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Romance: Untold

Romance: Untold is ENHYPEN's second studio album (BELIFT LAB, July 12, 2024), opening the ROMANCE vampire-romance series with lead single XO (Only If You Say Yes) featuring JVKE; it debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and sold 2,344,749 first-week copies.

Romances de los señores de la Nueva España

Romances de los señores de la Nueva España is a sixteenth-century manuscript collection of Nahuatl songs compiled around 1582, preserving lyric poetry attributed to Nahua lords like Nezahualcóyotl.

Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026

Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026: TVR returned after missing 2024 and 2025; Selecția Națională on 4 March 2026 chose Alexandra Căpitănescu's "Choke Me" by jury vote (82 points); she qualified second in semi-final two and finished third in the Vienna Grand Final with 296 points, Romania's record total.

Romanian Music Awards

The Romanian Music Awards (Premiile Muzicale MTV România) is an annual Romanian pop-music awards gala decided by fan vote, created by MTV Romania in 2005 and revived in 2022.

Romantic music

Romantic music: nineteenth-century Western classical music (c. 1820-1910), also called the Romantic period, defined by expressive emotion, program music, larger orchestras, expanded chromatic harmony, public concerts, parlor music, and nationalist opera.

Romare

Romare is the working name of Archie Fairhurst, a British electronic music producer and DJ who cuts up second-hand soul, jazz, and blues recordings, releasing five albums including Oblivion (2026).

Rome Ramirez

Rome Ramirez (Roman René Ramírez, born 1988, Fremont, California), American singer-guitarist; frontman of Sublime with Rome from 2009 to 2024, co-writer of Dirty Heads' chart-topping "Lay Me Down," now solo artist behind the 2025 EP Gemini.

Rome Streetz

Rome Streetz (Jerome Allen, born 1986, London) is a New York hardcore rapper of the Griselda and Mass Appeal rosters, known for Kiss the Ring (2022), the Noise Kandy series, and collaborations with DJ Muggs and Conductor Williams.

Romen Theatre

The Romen Theatre (цыганский театр «Ромэн»), formally the Moscow Music and Drama Roma Theatre, is a state theater in Moscow founded in 1931, described as the world's only professional repertory Roma theater.

Romeo + Juliet (soundtrack)

Romeo + Juliet: Music from the Motion Picture is the 1996 Capitol Records soundtrack to Baz Luhrmann's film, mixing alternative rock, pop, and soul tracks.

Romeo and Juliet (Dire Straits song)

Romeo and Juliet is a 1980 Dire Straits song written by Mark Knopfler for Making Movies, a UK top-10 hit inspired by his breakup with Holly Beth Vincent and heavily covered, notably by The Killers.

Romeo Miller

Romeo Miller, aka Lil' Romeo, born Percy Romeo Miller Jr., is an American rapper, actor, and entrepreneur, son of Master P; his 2001 debut went platinum and he released the 2026 double album New Lane.

Romeo Santos

Romeo Santos (Anthony Santos, born 1981) is the Bronx-born "King of Bachata", former Aventura frontman and solo star of Fórmula, Vol. 1-3, Utopía, and the 2025 Prince Royce album Better Late Than Never.

Romeo Void

Romeo Void, a San Francisco new wave and post-punk band formed in 1979, fronted by Cowlitz singer Debora Iyall with saxophonist Benjamin Bossi; known for "Never Say Never" and the 1984 Top 40 hit "A Girl in Trouble," disbanded February 1985.

Romina Power

Romina Power (Romina Francesca Power, born 1951, Los Angeles), Italian-American singer, actress and painter, daughter of Tyrone Power; half of Al Bano & Romina Power, Sanremo 1984 winner with "Ci sarà".

Romy

Romy, full name Romy Madley Croft, is an English singer and guitarist of The xx, whose 2023 solo dance album Mid Air reached number 15 in the UK.

Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal

Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal (born Ron Blumenthal, 1969) is an American guitarist known for Guns N' Roses (2006–2014), Sons of Apollo, Asia, Art of Anarchy, fretless guitar and thimble technique, and solo albums from The Adventures of Bumblefoot (1995) to Bumblefoot…Returns! (2025).

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan (1945-1973), American blues singer, organist, and harmonica player; co-founder and original frontman of the Grateful Dead, who urged the band to go electric, wrote "Operator" and "The Stranger," and died at 27 of alcohol-related illness.

Ron Carter

Ron Carter (born May 4, 1937) is an American jazz double bassist and cellist, bassist of Miles Davis's Second Great Quintet (1963-1968) and Guinness-certified most recorded jazz bassist (2,221 recordings in 2015), an NEA Jazz Master and active bandleader.

Ron Mael

Ron Mael, born 1948, is the keyboardist, songwriter, and visual face of art-pop duo Sparks, formed with brother Russell; wrote This Town Ain't Big Enough and Annette.

Ron McGovney

Ron McGovney (Ronald J. McGovney, born 1962) is an American musician, original bassist of Metallica in 1982, bassist on the No Life 'til Leather demo, later of Phantasm, replaced by Cliff Burton.

Ron Sexsmith

Ron Sexsmith (Ronald Eldon Sexsmith, born 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario, with 17 albums since 1995, three Juno Awards, and admirers including Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello.

Ronald "Slim" Williams

Ronald "Slim" Williams (also "Suga Slim"), born 1967, is the New Orleans-born co-founder and co-CEO of Cash Money Records, started in 1991 with brother Bryan "Birdman" Williams; he runs the business side and stays out of the public eye.

Ronald Bell (musician)

Ronald Nathan Bell, also known as Khalis Bayyan (1951–2020), American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer who co-founded Kool & the Gang with his brother Robert and wrote "Celebration," "Jungle Boogie," "Cherish," and "Ladies' Night"; Songwriters Hall of Fame 2018, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2024.

Ronald Isley

Ronald Isley (born 1941, Cincinnati) is the lead singer and founding member of the Isley Brothers, voice of "Shout" and "It's Your Thing," founder of T-Neck Records, the 1990s "Mr. Biggs" persona, and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (1992).

Ronan (song)

Ronan is a 2012 Taylor Swift charity single about Ronan Thompson, an Arizona boy who died of neuroblastoma; written from mother Maya Thompson's blog, debuted at Stand Up to Cancer, later re-recorded for Red (Taylor's Version).

Ronan Keating

Ronan Keating (born 1977, Swords, Dublin) is an Irish pop singer, Boyzone's lead vocalist, and solo artist whose 1999 single "When You Say Nothing At All" began a career of 12 solo albums and 20 million solo records sold.

Rondalla

Rondalla: Spanish-origin plucked-string ensemble played with plectrums. In the Philippines it uses bandurria, laud, octavina, guitar, and bass; Valencian rondallas de pulso y púa are legally protected heritage, and Mexican university rondallas keep serenade traditions.

Rondo

Rondo: a musical form in which a recurring refrain (A) in the tonic alternates with contrasting episodes, in layouts such as ABACA (five-part) and ABACABA (seven-part sonata rondo); derived from the French rondeau and typical of Classical finales.

Rondò Veneziano

Rondò Veneziano: Italian chamber orchestra founded by Gian Piero Reverberi (with Freddy Naggiar, 1979/1980), fusing Venetian Baroque music with pop rhythms and synthesizers; over 25 million records sold; Grand Return world tour from 2026.