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Reb Beach

Reb Beach (Richard Earl Beach Jr., born 1963, Pittsburgh) is an American hard rock guitarist, Winger co-founder, Whitesnake member since 2003, ex-Dokken and Alice Cooper, known for two-handed tapping and Ibanez and Suhr signature guitars.

Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire (Reba Nell McEntire), American country singer, actress, and businesswoman; Grand Ole Opry and Country Music Hall of Fame member with dozens of No. 1 singles, coach on NBC's The Voice and star of Happy's Place.

Reba Meyers

Reba Meyers, Pittsburgh guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter; founding member of Code Orange (two Grammy nominations), first female ESP signature artist (LTD RM-600), solo Clouded World EP (2025), and touring guitarist for Marilyn Manson and Danny Elfman.

Rebbie Jackson

Rebbie Jackson (Maureen Reillette Jackson-Brown, born 1950) is the eldest Jackson sibling, an American R&B singer whose 1984 Michael Jackson-produced hit "Centipede" reached #4 R&B and #24 Hot 100 across four studio albums.

Rebecca Black

Rebecca Black, American singer-songwriter and DJ born 1997 in Irvine, California; viral at 13 with 2011's "Friday"; later albums Let Her Burn, SALVATION, and Age of the Exhibitionist.

Rebecca Ferguson (singer)

Rebecca Caroline Ferguson, Liverpool-born English soul, jazz and pop singer-songwriter (born 1986), X Factor 2010 runner-up behind Matt Cardle; albums Heaven, Freedom, Lady Sings the Blues, Superwoman, Heaven Part II; MBE 2024.

Rebecca St. James

Rebecca St. James (Rebecca Jean Smallbone, born 1977, Sydney) is an Australian-born contemporary Christian singer, Grammy winner for Pray (Best Rock Gospel Album), author of Wait For Me, and sister of For KING & COUNTRY's Smallbone brothers.

Rebekah Harkness

Rebekah Harkness (born Rebekah Semple West, also Betty Harkness; 1915-1982), American Standard Oil heiress, composer, sculptor, and dance patron who founded the Harkness Ballet (1964-1975), Harkness House, and the Harkness Foundation, and inspired Taylor Swift's "The Last Great American Dynasty."

Rebel (mixtape)

Rebel (mixtape): EsDeeKid's 2025 debut tape, also called Rebel by the masked Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid, 11 tracks, Wraith9-produced, featuring Rico Ace, fakemink, and Fimiguerrero.

Rebel Diamonds

Rebel Diamonds is The Killers' second greatest-hits compilation (after Direct Hits), released 8 December 2023: 20 tracks from all seven studio albums plus three 2022-2023 songs, hitting UK Number 1 and spawning a 2024 arena tour.

Rebel Heart

Rebel Heart is Madonna's 13th studio album, released March 10, 2015 on Interscope after demo leaks. Producers include Diplo, Avicii, Kanye West, and Ariel Rechtshaid; 19-track standard, Metascore 68.

Rebel Heart Tour

The Rebel Heart Tour, also known as the Rebel Heart World Tour, was Madonna's tenth concert tour, promoting her 2015 album Rebel Heart with 82 sold-out shows.

Rebel Rebel

Rebel Rebel is a 1974 David Bowie glam rock single from Diamond Dogs, written by Bowie with riff input from Alan Parker, released 15 February 1974 (UK #5, US #64 in a revised version), his farewell to glam rock.

Rebel Salute

Rebel Salute is an annual reggae festival in Jamaica, founded by singer Tony Rebel in 1994, known for its alcohol-free, meat-free, family-oriented character and preservation of roots reggae.

Rebel Yell (album)

Rebel Yell, Billy Idol's November 10, 1983 second solo album on Chrysalis, produced by Keith Forsey with Steve Stevens; hit No. 6 on the Billboard 200, went double platinum, and spawned the No. 4 hit "Eyes Without a Face".

Rebelion

Rebelion are a Scottish hardstyle duo of Gary O'Dea and Raymond Baird, based in the Netherlands, who run the label Acid Reign and play festivals like Defqon.1 and Tomorrowland.

Rebelution (band)

Rebelution is an American reggae rock band formed in 2004 in Isla Vista, Santa Barbara, California, by UCSB students Eric Rachmany, Rory Carey, Marley D. Williams, and Wesley Finley; known for Courage to Grow, seven consecutive Billboard Reggae number-ones, and a 2017 Grammy nomination.

Rebirth (Lil Wayne album)

Rebirth is Lil Wayne's seventh studio album and rock crossover debut, released February 2, 2010 on Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Motown after repeated delays; it scored 37 on Metacritic, the lowest-reviewed record of 2010.

Rebirth Brass Band

Rebirth Brass Band: New Orleans brass band founded in 1983 by Phil and Keith Frazier with Kermit Ruffins at Clark High School in Treme; Grammy winner for Rebirth of New Orleans, famed for its Tuesday Maple Leaf Bar residency.

Reble

Reble is the stage name of Daiaphi Lamare, an Indian rapper and songwriter from Nangbah, Meghalaya, formerly performing as Daya. Known for the Entropy EP, New Riot, and rap verses on the Lokah Chapter 1 and Dhurandhar soundtracks.

Rec. 118

Rec. 118 is a French urban music record label founded in 2016 by William Edorh within Warner Music France, best known for Aya Nakamura and Ninho.

Recess (album)

Recess is the 2014 debut studio album by American electronic producer Skrillex (Sonny Moore), released March 14 on OWSLA/Big Beat; 11 tracks, 46 minutes, guests include Ragga Twins, Chance the Rapper, and CL; it debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200.

Recession pop

Recession pop, also called Electropop 08, is a retroactive label for upbeat late-2000s/early-2010s dance-pop (Lady Gaga, Kesha, Rihanna) released around the Great Recession, revived via TikTok in 2024-2025 with a 6.4% US streaming bump; it is not a proven recession indicator.

Reckless (Bryan Adams album)

Reckless (1984) is Bryan Adams' fourth studio album, produced with Bob Clearmountain and written with Jim Vallance; it hit #1 on Billboard in 1985, sold about 12 million copies, and launched "Summer of '69" and "Heaven".

Reckoning (R.E.M. album)

Reckoning, alternatively titled File Under Water, is R.E.M.'s second studio album (1984, I.R.S. Records), produced by Mitch Easter and Don Dixon; it peaked at No. 27 in the US and No. 91 in the UK and went Gold in 1991.

Record label

Record label: a company producing, marketing, and distributing recorded music, from the three majors (Universal, Sony, Warner, over 83% share) to thousands of independents; origins trace to Edison's 1877 phonograph and Berliner's 1887 gramophone.

Record label closures of the 2000s

Record label closures of the 2000s were the shutdowns, bankruptcies, and absorptions of record labels between 2000 and 2009, as US recorded-music revenue fell by roughly half.

Record label discography

A record label discography is a catalog of the recordings a record label issued, organized by the label's own catalog numbers and series rather than by performer.

Record labels by country

Record labels by country is an overview article surveying how label industries differ across countries, how major versus independent market share is measured, and where the evidence disagrees.

Record labels of Africa

Record labels of Africa are the businesses that finance, produce, market, and distribute recorded music by African artists, including Mavin Records in Lagos and Gallo in Johannesburg.