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Armin van Buuren
Armin van Buuren (born 1976, Leiden) is a Dutch trance DJ and producer, host of A State of Trance since 2001, co-founder of Armada Music, five-time DJ Mag number one, and Grammy-nominated for "This Is What It Feels Like".
Armored Saint
Armored Saint is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1982, known for a bluesy, melodic style and the acclaimed 1991 album Symbol of Salvation.
Army of Lovers
Army of Lovers is a Swedish dance-pop and eurodance group from Stockholm, formed by Alexander Bard, Jean-Pierre Barda, and La Camilla, known for its campy image and the 1991 hit "Crucified".
Army Stadium
Army Stadium, formally Bangladesh Army Stadium, is an open-air stadium in Banani, Dhaka, run by the Bangladesh Army and known for landmark concerts from South Asian Rockfest 2011 to Magical Night 2.0 in 2024.
Arnel Pineda
Arnel Pineda (born 1967, Sampaloc, Manila) is a Filipino singer, Journey's lead vocalist since December 2007, discovered by Neal Schon via Noel Gomez's YouTube videos of his band the Zoo; albums Revelation and Eclipse.
Arno
Arno (Arnold Hintjens, 1949–2022) was a Belgian singer, frontman of TC Matic, known for a husky voice and lyrics mixing English, French, and Ostend dialect.
Arnold Schering
Arnold Schering (1877–1941) was a German musicologist who held chairs at Leipzig, Halle, and Berlin, edited the Bach-Jahrbuch, and wrote on Bach, Beethoven, and musical symbolism.
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg (Arnold Schönberg, 1874–1951), Viennese-born composer who pioneered atonality and invented the twelve-tone method, teacher of Berg and Webern, exile in Los Angeles, rival of Stravinsky.
Aron (South Korean singer)
Aron (아론), born Aaron Kwak with the Korean name Kwak Youngmin, is a Korean-American singer and rapper from Los Angeles who debuted in 2012 as a member of the boy group NU'EST.
AronChupa
AronChupa is the stage name of Swedish DJ and producer Aron Michael Ekberg (born 1991, Borås), member of Albatraoz; his 2014 single "I'm an Albatraoz", sung by sister Little Sis Nora, hit number 1 in Sweden and Denmark and has about 702 million Spotify streams.
Arooj Aftab
Arooj Aftab is a Pakistani-American singer, songwriter, and composer based in Brooklyn, New York, who sets Urdu and Sufi poetry within jazz; she won the 2022 Grammy for Best Global Music Performance.
Around the Fur
Around the Fur, Deftones' second album (1997, Maverick), produced by Terry Date at Studio Litho, Seattle; features My Own Summer, Be Quiet and Drive, and the Headup tribute to Dana Wells; platinum in 2011.
Around the Sun
Around the Sun is R.E.M.'s 13th studio album, released October 5, 2004 on Warner Bros., produced by Pat McCarthy with the band. Its troubled, interrupted recording, UK number 1 but weak US sales, and poor reviews made it the band's critical low point.
Around the World (Daft Punk song)
"Around the World" is a 1997 French house song by Daft Punk from Homework, its only lyric sung 144 times, a Chic-inspired bassline, a Michel Gondry video, UK number 5 and number 1 dance charts.
Around the World (La La La La La)
"Around the World (La La La La La)" is the 2000 debut single by German-based Eurodance group ATC, which topped the German Singles Chart for six weeks.
Around the World in a Day
Around the World in a Day is Prince and the Revolution's seventh studio album (Paisley Park/Warner Bros., April 1985), a psychedelic follow-up to Purple Rain featuring Raspberry Beret and Pop Life, double platinum in the US.
Arp Frique
Arp Frique is the musical project of Niels Nieuborg, a Rotterdam-born, Amsterdam-based multi-instrumentalist whose funk, disco, and Cape Verdean records debuted in 2018 on Rotterdam's Rush Hour label.
Arpeggio
Arpeggio (Italian, from arpa, harp): a chord's notes played one after another in ascending or descending order; a specific type of broken chord, marked by a wavy line, with the Alberti bass as its best-known named pattern.
Arraial do Pavulagem (Belém)
Arraial do Pavulagem is a musical and cultural collective from Belém, Pará, founded in 1987, best known for the Arrastão, free June street corteges opening with a fluvial procession.
Arranged Marriage (music)
"Arranged Marriage" is a 1992 single by Birmingham's Apache Indian, fusing bhangra with ragga reggae in his bhangramuffin style; it peaked at number 16 on the UK chart in 1993.
ArrDee
ArrDee is the stage name of Riley Jason Davies (born 2002), a British rapper from Brighton known for the viral Body remix verse, the number 2 mixtape Pier Pressure (2022), and multiple UK Top 10 singles.
Arrested Development (group)
Arrested Development, the Atlanta alternative hip-hop group founded in 1988 by Speech and Headliner, won 1993 Grammys for Best New Artist and "Tennessee," released the multi-platinum debut 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of…, and still tours as a full band.
Arrival (ABBA album)
Arrival (ABBA album), ABBA's fourth studio album, released 11 October 1976 on Polar Music. Recorded in Stockholm, it contains Dancing Queen (their only US number one) and topped the UK chart for 10 weeks, becoming 1977's best-selling UK album.
Arrow Boy
Arrow Bwoy, born Ali Yusuf, is a Kenyan singer and songwriter from Huruma, Nairobi, whose Afropop, dancehall, and reggae blend broke through with 'Digi Digi' in 2017.
ARS Company
ARS Company (АРС) is a Russian music and show-business holding founded by composer Igor Krutoy in January 1989, covering artist management, concerts, radio, and the annual Pesnya Goda festival.
Ars nova
Ars nova, Latin for 'the new art', is the fourteenth-century French polyphonic style named for a treatise attributed to Philippe de Vitry (c. 1320 or 1322), with notation reforms advanced by Johannes de Muris, Machaut as leading composer, and ars subtilior as its late phase.
Arsen Dedić
Arsen Dedić (1938–2015) was a Croatian singer-songwriter, composer, and poet, the central figure of the Zagreb chanson scene, known for "Kuća pored mora" and "Moderato cantabile".
Arsenal Mikebe & Valentina Magaletti
Arsenal Mikebe & Valentina Magaletti is a music collaboration between the Ugandan percussion trio Arsenal Mikebe, from the Nyege Nyege collective, and drummer Valentina Magaletti.
Ärsenik
Ärsenik is a French rap duo formed in Villiers-le-Bel in 1992 by the Congolese-origin brothers Lino and Calbo, best known for their 1998 double-gold debut album Quelques gouttes suffisent.
Arslan Naseer
Arslan Naseer, known as CBA (Comics By Arslan), is a Pakistani comedian and actor who rose through satirical YouTube videos before his 2021 acting debut in Chupke Chupke.