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Rustie

Rustie, real name Russell Whyte, is a Scottish electronic music producer from Glasgow known for maximalist club music and the 2011 album Glass Swords on Warp Records.

Ruth Sahanaya

Ruth Sahanaya is an Indonesian pop, R&B, and gospel singer born in Bandung in 1966, known for "Kaulah Segalanya" and the supergroup 3 Diva with Titi DJ and Krisdayanti.

Rvfv (singer)

Rvfv (RVFV), stage name of Rafael Ruiz Amador (born 2001, Almería), is a Spanish reggaeton, trap, and urban-flamenco singer. Breakout 2019 with Prendío and Mirándote; albums NASTU, El Tiburón, Éxitos España; 50+ platinum certifications.

Rx Papi

Rx Papi, born Chester Author Roscoe in 1995 (also DrugRixh Papi, Lil Fleechy), is a Rochester, New York rapper known for prolific trap and cloud rap releases and the 2021 Gud collaboration Foreign Exchange featuring 12 Stout Street.

Ryan Crosson

Ryan Crosson is an American DJ and record producer from Metro Detroit who makes house and techno, and co-founded the Visionquest collective and label in 2011.

Ryan Mitchell Wood

Ryan Mitchell Wood, known as Woodie, was a Norteño rapper and producer from Antioch, California, founder of East Co. Co. Records. His debut Yoc Influenced and the Northern Expozure compilations defined East Bay Chicano rap; he died in March 2007, reportedly by suicide, with disputed details.

Ryan Paris

Ryan Paris, stage name of Fabio Roscioli, born 1953 in Rome, is an Italian Italo disco singer best known for "Dolce Vita" (1983), one of the genre's biggest hits.

Ryeowook

Ryeowook (려욱), born Kim Ryeo-wook in 1987, is a South Korean singer best known as the main vocalist of Super Junior and a solo ballad artist since 2016.

Ryosuke Yamada (山田涼介)

Ryosuke Yamada (山田涼介, born 1993, Tokyo) is a Japanese singer and actor in Hey! Say! JUMP (debut 2007); solo debut 2013, Japan Academy Newcomer for Assassination Classroom, first solo album RED (2025), gaming identity LEO of Crazy Raccoon.

Ryouko Shintani

Ryouko Shintani (新谷良子) is a Japanese voice actress and singer, born in 1981 in Ishikawa Prefecture, known for Milfeulle Sakuraba in Galaxy Angel and solo music on Lantis.

Ryu Hwa-young (류화영)

Ryu Hwa-young (류화영), mononym Hwayoung, South Korean singer-actress born 1993; T-ara's seventh member and lead rapper (2010-2012), later an actress of Age of Youth, Mad Dog, and Broken Record; twin of Jung Woo-yeon.

Ryuki Miyase

Ryuki Miyase, also known as Ryubi Miyase (宮世琉弥), is a Japanese actor and singer-songwriter born 2004, in Miyagi Prefecture, who made his major debut with Sony Music in 2024.

Ryukku to Soine Gohan

Ryukku to Soine Gohan (リュックと添い寝ごはん) is a Japanese four-piece pop-rock band from Tokyo, formed in 2017 by high-school classmates, whose major debut album neo neo appeared in 2020.

Ryushen

Ryushen (緑仙) is a Japanese VTuber singer with the group Nijisanji, who debuted in 2018 and made a solo major-label debut in 2023 on Altonic Records.

RZA

RZA (Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, born 1969), also known as the Abbott and Bobby Digital, is the de facto leader and chief producer of the Wu-Tang Clan, known for 36 Chambers (1993), Gravediggaz, Ghost Dog, and A Ballet Through Mud.

S. Janaki (శిష్ట్లా జానకి)

S. Janaki, also known as Janaki Amma, was an Indian playback singer called the Nightingale of South India, who recorded nearly 48,000 songs and won four National Film Awards.

S.Coups

S.Coups (에스쿱스), born Choi Seung-cheol (최승철) on 8 August 1995, is the general leader of K-pop group SEVENTEEN and its hip-hop team. Debuting with Pledis in 2015, he is known for mediating between members and company, a 2019 anxiety hiatus, 2024 ACL surgery, and solo tracks "Me" and "Jungle".

S.Coups X Mingyu (최승철)

S.Coups X Mingyu (에스쿱스X민규), also CxM, is a 2025 SEVENTEEN sub-unit of S.Coups and Mingyu under Pledis; their debut EP HYPE VIBES set the highest Billboard 200 rank for a K-pop sub-unit.

S.E.S. (에스이에스) (group)

S.E.S. (에스이에스), also romanized as Es-i-Es, was a first-generation Korean girl group under SM Entertainment: Bada, Eugene, and Shoo, debuting November 28, 1997 with "I'm Your Girl", disbanding in 2002, and reuniting in 2016–2017.

S'Express (group)

S'Express is a British dance music group formed in London in 1988 by DJ Mark Moore, best known for the UK number-one single 'Theme from S-Express'.

S2O Festival

The S2O Festival, also known as the Songkran Music Festival, is an electronic dance music festival held every April in Bangkok during Songkran, Thailand's water festival.

S8YN

S8YN (황수연; legal name Hwang Soo-yeon) is a South Korean R&B singer and performance director at Dreamcatcher Company, a former Die.A Project member and Produce 101 contestant.

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Telugu

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Telugu is a Telugu-language singing reality competition broadcast on Zee Telugu, part of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa franchise, with eighteen seasons by 2026.

Saba (rapper)

Saba (Tahj Malik Chandler), Chicago West Side rapper and producer, Pivot Gang co-founder; albums Bucket List Project, Care for Me, Few Good Things, and 2025's From the Private Collection of Saba and No ID.

Sabar

Sabar is a Wolof drum-and-dance tradition of Senegal, naming the drums, the rhythms, the dances, and the event, and forming the percussive core of the popular genre mbalax.

Sabaton (band)

Sabaton: Swedish heavy metal/power metal band formed 1999 in Falun, also called a war-history metal band. Eleven studio albums from Primo Victoria (2005) to Legends (2025); Carolus Rex quadruple platinum in Sweden; known for tank drum riser and Sabaton History channel.

Sabbat

Sabbat were an English heavy metal band from Nottingham, formed in 1985 and fronted by Martin Walkyier, whose albums History of a Time to Come and Dreamweaver made them a cult fixture of British extreme metal.

Saber El Robaee

Saber El Robaee (صابر الرباعي), also known as Saber Rebaï, is a Tunisian singer born in 1967 in Sfax, best known for his modernized reprise "Sidi Mansour".

Sabina Yasmin

Sabina Yasmin (সাবিনা ইয়াসমিন), born 1954, is a Bangladeshi playback and adhunik singer who has recorded for films, radio, and television since 1962, holding a record 13 or 14 National Film Awards.

Sabo

Sabo, real name William Sabatini, is an American DJ and producer in Los Angeles known for organic deep tribal house and founding the Sol Selectas label.