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Unleash the Archers

Unleash the Archers (UTA): Canadian power metal band from Vancouver, BC, formed 2007 by vocalist Brittney Slayes and drummer Scott Buchanan; known for melodeath-to-power-metal style and sci-fi concept albums Apex, Abyss, and 2024's Phantoma on Napalm Records.

Unlocked (musician)

Unlocked is the stage name of Tom Schonenberg, a Dutch DJ and producer of frenchcore and uptempo hardcore who has released on Partyraiser Recordings since 2020.

Unlucky Morpheus

Unlucky Morpheus, known to its audience as Ankimo (あんきも), is a Japanese metal band formed in 2008 by vocalist Fuki and guitarist Shiren, featuring a violin as a fixed member.

Unprocessed

Unprocessed is a German progressive metalcore/djent band from Wiesbaden (formed 2012/2013), led by guitarist-vocalist Manuel Gardner Fernandes; seven albums from In Concretion (2014) to Angel (2025), tours with Polyphia, TesseracT, Jinjer, and a 2026 Angel world tour.

Unproven

Unproven is the stage name of Stein Bosch, a Dutch uptempo hardcore DJ and producer signed to Barbaric Records who has played Defqon.1 and Masters of Hardcore.

Unresolved

Unresolved is the stage name of Ihor Fedorutsa, a Ukrainian raw hardstyle DJ and producer active since 2014 who runs RSLVD Records and has played festivals including Defqon.1.

Until the End of Time (Tupac Shakur album)

Until the End of Time is 2Pac's double album of unreleased Death Row-era recordings, released March 27, 2001 on Amaru/Death Row/Interscope; it debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and was later certified 4x Platinum.

Unto Others (band)

Unto Others, formerly Idle Hands, is a Portland, Oregon heavy metal/gothic rock band formed in 2017 by Gabriel Franco; albums Mana (2019), Strength (2021), Never, Neverland (2024).

Untold Festival

Untold Festival is an annual music festival held each August in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, founded in 2015 by Bogdan Buta, known for its main stage at Cluj Arena, themed storytelling, hundreds of thousands of attendees, and large local economic impact.

Upchurch (musician)

Upchurch (Ryan Edward Upchurch, born 1991, Pegram, Tennessee), also Upchurch the Redneck, is an independent American country rap and hick-hop artist whose 2015 EP Cheatham County charted on Billboard and who alternates hip-hop and country albums.

Upendra Kumar

Upendra Kumar (ಉಪೇಂದ್ರ ಕುಮಾರ್) was an Indian film music director who worked chiefly in Kannada cinema, scoring films for Dr Rajkumar from Katariveera (1966) onward.

Uplifting trance

Uplifting trance, also known as anthem trance or euphoric trance, is a melodic subgenre of trance music with a tempo of around 138 BPM, emerging in the late 1990s from hard trance and anthem house.

Uptempo hardcore

Uptempo hardcore is a fast subgenre of hardcore electronic dance music that emerged in the Netherlands in the early 2010s, defined by distorted kicks, screeching leads, and tempos past 200 BPM.

Urata Naoya

Urata Naoya (浦田直也, born 1982 in Tokyo) is a Japanese singer and former leader of the dance-vocal group AAA, which he led from 2005 to 2019.

URBAN GROOVE FITTERS (Miton Usui, Yoshito Tanaka, Taku Nakajo, Takashi Numazawa)

URBAN GROOVE FITTERS is a Japanese funk and soul quartet of established session musicians, fronted by singer-songwriter Miton Usui with guitarist Yoshito Tanaka, bassist Taku Nakajo, and drummer Takashi Numazawa.

Urban romance

City romance (городской романс), also called everyday romance, is a Russian urban folk song genre of the lower city classes, flourishing from the late 1800s into the 20th century.

Urbanscapes

Urbanscapes is a creative-arts and music festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, first held in 2002 and described as the country's longest-running creative arts festival, drawing 85,000 people by 2019.

URBOYTJ

URBOYTJ (ยัวร์บอยทีเจ) is the stage name of Jirayut Pholpraphai, a Thai rapper, singer, and producer who began in the trio 3.2.1, went solo in 2016, and coached on The Rapper.

URL (Ultimate Rap League)

The Ultimate Rap League (URL) is an American battle rap league founded by Smack White in New York in 2009, widely seen as the sport's leading league.

Urooj Ashfaq

Urooj Ashfaq is an Indian stand-up comedian and writer based in Mumbai, the first India-based winner of the Edinburgh Comedy Awards' Best Newcomer, for her debut hour Oh No! in 2023.

Uru

Uru (ウル) is a Japanese singer-songwriter who debuted in 2016 on Sony Music after posting about 100 cover videos on YouTube, known for anime and drama theme songs.

USC Events

USC Events, short for United State of Consciousness, was a Seattle electronic dance music promoter founded by Chad Anderson, known for the Paradiso and FreakNight festivals.

Usha Mangeshkar (उषा मंगेशकर)

Usha Mangeshkar (उषा मंगेशकर), born 15 December 1935, is an Indian playback singer, fourth child of Deenanath Mangeshkar and sister of Lata and Asha, known for Jai Santoshi Maa's bhajans, Mungda, and Marathi and Gujarati singing.

Usha Uthup (उषा अय्यर)

Usha Uthup (उषा उथुप), born 1947 in Bombay, is an Indian pop and playback singer who began at the Nine Gems nightclub in 1969, known for Hari Om Hari, Rambha Ho, and Darling; Padma Bhushan 2024.

Ushna Shah

Ushna Shah is a Pakistani actress and Hum Award winner known for playing negative and morally complex characters in serials such as Balaa, Parizaad, and Habs.

Usseewa

Usseewa (うっせぇわ), roughly "Shut up!", is the 2020 debut single by Japanese singer Ado, written by Vocaloid producer syudou; it topped the Billboard Japan Hot 100 and passed 500 million streams.

Ustad Faiyaaz Wasifuddin Dagar

Ustad Faiyaz Wasifuddin Dagar, born in Delhi in 1968, is an Indian dhrupad singer of the Dagar family tradition, the 20th generation of his lineage, and a Padma Shri recipient.

Usul

Usûl is the metric system of Turkish music: fixed, named rhythmic cycles of strong, semi-strong, and weak beats, one of its two primary elements alongside makam.

Utsu-P

Utsu-P (鬱P) is a Japanese Vocaloid producer who has combined heavy metal and loud rock with synthetic vocals since 2008, writing songs for Hatsune Miku and GUMI.

UVERworld

UVERworld (ウーバーワールド) is a six-member Japanese rock band from Shiga Prefecture, formed around childhood friends TAKUYA∞ and bassist 信人, which debuted in 2005 and has placed 31 singles and 9 albums high on the Oricon charts.