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Black Stalin
Black Stalin, born Leroy Calliste (1941 to 2022), was a Trinidadian calypsonian from San Fernando who won the Calypso Monarch title five times and was Calypso King of the World in 1999.
Black Star (rap duo)
Black Star is an American hip hop duo from Brooklyn formed by rappers Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, known for their acclaimed 1998 debut album.
Black Stone Cherry
Black Stone Cherry is an American southern rock and hard rock band formed in 2001 in Edmonton, Kentucky, by Chris Robertson, Ben Wells, Jon Lawhon, and John Fred Young. Eight albums, multiple UK rock chart #1s, Kentucky Music Hall of Fame 2024.
Black Thought
Black Thought (Tariq Trotter, born 1973) is a Philadelphia rapper, co-founder and lead MC of the Roots, known for Things Fall Apart, the 2017 Funk Flex freestyle, and the solo Streams of Thought, Cheat Codes, and Glorious Game projects.
Black Tie White Noise
Black Tie White Noise is David Bowie's eighteenth studio album, released in April 1993. His first solo album since 1987, it reunited him with Nile Rodgers and topped the UK chart.
Black Tiger Sex Machine
Black Tiger Sex Machine (BTSM) is a Montreal electronic trio, Marc-André Chagnon, Julien Maranda, Patrick Barry, known for LED tiger helmets, Kannibalen Records, and albums Welcome to Our Church and New Worlds.
Black Tongue
Black Tongue is a British deathcore band from Kingston upon Hull, England, formed in January 2013, known for downtempo "Doomcore" deathcore. Members overlap with Infant Annihilator; releases include Falsifier, Born Hanged, The Unconquerable Dark (2015), and Nadir (2018).
Black Uhuru
Black Uhuru is a Jamaican roots reggae group founded in 1972 by Derrick "Duckie" Simpson, best known for winning reggae's first Grammy Award with Anthem.
Black Veil Brides
Black Veil Brides: American rock band formed in 2006, led by Andy Biersack, known for Kiss- and Mötley Crüe-inspired black makeup and studded glam look, albums from We Stitch These Wounds (2010) to Vindicate (2026).
Black Velvet (song)
Black Velvet (song): 1989 blues-rock ballad by Christopher Ward and David Tyson, recorded by Alannah Myles as an Elvis Presley tribute; No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 in 1990, Grammy winner, UK No. 2.
Black Widow (Iggy Azalea song)
"Black Widow" is a 2014 song by Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora, the fifth single from The New Classic. Written partly by Katy Perry for Prism, produced by Stargate; peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 in the UK.
Blackbear (musician)
blackbear (Matthew Tyler Musto, b. 1990, Florida) is an American singer-songwriter-producer blending pop, emo, R&B, and hip-hop; co-wrote Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" and released Deadroses, Digital Druglord, and Everything Means Nothing.
Blackberry Smoke
Blackberry Smoke, Atlanta Southern rock band formed in 2000, led by Charlie Starr; albums Holding All the Roses and Like an Arrow hit No. 1 on Billboard country; drummer Brit Turner died 2024.
Blackbird (Beatles song)
"Blackbird" is a 1968 Beatles song from the White Album (side two, track 3), a solo Paul McCartney acoustic piece credited to Lennon-McCartney. Recorded 11 June 1968 in 32 takes with foot taps and Eltham's birdsong tape; its motif derives from Bach's Bourrée in E minor, and McCartney links it to the Little Rock Nine.
Blackbriar
Blackbriar is a Dutch gothic and symphonic metal band from Assen, formed in 2012 and fronted by vocalist Zora Cock, known for its cinematic music videos.
Blackened (song)
Blackened is the opening track of Metallica's 1988 album ...And Justice for All, written by Hetfield, Ulrich, and Newsted; a 190 BPM thrash song about nuclear winter, with a 2020 quarantine re-recording.
Blackfoot (band)
Blackfoot, also known as Rick Medlocke and Blackfoot, is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Jacksonville, Florida, best known as a southern hard rock act.
Blackgaze
Blackgaze, also known as blackened shoegaze, is a fusion genre combining black metal techniques like blast beats and shrieked vocals with the layered, reverb-drenched guitars of shoegaze.
Blackie Lawless
Blackie Lawless, stage name of Steven Edward Duren, is the American heavy metal founder, singer, and guitarist of W.A.S.P. (formed 1982, Los Angeles), famous for the PMRC-targeted single Animal (Fuck Like a Beast), shock rock stage shows, and later Christian-era concept albums.
Blackmore's Night
Blackmore's Night: American Renaissance folk-rock band formed 1997 in Mount Sinai, NY, by ex-Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and singer Candice Night; eleven studio albums from Shadow of the Moon (1998) to Nature's Light (2021).
Blackout (Britney Spears album)
Blackout is the fifth studio album by American singer Britney Spears, released on Jive Records in 2007 and later called her best and most influential album by Billboard.
Blackpink (블랙핑크)
Blackpink (블랙핑크) is a four-member YG Entertainment girl group, debuted August 8, 2016 with SQUARE ONE; members Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, Lisa; albums THE ALBUM, BORN PINK, DEADLINE; produced by Teddy.
Blackpink discography
The Blackpink discography is the catalog of releases by the South Korean girl group Blackpink, from its 2016 debut single album Square One to the 2026 EP Deadline.
Blackstar (album)
Blackstar (★) is David Bowie's 25th and final studio album, released 8 January 2016 on his 69th birthday, two days before his death; a jazz-inflected seven-track record made with the Donny McCaslin Quartet and Tony Visconti, it won four posthumous Grammys.
Blackstar (song)
"Blackstar" ("★") is David Bowie's nearly ten-minute title track and first single (20 November 2015) from his final album Blackstar, recorded with Donny McCaslin's quartet, used for The Last Panthers, and directed as a Johan Renck video.
Blackstreet
Blackstreet is an American R&B vocal group founded in New York by Teddy Riley and Chauncey Hannibal after Guy disbanded. Known for the four-week Hot 100 No. 1 "No Diggity" and the 4x platinum album Another Level.
Blackswan (블랙스완)
Blackswan (블랙스완), also B.S., is a four-member K-pop girl group under DR Music, debuted October 16, 2020 via rebranding of Rania, and the first K-pop idol group with no Korean members: Fatou, NVee, Gabi, and Sriya.
Blackwater Park
Blackwater Park is Opeth's fifth studio album, released March 2001, recorded at Studio Fredman and co-produced by Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree. Eight tracks blending death metal with progressive and acoustic passages; the band's international breakthrough, later certified silver.
Blade Runner (soundtrack)
Blade Runner soundtrack, Vangelis score for Ridley Scott's 1982 film, improvised on synthesizers (Yamaha CS-80) at Nemo Studios, London; official release delayed until 1994, expanded in 2007, hugely influential on electronic film music.
Bladee
Bladee (pronounced Blade) is Swedish artist Benjamin Reichwald, founding member of Drain Gang with Ecco2K, Thaiboy Digital, and Whitearmor; albums include Gluee, 333, The Fool, Psykos, and Cold Visions, released on YEAR0001.