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Reprise (cover tradition)
Reprise is the French term for a cover, any new version of a song from an existing original; broader than "cover", it is central to the chanson tradition.
Reprise Records
Reprise Records, American record label founded December 1960 by Frank Sinatra for artistic freedom, sold two-thirds to Warner Bros. on August 3, 1963; Mo Ostin built it, now a Warner Records Group imprint led by Jeff Sosnow.
Reptilian Club Boyz
Reptilian Club Boyz (RCB, ReptilianClubBoys, Blood Rayne Boys) was a Tennessee-based American internet rap collective founded in 2016, disbanded 2021; known for Reptilian Shrine, Rock Out Gang, and influence on hexD and 2020s underground rap.
Republic (album)
Republic (1993) is New Order's sixth studio album, released on London Records after Factory Records' collapse; produced by Stephen Hague, it topped the UK chart, featured the single Regret, and preceded an eight-year gap.
Republic Records
Republic Records is an American record label founded in 1995 by Monte and Avery Lipman, now a Universal Music Group division; Billboard's #1 label of the last decade, home to Taylor Swift, Drake, and The Weeknd imprints.
Republica
Republica: British rock band formed in London in 1994, fronted by Saffron (Samantha Marie Sprackling), blending acid house, punk, and guitars. Known for the 1996 debut album (UK No. 4) and hits "Ready to Go" and "Drop Dead Gorgeous." Not the Polish band Republika.
Repulsion (group)
Repulsion is an American grindcore and death metal band from Flint, Michigan, whose single album Horrified, recorded in 1986 and released in 1989, became a foundational grindcore record.
Reputation (album)
Reputation (stylized reputation) is Taylor Swift's sixth studio album, released November 2017 on Big Machine; 15 tracks with Max Martin, Shellback, and Jack Antonoff; darker post-2016-feud pop; no Grammy nominations; masters repurchased in 2025, no Taylor's Version.
Reputation Stadium Tour
Reputation Stadium Tour: Taylor Swift's fifth world tour, supporting reputation (2017), all-stadium run of 53 shows from 8 May to 21 November 2018, grossing $345,675,146; record U.S. tour gross with a V-shaped video wall, Karyn the cobra, and a 2018 Netflix concert film.
Requiem (Fauré)
Fauré's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 (Requiem en ré mineur), a French choral-orchestral Mass for the dead composed 1887–1900, premiered 1888 at the Madeleine, published in symphonic version 1901, omitting the Dies irae.
Requiem (Lloyd Webber)
Requiem (Andrew Lloyd Webber) is a 1985 Latin Requiem Mass setting premiered at St. Thomas Church, New York, conducted by Lorin Maazel; it won the 1986 Grammy for Best Contemporary Composition and spawned the hit Pie Jesu.
Requiem (Mozart)
Mozart's Requiem (K. 626, Requiem in D minor): unfinished 1791 mass for soloists, chorus, and dark-voiced orchestra, completed 1792 by Süssmayr after Eybler withdrew; commissioned anonymously by Count Walsegg to memorialize his wife.
Requiem (Verdi)
Verdi's Messa da Requiem (1874), a funeral mass for four soloists, double chorus, and orchestra in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, premiered 22 May 1874 at San Marco, Milan; grew from his 1869 Libera me for the Rossini collaborative Requiem.
Rescene (리센느)
Rescene (리센느, Riseneu) is a five-member South Korean girl group under THE MUZE Entertainment, debuted March 26, 2024 with Re:Scene; members Woni, Liv, Minami, May, Zena; scent concept; 2026 "LOVE ATTACK" chart resurgence.
Rescuer (song)
Rescuer (song): title shared by Rend Collective's 2017 worship single "Rescuer (Good News)" (CCLI 7094920, from Good News), Alex Warren's 2026 Atlantic single from WILDCHILD, and a 2026 Eponymous 4 track.
Reshma (ریشما)
Reshma (ریشماں), c. 1947–2013, Pakistani folk singer born in Bikaner, Rajasthan; discovered at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine, famed for "Lambi Judai" and "Dam Mast Qalander", recipient of the Sitara-i-Imtiaz. Distinct from other singers named Reshma.
Resident Advisor
Resident Advisor is a London-based electronic music magazine and event-listings and ticketing platform founded in Sydney in 2001 by Nick Sabine and Paul Clement, now one of the most influential outlets in electronic dance music.
Residente
Residente, born René Pérez Joglar, is a Puerto Rican rapper and director. He is known for his social criticism and co-founded Calle 13, which won 24 Latin Grammys.
Residuals (song)
"Residuals" is a 2024 contemporary R&B ballad by Chris Brown from 11:11 (Deluxe), produced by Eric Hudson and Blaq Tuxedo; it peaked at No. 40 on the Hot 100, topped three Billboard airplay charts, and was Grammy-nominated for Best R&B Performance.
Resistance Records
Resistance Records: white power music label founded December 1993 by George Burdi in Windsor, Ontario, moved to Detroit, later owned by the National Alliance's William Pierce; webstore closed 2017.
Resolve
Resolve is a French metalcore quartet from Lyon, formed in 2016 and signed to Arising Empire, known for the albums Between Me and The Machine (2021) and Human (2023).
Resonator guitar
Resonator guitar, also called resophonic guitar or Dobro: acoustic guitar with spun aluminum cones replacing the soundboard, invented by John Dopyera in 1920s Los Angeles; tricone, biscuit, and spider-bridge designs used in blues and bluegrass.
Resorte
Resorte is a rap-metal and nu-metal band from Mexico City, founded in 1995, whose debut República de Ciegos is called the pioneering album of Mexican nu metal.
Respect (Aretha Franklin recording)
Respect (Aretha Franklin recording): Aretha Franklin's 1967 Atlantic reworking of Otis Redding's 1965 Stax song, recorded February 14, 1967; her version hit No. 1 on the Hot 100, won two 1968 Grammys, and became a civil rights and feminist anthem.
Respect (song)
Respect: Otis Redding's 1965 soul song, transformed by Aretha Franklin in 1967 into a two-week Billboard Hot 100 number 1, feminist and civil rights anthem, and National Recording Registry inductee.
Rest (music)
Rest (music): the notated sign of silence, also called pausa or Pause, matching every note value in duration. Covers origin with mensural notation, staff placement, dots, multi-measure rests, and listener and performer research.
Rest in Bass
REST IN BASS (Rest in Bass) is the 2025 second studio album by Atlanta rapper Che, released July 18 on 10K Projects; an 18-track, 48-minute rage rap record with OsamaSon, Xaviersobased, and Chuckyy, distinct from same-titled singles by SPXRIX and others.
Restricted (DJ)
Australian DJ and producer Rhys Sfyrios (born 1999, Adelaide), aka Restricted; hard techno and hard dance artist, founder of Revive Records (2024), with #1 Beatport Hardcore/Neo Rave singles like Tunnel Vision.
Results May Vary
Results May Vary is Limp Bizkit's fourth studio album, released September 23, 2003 on Flip/Interscope. Their only album without Wes Borland, recorded with replacement Mike Smith after scrapped sessions, it earned a Metacritic score of 33 and peaked at number 7 in the UK.
Resurrection Band
Resurrection Band (Rez Band, REZ) was a Christian rock band formed in 1972 in the Jesus People USA community, Chicago, led by Glenn and Wendi Kaiser; its 1978 debut Awaiting Your Reply pioneered Christian hard rock.