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Arctic Monkeys

Arctic Monkeys, an English rock band formed in 2002 in High Green, Sheffield (Alex Turner, Jamie Cook, Matt Helders, Nick O'Malley), hold the fastest-selling UK debut album, six UK number 1 albums, 7 Brit Awards, and the AM-era hit Do I Wanna Know?

Arctic Monkeys discography

The Arctic Monkeys discography covers seven studio albums by the English rock band from Sheffield, six of which topped the UK chart between 2006 and 2018.

Arcturus (band)

Arcturus is an avant-garde/symphonic black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1990 from members of Mortem, with Sverd, Hellhammer, and vocalists Garm and ICS Vortex; not the same as the US band of that name.

Ardalan

Ardalan, full name Ardalan Noghre-Kar, is an Iranian-born house producer and DJ based in the United States, best known for his work with Dirtybird Records.

Ardhito Pramono

Ardhito Pramono is an Indonesian singer-songwriter and actor known for a modern lounge sound and the songs 'Cigarettes of Ours' and 'Waking Up Together With You'.

Are You Experienced

Are You Experienced, 1967 debut album by the Jimi Hendrix Experience, produced by Chas Chandler, released May 1967 (UK Track) and August 23, 1967 (US Reprise) with different tracklists, recorded on 4-track tape with backwards-tape title track.

Are You Gonna Go My Way

Are You Gonna Go My Way: Lenny Kravitz's third studio album and its title track, released March 9, 1993 on Virgin Records. Recorded analog at Waterfront Studios, Hoboken; sold over four million copies, hit number 1 on Billboard Album Rock Tracks, and earned 1994 Grammy nominations.

Are'are laments

Are'are laments (aamamata) are funeral laments sung by women of the 'Are'are people of southern Malaita, Solomon Islands, enumerating the good things the deceased did for the singers.

Aref

Aref (عارف), fully Aref Arefkia, was an Iranian pop singer and actor nicknamed Sultan of Hearts, a pre-revolution radio star who spent decades in exile and died in 2026.

Arena rock

Arena rock, also called anthem rock or stadium rock, is a style of hard rock of the 1970s and 1980s built for large venues, with acts such as Journey, Boston, and Queen.

Arenile Reload (Naples)

Arenile Reload, formerly Arenile di Bagnoli, is a beachfront nightclub in Bagnoli, Naples, Italy, founded in 1994 from a project by Umberto Frenna and renamed in 2008 after a restyling.

Areski Belkacem

Areski Belkacem, known as Areski (1940–2026), was a French avant-garde chanson multi-instrumentalist of Kabyle origin who composed for his partner Brigitte Fontaine for over five decades and released only three solo albums.

Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin (1942–2018), the Queen of Soul, American singer and pianist from Detroit; 18 Grammys, 75 million records, first woman in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1987), famous for "Respect" and Amazing Grace.

Aretha Franklin discography

Aretha Franklin discography: the recorded output of the Queen of Soul, more than forty studio albums across J.V.B., Columbia, Atlantic, Arista, and RCA, with 112 charting singles, 20 No. 1 R&B hits, and 18 Grammy Awards.

Arfin Rumey

Arfin Rumey (আরফিন রুমি) is a Bangladeshi singer, composer, and music director, born in Dhaka in 1984, known for film songs including Projapoti (2011) and two Best Singer awards.

Argent (band)

Argent: English progressive rock band formed in 1969 by ex-Zombies keyboardist Rod Argent with Russ Ballard, Jim Rodford, and Bob Henrit; known for "Hold Your Head Up" (No.5, 1972) and "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You", later covered by Kiss; active 1969-1976, seven studio albums.

Argentine tango

Argentine tango, or Argentinian tango, is a partner dance and musical genre born in the late 1800s in Buenos Aires and Montevideo, listed by UNESCO in 2009.

Ari Abdul

Ari Abdul (Arianna Abdul), Brooklyn-born dark alternative pop singer; viral TikTok hit "BABYDOLL" (2021-2022), EPs Fallen Angel and CCTV on RCA, debut album THE VOID due 2026.

Ari Lennox

Ari Lennox (Courtney Shanade Salter, born 1991) is an American R&B singer from Washington, D.C., Dreamville's first female signee, known for Shea Butter Baby, "Pressure," Age/Sex/Location, and Vacancy.

Ari Up

Ari Up (Arianna Forster, 1962-2010) was the German-born frontwoman of the British punk band the Slits, which she co-founded at 14 in 1976; she pioneered punk-reggae fusion on the 1979 album Cut.

Aria

Aria: Italian for 'air'; a self-contained solo vocal piece in opera, oratorio, or cantata, contrasting with recitative. Key forms include the Baroque da capo aria (ABA) and the 19th-century cavatina-cabaletta.

ARIA Charts

ARIA Charts, Australia's official weekly singles and albums rankings by the Australian Recording Industry Association since 1983, combining physical, digital, and streaming data; includes Top 50, Australian Artist, genre, and On Replay charts.

ARIA Fine Arts Awards

The ARIA Fine Arts Awards are the specialised ARIA Awards categories for Australian classical, jazz, world music, and soundtrack recordings, judged by genre expert panels with distinct eligibility criteria.

ARIA Music Awards

ARIA Music Awards, the ARIAs, Australia's annual music awards run since 1987 by the Australian Recording Industry Association; 30 categories, Voting Academy and public voting, held at Sydney's Hordern Pavilion, with Amyl and The Sniffers topping 2025.

Arian Band

Arian Band (گروه آریان) is an Iranian pop band formed in Tehran in 1998 by Ali Pahlavan and Payam Salehi, reportedly the first mixed-gender pop band officially approved in post-revolutionary Iran.

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande (born 1993, Boca Raton, Florida) is an American singer and actress, formerly Cat Valentine on Victorious, with eight studio albums, ten Hot 100 No. 1 hits, three Grammys, and a 2025 Oscar nomination for Wicked.

Ariana Grande discography

Ariana Grande discography: eight studio albums from Yours Truly (2013) to petal (2026), plus Christmas Kisses, the k bye for now live album, and Wicked soundtracks; ten Hot 100 number ones and eight No. 1 song debuts.

Ariana Savalas

Ariana Savalas (born 1987, Los Angeles) is an American jazz cabaret singer, songwriter, and burlesque performer, youngest daughter of Telly Savalas and a founding vocalist of Postmodern Jukebox.

Ariana TV

Ariana TV (Ariana Television Network, ATN) is a private television and radio network in Kabul, Afghanistan, founded by Ehsan Bayat in 2005, with a sister news channel, Ariana News.

Ariel Camacho

Ariel Camacho (José Ariel Camacho Barraza, 1992–2015), Sinaloan requinto singer and founder of Los Plebes del Rancho; his album El Karma and guitar-tuba trio sound made him the godfather of corridos tumbados.