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Samba
Samba is a Brazilian music and dance genre with syncopated rhythms, percussion, and Afro-Brazilian origins, linked to semba and batuque, codified in Rio de Janeiro after Donga's 1916 "Pelo telefone", popularized via radio and samba schools, distinct from pagode and bossa nova.
Samba Esquema Noise
Samba Esquema Noise is the 1994 debut album by the Recife band Mundo Livre S/A, released on Banguela Records and, alongside Da Lama ao Caos, a founding landmark of the manguebeat movement.
Sambata
Sambata is the stage name of Pratham Jogdand, a Marathi hip-hop artist from Pune known to fans as Don, who debuted in 2020 and released the album 'Maaz' in 2026.
Sambódromo da Marquês de Sapucaí
The Sambódromo da Marquês de Sapucaí, officially the Passarela Professor Darcy Ribeiro, is Rio de Janeiro's purpose-built samba school parade venue, designed by Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in 1984.
Sambomaster
Sambomaster (サンボマスター) is a Japanese three-piece rock band formed in 2000 at Toyo University, best known for the NARUTO opening Seishun Kyōsōkyoku and the Densha Otoko theme song.
Same Difference (Swae Lee album)
Same Difference is the debut solo studio album by American rapper and singer Swae Lee of Rae Sremmurd, released by Eardruma and Interscope on April 3, 2026.
Same Love
"Same Love" (2012), a Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song featuring Mary Lambert from The Heist, released via Sub Pop for Washington's Referendum 74 campaign; Hot 100 No. 11, 2014 Grammy mass-wedding performance, marriage-equality anthem.
Same Old Love
Same Old Love: 2015 Selena Gomez pop single, second release from Revival, written by Charli XCX, Stargate, Benny Blanco, and Ross Golan; peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Sameer Anjaan
Sameer Anjaan (Shitala Pandey), Bollywood lyricist born 1958, son of lyricist Anjaan; Guinness record for most film songs, three Filmfare Awards, known for Aashiqui and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
Samhain (band)
Samhain: American goth-punk band formed 1983 in Lodi, New Jersey by Glenn Danzig after the Misfits; released Initium, Unholy Passion, and November-Coming-Fire before being renamed Danzig in 1987.
Sami Yusuf (سامي يوسف)
Sami Yusuf (سامي يوسف), born 1980 in Tehran to Azerbaijani parents and raised in London, is a British composer and multi-instrumentalist whose 2003 debut Al-Mu'allim launched pop-nasheed; he coined Spiritique and has sold over 45 million albums.
Samia (musician)
Samia (Samia Najimy Finnerty, born 1996) is an American indie singer-songwriter, daughter of Kathy Najimy and Dan Finnerty, whose albums The Baby (2020), Honey (2023), and Bloodless (2025) appear on Grand Jury Music.
Samina Chowdhury
Samina Chowdhury (সামিনা চৌধুরী) is a Bangladeshi playback and adhunik singer, born in 1966, the daughter of singer Mahmudun Nabi and winner of the 2006 National Film Award.
Sammi Cheng
Sammi Cheng (鄭秀文), born 1972, is the Hong Kong Cantopop Queen and actress who rose via the 1988 New Talent Singing Awards, released over 80 albums, starred in nearly 40 films including Needing You and Infernal Affairs, and won the 2023 Hong Kong Film Award Best Actress for Lost Love.
Sammy Fain
Sammy Fain (Samuel Feinberg, 1902-1989), American Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood songwriter; wrote "I'll Be Seeing You" and won two Best Song Oscars, "Secret Love" and "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing."
Sammy Hagar
Sammy Hagar, the Red Rocker, American rock singer born 1947: Montrose frontman, solo artist, Van Halen lead singer 1985-1996 (four US number-one albums), later Chickenfoot and The Circle, and Cabo Wabo Tequila entrepreneur.
Sammy Kershaw
Sammy Kershaw (Samuel Paul Kershaw, born 1958) is an American country singer from Kaplan, Louisiana, a 1990s new traditionalist often called George Jones's "heir apparent." Three platinum and six gold albums, over 25 top 40 singles, two number one hits, and two Republican runs for Louisiana lieutenant governor.
Sammy Rae & The Friends
Sammy Rae & The Friends, also billed as Sammy Rae and the Friends, are a Brooklyn-based eight-piece indie band led by Samantha Bowers (born 1994, Derby, CT), blending rock, jazz, funk, and soul; debut album Something for Everybody (2024), Nettwerk-signed since 2019.
Sammy Virji
Sammy Virji is a British UK garage and bassline producer and DJ who spearheaded the NUKG revival; viral 2023 DJ Mag set with Flowdan's 'Shella Verse', debut Spice Up My Life, second album Same Day Cleaning (2025).
Sampha
Sampha, the stage name of Sampha Lahai Sisay, is an English singer and producer from South London who won the 2017 Mercury Prize for his album Process.
Sampler (musical instrument)
Sampler (musical instrument) is an electronic device that records and stores digital sound samples, allowing playback from a keyboard while supporting looping, editing, and sound-shaping.
Sampling (music)
Sampling (music): reusing fragments of existing sound recordings in new works, central to hip-hop and electronic music; involves two copyrights, MPC60/SP-1200 hardware, Grand Upright v. Warner, and sample clearance costs.
Samra
Samra, also known as Samra Broun, is a German rapper from Berlin. His debut solo album Jibrail & Iblis reached number one on the German album charts in 2020.
Sams'K Le Jah
Sams'K Le Jah, born Sama Karim in the early 1970s, is a Burkinabè reggae singer, radio host, and activist who co-founded Le Balai citoyen, a movement behind the 2014 uprising.
Samthing Soweto
Samthing Soweto, born Samkelo Lelethu Mdolomba in Soweto in 1988, is a South African singer and songwriter known for "Akanamali", "Akulaleki", and the platinum album Isphithiphithi.
Samuel (사무엘) (singer)
Samuel (사무엘), Samuel Arredondo Kim, Korean-American singer born 2002 in Los Angeles; 1PUNCH member, Produce 101 Season 2 rank 18, solo debut SIXTEEN (2017), independent since winning 2021 lawsuit against Brave Entertainment.
Samuel Barber
Samuel Osborne Barber (1910–1981) was an American composer of tonal, lyrically expressive concert music, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, celebrated for the Adagio for Strings and two Pulitzer Prize-winning works.
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875–1912), Anglo-African British composer, student of Stanford, famed for Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, Pan-African Conference delegate, three US tours, died at 37.
Samuel Rosa
Samuel Rosa is a Brazilian guitarist, singer, and composer, frontman of the band Skank from 1991 to 2023, who began a solo career in 2024.
Samuel T. Herring
Samuel T. Herring, also known as Hemlock Ernst, is the American singer of Baltimore synth-pop band Future Islands and an underground rapper; born 1984 in Morehead City, North Carolina, famous for the 2014 Letterman performance of 'Seasons (Waiting on You)'.