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Adelaido "Payo" Solis III (Grupo Frontera)
Adelaido "Payo" Solis III, known as Payo Solis, is a Mexican-American singer and bajo quinto player who joined Grupo Frontera in 2022, singing on hits including "un x100to" with Bad Bunny.
Adelmário Coelho
Adelmário Coelho is a Brazilian forró pé-de-serra singer from northern Bahia whose 1995 hit "Não Fale Mal do Meu País" spread after looted CDs reached radio.
Adem Ramadani
Adem Ramadani, born 1978 in Skopje, is an Albanian-language singer from North Macedonia who performed folk music before turning to Islamic devotional ilahi songs in 2004.
Adesh Samaroo
Adesh Samaroo, full name Nirmal "Adesh" Samaroo, is a Trinidadian chutney soca singer from Dinsley Village whose 2002 hits, led by "Rum Till I Die", made him a defining voice of the genre's early-2000s boom.
Adidjahiem Records
Adidjahiem Records, also spelled Adidjaheim, is a Jamaican dancehall label founded in 2006 by Vybz Kartel and NotNice, which launched Popcaan and Tommy Lee Sparta.
Adil Omar
Adil Omar, born in London in 1991 and raised in Islamabad, is a Pakistani rapper and producer who raps in English and is counted among the pioneers of Pakistani hip-hop.
Adithya RK
Adithya RK is an Indian playback singer known for Tamil films. His catalog has reached about 291.6 million Spotify streams, with his debut song "Bae" from Don in 2022.
Aditya Narayan (आदित्य नारायण)
Aditya Narayan (आदित्य नारायण), full name Aditya Narayan Jha, is an Indian playback singer, television host, and actor, born in 1987, known for hosting Sa Re Ga Ma Pa and Indian Idol.
Admiral T
Admiral T (Christy Campbell, born 1981 in Guadeloupe) is a French reggae and dancehall artist blending Creole into his music, a leading Antillean dancehall figure since the early 2000s.
Adnan Sami
Adnan Sami (Adnan Sami Khan), singer-composer-pianist of Pakistani-origin origin who became an Indian citizen in 2016 and won the Padma Shri in 2020; known for Kabhi To Nazar Milao with Asha Bhosle, Tera Chehra, and playing Indian classical music on piano.
Ado (アド) (singer)
Ado (アド) is a Japanese utaite singer born in 2002 in Tokyo, face-concealed and represented by ORIHARA illustrations. Debut single "Usseewa" (2020) and One Piece Film Red's "New Genesis" made her a chart-topping, stadium-scale touring artist.
Adolescentes Orquesta
Adolescentes Orquesta, also written Adolescent's Orquesta, is a Venezuelan salsa orchestra founded in Caracas in 1995 by composer Porfi Baloa, known for "Persona Ideal" and "Anhelo".
Adriel Favela
Adriel Favela is a Mexican-American norteño singer and songwriter of original corridos, born in San Francisco and raised in Sonora, Mexico, whose breakthrough came with the 2014 hit "Mujeres de Tu Tipo."
ÆON:MODE
ÆON:MODE is the drum & bass project of Australian-born, Denver-based producer JP Orchison, better known as Blanke, launched in 2022 on Deadbeats to separate his drum & bass output.
Aesop Rock
Aesop Rock is an American underground hip-hop rapper and producer from New York, also known for the vocabulary study ranking him first of 85 rappers. Albums include Labor Days, Skelethon, and Garbology with Blockhead.
Aespa (에스파)
Aespa (에스파) is a four-member SM Entertainment K-pop girl group (Karina, Winter, Giselle, Ningning) that debuted November 17, 2020 with "Black Mamba", known for its avatar metaverse concept, the Melon-record "Supernova", and albums Armageddon and LEMONADE.
Afgan
Afgan (Afgansyah Reza) is an Indonesian pop singer born in Jakarta in 1989 who debuted in 2008, has released seven studio albums, and passed one billion Spotify streams by 2025.
AFI (Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani)
AFI, or Associazione dei Fonografici Italiani, is an Italian trade association of independent record producers, founded in Milan in 1948, which runs a chart of independent labels with FIMI.
Afinarte
Afinarte, also called AfinArte Music, is an independent regional Mexican record label founded in 2013 in California by the Sánchez brothers and Jorge Gaxiola of Voz de Mando.
Afreen Afreen
"Afreen Afreen" (آفرین آفرین) is a qawwali song written by Javed Akhtar and composed by Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, best known from Coke Studio Pakistan's 2016 rendition.
African Head Charge feat. Gaudi + Adrian Sherwood
African Head Charge is a British psychedelic dub collective formed in London in 1981 by Jamaican percussionist Bonjo Iyabinghi Noah with producer Adrian Sherwood of On-U Sound.
African Queen (music)
"African Queen" is a 2004 love ballad by Nigerian singer 2Face Idibia from his debut album Face 2 Face, later named Billboard's greatest Afrobeats song.
Africultures
Africultures is a French non-profit association and media platform founded in 1997 to document and critique contemporary African cultures, publishing a website, a revue, and the magazine Afriscope.
Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa (Lance Taylor, 1957–2026), Bronx DJ called the Godfather of Hip Hop, founded the Universal Zulu Nation and made 1982's electro-funk landmark "Planet Rock"; later accused of child sexual abuse.
Afro B
Afro B, born Ross-Emmanuel Bayeto in 1993 in London to Ivorian parents, is a British DJ-turned-artist best known for the 2018 single "Drogba (Joanna)" and his Afrowave sound.
Afro house
Afro house is a house-music subgenre, tied to South Africa, mixing a 115–125 BPM four-on-the-floor kick with layered African percussion and vocals. Distinct from log-drum-driven amapiano; key artists include Black Coffee and Keinemusik; it surged globally on Beatport and Splice in the 2020s.
Afro Nation
Afro Nation is an Afrobeats festival founded by Nigerian-born promoter SMADE and Obi Asika, first held in 2019 in Portimão, Portugal, and now called the world's biggest Afrobeats festival.
Afro-pop (Ghana)
Afro-pop is the Ghanaian strand of pop-Afrobeats, blending highlife melodies and rhythms with drum-machine Afrobeats; King Promise is its leading figure, and the Telecel Ghana Music Awards honor it with dedicated categories.
Afrocubism
AfroCubism is a group of Malian and Cuban musicians assembled by producer Nick Gold, whose self-titled 2010 album was nominated for a Grammy; it revives the 1996 idea that became Buena Vista Social Club.
Afrojack
Afrojack (Nick Leonardus van de Wall) is a Dutch big room/house DJ and producer from Spijkenisse, Grammy winner for Madonna's 'Revolver' remix and 'Look At Me Now', known for 'Take Over Control', 'Titanium', and his Wall Recordings label.