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Emperor of Sand

Emperor of Sand is Mastodon's seventh album (Reprise, March 31, 2017), a Grammy-nominated concept record about a man given a death sentence in the desert, written as a metaphor for cancer and grief, produced by Brendan O'Brien; distinct from Tasha Suri's novel Empire of Sand.

Empire (Queensrÿche album)

Empire (1990) is Queensrÿche's fifth studio album, produced by Peter Collins. Triple-platinum, No. 7 Billboard 200, six rock-chart singles including "Silent Lucidity" (#9 Hot 100), the band's biggest seller.

Empire State of Mind

Empire State of Mind: 2009 hip-hop song by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys from The Blueprint 3, his first Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 as lead artist, two-time 2011 Grammy winner, and an unofficial New York City anthem.

Empty Hands (album)

Empty Hands is Poppy's seventh studio album, released January 23, 2026 on Sumerian Records; produced by Jordan Fish, 13 tracks, 38 minutes, metalcore/industrial pop-metal, Metascore 81.

Empty Sky

Empty Sky is Elton John's debut album, released in the UK on DJM on 6 June 1969, produced by Steve Brown with Bernie Taupin lyrics; it missed the UK charts, reached the US only in 1975, and peaked at #6 Billboard.

Encanto (soundtrack)

Encanto (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 2021 Walt Disney Records album with Lin-Manuel Miranda songs and a Germaine Franco score rooted in Colombian vallenato, cumbia, and bambuco; it topped the Billboard 200 and yielded "We Don't Talk About Bruno".

Encore (Eminem album)

Encore is Eminem's fifth studio album, released November 12, 2004 on Shady/Aftermath/Interscope, produced by Eminem and Dr. Dre. Known for Yellow Brick Road, Mockingbird, Mosh, and Just Lose It, it scored 64 on Metacritic and topped the UK chart.

End Hits

End Hits is Fugazi's fifth full-length record, released in 1998 on Dischord Records (catalog 110). Recorded at Inner Ear Studios in 1997 and produced by the band, its experimental post-hardcore sound drew mixed initial reviews.

End of August

End of August is a 2026 song by Noah Kahan, also called "Endin' of August", opening his fourth album The Great Divide. Piano-led folk-pop about late-summer Vermont; peaked at No. 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and went viral on TikTok.

End of Beginning

End of Beginning is a 2022 song by Djo, the stage name of Stranger Things actor Joe Keery, from the album Decide. Written by Keery and co-produced with Adam Thein, it went viral on TikTok in 2024 and again in 2026, topping the UK and Spotify Global charts with over 3 billion streams.

End of Summer (song)

"End of Summer" is a seven-minute 2025 single by Tame Impala (Kevin Parker), his Columbia Records debut, inspired by acid house and bush doofs; later the closing track of the album Deadbeat.

End of the Century

End of the Century, the Ramones' fifth studio album (1980, Sire), produced by Phil Spector at Gold Star Studios; their highest-charting US album at No. 44, with the UK No. 8 hit "Baby, I Love You."

End of the Line (Traveling Wilburys song)

"End of the Line" is a 1988 Traveling Wilburys song, the closing track of Vol. 1, written mainly by George Harrison, released as their second single in January 1989, and known for its music video tribute to the late Roy Orbison.

End of the World (Miley Cyrus song)

"End of the World" (April 3, 2025) is a disco-pop song by Miley Cyrus and the lead single from her ninth album Something Beautiful, co-written with Alvvays' Molly Rankin and Alec O'Hanley, peaking at #23 UK and #52 Billboard Hot 100.

End of You (song)

"End of You" is a 2025 collaborative metal single by Poppy, Amy Lee (Evanescence), and Courtney LaPlante (Spiritbox), released via Sumerian Records, produced by Jordan Fish, and the first three-women-led song to top Billboard's Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.

Ending Is the Beginning: The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show

Ending Is the Beginning: The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show, a December 21, 2012 tribute concert at the Fox Theater, Pomona, where Suicide Silence performed with guest vocalists including Randy Blythe and Max Cavalera, raising money for the Kenadee Lucker Education Fund; released 2014 on Century Media.

Endless (Frank Ocean album)

Endless is Frank Ocean's 45-minute, 18-track visual album released August 19, 2016 on Apple Music, showing him building a staircase; it fulfilled his Def Jam contract and preceded Blonde by one day.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful (album)

Endless Forms Most Beautiful is Nightwish's eighth studio album (Nuclear Blast, March 2015), the first with vocalist Floor Jansen and Troy Donockley, a Darwin-inspired concept album on evolution featuring Richard Dawkins, which topped the Finnish chart.

Endless Love (song)

"Endless Love" (song): 1981 pop-soul duet by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie, written and produced by Richie for Franco Zeffirelli's film. Nine weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, the longest Motown run ever, Oscar and Grammy nominated, famously covered by Luther Vandross and Mariah Carey.

Endless Summer Vacation

Endless Summer Vacation is Miley Cyrus's eighth studio album, released March 10, 2023 on Columbia. Lead single Flowers spent six weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100; the album hit No. 3 and drew mixed reviews.

Endtroducing.....

Endtroducing..... is the 1996 debut album by American producer DJ Shadow (Josh Davis), composed almost entirely from samples of pre-existing recordings, and a landmark of sample-based instrumental hip hop.

Enema of the State

Enema of the State, blink-182's third studio album (June 1, 1999, MCA), produced by Jerry Finn with drummer Travis Barker; singles What's My Age Again?, All the Small Things, Adam's Song; 5X Platinum RIAA, over 15 million sold worldwide.

Engines of Demolition

Engines of Demolition is the twelfth Black Label Society studio album by Zakk Wylde, released March 27, 2026 on Spinefarm/MNRK Heavy, its first since 2021's Doom Crew Inc., closing with the Ozzy Osbourne tribute Ozzy's Song.

Englishman in New York

Englishman in New York: 1987 Sting song from ...Nothing Like the Sun, written about Quentin Crisp, an English writer living in New York. Reggae, classical bridge, and jazz sections; Branford Marsalis sax; David Fincher video; UK peak 51 in 1988, number 15 via 1990 Ben Liebrand remix.

Enigma Variations

Enigma Variations: Elgar's Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 (1899), fourteen musical portraits of his friends; famous for Nimrod and the never-explained hidden-theme puzzle.

Enjoy the Silence

Enjoy the Silence: Depeche Mode single (5 Feb 1990, second from Violator), written by Martin Gore as a harmonium ballad, rebuilt uptempo by Alan Wilder and Flood. UK #6, US #8, 1991 BRIT Best British Single, over 250 covers.

Enjoying the Ride

Enjoying the Ride is a 60-CD live box set by the Grateful Dead, released in 2025 for the band's 60th anniversary with over 450 previously unreleased tracks.

Enola Gay (song)

Enola Gay (song): 1980 synth-pop single by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, written by Andy McCluskey about the B-29 that bombed Hiroshima. UK No. 8, No. 1 in Italy, France and Portugal, five million copies, only single from Organisation.

Ensenada (song)

"Ensenada" is a 2025 single by Sublime, the band's first with frontman Jakob Nowell; it spent seven weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Alternative Airplay chart and opens the 2026 album Until the Sun Explodes.

Enter Sandman

"Enter Sandman" is a 1991 song by American heavy metal band Metallica, the opening track and first single of their self-titled fifth album, which sold more than 16 million copies.