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Mo Ostin
Mo Ostin (Morris Meyer Ostrofsky, 1927-2022), American record executive who ran Sinatra's Reprise and then Warner Bros. Records from 1963 to 1994, building an artist-first label with Hendrix, Prince, and Madonna, later DreamWorks; Rock Hall 2003.
MO3 (rapper)
MO3 (Melvin Abdul Noble Jr., 1992–2020) was a Dallas rapper from Northside Dallas, aka "Nawfghanistan," known for "Errybody" and the Boosie Badazz collab Badazz MO3; killed on I-35 in 2020, with Yella Beezy indicted in 2025.
Moa Kikuchi (菊地最愛)
Moa Kikuchi (菊地最愛), stage name MOAMETAL, born 1999 in Aichi Prefecture, is the Scream & Dance performer of BABYMETAL, a Sakura Gakuin graduate and former student council president, active with SU-METAL and MOMOMETAL.
Moana (soundtrack)
Moana (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack): 2016 Walt Disney Records album for Disney's 56th animated feature, songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Opetaia Foa'i, and Mark Mancina; platinum, Oscar-nominated 'How Far I'll Go'.
Moana 2 (soundtrack)
Moana 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), the 2024 Walt Disney Records album for Disney's Moana 2, with songs by Barlow & Bear, Opetaia Foa'i, and Mark Mancina replacing Lin-Manuel Miranda; UK peak No. 7, top 10 on three Billboard album charts.
Mob Rules (album)
Mob Rules (album), Black Sabbath's tenth studio album (November 4, 1981), second with Ronnie James Dio and first with Vinny Appice, produced by Martin Birch; title track from the Heavy Metal soundtrack, remastered in 1996, 2008, 2010, and 2021 deluxe editions.
Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep, the Queens hip hop duo of Prodigy (Albert Johnson) and Havoc, pioneered hardcore East Coast rap with The Infamous (1995), Hell on Earth, and Murda Muzik; ended by Prodigy's 2017 death, concluded by Infinite (2025).
MoBlack Records
MoBlack Records is an Italian afro house record label founded in December 2013 by Mimmo Falcone, the DJ and producer who records as MoBlack, and Beatport's top-selling afro house label in 2023 and 2024.
MOBO Awards
MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin), annual British music awards founded by Kanya King in 1996 honoring hip hop, grime, R&B, jazz, gospel, and African music; 30th ceremony held 2026 in Manchester.
Moby
Moby (Richard Melville Hall, born 1965), American electronic musician, DJ and animal-rights activist; punk beginnings, 1991 hit 'Go', 20 million records sold, and the multi-million-selling album Play (1999).
Moby Grape
Moby Grape, American psychedelic rock band formed in San Francisco in late 1966 by Spence, Miller, Lewis, Mosley, and Stevenson; acclaimed 1967 debut album on Columbia; decades of name litigation with Matthew Katz resolved in the band's favor in 2005-2006.
Mocambo (nightclub)
Mocambo was a celebrity nightclub at 8588 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, opened January 3, 1941 by Charlie Morrison and Felix Young; known for Tony Duquette's Latin-themed decor, bird aviaries, Sinatra's 1943 solo debut, and Ella Fitzgerald's 1955 Monroe-arranged booking. Distinct from Toronto's El Mocambo.
Mochakk
Mochakk, real name Pedro Luis Nunes Maia (born 1999, Sorocaba, Brazil), is a house and tech-house DJ and producer behind "Da Fonk" and "Jealous", the DOGGHAÜZ label, OBLIQO club, and the Mochakk Calling events, distinct from any other artist of the name.
Mockingbird (Eminem song)
Mockingbird (Eminem song): 2004 track 16 on Encore, released as a single April 25, 2005, written with Luis Resto; a lullaby to Hailie and Alaina, peaked No. 11 on the Hot 100, 4x Platinum.
