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Space Oddity
Space Oddity is David Bowie's 1969 single about the astronaut Major Tom, inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey, recorded at Trident with Gus Dudgeon, used in BBC Moon landing coverage, and reissued at number one in 1975.
Space rock
Space rock: a rock subgenre coined in the 1970s for Pink Floyd and Hawkwind, defined by long psychedelic passages, reverbed guitars, synthesizers, and space-themed lyrics; later revived by Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized.
Space Shower Music Awards
The Space Shower Music Awards are annual Japanese music awards from Space Shower TV, begun in 1996 as a music video award and relaunched in 2016.
SpaceGhostPurrp
SpaceGhostPurrp (Markese Money Rolle, b. 1991), Miami rapper-producer from Carol City, founder of Raider Klan, 4AD debut Mysterious Phonk (2012), popularizer of phonk and 1990s Memphis revival sound.
Spacehog
Spacehog: English alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1994 by Leeds musicians Royston and Antony Langdon, Jonny Cragg, and Richard Steel; glam-influenced debut Resident Alien (1995) yielded the hit In the Meantime, later featured in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3: English neo-psychedelic drone rock band formed 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) and Jason Pierce (J Spaceman), motto "taking drugs to make music to take drugs to"; four albums, disbanded 1991.
Spacer Woman
"Spacer Woman" is a 1983 electronic single recorded as Charlie by Vicenza musicians Maurizio Cavalieri and Giorgio Stefani; a commercial flop at release, it became a cult Italo disco and electro classic after 2000.
Spaghetti (song)
"SPAGHETTI" (스파게티) is a 2025 alternative pop and funk single by LE SSERAFIM featuring j-hope of BTS, title track of the group's first single album; it debuted at No. 50 on the Billboard Hot 100, a career high, with lyrics comparing the group to spaghetti stuck in one's teeth.
Spamalot
Spamalot is a Tony-winning 2005 Broadway musical comedy by Eric Idle and John Du Prez, adapted from Monty Python and the Holy Grail; it ran 1,575 performances, won Best Musical, and was revived on Broadway in 2023.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet: English pop band formed in Islington in 1976 (earlier names The Makers, The Gentry), leading New Romantic act from London's Blitz club; lineup Hadley, Kemp brothers, Norman, Keeble; 1983 hit "True".
Spanky and Our Gang
Spanky and Our Gang, an American sunshine pop and folk-rock group formed in Chicago in 1966, led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane; hits included "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" (number 9, 1967) and "Lazy Day."
Sparkle (singer)
Sparkle (Stephanie Edwards), Chicago-born contemporary R&B singer born 1975; 1998 debut single "Be Careful" with R. Kelly topped R&B Airplay six weeks; self-titled debut reached Billboard 200 number three; testified against R. Kelly in 2008; returned with the Obstacle Course EP (2022).
Sparklehorse
Sparklehorse was the indie rock project of Virginia songwriter Mark Linkous (1995-2010), known for Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, It's a Wonderful Life, Dark Night of the Soul, and the 2023 posthumous Bird Machine.
Sparks (band)
Sparks: American art-pop band of brothers Ron and Russell Mael, formed in Los Angeles as Halfnelson, known for "This Town Ain't Big Enough", the Moroder-produced No. 1 in Heaven, 28 studio albums, and lasting synth-pop influence.
Sparks Live on the Moon
Sparks Live on the Moon (2026, Transgressive) is the first full concert album by Sparks, Ron and Russell Mael: 20 songs, 1h31, framed as a show at Taruntius Crater with Cate Blanchett as emcee, following MAD!.
Speak & Spell (album)
Speak & Spell is the 1981 debut studio album by Depeche Mode, released on Mute Records; the only one written mostly by Vince Clarke, featuring Just Can't Get Enough, recorded at Blackwing Studios, and followed by Clarke's departure.
Speak English or Die
Speak English or Die is the 1985 Megaforce debut album by crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.), the Anthrax side project of Scott Ian, Charlie Benante, Dan Lilker, and Billy Milano: 21 songs in under 29 minutes, recorded in three days.
Speak Now
Speak Now is Taylor Swift's third studio album, released October 25, 2010 on Big Machine; all 14 songs written solo, over one million first-week US sales, No. 1 on the Billboard 200, re-recorded as Speak Now (Taylor's Version) in 2023.
Speak Now (Taylor's Version)
Speak Now (Taylor's Version) is Taylor Swift's July 7, 2023 re-recording of her 2010 album Speak Now, the third of six Taylor's Versions, with six vault tracks, Fall Out Boy and Hayley Williams duets, and a revised Better Than Revenge lyric.
Speak Now World Tour
Speak Now World Tour: Taylor Swift's second concert tour (2011–2012), supporting her 2010 album Speak Now; 110 shows across four continents, over $120 million grossed, first stadium dates, and the Speak Now World Tour – Live CD/DVD.
Speak Now World Tour – Live
Speak Now World Tour – Live is Taylor Swift's 2011 Big Machine live album and concert video from her Speak Now World Tour: 16 live tracks plus the full tour film, with covers of Bette Davis Eyes, Drops of Jupiter, and I Want You Back.
Speak of the Devil (Ozzy Osbourne album)
Speak of the Devil (Talk of the Devil in the UK) is Ozzy Osbourne's 1982 double live album of Black Sabbath covers, recorded at The Ritz, New York, with Brad Gillis on guitar; RIAA Platinum, Billboard 200 peak 14.
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is OutKast's 2003 double album pairing Big Boi's Speakerboxxx and André 3000's The Love Below; it sold 11.4 million copies, topped the Billboard 200 for seven weeks, and became the second hip-hop Album of the Year Grammy winner.
Speaking in Tongues (Talking Heads album)
Speaking in Tongues (1983, Sire) is Talking Heads' fifth studio album and first self-produced record, a funk-driven commercial breakthrough yielding "Burning Down the House," the band's only Top 10 single, and closing with "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)."
SPECIAL OTHERS
SPECIAL OTHERS (スペシャルアザース) is a four-piece Japanese instrumental jam band formed in Yokohama in 1995 by high school classmates, with a major debut in 2006.
Spectre (song)
Spectre is a 2015 song by Radiohead, written for the James Bond film Spectre but rejected as too dark; released free on 25 December 2015, it differs from Sam Smith's chosen theme and Laibach's 2014 album of the same name.
Speed Demon (Justin Bieber song)
Speed Demon (Justin Bieber song): opening track of SWAG II, released September 5, 2025; funk-influenced rap-sung kiss-off reusing the "is it clocking to you" meme, produced by Carter Lang, Eddie Benjamin, Dylan Wiggins, and Daniel Chetrit.
Speed metal
Speed metal: fast-tempo subgenre of heavy metal from the late 1970s and early 1980s, built on NWOBHM and Motörhead, codified by "Exciter" and "Fast as a Shark," ancestor of thrash and power metal.
Speedcore
Speedcore is an extreme hardcore techno subgenre defined by tempos of 300 BPM and above, distorted 909-style kicks, and roots in 1990s techno, gabber, and Bloody Fist; subgenres include splittercore and extratone.
Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven
Speedin' Bullet 2 Heaven, Kid Cudi's fifth studio album (December 4, 2015, Republic/Wicked Awesome), a 26-track double album of lo-fi grunge and alternative rock with Beavis and Butt-Head skits, debuting at number 36 on the Billboard 200.