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The Astonishing
The Astonishing is a 2016 two-act rock opera by Dream Theater, its thirteenth studio album, set in a dystopian future where rebels fight an empire with music.
The Ataris
The Ataris, American pop-punk band formed 1996 in Anderson, Indiana, led by Kris Roe; known for So Long, Astoria (2003, No. 24 Billboard 200) and the Don Henley "Boys of Summer" cover.
The Auditorium Vol. 1
The Auditorium Vol. 1 is the 2024 debut joint album by rapper Common and producer Pete Rock, released July 12, 2024 on Loma Vista; 15 tracks of 1990s-style boom bap with Bilal, Jennifer Hudson, and Posdnuos, nominated for the 2025 Grammy Best Rap Album.
The Avalanches
The Avalanches, Australian plunderphonics/electronic group from Melbourne (Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi), known for Since I Left You (2000, roughly 3,500 samples), Wildflower (2016), We Will Always Love You (2020), and No Bad Memories (2026).
the Avener
The Avener is the stage name of Tristan Casara, a French deep house producer and DJ from Nice, best known for the 2014 single "Fade Out Lines".
The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers, folk-rock band from Concord, North Carolina, formed around 2000 by Scott and Seth Avett with Bob Crawford; known for Emotionalism, Rick Rubin-produced I and Love and You, and the AVTT/PTTN project with Mike Patton.
The Axis of Awesome
The Axis of Awesome: Australian comedy rock trio (Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo, Benny Davis), Sydney, active 2006–2018, famous for "Four Chords", the I–V–vi–IV medley that gave music theory the "Axis progression" name.
The B-52's (album)
The B-52's (1979) is the Athens, Georgia new wave band's debut album on Warner Bros., produced by Chris Blackwell at Compass Point; features Rock Lobster and Planet Claire and sold over 500,000 copies.
The B-52s
The B-52s are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976 by Fred Schneider, Kate Pierson, Cindy and Ricky Wilson, and Keith Strickland; known for "Rock Lobster" and the five-million-selling Cosmic Thing (1989).
The Babys
The Babys are a British rock band formed in London in 1975, known for AOR hits "Isn't It Time" and "Every Time I Think of You" (both Billboard #13), five studio albums, launching John Waite's solo career and Jonathan Cain's move to Journey, and re-forming in 2012/2013 without Waite.
The Bach Choir
The Bach Choir is a London independent amateur chorus founded in 1876 to give the first UK performance of Bach's Mass in B minor; over 240 singers, nine musical directors including Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Willcocks, and David Hill since 1998.
The Bachelors
The Bachelors were an Irish pop trio (Con and Dec Cluskey with John Stokes) formed in 1957 as the Harmonichords. Signed to Decca in 1962, they hit the UK chart with "Charmaine" (No. 6) and topped it with "Diane".
The Bad Fire
The Bad Fire is the eleventh studio album by the Scottish band Mogwai, released in 2025 and produced by John Congleton; its title is Glaswegian slang for hell.
The Bad Touch
The Bad Touch: 1999 Bloodhound Gang song by Jimmy Pop from Hooray for Boobies, based on Pet Shop Boys' "In The Night"; UK No. 4, US No. 52; chorus known as "Discovery Channel".
The Ballad of Chevy Chase
The Ballad of Chevy Chase (Child 162, Roud 223), also The Hunting of the Cheviot, is an English border ballad on the 1388 Battle of Otterburn, first extant in Ashmole 48 (c. 1557–65) and famous through Sidney's praise and Percy's 1765 Reliques.
The Ballad of John and Yoko
The Ballad of John and Yoko: Beatles non-album single written by John Lennon, recorded 14 April 1969 with only Paul McCartney, released 30 May 1969; the band's 17th and final UK number one until "Now and Then" in 2023.
The Ballad of the Witches' Road
"The Ballad of the Witches' Road" is the central song of Marvel's 2024 Disney+ series Agatha All Along, written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. It exists in eight versions, including the Sacred Chant Version that opens the Witches' Road and Lorna Wu's 1970s protection-spell ballad, and earned Emmy and Music Supervisors Guild recognition.
The Ballroom Blitz
The Ballroom Blitz is a 1973 glam rock song by The Sweet, written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, inspired by a bottled-offstage Scottish gig; UK number 2, US number 5, covered by The Damned, Krokus, and Tia Carrere in Wayne's World.
The Band
The Band: Canadian-American roots-rock group (Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Garth Hudson), formerly the Hawks backing Ronnie Hawkins and Bob Dylan; albums Music from Big Pink (1968) and The Band (1969), farewell concert The Last Waltz (1976).
The Band (album)
The Band (1969), the self-titled "Brown Album" by the Band, is the group's second album on Capitol, recorded in a Hollywood Hills pool house, reaching No. 9 and entering the National Recording Registry in 2009.
the band apart
the band apart (ザ・バンド・アパート) is a four-piece Japanese rock band formed in Tokyo in 1998, blending rock, jazz, soul, and bossa nova on its own label, asian gothic.
The Band Geeks
The Band Geeks are Richie Castellano's American rock band, started as a 2014 podcast and YouTube cover act, now Jon Anderson's touring and recording band behind True (2024) and Perpetual Change (2025).
The Band Perry
The Band Perry: American country group founded 2005 by siblings Kimberly, Reid, and Neil Perry; hits "If I Die Young" and "Better Dig Two"; albums The Band Perry (2010) and Pioneer (2013); Grammy 2015; since 2025 a duo of Kimberly Perry and Johnny Costello.
The Band's Visit (musical)
The Band's Visit is a 2016 musical by David Yazbek and Itamar Moses, adapted from Eran Kolirin's 2007 Israeli film about an Egyptian police orchestra stranded overnight in Bet Hatikva, Israel. It won 10 of 11 Tony Awards in 2018, including Best Musical, after Off-Broadway and Broadway runs.
The Bangles
The Bangles: Los Angeles all-female pop-rock band formed 1981 as the Bangs (Hoffs, the Peterson sisters, Zilinskas, later Steele), Paisley Underground act behind "Manic Monday," "Walk Like an Egyptian," and "Eternal Flame."
The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville (Il barbiere di Siviglia) is Rossini's 1816 two-act opera buffa, libretto by Sterbini after Beaumarchais's 1775 play, premiered at Rome's Teatro Argentina and famous for "Largo al factotum".
The Bartered Bride
The Bartered Bride (Prodaná nevěsta) is Bedřich Smetana's three-act comic opera to a libretto by Karel Sabina, premiered in Prague in 1866; the Czech national opera, famous for its overture, polka, furiant, and skočná.
The Basement Tapes
The Basement Tapes: Bob Dylan and the Band's 1967 informal home recordings at Big Pink, West Saugerties, New York; bootlegged as Great White Wonder (1969), officially released 1975, fully issued in 2014 as Bootleg Series Vol. 11.
The Battle of Los Angeles (album)
The Battle of Los Angeles is Rage Against the Machine's third studio album, released on Epic Records on Election Day, November 2, 1999. It peaked at number one in the US, won a Grammy for "Guerrilla Radio," and was the band's final studio album before de la Rocha's 2000 departure.
The Bausa
The Bausa (formerly Brødrene Bausa) is a Norwegian dance-pop trio from Stabekk, Bærum, members Edvard Bræin Groth, Fredrik von Krogh, Philip Bergenstjerna; "Turné" (2023), album Ung & dum (2024), house hit "Magnetic" (2026). Distinct from the German rapper Bausa.