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Rank 1
Rank 1, also known as Piet Bervoets and Benno de Goeij, is a Dutch trance duo formed in 1999 whose single "Airwave" reached the UK top 10.
Rapman
Rapman (Andrew Onwubolu) is a British rapper, writer, and film director from Deptford, south London, creator of the YouTube series Shiro's Story, the 2019 film Blue Story, and Netflix's Supacell (2024).
Rapper's Delight
Rapper's Delight, also known as the Sugarhill Gang's debut single, is the 1979 Sylvia Robinson-produced rap record on Sugar Hill Records that became hip hop's first commercial hit, built on Chic's "Good Times" and reaching Billboard's Top 40.
Rapsody
Rapsody (Marlanna Evans) is a rapper from Snow Hill, North Carolina, signed to Jamla and Roc Nation. Albums include Laila's Wisdom, Eve, and Please Don't Cry; she won the 2025 Grammy for Best Melodic Rap Performance for "3:AM" with Erykah Badu.
Raresh
Raresh is the performing name of Rareș Ionuț Iliescu, a Romanian DJ from Bacău who co-founded the vinyl-only label [a:rpia:r] with Rhadoo and Petre Inspirescu.
Ratos de Porão
Ratos de Porão is a Brazilian crossover thrash band formed in 1981 in São Paulo, credited with inaugurating the crossover style in Brazil and still active after four decades.
Ratt
Ratt (RATT), formed from Stephen Pearcy's San Diego band Mickey Ratt and reestablished in Los Angeles, is an American glam metal band whose 1984 album Out of the Cellar and hit "Round and Round" defined the Sunset Strip sound; seven studio albums through Infestation (2010).
Rave
Rave: all-night dance parties with electronic music (techno, house, trance, drum, and bass), originating in late-1980s UK acid house; unlicensed underground events, drug-related public health debates, legal crackdowns, and later commercialization into the EDM festival industry.
Rave Radio
Rave Radio is an Australian electronic dance music duo formed in 2008 by DJs and producers Brett Allen and James Todman, known for live drums and vocals.
Rawstyle
Rawstyle, also called raw hardstyle, is the darker, harder branch of hardstyle that emerged in the Netherlands around 2009, built on distorted kicks and dark atmospheres.
Ray Vaughn
Ray Vaughn (Rayvon DeRay Welch, born 1996, Long Beach) is a TDE rapper known for Freestyle Fridays, the Peer Pressure EP, the 2025 mixtape The Good The Bad The Dollar Menu, the Joey Bada$$ feud, XXL Freshman 2025, and an RCA deal.
Ray Volpe
Ray Volpe is an American bass music producer, DJ, and songwriter based in Los Angeles, best known for "Laserbeam", the most played dubstep track of 2022.
Raz Simone
Raz Simone, stage name of Solomon Samuel Simone (born 1990), is a Seattle hip-hop artist, founder of Black Umbrella, and first signee of 300 Entertainment; known for Cognitive Dissonance (2014) and his 2020 CHAZ protest role.
Razzmatazz
Razzmatazz, also known as Sala Razzmatazz, is a five-room nightclub and concert venue in the Poblenou district of Barcelona, Spain, opened in 2000 with a concert by The Flaming Lips.
Real Bad Man (record label)
Real Bad Man is a Los Angeles record label and streetwear brand founded by Adam Jay Weissman, known for boom-bap collaborations with Boldy James and Blu.
Real McCoy (band)
Real McCoy, originally M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy, is a Berlin eurodance project led by rapper Olaf "O-Jay" Jeglitza, famous for the 1993 hit "Another Night", the best-selling single by a German group in the US.
Reality Test
Reality Test is the stage name of Nica Iliuhin, a Russian-born Israeli producer based in Berlin who plays progressive psytrance at festivals like Dreamstate SoCal.
Rebelion
Rebelion are a Scottish hardstyle duo of Gary O'Dea and Raymond Baird, based in the Netherlands, who run the label Acid Reign and play festivals like Defqon.1 and Tomorrowland.
Reble
Reble is the stage name of Daiaphi Lamare, an Indian rapper and songwriter from Nangbah, Meghalaya, formerly performing as Daya. Known for the Entropy EP, New Riot, and rap verses on the Lokah Chapter 1 and Dhurandhar soundtracks.
Red Axes
Red Axes is an Israeli electronic duo from Tel Aviv formed by Dori Sadovnik and Niv Arzi in 2010, known for guitar-led house, disco, and techno.
Red Bull Batalla de los Gallos
Red Bull Batalla de los Gallos (Red Bull Batalla, BDLG) is Red Bull's Spanish-language freestyle rap competition, founded in 2005 with its first international final in Puerto Rico, won by Argentina's Frescolate; national finals feed a 16-MC knockout world final.
Red Bull Music Academy 2017
Red Bull Music Academy 2017 was the gap year between academy terms, when RBMA partnered with Berlin's CTM Festival on lectures and club nights in February 2017.
Red Fang
Red Fang is an American stoner rock and metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2005, known for albums like Murder the Mountains (2011) and Arrows (2021) and videos such as "Prehistoric Dog" and "Wires".
Redlight
Redlight is the performing name of Hugh Pescod, a British DJ and producer based in London, best known for the 2012 single "Get Out My Head".
Redman (rapper)
Redman, born Reginald Noble in 1970, is an American rapper from Newark, New Jersey whose 1992 debut Whut? Thee Album began a streak of gold and platinum albums.
Redrum
Redrum is the dubstep and bass music project of Tatiana Tindall, a Portland-based producer signed to Liquid Stranger's WAKAAN and SSKWAN imprints and a recurring name on the US festival circuit.
Regal86
Regal86 is a Mexican techno producer and DJ based in Monterrey, Nuevo León, whose hardgroove techno and Latin percussion earned a Resident Advisor feature and a 2024 Dekmantel slot.
Regan
Regan, also known as Regan Tacon or Regan Nano, is a South African-born psytrance DJ and producer who runs Nano Records and produces Origin Festival in Cape Town.
Regarde Les Hommes Tomber
Regarde Les Hommes Tomber is a French sludge and post-black metal band from Nantes, formed in 2011, whose three albums grow steadily more extreme, culminating in Ascension (2020).
Reinventing the Steel
Reinventing the Steel, Pantera's ninth and final studio album (Elektra, March 21, 2000), produced by Vinnie Paul and Dimebag Darrell; debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, went gold, and earned a 2001 Grammy nomination for "Revolution Is My Name."