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Roja (soundtrack)
Roja is the 1992 debut soundtrack album of composer A. R. Rahman, written for Mani Ratnam's Tamil film, selling over 3 million units and winning Rahman a National Film Award.
Rokusuke Ei
Rokusuke Ei (永六輔) was a Japanese lyricist and radio personality who wrote "Ue o Muite Arukō," the only Japanese-language song to top the Billboard Hot 100.
Roky Erickson
Roky Erickson (Roger Kynard Erickson, 1947–2019), American psychedelic rock singer and guitarist, frontman of the 13th Floor Elevators and creator of "You're Gonna Miss Me" and the horror-rock album The Evil One.
Roland Gift
Roland Gift (born 1961, Birmingham) is a British singer and actor, lead vocalist of Fine Young Cannibals ('She Drives Me Crazy', 'Good Thing') and formerly of Hull ska band Akrylykz; also known for Scandal and Highlander roles.
Roland Orzabal
Roland Orzabal (born 1961) is an English songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist, co-founder and sole constant member of Tears for Fears with Curt Smith; principal writer of The Hurting, Songs from the Big Chair, and The Seeds of Love, and later producer of Oleta Adams.
Roland TR-808
Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer, the 1980 fully analog drum machine (about 12,000 units, discontinued 1983) whose bridged-T kick and synthetic voices defined hip-hop, electro, and trap after secondhand prices collapsed.
Role Model Hermit
Role Model Hermit is the 2026 debut album by London trio mary in the junkyard, released on AMF Records. Produced by Oli Bayston, the 11-track art-rock, folk and post-punk record scored 82/100 from critics and drew praise for its folklore-based storytelling.
Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris (1930–2023), Australian-born entertainer, painter, and TV presenter in Britain; wobble board inventor, "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport"; convicted 2014 of 12 counts of indecent assault, jailed, honours stripped, died 2023.
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven: 1956 Chuck Berry rock and roll single on Chess Records (B-side Drifting Heart) declaring rhythm and blues's triumph over classical music; Rolling Stone #97, National Recording Registry 2003, covered by the Beatles (1963) and Electric Light Orchestra (1973).
Roll the Bones
Roll the Bones is Rush's fourteenth studio album, released September 3, 1991 on Atlantic, produced by Rupert Hine, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, certified platinum, and known for its rap-inflected title track and mortality-themed lyrics.
Rollin' (Limp Bizkit song)
Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle), 2000 Limp Bizkit single from Chocolate Starfish; UK No. 1 single, MTV VMA-winning World Trade Center video, Swizz Beatz Urban Assault Vehicle remix, one billion Spotify streams in 2026.
Rolling in the Deep
Rolling in the Deep, Adele's lead single from 21 (2011), written with Paul Epworth; seven weeks at Billboard Hot 100 number 1, biggest US hit of 2011, UK peak number 2, and winner of the 2012 Grammys for Record and Song of the Year.
Rolling Loud (festival)
Rolling Loud is a hip hop festival founded in Miami, Florida, in 2015 by Tariq Cherif and Matt Zingler, billed as the world's largest hip-hop festival.
Rolling Stone India (music)
Rolling Stone India is the Indian licensed edition of the American music magazine Rolling Stone, launched in Mumbai in February 2008 and a platformer of Indian independent music and desi hip hop.
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, also issued as "The Immortals," is a peer-voted ranking of rock-era artists by 55 musicians and executives, published 2004–2005 and updated in 2011, topped by the Beatles and Bob Dylan.
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Music Videos of All Time
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Music Videos of All Time: July 30, 2021 ranked list marking MTV's 40th anniversary, topped by Beyoncé's Formation, ahead of Johnny Cash's Hurt and Madonna's Vogue, with Thriller omitted.
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time
Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, an August 2015 ranked list topped by Bob Dylan, co-branded with Apple Music and criticized for being over 70% white, male-dominated, and skewed toward classic-rock-era writers.
Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time
Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time (January 1, 2023) is the magazine's update of its 2008 list of 100, ranking Aretha Franklin first. Known for staff-compiled criteria, no opera, and the controversial exclusion of Celine Dion.
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time is a recurring ranked album list first published in November 2003, updated in 2012, remade in 2020 with 240 new entries, and lightly updated in December 2023, when Marvin Gaye's What's Going On remained number one.
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: music ranking first published 2004 (No. 1: Bob Dylan's 'Like a Rolling Stone'), updated 2010, fully remade September 2021 via a 250-plus voter poll topped by Aretha Franklin's 'Respect', with 254 new entries.
Rolling Thunder Revue
Rolling Thunder Revue, also called the Rolling Thunder tour, was Bob Dylan's 1975-76 traveling revue tour with Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, Roger McGuinn and others, debuting Desire songs in small venues and later the subject of Scorsese's 2019 partly fictional Netflix film.
Rollins Band
The Rollins Band is an American rock group formed in 1987 by Henry Rollins. It is known for its blend of hard rock, metal, funk, and jazz.
Rollo Armstrong
Rollo Armstrong (Rowland Constantine O'Malley Armstrong, born 1966), aka Rollo or R Plus/R+, English producer behind Faithless and his sister Dido's albums; founded Cheeky Records and produced the 1992 Felix hit Don't You Want Me.
Roly-Poly
"Roly-Poly" (롤리폴리) is a 2011 single by South Korean girl group T-ara that fuses 1980s disco with electropop and became the year's most downloaded Korean song.
Roman Candle (album)
Roman Candle (1994) is Elliott Smith's debut album, released on Cavity Search. Recorded on 4-track in a Portland basement, nine sparse acoustic songs including "Condor Ave" and "No Name #1" through "No Name #4".
Roman havası
Roman havası is the 9/8 dance music of Turkey's Roma communities, played on davul, zurna, and clarinet, centered in Thrace and performed above all at weddings and street festivities.
Roman Messer
Roman Messer is a Russian trance DJ, producer, and label owner, best known as founder of Suanda Music; his five albums have over 36 million Spotify streams.
Romance (Camila Cabello album)
Romance is Camila Cabello's second studio album, released December 6, 2019 on Epic/Syco. Built around her Shawn Mendes relationship, it features "Señorita", debuted at No. 1 in Canada and No. 3 in the US, and scored 71 on Metacritic.
Romance (Fontaines D.C. album)
Romance (2024), fourth album by Irish band Fontaines D.C., released on XL Recordings, produced by James Ford, their first without Dan Carey; 11 tracks blending Britpop, shoegaze, and nu metal; Metacritic 89.
Romance (music)
Romance is a 1991 album of classic bolero covers by Mexican singer Luis Miguel, co-produced with Armando Manzanero, that revived the bolero across the Spanish-speaking world.