Mod Sun
Mod Sun (Derek Ryan Smith, b. 1987, Bloomington, Minnesota): American rapper-turned-pop-punk singer; name means Movement on Dreams, Stand Under None; albums Look Up, BB, Internet Killed the Rockstar, God Save The Teen.
Modal jazz
Modal jazz: jazz style improvising on modes rather than chord progressions, defined by slow harmonic rhythm. Pioneered via George Russell's 1953 theory, Miles Davis's "Milestones" (1958) and Kind of Blue (1959), then Coltrane's 1960s work.
Modão
Modão is an affectionate Brazilian term for traditional sertanejo music, especially songs popular between the 1950s and 1980s, performed by duos with viola caipira or violão.
Mode (music)
Mode (music): the arrangement of intervals in a scale with a tonal center. Covers Greek tonoi, the eight medieval church modes, Glarean's twelve-mode system, and major-minor tonality, plus raga and maqam comparisons.
Modern Baseball
Modern Baseball (MoBo), Philadelphia pop-punk/emo band formed around 2011-2012 by Brendan Lukens and Jake Ewald with Ian Farmer and Sean Huber; albums Sports, You're Gonna Miss It All, and acclaimed Holy Ghost (2016) before a 2017 mental-health hiatus.
Modern Drummer
Modern Drummer, also known as Modern Drummer Magazine, is an American monthly drumming magazine founded in 1977 by drummer Ron Spagnardi, known for interviews, gear reviews, and educational columns.
Modern English (band)
Modern English is an English post-punk/new wave band formed in 1979 in Colchester, Essex, signed early to 4AD. Known for the 1982 single "I Melt with You," a number-78 Billboard hit from After the Snow, featured in Valley Girl and later RIAA-certified gold.
Modern Life Is Rubbish
Modern Life Is Rubbish: Blur's second studio album (10 May 1993), produced by Stephen Street, UK Albums Chart No. 15, a cornerstone of Britpop; the title is also shared by a 2018 romance comedy film.
Modern Talking
Modern Talking: German synth-pop/Eurodisco duo of Dieter Bohlen and Thomas Anders, formed Berlin 1983; hits "You're My Heart, You're My Soul" and "Brother Louie"; split 1987, reunited 1998-2003, over 120 million records sold.
Modern Vampires of the City
Modern Vampires of the City is Vampire Weekend's third studio album, released May 14, 2013 on XL Recordings, produced by Rostam Batmanglij and Ariel Rechtshaid, a number-one Billboard 200 record about faith and mortality.
Modernism (music)
Modernism in music: turn-of-the-20th-century period of change in musical language, breaking from Romantic tonality via atonality, Schoenberg's twelve-tone serialism, Impressionism, and neoclassicism (Debussy, Stravinsky, Bartók), dominant after WWII then critiqued by postmodernism.
Modest Mouse
Modest Mouse, American indie rock band formed 1993 in Issaquah, Washington, by Isaac Brock, Jeremiah Green, and Eric Judy; known for The Lonesome Crowded West, The Moon & Antarctica, and the 2004 hit "Float On."
Modest Mussorgsky (Модест Петрович Мусоргский)
Modest Mussorgsky (Модест Петрович Мусоргский) was a Russian composer, member of the nationalist group The Five, known for Boris Godunov, Pictures at an Exhibition, and Night on Bald Mountain.
Modhaus (모드하우스)
Modhaus (모드하우스) is a Seoul K-pop entertainment company founded November 30, 2021 by Jaden Jeong and Joseph Baek. It manages tripleS, ARTMS, and idntt and runs the Cosmo app, where fans buy NFT Objekt photocards and vote via COMO tokens on group decisions.
Modjo
Modjo is a French house duo formed in Paris in 1999 by Romain Tranchart and Yann Destal, best known for the 2000 hit "Lady (Hear Me Tonight)".
Modular Recordings
Modular Recordings (Modular), Australian record label founded 1998 by Steve Pavlovic; home of The Avalanches, Cut Copy, The Presets, Wolfmother, Tame Impala; Universal joint venture from 2005, absorbed after 2015 royalty disputes.