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Amelle Berrabah

Amelle Berrabah is an English singer and songwriter who was a member of the Sugababes from December 2005 to 2011, replacing founding member Mutya Buena.

Amen (Igorrr album)

Amen, 2025 fifth album by French project Igorrr (Gautier Serre), Metal Blade, 12 tracks, 44:09, mixing black metal, baroque, breakcore; title nods to the amen break; guests Trey Spruance and Scott Ian.

Amen break

The Amen break, also known as the Amen breakbeat, is a drum solo on The Winstons' 1969 song "Amen, Brother", the most sampled drum loop in music.

Ameno (song)

"Ameno" is a 1996 song by Era, the French new-age project of Eric Lévi, with pseudo-Latin lyrics by Guy Protheroe. It charted across Europe, sold millions via the album Era, and later spawned the dorime meme and the 2021 Ameno Amapiano remix.

America (band)

America is the London-formed soft rock band of Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek, sons of US Air Force personnel, known for "A Horse with No Name," "Sister Golden Hair," the 1972 Best New Artist Grammy, and continued touring as a duo.

America (Simon & Garfunkel song)

"America" is a 1968 Paul Simon song by Simon & Garfunkel from Bookends, telling of two lovers crossing the United States to look for America; rhymefree lyrics, UK No. 25 in 1972, covered by Yes and First Aid Kit.

America (Thirty Seconds to Mars album)

America (2018) is the fifth studio album by American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, released April 6, 2018 on Interscope: 12 pop/electropop tracks featuring A$AP Rocky and Halsey, preceded by singles Walk On Water and Dangerous Night.

America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful: American patriotic song, lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates (1893, Pikes Peak) set to Samuel Ward's 1882 hymn tune Materna; unofficial second anthem, widely sung in churches.

American Authors

American Authors: Brooklyn-based American pop-rock band formed by Berklee classmates Zac Barnett, James Adam Shelley, Dave Rublin, and Matt Sanchez; known for "Best Day of My Life" and the 2014 gold album Oh, What a Life.

American Beauty (album)

American Beauty is the Grateful Dead's fifth studio album, released November 1970, recorded at Wally Heider Studios with producer Stephen Quinn Barncard. The acoustic country-rock follow-up to Workingman's Dead went double platinum and includes Truckin', Ripple, and Friend of the Devil.

American Beauty/American Psycho

American Beauty/American Psycho is Fall Out Boy's sixth studio album, released January 20, 2015 on Island; second post-hiatus LP after Save Rock and Roll, sample-driven pop-rock produced with Jake Sinclair, featuring Centuries, Uma Thurman, and Immortals.

American Boy

American Boy (2008) by British singer Estelle featuring Kanye West, second single from Shine, produced by will.i.am; UK number one for four weeks, US Hot 100 number nine, 2009 Grammy winner for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

American Boychoir School

American Boychoir School, also Columbus Boychoir School, was a non-sectarian residential boys' choir school founded in Columbus, Ohio, in 1937, based in Princeton, New Jersey, from 1950, and closed by bankruptcy in August 2017.

American Dream (21 Savage album)

American Dream is the third solo studio album by Atlanta rapper 21 Savage, released on January 12, 2024, and his fourth consecutive album to debut at number one.

American Federation of Musicians

The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) is an AFL-CIO labor union founded in 1896, representing 70,000 professional musicians in the United States and Canada and negotiating recording wages and residuals.

American folk music

American folk music: the orally transmitted vernacular song and instrumental traditions of the United States, from Anglo-American ballads and fiddle tunes to African American song, documented since 1928 in the Library of Congress Archive and revived commercially in the mid-twentieth century.

American Football (1999 album)

American Football is the 1999 debut album by the American emo band American Football, released by Polyvinyl Record Co. and later hailed as one of emo's most influential records.

American Football (2026 album)

American Football (LP4) is the fourth self-titled album by American Football, released May 1, 2026 on Polyvinyl. First album in seven years, co-produced with Sonny DiPerri, centered on divorce and middle age; Metascore 82.

American Football (band)

American Football (band), from Urbana, Illinois, formed 1997; Midwest emo/indie rock act of Mike Kinsella, Steve Holmes, Steve Lamos, later Nate Kinsella. LP1 (1999) is a genre-defining cult record; reunited 2014, LP4 in 2026.

American Gangster (album)

American Gangster is Jay-Z's tenth studio album and first concept album, released November 6, 2007 on Roc-A-Fella, inspired scene-by-scene by Ridley Scott's 2007 film, produced by the Hitmen, Neptunes, Just Blaze, and No I.D., scoring 83 on Metacritic.

American Girls (Harry Styles song)

"American Girls" is a 2026 synth-pop song by Harry Styles, the second single from his fourth album Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally. Written with Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson, it topped the UK Singles Chart and reached number 3 in Australia.

American Heart (Benson Boone album)

American Heart (2025) is Benson Boone's second album on Night Street/Warner Records: 10 tracks, 30 minutes, co-written with Jack LaFrantz, debuting at No. 2 with 61,000 units.

American Heart World Tour

American Heart World Tour: Benson Boone's third concert tour, his first all-arena run, supporting the 2025 album American Heart. 49-50 shows across North America and Europe, August 22, 2025 to March 15, 2026; won the AMA Breakout Tour award.

American Idiot

American Idiot is Green Day's seventh studio album, a 2004 punk rock opera produced by Rob Cavallo. It topped the Billboard 200, sold over 23 million copies, won the 2005 Grammy for Best Rock Album, and inspired a 2010 Broadway musical.

American Idiot (musical)

American Idiot is a rock musical adapting Green Day's 2004 album, with a book by Billie Joe Armstrong and Michael Mayer, premiered at Berkeley Rep in 2009 and running on Broadway at the St. James Theatre 2010-2011.

American Idiot (song)

American Idiot (song): Green Day's August 31, 2004 lead single and title track of the album American Idiot, an anti-Bush, anti-Iraq War protest anthem by Armstrong, Dirnt, and Tré Cool, produced by Rob Cavallo; revived on charts in 2018 and lyric-updated to "MAGA" in 2024.

American III: Solitary Man

American III: Solitary Man is Johnny Cash's third Rick Rubin-produced American Recordings album, released October 17, 2000; 14 tracks including covers of Tom Petty, Neil Diamond, U2, and Nick Cave, peaking at number 88 on the Billboard 200.

American IV: The Man Comes Around

American IV: The Man Comes Around is Johnny Cash's fourth Rick Rubin-produced American Recordings album, released November 5, 2002, famous for the Nine Inch Nails cover "Hurt," Platinum sales, a No. 22 Billboard 200 peak, and 2003 Americana and CMA Album of the Year awards.

American Jazz Orchestra

American Jazz Orchestra: New York jazz repertory big band (1986-1992) founded by Gary Giddins, Roberta Swann, and John Lewis; debuted at Cooper Union, recorded Ellington and Lunceford tributes, disbanded when funding ran out.

American Life

American Life is Madonna's ninth studio album, released April 21, 2003 on Warner Bros. Produced and co-written with Mirwais Ahmadzaï, the 11-track, 49-minute folk-electronic record hit number one on the Billboard 200, went RIAA platinum, but became her lowest-selling album after the Iraq War-era video for its title track was withdrawn.