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Bach cantatas (Koopman)
Ton Koopman's complete Bach cantata cycle: 22 volumes, 67 CDs, recorded 1994-2004 with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, first cycle to include all 21 secular cantatas, on Erato and Antoine Marchand.
Bach cantatas (Teldec)
Teldec Bach cantatas: Das Kantatenwerk, the first complete period-instrument cycle of Bach's sacred cantatas, recorded 1971–1990 by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Gustav Leonhardt, 48 volumes on 83 discs, Gramophone Special Achievement Award 1990.
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis
Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV), the standard thematic catalogue of Johann Sebastian Bach's works, compiled by Wolfgang Schmieder (1950; 2nd ed. 1990; BWV³ 2022 by Blanken, Wolff, Wollny). Organized by genre, not chronology; BWV numbers identify all Bach compositions.
Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera album)
Back to Basics is Christina Aguilera's fifth studio album, a 22-song double album released by RCA on August 15, 2006, drawing on 1920s-1940s blues, jazz, and swing; Metascore 69, with Candyman and Hurt among its songs.
Barack Obama's summer playlist
Barack Obama's summer playlist is the annual hand-picked song list Obama has shared each summer since 2015, first on the White House Spotify account in Day and Night halves, later on personal social media, briefly skipped in 2025.
Barry Mann
Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman, 1939), American Brill Building songwriter; with wife Cynthia Weil wrote "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "On Broadway", "Somewhere Out There"; Songwriters and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame.
Beastie Boys discography
Beastie Boys discography: eight studio albums by the New York rap trio (Mike D, Ad-Rock, MCA), from Licensed to Ill (1986), the first rap album to top the Billboard 200, to Hot Sauce Committee, Part Two (2011), plus compilations and live releases.
Beck discography
The Beck discography spans 15 studio albums from 1993's Golden Feelings to Ride Lonesome (2026), moving between anti-folk, funk, and electronic pop, with three Grammy-winning albums.
Being Inc. discography
Being Inc. (株式会社ビーイング) was a Japanese record label company active from 1978 to 2023, known for supplying over 130 Detective Conan theme songs before being succeeded by B ZONE.
Big Sean discography
The discography of Big Sean, the Detroit rapper Sean Michael Leonard Anderson, spans the Finally Famous mixtapes, six studio albums from 2011 to 2024, and two collaborative LPs.
Billboard charts
Billboard charts: weekly U.S. music popularity rankings by Billboard magazine, led by the Hot 100 (singles, since August 1958) and Billboard 200 (albums). Compiled by Luminate from streaming, sales, and radio airplay; methodology has changed repeatedly, notably in 1991, 2005–2013, and 2026.
Billboard Global 200
Billboard Global 200: weekly worldwide songs chart launched September 14, 2020 by Billboard and MRC Data, ranking songs from over 200 territories by weighted streaming and download sales tracked by Luminate; companion chart Global Excl. U.S.; first number one was WAP.
Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100: the weekly US all-genre singles chart launched August 4, 1958 with Ricky Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" at No. 1, ranking songs by Luminate-tracked streaming, radio airplay, and sales, with recurrent rules and 2026 weighting changes.
Billboard Year-End
Billboard Year-End: annual cumulative rankings of Billboard weekly-chart performance for songs, albums, artists, and labels, launched in the 1940s; tracked over an offset chart year (roughly late October to mid-October), compiled from Luminate data.
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2002
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2002: annual ranking of the year's 100 biggest US Hot 100 songs from SoundScan sales and BDS airplay. Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" was No. 1; only nine songs topped the weekly chart.
Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Songs of 2016
Billboard Year-End Hot Rap Songs of 2016: annual ranking of the year's top US rap songs from the weekly Hot Rap Songs chart. 2016 No. 1s included "Don't Mind," "Panda," and "Black Beatles"; Drake set a record 17 chart-toppers.
Billy Currington
Billy Currington (William Matthew Currington, born 1973, Savannah, Georgia) is an American country singer signed to Mercury Nashville in 2003, with seven studio albums, 12 No. 1 singles, and hits like People Are Crazy.
Billy Preston discography
Billy Preston discography: albums by the American soul keyboardist (1946–2006), from 1960s Vee-Jay organ records and Apple's That's the Way God Planned It and Encouraging Words to A&M hits "Outta Space," "Will It Go Round in Circles," and "Nothing from Nothing."
Black and Yellow
"Black and Yellow" is a 2010 hip-hop single by Wiz Khalifa, produced by Stargate, about his black-and-yellow car and Pittsburgh's colors. It hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, became the Steelers' Super Bowl XLV anthem, and earned two Grammy nominations.
Black Skinhead
Black Skinhead (BLKKK SKKKN HEAD), 2013 Kanye West song from Yeezus, produced with Daft Punk; SNL debut May 18, 2013; three-times US platinum; interactive Nick Knight video.
Blew
Blew is a 1989 song by Nirvana, written by Kurt Cobain and the opening track of the debut album Bleach on Sub Pop; it also titled the band's UK-only Tupelo EP of the same year.
Blinded by the Light
"Blinded by the Light" is a Bruce Springsteen song from his 1973 debut Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.; Manfred Mann's Earth Band's 1976 cover, with the "revved up like a deuce" mishearing, hit Billboard No. 1 in February 1977.
Blitzkrieg Bop
Blitzkrieg Bop: 1976 Ramones punk song written mainly by drummer Tommy Ramone with Dee Dee Ramone (originally 'Animal Hop'), the band's debut single from the album Ramones, known for the 'Hey ho, let's go' chant inspired by the Bay City Rollers' Saturday Night.
Blondie discography
Blondie discography: the New York new wave band's studio albums from Blondie (1976) and Parallel Lines (1978) through Pollinator (2017) and the upcoming High Noon (2027), plus live albums, compilations, and the Against the Odds box set.
BloodPop
BloodPop (Michael Tucker, born 1990, Kansas City) is an American producer and songwriter, formerly Blood Diamonds, known for Bieber's Purpose and "Sorry", Lady Gaga's Joanne and Chromatica, and "Friends".
Blue Note Records discography
Blue Note Records discography: catalog of the jazz label founded by Alfred Lion in New York, January 6, 1939, organized by series from the 1500 and 4000 LPs through United Artists BN-LA numbers to current releases and Tone Poet and Classic reissue lines.
Bob Marley and the Wailers discography
Bob Marley and the Wailers discography: catalog of the reggae band (also called Bob Marley & The Wailers), covering nine Island studio albums (1973–1980, plus Confrontation 1983), early ska-era releases, Live! (1975), the 56-week UK hit Exodus (1977), and Legend (1984), the best-selling reggae album of all time, through posthumous releases into the 2020s.
Bob Seger discography
Bob Seger discography: 18 studio albums from Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (1968) to I Knew You When (2017), plus Live Bullet, Night Moves, Against the Wind, and compilations, mostly on Capitol Records.
Bobby Caldwell discography
The Bobby Caldwell discography spans 1978 to 2019, anchored by his 1978 debut album and the hit single "What You Won't Do for Love," which reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100.
Bobby Tarantino
Bobby Tarantino is the fifth mixtape by Maryland rapper Logic, a surprise release on July 1, 2016 via Def Jam and Visionary Music Group; 11 tracks, 32:21, produced by Logic and 6ix, featuring Pusha T on "Wrist".