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Annie-Flore Batchiellilys

Annie-Flore Batchiellilys is a Gabonese singer, composer, and acoustic guitarist born in 1967 in Tchibanga, known for adapting Bapunu traditional music and named a senator of Gabon's Transition in 2023.

Annihilator (band)

Annihilator is a Canadian thrash metal band founded in Ottawa, Ontario, in 1984 by Jeff Waters, its sole constant member, best known for Alice in Hell (1989).

Ano (singer)

Ano (あの), nicknamed Ano-chan, is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, and voice actress; ex-Yurumerumo! idol (2013–2019) whose 2022 Chainsaw Man ending theme "Chu, Tayousei." made her a star, with a 2025 sold-out Budokan show.

Anouk Matton

Anouk Matton, Belgian DJ, singer and producer performing as MATTN, born 1992 in Antwerp; first female artist on Smash The House, DJ Mag Top 100 2018-2022 (No. 42 in 2020), MTV EMA Best Belgian Act 2019, married to Dimitri Vegas.

Anoushka Shankar

Anoushka Shankar (born 1981, London), British-Indian sitarist and composer, daughter and student of Ravi Shankar, half-sister of Norah Jones; 13-time Grammy nominee known for classical ragas and cross-genre fusion albums.

Anri

Anri (杏里), born Eiko Kawashima in 1961, is a Japanese pop singer and defining city pop voice whose 1983 anime theme "CAT'S EYE" topped the Oricon chart.

Ant Miles

Ant Miles, full name Anthony David Miles, is a British drum and bass producer who co-founded RAM Records in 1992 and made 'Valley of the Shadows'.

Antenna (music)

Antenna is a 2012 song by Fuse ODG that peaked at number 7 on the UK Singles Chart. It pioneered the integration of Ghanaian Azonto rhythm into British mainstream pop culture.

Anthony B (musician)

Anthony B, born Keith Blair in 1976 in Trelawny, Jamaica, is a Rastafarian roots reggae singer whose banned 1996 hit "Fire Pon Rome" made him a leading figure of the 1990s revival.

Anthrax (American band)

Anthrax (American band), New York thrash metal band founded July 18, 1981 by Scott Ian and Dan Lilker; one of the Big Four with Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth; known for Among the Living (1987) and rap-metal crossovers like Bring the Noise with Public Enemy.

Antibalas

Antibalas, Spanish for "bulletproof," is a Brooklyn-based Afrobeat big band formed in 1997 by Martín Perna, a leading carrier of the Fela Kuti lineage outside Nigeria.

Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys

Antikvariniai Kašpirovskio dantys, meaning "The Antique Teeth of Kashpirovski", is a Lithuanian band from Vilnius formed in 2006, best known internationally for headlining India's Ziro Festival of Music in 2019 and 2023.

Antonio Aguilar

Antonio Aguilar (José Pascual Antonio Aguilar Márquez Barraza, 1919–2007), "El Charro de México", Mexican ranchera singer, actor, producer, and horseman; 150+ albums, 25 million records, 167 films, father of Pepe Aguilar.

Antonio José (musician)

Antonio José is a Spanish pop singer who won La Voz España in 2015 and has since released nine albums, including 'El Viaje' and 'El Pacto'.

Antonio Orozco

Antonio Orozco is a Spanish singer-songwriter of flamenco-inflected pop ballads from L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, who has sold over 1.5 million records since his 2000 debut.

Antonio Pappano

Antonio Pappano is an English-Italian conductor and pianist who led The Royal Opera from 2002 to 2024 and became Chief Conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra in 2024.

Anuar Zain

Anuar Zain (Shahrul Anuar Zain) is a Malaysian ballad singer born in 1970, known for 'Lelaki Ini' and 'Keabadian Cinta' and the younger brother of Ziana Zain.

Anuel AA

Anuel AA (Emmanuel Gazmey Santiago, born 1992) is a Puerto Rican reggaeton and Latin trap rapper, a Maybach Music Latin signee and genre pioneer, jailed 30 months in 2016, then topping Billboard charts with Real Hasta la Muerte and China.

Anugerah Planet Muzik

Anugerah Planet Muzik was a regional Malay-language music award for Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia, introduced by MediaCorp in 2001 and last presented in 2018 after 17 editions.

Anuradha Bhat

Anuradha Bhat (ಅನುರಾಧ ಭಟ್) is an Indian playback singer from Karnataka, known chiefly in Kannada cinema, with more than 1,000 film songs since her 2007 debut.

Anuradha Paudwal (अनुराधा पौडवाल)

Anuradha Paudwal (अनुराधा पौडवाल), born 1954, is an Indian playback and bhajan singer, the T-Series 'Bhajan Queen' of the 1990s, winner of four Filmfare Awards, a National Film Award, and the Padma Shri in 2017.

Anurag Kulkarni

Anurag Kulkarni (అనురాగ్ కుల్కర్ని), born 1993 in Telangana, is an Indian playback singer in Telugu cinema whose hit "Pillaa Raa" from RX 100 crossed 100 million Spotify plays.

Anvil (band)

Anvil: Canadian heavy metal band formed 1978 in Toronto by Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner; Metal on Metal (1982) influenced Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax; revived by the 2008 documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil.

Anweshaa

Anweshaa, born Anwesha Datta, is an Indian playback singer and composer who debuted with "Tha Kar Ke" in Golmaal Returns (2008) and won a Filmfare Award East in 2014.

Anycia

Anycia (Anycia Symone Edwards, born 1997) is an Atlanta rapper known for the viral 2023 song "So What," the EP Extra, debut album Princess Pop That (2024), and Grady Baby (2025), the first Gangsta Grillz mixtape by an Atlanta female rapper.

Anyma

Anyma is the melodic techno and digital-art solo project of Italian-American producer Matteo Milleri of Tale of Us and Afterlife Records; Genesys trilogy, first electronic residency at Sphere Las Vegas, and the 2026 ÆDEN World Tour distinguish it.

Anz (musician)

Anz is the stage name of Anna-Marie Odubote, a British DJ and producer based in Manchester whose music links electro, UK garage, and jungle; she debuted on Ninja Tune in 2021.

Anzen Chitai

Anzen Chitai (安全地帯) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1973 in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, centered on vocalist Koji Tamaki, known for 1980s hits like "Wine Red no Kokoro".

Anzhelika Varum

Anzhelika Varum (Анжелика Варум), born Maria Varum in Lviv in 1969, is a Russian estrada pop singer, Honored Artist of Russia, and duet partner of Leonid Agutin since 1997.

AOA (group)

AOA (에이오에이, Ace of Angels): South Korean girl group formed in 2012 by FNC Entertainment, debuting as an eight-member act with a band and dance unit, known for "Miniskirt," "Like a Cat," and "Heart Attack."