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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.

Asaph

Asaph, born Tafadzwa Tarukwana and also performing as Asaph Afrika, is an award-winning Zimbabwean hip hop artist from Bulawayo whose 2018 hit "Mambo" topped the ZiFM chart for over two months.

ASCA

ASCA is the stage name of Asuka Ōkura (大倉明日香), a Japanese anison singer born in 1996, known for anime theme songs from Fate/Apocrypha through Bye Bye, Earth.

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.

Aseel Hameem

Aseel Hameem (أسيل حميم) is an Iraqi singer from Baghdad, born in 1984, whose 2019 heartbreak ballad 'Al Mafroud' was the most streamed song in Saudi Arabia on Spotify.

Asees Kaur (ਅਸੀਸ ਕੌਰ)

Asees Kaur (ਅਸੀਸ ਕੌਰ), born 1988 in Panipat, is an Indian playback and independent singer; Gurbani-trained, Indian Idol and Awaz Punjab Di contestant, breakthrough with "Bolna" (2016), two consecutive Filmfare Best Female Playback awards for "Hui Malang" and "Raataan Lambiyan."

Ash King (অশুতোষ গাঙ্গুলি)

Ash King (Ashutosh Ganguly, আশুতোষ গাঙ্গুলী), British-Indian playback singer born 1984 in Southall, London; known for Dil Gira Dafatan, Te Amo, I Love You, Meherbaan, and Bengali songs Kothin and Phire Paowar Gaan.

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).

Ashwini Bhide Deshpandey

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (अश्विनी भिडे-देशपांडे) is a Hindustani classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana who left biochemistry for music and received the Padma Shri in 2025.

Asia Artist Awards (아시아 아티스트 어워즈)

Asia Artist Awards (아시아 아티스트 어워즈, AAA): South Korean annual awards hosted by STARNEWS since 2016, combining K-Pop singers with K-Drama and K-Movie actors; distinct from the separate ASEA ceremony; recent editions in Kaohsiung.

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.

Asif Akbar

Asif Akbar (আসিফ আকবর) is a Bangladeshi playback and pop singer, born in 1972 in Comilla, whose 2001 album O Priya Tumi Kothay sold about 6 million copies.

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.

Aslı Güngör

Aslı Güngör is a Turkish pop singer and songwriter born in İzmir in 1979, whose 2008 duet "Kalp Kalbe Karşı" and 2009 debut album sold millions of digital copies.

Asmaa Al-Mnawar

Asmaa Al-Mnawar, also known as Asma Lamnawar (أسماء لمنور), is a Moroccan singer born in Casablanca in 1978 who fuses khaleeji and Moroccan music, releasing albums through Rotana.

Asmahan

Asmahan (أسمهان) was the stage name of Amal al-Atrash, a Syrian-born Druze singer and sister of composer Farid al-Atrash, a defining voice of Egyptian song who died in 1944.

Asnaketch Worku

Asnaketch Worku (አስናቀች ወርቁ) was an Ethiopian actress, dancer, singer, and self-taught krar player who rose to fame in 1950s Addis Ababa as a stage actress.

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.

Assassin (musician)

Assassin, now recording as Agent Sasco, is the stage name of Jeffrey Campbell, a Jamaican dancehall deejay born in 1982 whose debut album was Infiltration (2005).

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.

Assi El Hellani

Assi El Hellani (عاصي الحلاني) is a Lebanese singer, nicknamed the Knight of the Arab Song, known for dabke and hawara singing and for coaching on MBC's The Voice.

Astéréotypie

Astéréotypie is a French post-punk collective formed in 2010 at a medico-educational institute in Bourg-la-Reine, whose young autistic singers perform their own lyrics with professional musicians, several from Moriarty.

Astra Kulturhaus

The Astra Kulturhaus is a concert and party venue on the RAW-Gelände in Berlin-Friedrichshain, opened in 2009 in a former East German railway cultural center with room for 1,500 people.

Astro (아스트로) (South Korean band)

ASTRO (아스트로) is a South Korean K-pop boy group under Fantagio that debuted February 23, 2016 with Spring Up and "Hide & Seek"; originally six members, now four after Moonbin's 2023 death and Rocky's departure, known for All Light and All Yours.

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.