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17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards

The 17th Annual Latin Grammy Awards (2016) honored recordings from July 2015 to June 2016 at T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, on Univision; "La Bicicleta" and Juan Gabriel's Los Dúo 2 won top prizes.

187 Strassenbande (group)

187 Strassenbande is a German gangsta-rap crew from Hamburg consisting of rappers Bonez MC, Gzuz, Maxwell, LX, and Sa4, known for multiple number-1 German albums and members' criminal convictions.

1900Rugrat

1900Rugrat, real name Miles Spiel (born 2003), is an American rapper from Limestone Creek, Florida, who went viral in 2024 with "One Take Freestyle" over Rocko's "U.O.E.N.O." and signed to Remain Solid/300 Entertainment.

1994 Billboard Latin Music Awards

The 1994 Billboard Latin Music Awards, then called the Latin Music Awards, were the first edition, held at Miami's Intercontinental Hotel; Gloria Estefan won three awards and La Mafia took the first Hot Latin Track of the Year.

1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards

The 1st Annual Latin Grammy Awards were held at Staples Center in Los Angeles on September 13, 2000, with Santana's "Corazón Espinado" winning Record of the Year.

1Verse

1Verse (Korean: 유니버스) is a five-member K-pop boy group debuted in July 2025 by the independent Seoul label Singing Beetle, known for including two North Korean defectors, Hyuk and Seok.

2 Chainz

2 Chainz (Tauheed Epps, born 1977) is an Atlanta rapper and Grammy winner, formerly Tity Boi of Playaz Circle, whose 2012 debut Based on a T.R.U. Story debuted at No. 1 and whose albums include Pretty Girls Like Trap Music and Welcome 2 Collegrove with Lil Wayne.

2 Cool 4 Skool

2 Cool 4 Skool is BTS's debut single album (Big Hit Entertainment, June 12, 2013), title track "No More Dream", first of the School Trilogy, sold 760 copies in its first week.

2 Unlimited

2 Unlimited: Belgian-Dutch Eurodance act founded 1991 in Antwerp by producers Jean-Paul De Coster and Phil Wilde, fronted by Ray Slijngaard and Anita Doth; hits "No Limit", "Get Ready for This", "Twilight Zone"; 18-22 million records; re-formed 2009.

2.5D idol (music)

A 2.5D idol (2.5次元アイドル) is a Japanese performing act where real performers embody fictional characters from anime, manga, and games, a category traced to the 2003 Prince of Tennis musical.

200 Stab Wounds

200 Stab Wounds is a Cleveland, Ohio death metal band formed in 2019, fronted by Steve Buhl. Known for old-school death metal with hardcore groove, albums Slave to the Scalpel (2021, Maggot Stomp) and Manual Manic Procedures (2024, Metal Blade).

2003 Latin Billboard Music Awards

The 2003 Billboard Latin Music Awards, also called Premios Billboard de la Música Latina 2003, were held May 8, 2003 at Miami Arena, produced by Telemundo; Chayanne and Pilar Montenegro won three awards each.

2009 Latin Billboard Music Awards

The 2009 Billboard Latin Music Awards, 11th edition, held April 23, 2009 at the BankUnited Center in Coral Gables, Florida: Flex won eight awards for "Te Quiero", Enrique Iglesias six, with special honors for Carlos Santana and Daddy Yankee.

2017 in heavy metal music

2017 in heavy metal music saw Black Sabbath's retirement, acclaimed albums by Kreator, Paradise Lost, and Mastodon, and debuts by Zeal & Ardor and Green Lung.

2018 in heavy metal music

2018 in heavy metal music: a release year led by Yob's Our Raw Heart, with major albums from Ghost (Prequelle), Judas Priest (Firepower), At the Gates, and Immortal, plus a traditional-metal and stoner revival.

2018 in South Korean music

2018 in South Korean music: K-pop's international breakthrough year led by BTS's Love Yourself cycle and Blackpink's Ddu-du Ddu-du, plus the first KPMA, Red Velvet in Pyongyang, and $430 million in music exports.

2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards (2018 엠넷 아시안 뮤직 어워드)

2018 Mnet Asian Music Awards (2018 엠넷 아시안 뮤직 어워드), the tenth MAMA, held December 10–14, 2018 across Seoul, Saitama, and Hong Kong; BTS won Artist, Album, and Worldwide Icon of the Year, TWICE Song of the Year.

2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards

2019 Mnet Asian Music Awards (2019 MAMA), held December 4, 2019 at Nagoya Dome, Japan, hosted by Park Bo Gum; BTS won nine awards including all four Daesangs, a MAMA first, amid the Korea-Japan diplomatic row and after Hong Kong was skipped over protests.

2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards

2020 Mnet Asian Music Awards (2020 MAMA): CJ ENM's K-pop awards, held virtually in Paju, South Korea on December 6, 2020, hosted by Song Joong-ki, theme "New-topia." BTS swept all four daesang grand prizes for the second straight year, taking eight awards.

2024 MAMA Awards

2024 MAMA Awards: 25th edition of CJ ENM's K-pop awards, first held in the US (Nov 21, Dolby Theatre LA) and Osaka (Nov 22-23, Kyocera Dome); presented by Visa; SEVENTEEN, aespa, and Jimin won the grand prizes.

2025 MAMA Awards

The 2025 MAMA Awards, 26th edition of CJ ENM's K-pop ceremony, held November 28-29 at Hong Kong's Kai Tak Stadium, first there since 2018; G-Dragon, Stray Kids, Rosé, and Enhypen won grand prizes after the Tai Po fire reshaped the show.

2025 Melon Music Awards

2025 Melon Music Awards (MMA2025, 17th edition), held Dec 20, 2025 at Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, hosted by Kakao Entertainment's Melon. G-Dragon won seven awards including three Daesangs; Jennie took Record of the Year.

2026 iHeartRadio Music Festival

The 2026 iHeartRadio Music Festival, also called iHeartRadio Festival 2026, is a two-night concert at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on September 18 and 19, 2026.

2026 in South Korean music

South Korean music in 2026 saw BTS return from a hiatus and the song "Golden" win K-pop's first Grammy, while Lim Kim released Exit to Nowhere.

2026 Premios Juventud

2026 Premios Juventud, 23rd edition of TelevisaUnivision's Latin youth awards, held September 3, 2026 at Starlite Marbella, its first European edition, part of PJ Fest with Carín León leading nominees with nine nods.

20th Century (group)

20th Century, also known as Tonisen, is a Japanese pop trio formed within the boy band V6 in 1995, made up of Masayuki Sakamoto, Hiroshi Nagano, and Yoshihiko Inohara.

21 Savage

21 Savage (Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, born 1992 in London) is a British-American rapper raised in Atlanta, known for Savage Mode, I Am > I Was, Her Loss with Drake, his 2019 ICE detention, and the 2020 Grammy-winning song A Lot.

21, The World Tour

21, The World Tour, or Twenty-One World Tour, was a 2021 concert tour by Iranian singer Googoosh across North America and Dubai, marking 21 years since her 2000 comeback.

22/7

22/7 (Nanabun no Nijyuuni) is a Japanese idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto, formed in 2016, whose members also voice animated characters designed by anime creators.

24kGoldn

24kGoldn, born Golden Landis Von Jones (2000, San Francisco), is an American rapper-singer behind TikTok viral hits "Valentino" and the 2020 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 "Mood" with iann dior; albums include El Dorado (2021) and Growing Pains (2024).