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Worlds Apart (group)

Worlds Apart is a Franco-British boy band formed in London in 1992 whose bilingual hit Je te donne and album Everybody made it a star act in France.

Wouter Kellerman

Wouter Kellerman, born in Johannesburg in 1961, is a South African flautist and composer who has won three Grammy Awards and South Africa's Order of Ikhamanga in Gold.

Wovenwar

Wovenwar was an American metal band formed in 2013 by members of As I Lay Dying with singer Shane Blay, releasing two albums on Metal Blade Records.

Wretch 32

Wretch 32 (Jermaine Scott Sinclair), Tottenham-born English rapper and former grime MC; 2011 hits Traktor (No. 5), Unorthodox (No. 2), Don't Go (No. 1); Black and White topped UK R&B chart; 2025 album HOME?; Creative Director at 0207 Def Jam.

Wu Chun (吴尊)

Wu Chun, born Goh Kiat Chun (吳吉尊), is a Bruneian actor, singer, and model who debuted in Taiwan in 2005 as a member of the Mandopop boy group Fahrenheit.

Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber

Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber is the farewell tour of the American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, announced February 24, 2025, and extended through 2026 with international legs.

WUK

WUK, short for Werkstätten- und Kulturhaus, is a self-managed cultural center and concert venue in Vienna, housed in a former locomotive factory occupied by activists and opened in 1981.

Wuki

Wuki, the stage name of Kris Barman, is an American DJ and producer blending booty breaks, electro, and house, with a Grammy-nominated Miley Cyrus remix.

WUKONG

WUKONG is the stage persona of Singaporean DJ and producer Alfy Ngor, who performs a self-coined "oriental rave" style built on Chinese instruments and mythology.

WurlD

WurlD is the stage name of Sadiq Onifade, a Nigerian singer and songwriter born in Lagos in 1987 who fuses soul, R&B, and electronic music within Afrobeats.

Wust El Balad

Wust El Balad (وسط البلد) is an Egyptian soft-rock and independent band founded in Cairo in 1999, named after Downtown Cairo and blending Arabic music with rock and jazz.

Wuta Mayi

Wuta Mayi, born Gaspard Wuta Mayi, is a Congolese rumba and soukous singer born in Kinshasa in 1949, a veteran of TPOK Jazz, Les Quatre Étoiles, and Kékélé.

Wyclef Jean

Wyclef Jean (Nelust Wyclef Jean), Haitian-American rapper, singer, guitarist, and producer; Fugees member behind The Score (1996); solo hits The Carnival, Gone till November, Hips Don't Lie; founded Yele Haiti; 2010 Haitian presidential bid; 2026 Quantum Leap seven-album project.

Wytch Hazel

Wytch Hazel are an English hard rock and heavy metal band from Lancaster, formed in 2011, known for a devotional, medieval-styled take on 1970s rock, with five albums on Bad Omen Records.

X Japan (エックス・ジャパン)

X Japan (エックス・ジャパン) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1982 in Chiba by childhood friends Yoshiki and Toshi, which pioneered visual kei and has sold more than 30 million records.

X-Qlusive Holland

X-Qlusive Holland is a recurring hardstyle event series by Dutch promoter Q-dance, first held in 2003, mixing leading Dutch hardstyle DJs with Dutch-language party acts.

X-Raided

X-Raided, the stage name of Anerae Veshaughn Brown, is an American gangsta rapper from Sacramento, California, who recorded 12 albums from prison and was paroled in 2018 after 26 years for murder.

X:IN (엑신)

X:IN (엑신), a multinational five-member K-pop girl group debuted April 2023 under Escrow Entertainment; members E.Sha, Nizz, Hannah (Korea), Nova (Russia), Aria (India); releases include SYNCHRONICITY, THE REAL, Defend Myself, Hyper, Girls On Fire In Tokyo, and first studio album Chain Reaction.

X1 (band)

X1 (엑스원) was an 11-member South Korean project boy group formed on Mnet's Produce X 101, debuting August 27, 2019 with "Flash" from Quantum Leap and disbanding January 6, 2020 after the Mnet vote manipulation scandal.

Xandra

Xandra is the professional name of Alexandra Pohl, an American self-taught house DJ and internet personality from Cincinnati, Ohio, based in Miami, signed to Kygo's Palm Tree Records.

Xavi (singer)

Xavi (Joshua Xavier Gutiérrez Alonso), Mexican-American corridos tumbados singer from Phoenix, Arizona; hit "La Diabla" topped Spotify's Global 200; albums NEXT (2024) and Dosis (2026) on Interscope.

Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat (Francisco de Asís Javier Cugat Mingall; 1900–1990), Spanish-born, Cuba-raised bandleader called the Rumba King. Led the Waldorf-Astoria orchestra from 1930, popularized Latin dance music in the US, recorded Perfidia, appeared in about 25 films.

Xavier de Rosnay

Xavier de Rosnay (born 1982), full name Xavier Dulong de Rosnay, is the French graphic-designer-turned-musician who forms, with Gaspard Augé, the electro duo Justice; he is the duo's talkative spokesman, co-creator of Cross, D.A.N.C.E., and Hyperdrama.

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Xavlegbmaofffassssitimiwoamndutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx (Xavleg, ZAV-leg), South African slam/brutal death metal band formed in Durban in 2016 by Vulvodynia members; known for its 52-letter name, Meme-Grind label, Gore EP (2016), Gore 2.0 (2018), and the 2025 EP Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.

Xênia França

Xênia França, also known as Xenia Franca, is a Brazilian singer from Bahia who won a 2023 Latin Grammy for her album Em Nome da Estrela.

Xenia Manasseh

Xenia Manasseh, also credited as Xenia Karungu, is a Kenyan-Ugandan R&B singer-songwriter and producer from Nairobi, based in Los Angeles, known for the Love/Hate albums.

Xenia Rubinos

Xenia Rubinos is an American singer-songwriter of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent based in Brooklyn, known for genre-blending albums like Black Terry Cat (2016) and Una Rosa (2021).

XG (エックスジー) (group)

XG (エックスジー, Xtraordinary Genes, formerly Xtraordinary Girls) is a seven-member all-Japanese girl group under Avex's XGALX, debuting 2022 with 'Tippy Toes', singing only in English as 'X-pop', touring globally and charting on the Billboard 200.

Xia Zhiguang (夏之光)

Xia Zhiguang (夏之光), born 2000 in Hefei, is a Chinese singer-actor, X玖少年团 dance member, fourth-place finisher on Produce Camp 2019 with R1SE, now a Huanyu Entertainment actor.

Xiaojun (肖德俊)

Xiaojun (肖俊, Xiao Dejun 肖德俊), born 1999 in Dongguan, China, is the main vocalist of WayV and an NCT/NCT U member; debuted January 17, 2019 with The Vision, acted in Hello, My Youth, and debuted solo in 2024 with 最佳損友.