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Arular

Arular is the 2005 debut studio album by British Sri Lankan artist M.I.A., blending dancehall and baile funk with references to the Sri Lankan civil war.

Aruna

Aruna, born Aruna Beth Abrams, is an American singer, songwriter, DJ, and producer based in Los Angeles who spent a decade as a leading trance vocalist before shifting to pop and drum & bass production.

Arushi Jain

Arushi Jain is an Indian-born composer and modular synthesist living between New York and New Delhi, known for fusing Hindustani classical raga with ambient synthesizer music.

As I Lay Dying (band)

As I Lay Dying: San Diego metalcore band formed 2001, fronted by Tim Lambesis; eight albums, two Billboard 200 Top 10 debuts, shattered by his 2014 murder-for-hire conviction and rebuilt lineups.

Asal Kolaar

Asal Kolaar (அசல் கோலார்), born Vasanthakumar Bakthavachalam in 1996 in Chennai, is an Indian Tamil rapper, singer, and lyricist known for the viral 2020 song Jorthaale, the film hits Naa Ready (Leo) and Monica (Coolie), and Trappang, a tappang-trap fusion.

ASAP Ferg

A$AP Ferg, born Darold Ferguson Jr., is a Harlem rapper and founding member of A$AP Mob, known for Trap Lord (2013), Always Strive and Prosper (2016), and songs like "Work" and "Plain Jane", plus fashion ventures.

ASAP Nast

ASAP Nast, born Tariq Devega in 1990, is a Harlem rapper and A$AP Mob member since 2007, cousin of A$AP Rocky, known for "Trillmatic" with Method Man and fashion work with Comme des Garçons.

ASAP Rocky

A$AP Rocky (Rakim Athelston Mayers, born 1988) is a Harlem rapper, A$AP Mob member, actor, and fashion figure. Albums Long.Live.A$AP, At.Long.Last.A$AP, Testing, Don't Be Dumb; Dior and Chanel ambassador; acquitted February 2025.

ASAP Rocky discography

Discography of A$AP Rocky (Rakim Mayers): the 2011 mixtape Live.Love.A$AP; studio albums Long.Live.A$AP (2013), At.Long.Last.A$AP (2015), Testing (2018), and Don't Be Dumb (2026); key singles and chart history.

Ascendancy (music)

Ascendancy is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium, released in March 2005 on Roadrunner Records. It became the band's breakthrough, certified UK Gold in 2006.

Asher Roth

Asher Roth (born 1985, Morrisville, Pennsylvania) is an American rapper behind the 2009 hit "I Love College" and the number 5 Billboard debut album Asleep in the Bread Aisle; later independent albums include RetroHash (2014) and Flowers on the Weekend (2020).

Asian Doll

Asian Doll (Misharron Jermeisha Allen), also Asian Da Brat, is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas; first woman signed to Gucci Mane's 1017 Eskimo Records in 2018, known for prolific mixtapes, "Nunnadet Shit," and drill albums.

Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria: British metalcore band founded by Ben Bruce in Dubai in 2006, reformed in York in 2008 with Danny Worsnop. Known for Stand Up and Scream (2009), The Black (2016, Billboard No. 9), and a shift to arena rock.

Asphyx

Asphyx is a Dutch death/doom metal band from Oldenzaal, formed in 1987, with vocalist Martin van Drunen and ten albums from The Rack to Necroceros.

Assembly (Cape Town)

The Assembly is a nightclub and live-music venue in a converted warehouse on Harrington Street in District 6, Cape Town, opened in 2007 and known for electronic and local acts.

Astropolis Festival

Astropolis is an electronic music festival in Brest, Brittany, France, founded in 1995 as a clandestine rave at Kernouës and described as the oldest French electronic music festival.

Astroworld Festival

Astroworld Festival: Travis Scott's annual Houston hip-hop festival at NRG Park (2018, 2019, 2021). Its November 5, 2021 crowd crush killed 10 people aged 9 to 27, prompting a Texas concert-safety task force, a 1,300-page police report, and mass litigation.

Asuncionico

Asuncionico is a music festival held in Asunción and Luque, Paraguay, first staged in March 2015, with line-ups spanning rock, pop, urban music, and electronic dance music.

Asura (musician)

Asura is a French electronic music project from Lyon, formed in 1996, blending psybient, ambient, downtempo, and goa trance, led by Charles Farewell since 2005.

At the Gates

At the Gates, Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg formed 1990 by ex-Grotesque members; pioneered the Gothenburg sound with Slaughter of the Soul (1995), split 1996, reunited, and released The Ghost of a Future Dead in 2026 after vocalist Tomas Lindberg's death.

At. Long. Last. ASAP

At.Long.Last.A$AP (A.L.L.A.) is A$AP Rocky's second studio album, released May 26, 2015 on RCA; 18 tracks, executive produced by A$AP Yams and Danger Mouse, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200.

Atari Teenage Riot

Atari Teenage Riot is a German digital hardcore group formed in Berlin in 1992 by Alec Empire, Hanin Elias, and Carl Crack, fusing breakbeats, punk, and anarchist politics.

ATB

ATB, the stage name of André Tanneberger, is a German trance DJ and producer whose 1998 single "9 PM (Till I Come)" topped the UK chart.

Atheist

Atheist is an American technical death metal band from Sarasota, Florida, formed in 1984, whose albums Piece of Time and Unquestionable Presence helped define progressive technical metal.

Atmos

Atmos is the performing name of Tomasz Balicki, a Polish-born, Sweden-based psytrance DJ and producer who helped originate minimal-progressive psytrance around 2000 and plays festivals like Boom and Ozora.

Atreyu

Atreyu is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in 1998 as Retribution and named after a character from The Neverending Story. Known for Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses, The Curse, a 2011 hiatus, and a vocalist change before 2026's The End Is Not the End.

Attack Attack! (American band)

Attack Attack! is an American metalcore/electronicore band from Westerville, Ohio, formed in 2007 as Ambiance, behind the 2008 'crabcore' MySpace trend, three albums, a 2013 hiatus, a 2020 reunion, and Attack Attack! II (2025).

Attila (metalcore band)

Attila is an American metalcore band formed in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2005 and fronted by Chris Fronzak, whose self-described "party metal" style has made it one of the scene's most divisive acts.

Audien

Audien, real name Nate Rathbun, is an American DJ and record producer from Mystic, Connecticut, known for trance and progressive house and Grammy-nominated in 2015 for remixing Bastille's "Pompeii".

Audio & Ed Rush are Killbox

Killbox is a drum & bass duo formed in 2016 by producers Ed Rush and Audio, known for the billing "Audio & Ed Rush are Killbox".