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O Holy Night

O Holy Night (Minuit, chrétiens; Cantique de Noël) is a Christmas carol with lyrics by Placide Cappeau and music by Adolphe Adam, written in Roquemaure, France in the 1840s, translated by John Sullivan Dwight, and said to be the first song broadcast on radio.

O mio babbino caro

O mio babbino caro is a soprano aria from Puccini's one-act comic opera Gianni Schicchi (1918), third of Il trittico, premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on 14 December 1918. Lauretta sings it begging her father to let her marry Rinuccio.

O Rappa

O Rappa is a Brazilian band from Rio de Janeiro, formed in 1993, that blends reggae, rock, rap, dub, and samba and is fronted by vocalist Marcelo Falcão.

O Tannenbaum

O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) is a German Christmas song: Zarnack's 1820 love-song stanza plus Anschütz's 1824 Christmas stanzas, on a 16th-century folk melody also used for The Red Flag and Maryland, My Maryland.

O-Hum

O-Hum (اوهام) is an Iranian rock band formed in Tehran in the late 1990s and fronted by Shahram Sharbaf, known for setting Hafez's poetry to rock.

O-o-h Child

"O-o-h Child" is a 1970 soft-soul single by Chicago family group the Five Stairsteps, written by Stan Vincent, Buddah 165; it peaked at No. 8 Hot 100, No. 14 R&B, sold a million copies, and is their signature song.

O-Town

O-Town is an American boy band formed in 2000 on ABC's Making the Band with Lou Pearlman, signed by Clive Davis to J Records, known for "Liquid Dreams" and "All or Nothing", broken up 2003, reunited 2013.

O-Zone

O-Zone, a Moldovan Eurodance trio formed in 1999 in Chișinău by Dan Bălan, disbanded in 2005. Known for "Dragostea din Tei" (the Numa Numa song), number 1 in 32 countries and over 12 million copies sold.

O. P. Nayyar (ओमकार प्रसाद नैय्यर)

O. P. Nayyar (ओमकार प्रसाद नैय्यर), the "rhythm king" of Hindi film music, 1926-2007; Lahore-born, self-taught composer of Naya Daur, Aar Paar, Kashmir Ki Kali; Filmfare 1958; never worked with Lata Mangeshkar.

O.A.R.

O.A.R. (Of a Revolution), American rock band formed 1996 in Rockville, Maryland; rock-reggae college jam act behind "That Was a Crazy Game of Poker" and "Shattered," ten studio albums, and the 2026 Three Decades Tour.

O.F.T.B.

O.F.T.B. (Operation from the Bottom) was a Watts, Los Angeles gangsta rap group (1990-2013) of Flipside, Bust Stop, and Low M.B., known for Straight Up Watts (1992) and Death Row soundtrack appearances.

O.P.P. (song)

O.P.P. is a 1991 Naughty by Nature single on Tommy Boy from their self-titled album, sampling the Jackson 5's "ABC," peaking at No. 6 on the Hot 100, with "other people's property" as a euphemism for infidelity.

O'Flynn (musician)

O'Flynn, real name Ben Norris, is a British DJ and producer from Hackney, London, making sample-led house music since his 2015 debut on Blip Discs.

O'Kenneth (musician)

O'Kenneth, born Kenneth Opoku, is a Ghanaian rapper from Kumasi and a founding voice of the Asakaa drill movement, whose 2026 album Came of Age peaked at #2 in Ghana.

O\I

o\i (backslash, not oblique) is Peter Gabriel's eleventh studio album, released 27 November 2026 on Real World; 13 tracks completing the 25-track i/o / o\i project, delivered song by song on each full moon of 2026.

Ö3 Austria Top 40

The Ö3 Austria Top 40 is Austria's official weekly singles chart, compiled by GfK Entertainment for IFPI Austria, broadcast by Hitradio Ö3 since 1967 and named Top 40 since 1995.

Oasis (band)

Oasis, English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991, originally The Rain, led by Liam and Noel Gallagher; Britpop leaders behind Definitely Maybe and (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, split 2009, reunited for the 2025 Live '25 tour.

Oasis discography

Oasis discography: seven UK number-one studio albums (1994–2008) by the Manchester Britpop band, plus The Masterplan, Familiar to Millions, Stop the Clocks, Time Flies, 27 singles, 70 million albums sold, and 2025 reunion reissues.

Oasis Live '25 Tour

Oasis Live '25 Tour is the 2025 reunion world tour by the English rock band Oasis. It ran from July 4 to November 23, 2025, with 41 shows.

Oathbreaker (band)

Oathbreaker is a Belgian extreme metal band from Ghent, formed in 2008 and fronted by vocalist Caro Tanghe, best known for the 2016 album Rheia.

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da: Beatles song by Paul McCartney, ska-styled, from the 1968 White Album; title from Nigerian conga player Jimmy Scott's phrase; 42-hour Abbey Road sessions; Marmalade's cover hit UK number one.

Obi Asika

Obi Asika is a Nigerian creative industry entrepreneur and public official, Director General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, appointed by President Bola Tinubu in January 2024.

Obie Bermúdez

Obie Bermúdez is a Puerto Rican Latin pop singer-songwriter, born in Aibonito and raised in New Jersey, whose album Todo el Año won a Latin Grammy in 2005.

Obie Trice

Obie Trice (Obie Trice III, born 1977) is a Detroit rapper, aka Obie 1, signed to Eminem's Shady Records; his albums include Cheers (2003, Billboard 200 No. 5) and Second Round's On Me (2006), and his tagline is 'real name, no gimmicks.'

Obituary (band)

Obituary is an American death metal band formed in 1984 in the Tampa, Florida area and one of the pioneering groups of the Florida death metal scene.

Obladaet

Obladaet, born Nazar Yuryevich Votyakov, is a Russian rapper and trap artist from St. Petersburg, described in 2022 as one of the most popular in Russian rap.

Obo Addy

Obo Addy (1936–2012) was a Ghanaian Ga master drummer and composer who pioneered Worldbeat, based in Portland, Oregon, and won a 1996 NEA National Heritage Fellowship.

Oboe

The oboe, also called hautboy, is a double-reed woodwind pitched in C, developed in France in the 1650s and a standard member of the orchestra.

OBOY

OBOY, born Mihaja Ramiarinarivo in Madagascar in 1997, is a French rapper of the cloud rap and mumble rap scene, known for the hits "TDB" and "Cabeza".

Obscene Extreme

Obscene Extreme is an annual extreme-music festival focused chiefly on grindcore, held at the Bojiště ground in Trutnov, Czech Republic, and first staged in 1999 by Miloslav "Čurby" Urbanec.