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Giants & Monsters

Giants & Monsters (ジャイアンツ&モンスターズ) is Helloween's 17th studio album, released August 29, 2025 on Reigning Phoenix Music; second album by the seven-member Pumpkins United lineup with Kai Hansen and Michael Kiske, featuring the singles This Is Tokyo and Universe (Gravity For Hearts).

Gibby Haynes

Gibby Haynes (Gibson Jerome Haynes, born 1957) is the American lead vocalist and co-founder of the psychedelic punk band Butthole Surfers, known for his Gibbytronix vocal effects rig, the 1996 hit Pepper, the 2004 solo album Gibby Haynes and His Problem, and current touring with student musicians.

Gibson ES-335

The Gibson ES-335 is a semi-hollow electric guitar introduced by Gibson in 1958, combining hollow-body resonance with the sustain and feedback resistance of a solid body.

Gibson Explorer

Gibson Explorer: angular solidbody electric guitar launched 1958 in Gibson's Modernistic series with the Flying V; only 19 shipped that year, discontinued, revived mid-1970s in mahogany, now a hard rock and metal icon played by Hetfield, Clapton, and The Edge.

Gibson Flying V

Gibson Flying V: V-shaped solid-body electric guitar launched 1958 under Ted McCarty with korina body; 81 shipped, initially a failure, revived late 1960s via Albert King, Hendrix, Schenker; body shape trademark-protected.

Gibson Les Paul

Gibson Les Paul: solid-body electric guitar launched by Gibson in 1952 with guitarist-inventor Les Paul, mahogany body, maple top, P-90s then PAF humbuckers, Tune-O-Matic bridge, SG hiatus, 1968 return.

Gibson SG

Gibson SG (Solid Guitar): Gibson's double-cutaway solidbody electric guitar, launched 1961 as a redesigned Les Paul and renamed SG in 1963. Thin all-mahogany body, deep neck joint, continuous production, Gibson's best-selling electric, favored by Angus Young and Tony Iommi.

Gidayū-bushi

Gidayū-bushi (義太夫節) is a genre of jōruri, Japanese narrated storytelling to shamisen, founded in Osaka by Takemoto Gidayū and performed today in bunraku puppet theater.

Giddha

Giddha (ਗਿੱਧਾ) is a Punjabi women's folk dance from rural Punjab in India and Pakistan, danced in a circle with clapping to witty satirical verses called boliyan, especially at weddings and harvest festivals.

Gift of Gab (rapper)

Gift of Gab (Timothy Parker, born 1970 or 1971; died June 18, 2021) was the American MC of Blackalicious with Chief Xcel, known for Alphabet Aerobics, his solo albums, and the Quannum collective.

Giga (musician)

Giga (ギガ, GigaP), legal name Shouta Honma, born 1991 in Akita, Japan, is a Vocaloid producer and composer known for Gigantic O.T.N, BRING IT ON, and Ado's Odo and Show, and a former REOL member.

Gigantic NGHTMRE

Gigantic NGHTMRE is an American electronic-music supergroup formed by bass producer NGHTMRE and the live-electronica duo Big Gigantic, whose self-titled debut EP appeared in 2023 on Gud Vibrations.

Giggs (rapper)

Giggs (Nathaniel Thompson, also Hollowman) is a Peckham, South London rapper and SN1 founder, pioneer of UK road rap; debut Walk in da Park (2008), Landlord and Wamp 2 Dem both peaked at UK No. 2, known for Drake's KMT.

Gigi (musician)

Gigi, born Ejigayehu Shibabaw in 1974, is an Ethiopian singer based in the United States whose Amharic singing, produced by Bill Laswell, fuses Ethiopian melody with dub and jazz.

Gigi D'Agostino

Gigi D'Agostino (Luigino Celestino Di Agostino, born 1967, Turin) is an Italian DJ and producer behind L'Amour Toujours, Bla Bla Bla, and the slow, heavy Lento Violento style.

Gigi Finizio

Gigi Finizio, stage name of Luigi Finizio, is an Italian singer-songwriter born in Naples in 1965 and a leading exponent of the Neapolitan music scene.

Gigi Perez

Gigi Perez, also known as gigi, is an American indie folk singer-songwriter born 2000 in Hackensack, New Jersey, raised in Florida. Known for the viral 2024 hit "Sailor Song" (UK No. 1, over 1.4 billion Spotify streams) and her self-produced 2025 debut album At the Beach, in Every Life on Island Records.

Gigliola Cinquetti

Gigliola Cinquetti, born in Verona in 1947, is an Italian singer who won Sanremo and Eurovision in 1964 with 'Non ho l'età' at sixteen, giving Italy its first Eurovision victory.

Gil Scott-Heron

Gil Scott-Heron (1949–2011), Chicago-born poet, novelist, and musician, pioneer of spoken-word soul-jazz he called bluesology; wrote "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and "Whitey on the Moon," recorded 15 albums with Brian Jackson, and is called the Godfather of Rap.

Gilbert O'Sullivan

Gilbert O'Sullivan, real name Raymond Edward O'Sullivan (born 1946, Waterford), Irish singer-songwriter behind "Alone Again (Naturally)", six UK number ones, the 1982 £7m royalties judgment, and the 1991 Biz Markie sample-clearance case.

Gilby Clarke

Gilby Clarke (born 1962, Cleveland) is an American guitarist, singer, and producer, Guns N' Roses rhythm guitarist 1991–1994 replacing Izzy Stradlin, solo albums Pawnshop Guitars and The Gospel Truth, Rockstar: Supernova, Kings of Chaos.

Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson, French-born London-based DJ and broadcaster; coined acid jazz, founded Acid Jazz, Talkin' Loud, Brownswood Recordings (2006) and Worldwide FM (2016); hosts BBC 6 Music; AIM Outstanding Contribution 2025.

Gillian Gilbert

Gillian Lesley Gilbert (born 1961, Manchester), English keyboardist and guitarist of New Order, joined October 1980; married to Stephen Morris; side project The Other Two; left 2001, rejoined 2011; living with cancer as of 2026.

Gillian Welch

Gillian Welch, born Gillian Howard Welch in 1967, is an American singer-songwriter performing old-time and bluegrass-influenced original songs with guitarist David Rawlings, known for Revival, Time (The Revelator), Acony Records, and the O Brother soundtrack.

Gimme More

"Gimme More" is a 2007 Britney Spears song, the lead single from Blackout, produced by Danja and written with Keri Hilson and Marcella Araica; it peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and opens with "It's Britney, bitch".

Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter: 1969 Rolling Stones song by Jagger and Richards opening Let It Bleed, with Merry Clayton's cracked guest vocal; also the 1970 Maysles-Zwerin documentary of the band's 1969 tour and the Altamont killing.

Gimme Some Lovin'

Gimme Some Lovin' is a 1966 single by the Spencer Davis Group, written by Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood, and Spencer Davis. It peaked at number 2 in the UK and number 7 in the US, and was later covered by the Blues Brothers.

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) is a 1979 ABBA disco single written by Andersson and Ulvaeus, sung by Agnetha Faltskog, a UK number 3 hit later sampled in Madonna's Hung Up.

Gims

Gims (Maître Gims), born Gandhi Djuna in Kinshasa in 1986, is a Congolese-French rapper-singer, ex-Sexion d'Assaut leader, and million-selling solo artist behind Subliminal and Mon cœur avait raison.

Gin and Juice

Gin and Juice (also Gin & Juice) is a 1994 Snoop Doggy Dogg single from Doggystyle, produced by Dr. Dre; it hit No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100, went RIAA Gold, and later lent its name to a cocktail brand.