mafia Mundeer member, Bollywood hitmaker behind In Da Club and Dilbar, and album artist with I, Nishu and Only Love Gets Reply.

Ikkimel

Ikkimel is the stage name of Melina Gaby Strauß, a German rapper from Berlin known for provocative, feminist lyrics and her 2025 debut album Fotze.