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Aoen (アオエン)

aoen (アオエン) is a seven-member Japanese J-POP boy group formed via the HYBE-backed audition show Oen-HIGH, debuting June 11, 2025 with The Blue Sun; members YUJU, RUKA, GAKU, HIKARU, SOTA, KYOSUKE, REO; fandom aoring; distinct from AEN or Aeon.

Aooo

Aooo (アウー) is a four-member Japanese rock band formed in 2023, signed to Sony Music's Echoes label, home to YOASOBI; its self-titled debut album reached Oricon No. 21.

AP Dhillon (ਅਮਰਿਤਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ)

AP Dhillon (Amritpal Singh Dhillon, ਅਮਰਿਤਪਾਲ ਸਿੰਘ ਢਿੱਲੋਂ), born 1993 in Gurdaspur, is a Canada-based Punjabi singer-producer; "Brown Munde" (2020) made him a global Punjabi-pop star with over 5 billion streams.

Apache Indian

Steven Kapur, stage name Apache Indian, is a Birmingham-born English ragga and bhangra artist who popularized the "Bhangram" fusion style and a major hit in 1993.

Apartment Khunpa

Apartment Khunpa (อพาร์ตเมนต์คุณป้า) is a Thai indie rock band from Bangkok, formed in 2001 or 2002, known for 'กำแพง' and six studio albums from 2003 to 2026.

Ape Drums

Ape Drums is the professional name of Eric Alberto-Lopez, a Houston-born, Miami-based record producer and DJ known for blending Caribbean and Latin riddims into electronic dance music.

Ape Echoes

Ape Echoes is a Mumbai-based Indian band of producers and multi-instrumentalists blending jazz, electronica, funk, and R&B, known for its debut album Charlie Dreams of Escape (2020).

Apeiruss

Apeiruss is a Bangladeshi electronic music duo of brothers Sheikh Saami and Sheikh Shafi Mahmud, formed in 2014, best known for "Ishqam", credited with over 300 million views.

Aphex Twin

Aphex Twin is the main alias of Richard David James (born 1971, Limerick; raised in Cornwall), an electronic musician behind Selected Ambient Works 85-92, Drukqs, and Avril 14th, on Warp and R&S, also recording as AFX and Polygon Window.

Apink (에이핑크)

Apink (에이핑크) is a South Korean girl group that debuted April 19, 2011 with Seven Springs of Apink; current members Park Chorong, Yoon Bomi, Jung Eunji, Kim Namjoo, Oh Hayoung; known for NoNoNo, Mr. Chu, and 15-year longevity.

Apl.de.ap

Apl.de.ap (Allan Pineda Lindo Jr., born 1974, Angeles City, Pampanga) is a Filipino-American rapper, Black Eyed Peas co-founder, BMBX label founder, and philanthropist via the Apl.de.Ap Foundation.

Apna Sangeet

Apna Sangeet is a Birmingham-based British bhangra band formed in the 1980s, led by KS Bhamrah and Sardara Gill, and known for the anthem "Apna Sangeet Vaje Apna Sangeet".

Apocalyptica

Apocalyptica is a Finnish cello-metal band formed 1993 at the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, debuting with Plays Metallica by Four Cellos (1996), selling about six million records, now Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso on cellos.

Apres-Ski

Apres-Ski is German-language party music played in Alpine ski huts after a day on the slopes: simple singalong schlager, party evergreens, and club music, with DJ Ötzi as its defining star.

April (에이프릴) (girl group)

APRIL (에이프릴) was a South Korean girl group under DSP Media, debuting August 24, 2015 with Dreaming and disbanding January 28, 2022 after a bullying controversy; final lineup Chaekyung, Chaewon, Naeun, Yena, Rachel, Jinsol.

Aqua Timez

Aqua Timez (アクアタイムズ) is a five-piece Japanese rock band formed in 2003, known for anime theme songs such as the Bleach openings "ALONES" and "Velonica"; it disbanded in 2018 and reunited in 2024.

Aquasella Festival

Aquasella Festival, also known as Aquasella, is an electronic dance music festival held every August since 1997 in Arriondas and Cangas de Onís, Asturias, Spain, drawing 80,000 attendees in 2026.

AR-Ab

AR-Ab, born Abdul Ibrahim West in 1982, is a Philadelphia battle rapper and OBH Records founder, name-checked by Drake on "Back to Back," who was sentenced in 2021 to 45 years in federal prison for drug trafficking.

Ara Ketu

Ara Ketu is an Afro-Bahian carnival bloco and pop band from Salvador, Bahia, founded in 1980, that became a leading axé music act with national hits from 1994.

Arab Music Festival

The Arab Music Festival, also called the Cairo Arab Music Festival (مهرجان الموسيقى العربية), is an annual Arab music festival in Cairo, Egypt, first staged in 1992.

Arabian Prince

Arabian Prince (Kim Renard Nazel, born 1965, Compton) is an American electro-funk rapper, producer, DJ, and founding N.W.A member who left in 1988, produced J.J. Fad's platinum "Supersonic," and later built a video game and music-technology career.

Årabrot

Årabrot is a Norwegian noise rock band formed in 2001 in Haugesund and named after a garbage dump, led by Kjetil Nernes and Karin Park.

Arabs Got Talent

Arabs Got Talent is the Arabic version of the Got Talent format, broadcast by MBC since January 2011 and open to performers from across the Arab world.

Arai Mitsuru

Arai Mitsuru (新井 満, 1946–2021) was a Japanese singer-songwriter, novelist, and photographer who won the 1988 Akutagawa Prize and created the million-selling memorial song Sen no Kaze ni Natte.

Arashi (嵐)

Arashi (嵐), five-member Japanese idol group formed September 1999 under Johnny & Associates, debuted with A・RA・SHI, suspended activities end of 2020, disbanded 31 May 2026 after a final Tokyo Dome concert.

Arcángel & De La Ghetto

Arcángel & De La Ghetto, also written Arcángel y De la Ghetto, was a reggaeton duo formed in 2004, known for "Ven Pégate" on Sangre Nueva (2005).

ARCH Copenhagen (music)

ARCH is a nightclub in central Copenhagen, Denmark, opened in 2016 by the Danish producer Remee at Nørregade 41, playing hip-hop, house, and commercial electronic music.

Arch Enemy

Arch Enemy: Swedish melodic death metal band from Halmstad, formed 1995 by ex-Carcass guitarist Michael Amott. Debut Black Earth (1996); four vocalists, Johan Liiva, Angela Gossow, Alissa White-Gluz, Lauren Hart; 12th album Blood Dynasty (2025).

Architects (British band)

Architects are a British metalcore band formed in Brighton, England, in 2004 by twin brothers Dan and Tom Searle, known for combining hardcore, death metal, and ambient elements.

Arcturus (band)

Arcturus is an avant-garde/symphonic black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1990 from members of Mortem, with Sverd, Hellhammer, and vocalists Garm and ICS Vortex; not the same as the US band of that name.