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Rei Yasuda

Rei Yasuda (安田レイ), born Rachel Rhodes in North Carolina in 1993, is a Japanese singer who debuted solo in 2013 and sings anime theme songs.

Reik

Reik is a Mexican pop trio formed in 2003 in Mexicali, Baja California, with Jesús Navarro, Julio Ramírez, and Bibi Marín; known for "Yo Quisiera," urban collaborations, and the 2024 album Panorama.

Reina Yokoyama

Reina Yokoyama (横山玲奈, Yokoyama Reina, born 2001) is a Japanese singer from Saitama Prefecture who was a 13th-generation member of the idol group Morning Musume from 2016 to 2025.

Reinhard Mey

Reinhard Mey, born 1942, is a German Liedermacher in the French chanson tradition whose hallmark song 'Über den Wolken' has identified him for almost fifty years.

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."

REIRIE

REIRIE (レイリエ) is a Japanese two-member unit formed by Kuromiya Rei and Kaneko Rie in 2023, both formerly of LADYBABY, which made its major debut in 2026 with the EP Amethyst.

Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an American independent record label specializing in extreme metal, founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990 and based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.

Relief Records

Relief Records is a Chicago-based house and techno record label founded in 1993 by Curtis Alan Jones, the producer known as Cajmere and Green Velvet.

Relja Popović

Relja Popović (Реља Поповић), stage name Drima, born 1989 in Belgrade, Serbian rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor. Former member of Elitni Odredi (2005–2015), solo artist, Made In BLKN label co-founder, IDJ Show judge, Heart of Sarajevo-winning actor.

Reload (Metallica album)

Reload (ReLoad), Metallica's seventh studio album, released November 18, 1997; leftover songs from the Load sessions, produced by Bob Rock, debuted at #1 on Billboard, triple Platinum, remastered 2026.

Rels B

Rels B, also known as Skinny Flakk (Daniel Heredia Vidal), is a Spanish rapper and singer from Palma de Mallorca whose song "A mí" has over one billion Spotify streams.

Remco Beekwilder

Remco Beekwilder is a Dutch techno and industrial techno producer from 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands, who broke through with the LSD EP in 2017 and runs the EMERALD label, releasing the Culture Vulture album in 2026.

Remezcla

Remezcla is a US-based English-language website, creative agency, and entertainment company covering Latin music and culture. Founded in 2006 and based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, it launched the Remezcla Más streaming platform in 2025.

Reminisce

Reminisce, also known as Alaga Ibile, is a Nigerian rapper born Remilekun Safaru in 1981 who, with Olamide and Phyno, made Yoruba-language rap credible and commercially successful in Nigeria.

Remix culture

Remix culture in Hindi film music is the recurring practice of remaking classic Bollywood songs, with over 250 recreations in the 2010s and continuing controversy and litigation.

Remy Ma

Remy Ma (Reminisce Smith), Bronx rapper and Terror Squad member; "Lean Back" (2004) hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, "ShETHER" targeted Nicki Minaj in 2017, and the Alimony EP arrived in 2026 amid her divorce from Papoose.

Ren Gill

Ren Gill, known as Ren (full name Ren Erin Gill), is a Welsh independent singer, rapper and producer, born in Bangor in 1990 and raised on Anglesey. Known for the viral 2022 single "Hi Ren" and the self-released 2023 UK number-one album Sick Boi, after a Lyme disease diagnosis.

Renato Carosone

Renato Carosone (1920–2001) was an Italian pianist, singer, and composer from Naples who fused swing, boogie-woogie, and jazz with Neapolitan song, best known for "Tu vuo' fa' l'americano" (1956).

Renato Ratier

Renato Ratier is a Brazilian DJ, producer, and nightclub entrepreneur who founded the D-Edge club in São Paulo in 2003 and shaped Brazil's electronic music scene.

Renato Zero

Renato Zero is the stage name of Renato Fiacchini, born in Rome in 1950, an Italian singer-songwriter known for theatrical makeup, costumes, and concert-shows since the 1970s.

Rendher

Rendher, real name Saúl, is a Spanish DJ and producer born in Barcelona in 1994, known for tech-house releases on Solid Grooves and his label No Religion Lab.

René Carol

René Carol, born Gerhard Tschierschnitz, was a German Schlager singer of the 1950s whose "Rote Rosen, rote Lippen, roter Wein" earned the first postwar Goldene Schallplatte.

Renée Claude

Renée Claude, stage name of Renée Bélanger (1939–2020), was a Quebec chanson singer and actress who topped Quebec charts with original Quebec material in the 1960s and 1970s.

Renjun (黄仁俊)

Renjun (黄仁俊, born 2000, Jilin) is a Chinese singer in SM Entertainment's NCT and NCT DREAM; debuted 2016 with "Chewing Gum" and released his first Chinese EP Echoes Between Us in June 2026.

Rennan da Penha

Rennan da Penha (Rennan Santos da Silva) is a Brazilian funk carioca DJ from Rio de Janeiro, creator of the Baile da Gaiola street party.

Reol

Reol (れをる) is a Japanese singer and songwriter who began as a utaite covering Vocaloid songs on Nico Nico Douga before going major-label solo in 2018.

Repentismo

Cantoria, also called repente or cantoria de viola, is a Northeastern Brazilian art of sung improvised poetry in which two cantadores alternate improvised stanzas over the viola.

Repopulate Mars

Repopulate Mars is a house and tech house record label and events brand founded by American DJ Lee Foss in 2016, growing out of his party series of the same name.

Reprise (cover tradition)

Reprise is the French term for a cover, any new version of a song from an existing original; broader than "cover", it is central to the chanson tradition.

Repulsion (group)

Repulsion is an American grindcore and death metal band from Flint, Michigan, whose single album Horrified, recorded in 1986 and released in 1989, became a foundational grindcore record.