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Massari and Ali Gatie

Massari (Sari Abboud) and Ali Gatie are Arab-Canadian singers based in Toronto who recorded the 2020 UN World Food Programme song "I See The Dream (Badna Salam)" together.

Masseduction

Masseduction is the fifth studio album by St. Vincent (Annie Clark), released October 13, 2017 on Loma Vista; 13 synth-pop tracks co-produced with Jack Antonoff, Metascore 88, with a 2018 piano reworking called MassEducation.

Massey Hall

Massey Hall, originally Massey Music Hall, is Toronto's 1894 concert hall built as a gift from Hart Massey and designed by Sidney Badgley. A National Historic Site since 1981, it reopened in 2021 as part of the Allied Music Centre.

Massimo Di Cataldo

Massimo Di Cataldo, born in Rome in 1968, is an Italian pop singer-songwriter who broke through at the Sanremo festival with the 1996 hit "Se adesso te ne vai".

Massimo Pericolo

Massimo Pericolo is the stage name of Alessandro Vanetti, an Italian rapper born in 1992 in the province of Varese, Lombardy, who broke through with the 2019 album Scialla semper.

Massive Attack

Massive Attack, the Bristol band formed in 1988 by Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, and Andrew Vowles, pioneered trip-hop with Blue Lines (1991) and Mezzanine (1998), while rejecting the genre label.

MassKara Festival

MassKara Festival, Bacolod City's October 'festival of many faces', founded 1980 after a sugar crisis and the MV Don Juan sinking; smiling masks, street dance, Electric MassKara, declared a Bacolod cultural property.

Masta Ace

Masta Ace, born Duval Clear in 1966, is a Brooklyn rapper, Juice Crew member featured on 1988's "The Symphony," known for SlaughtaHouse, Sittin' On Chrome, and the concept albums Disposable Arts and A Long Hot Summer.

Masta Killa

Masta Killa (Elgin Turner, also Jamel Irief, Noodles), born 1969 in Brooklyn, is the ninth and last original member of the Wu-Tang Clan, debuting on "Da Mystery of Chessboxin'" and releasing solo albums No Said Date through Balance.

Master KG

Master KG, born Kgaogelo Moagi in 1996 in Tzaneen, Limpopo, is a South African DJ and producer behind "Jerusalema" and bolobedu house.

Master of Puppets

Master of Puppets is Metallica's third studio album, released March 3, 1986 on Elektra. Recorded in Copenhagen with Flemming Rasmussen, it peaked at Billboard number 29, sold over 10 million copies, and was the first metal album in the National Recording Registry.

Master of Puppets (song)

Master of Puppets is Metallica's 1986 anti-drug thrash metal title track, written by Hetfield, Ulrich, Burton, and Hammett, recorded in Copenhagen, and later a first-time chart hit via Stranger Things.

Master of Reality

Master of Reality is Black Sabbath's third studio album, released July 21, 1971 on Vertigo and Warner Bros. Recorded at Island Studios with producer Rodger Bain, its C# downtuned guitar and bass laid the foundation for doom and stoner metal.

Master P

Master P (Percy Robert Miller), New Orleans rapper and entrepreneur, founded No Limit Records, pioneered independent hip-hop ownership via an 85/15 Priority Records deal, later became New Orleans entertainment ambassador and UNO basketball executive.

Master Saleem

Master Saleem (Saleem Shahzada), Punjabi Sufi and Bollywood playback singer born in Shahkot, Punjab; son of Ustad Puran Shah Koti; known for Mast Kalandar, Maa Da Ladla, Aahun Aahun, and Dhol Jageero Da.

Masterplan (band)

Masterplan (band): German power metal band founded by ex-Helloween guitarist Roland Grapow and drummer Uli Kusch (2001/2002); debut Masterplan (2003), albums through Metalmorphosis (2026), Frontiers Records.

Masters at Work

Masters at Work (MAW) are a house music production and remix duo formed in New York in 1990 by Louie Vega and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez.

Masters of Reality

Masters of Reality: American rock band formed 1981 in Syracuse, New York by Chris Goss and Tim Harrington, named after a misprinted Black Sabbath Master of Reality label; Rick Rubin-produced 1989 debut, Ginger Baker era, Palm Desert Scene ties, 2025 album The Archer.

Masters of the Universe (2026 soundtrack)

Soundtrack album for the 2026 Masters of the Universe film: score by Daniel Pemberton with Brian May on guitar, The Darkness title song, released June 5, 2026 by Lakeshore Records, Deluxe Edition August 14, 2026.

Mastodon (band)

Mastodon, Atlanta metal band formed in 2000 by Brann Dailor, Troy Sanders, Bill Kelliher, and Brent Hinds; sludge-to-progressive metal, Leviathan, Grammy-winning Sultan's Curse, ninth album Marrow Deep (2026).

Mat Bastard

Mat Bastard is the stage name of Mathieu-Emmanuel Monnaert, a French rock singer born in 1979 in Brussels, known as the frontman of Skip the Use.

Mat Kearney

Mat Kearney (born 1978, Eugene, Oregon) is a Nashville-based American singer-songwriter blending acoustic pop, folk, hip-hop beats, and spoken word; known for "Nothing Left to Lose" (2006), Top 20 Billboard 200 albums, and 2.5 billion streams.

Mat Osman

Mat Osman (Matthew David Osman) is an English bassist, co-founder of Britpop band Suede (formed 1989 with Brett Anderson), later a journalist and author of the 2020 novel The Ruins; brother of presenter Richard Osman.

Matador Records

Matador Records is a New York City independent record label founded in 1989 by Chris Lombardi, known for indie rock acts including Pavement, Yo La Tengo, and Interpol.

Matariki

Matariki, also called the Pleiades or Seven Sisters, is the star cluster whose midwinter heliacal rising marks the Māori New Year in Aotearoa New Zealand; some iwi instead use Puanga (Rigel). It became a national public holiday in 2022, with dates set by lunar calendar.

Matchbox Twenty

Matchbox Twenty, also known as Matchbox 20, is an American rock band formed in 1995 in Orlando, Florida, known for hits such as "Push," "3AM," and "Unwell."

Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.

Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. is Slipknot's self-released 1996 debut album, pressed in 1,000 copies on Pale One Music with original vocalist Anders Colsefni; later deemed a demo, it became a prized collector's item and was re-recorded with Kaosis in 2024.

Materia (Julia Holter album)

Materia is Julia Holter's seventh album, released August 21, 2026 on Domino as a seven-track companion to 2024's Something in the Room She Moves, reworking the song "Materia" into two new versions inspired by Hildegard von Bingen.

Material (band)

Material was an American experimental band formed in New York City in 1979 by Bill Laswell, Michael Beinhorn, and Fred Maher, fusing jazz, funk, punk, and hip-hop.

Material Girl

"Material Girl" is Madonna's 1985 dance-pop single from Like a Virgin, written by Peter Brown and Robert Rans, produced by Nile Rodgers; it peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and gave Madonna her lasting nickname.