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Ashley Monroe

Ashley Monroe (born 1986, Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American country singer-songwriter, Pistol Annies member with Miranda Lambert and Angaleena Presley, solo albums from Satisfied to Tennessee Lightning and Dear Nashville.

Ashley Parker Angel

Ashley Parker Angel (born 1981) is an American singer-actor, O-Town frontman from ABC's Making the Band, solo artist with Soundtrack to Your Life (2006), and Broadway performer in Hairspray and Wicked.

Ashnikko

Ashnikko (Ashton Nicole Casey, born 1996) is an American rapper and singer based in London, known for the TikTok-viral "Stupid" and the mixtape Demidevil; albums WEEDKILLER (2023) and Smoochies (2025).

Ashokan Farewell

Ashokan Farewell: waltz by Jay Ungar, 1982, written at his Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp; theme of Ken Burns' The Civil War (1990) and the Sullivan Ballou letter cue.

Ashton Irwin

Ashton Fletcher Irwin (born 1994, Hornsby, Sydney) is the Australian drummer and vocalist of pop rock band 5 Seconds of Summer, which he joined in December 2011, and the first band member to release solo albums: Superbloom (2020) and BLOOD ON THE DRUMS (2024).

Ashwini Bhide Deshpandey

Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande (अश्विनी भिडे-देशपांडे) is a Hindustani classical vocalist of the Jaipur-Atrauli gharana who left biochemistry for music and received the Padma Shri in 2025.

Asia (Asia album)

Asia (1982) is the self-titled Geffen debut by the supergroup of John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, and Carl Palmer; produced by Mike Stone, it topped the Billboard 200 for nine weeks and was 1982's best-selling US album.

Asia (band)

Asia is an English rock supergroup formed in London in 1981 by John Wetton, Steve Howe, Geoff Downes, and Carl Palmer, veterans of 1970s progressive rock bands.

Asia Artist Awards (아시아 아티스트 어워즈)

Asia Artist Awards (아시아 아티스트 어워즈, AAA): South Korean annual awards hosted by STARNEWS since 2016, combining K-Pop singers with K-Drama and K-Movie actors; distinct from the separate ASEA ceremony; recent editions in Kaohsiung.

Asian Doll

Asian Doll (Misharron Jermeisha Allen), also Asian Da Brat, is an American rapper from Dallas, Texas; first woman signed to Gucci Mane's 1017 Eskimo Records in 2018, known for prolific mixtapes, "Nunnadet Shit," and drill albums.

Asian Dub Foundation

Asian Dub Foundation: British electronic rock band formed 1993 at London's Farringdon Community Music House, fusing jungle, dub, punk, and South Asian music with political lyrics; albums include Rafi's Revenge (1998) and Community Music (2000).

Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション)

Asian Kung-Fu Generation, known to fans as Ajikan (アジカン), is a Japanese rock band formed in 1996 at Kanto Gakuin University in Yokohama, led by Masafumi Goto.

Asif Akbar

Asif Akbar (আসিফ আকবর) is a Bangladeshi playback and pop singer, born in 1972 in Comilla, whose 2001 album O Priya Tumi Kothay sold about 6 million copies.

Ask That God

Ask That God is the fourth studio album by Australian electronic duo Empire of the Sun (Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore), released July 26, 2024 via EMI after eight years, following Two Vines; Metascore 82.

Asking Alexandria

Asking Alexandria: British metalcore band founded by Ben Bruce in Dubai in 2006, reformed in York in 2008 with Danny Worsnop. Known for Stand Up and Scream (2009), The Black (2016, Billboard No. 9), and a shift to arena rock.

Asleep at the Wheel

Asleep at the Wheel is an American band playing western swing, jazz, and country, founded by Ray Benson in 1970 and based in Austin, Texas since 1974.

Aslı Güngör

Aslı Güngör is a Turkish pop singer and songwriter born in İzmir in 1979, whose 2008 duet "Kalp Kalbe Karşı" and 2009 debut album sold millions of digital copies.

Asmaa Al-Mnawar

Asmaa Al-Mnawar, also known as Asma Lamnawar (أسماء لمنور), is a Moroccan singer born in Casablanca in 1978 who fuses khaleeji and Moroccan music, releasing albums through Rotana.

Asmahan

Asmahan (أسمهان) was the stage name of Amal al-Atrash, a Syrian-born Druze singer and sister of composer Farid al-Atrash, a defining voice of Egyptian song who died in 1944.

Asnaketch Worku

Asnaketch Worku (አስናቀች ወርቁ) was an Ethiopian actress, dancer, singer, and self-taught krar player who rose to fame in 1950s Addis Ababa as a stage actress.

Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas

AMPROFON (Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas), founded 3 April 1963 as Amprodisc, is Mexico's record industry association, an IFPI local group awarding Oro, Platino, and Diamante certifications and issuing ISRC codes.

Aspen Music Festival and School

Aspen Music Festival and School (AMFS), founded 1949 by the Paepckes in Aspen, Colorado, is a classical summer festival and training school: eight-week season, 450+ students, Robert Spano music director, Meghan Umber next CEO.

Asphyx

Asphyx is a Dutch death/doom metal band from Oldenzaal, formed in 1987, with vocalist Martin van Drunen and ten albums from The Rack to Necroceros.

Aspiral (album)

Aspiral is the ninth studio album by Dutch symphonic metal band Epica, released April 11, 2025 on Nuclear Blast; 11 tracks, 1:01:12, titled after a 1965 Szukalski statue, recorded at Sandlane, produced by Joost van den Broek.

Aspiro

Aspiro AB was a Swedish media technology company that developed the WiMP and TIDAL music streaming services; Jay Z's Project Panther Bidco bought it for SEK 464 million in 2015.

Assassin (musician)

Assassin, now recording as Agent Sasco, is the stage name of Jeffrey Campbell, a Jamaican dancehall deejay born in 1982 whose debut album was Infiltration (2005).

Assassination of Lounès Matoub

The assassination of Lounès Matoub was the killing of the Kabyle singer and Berber militant near Tizi Ouzou, Algeria, on 25 June 1998, by gunmen at a fake roadblock.

Assassination Vacation Tour

The Assassination Vacation Tour was Drake's 2019 European concert tour supporting his album Scorpion, covering 22 announced shows in the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands.

Assassins (musical)

Assassins, also known as the Sondheim–Weidman musical Assassins, is a one-act 1990 Off-Broadway musical about US presidential assassins; its 2004 Broadway revival won five Tony Awards including Best Revival.

Assembly (Cape Town)

The Assembly is a nightclub and live-music venue in a converted warehouse on Harrington Street in District 6, Cape Town, opened in 2007 and known for electronic and local acts.