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The Birthday Massacre
The Birthday Massacre (formerly Imagica, after Clive Barker's Imajica) is a Canadian synth-rock band formed in 1999 in London, Ontario, based in Toronto, blending 1980s new wave, dark wave, industrial, and synthpop, led by vocalist Chibi, known for Violet, Hide and Seek, and Pathways.
The Birthday Party (band)
The Birthday Party were an Australian post-punk band formed in Melbourne as The Boys Next Door, fronted by Nick Cave and known for ferocious live shows until disbanding in 1983.
The Black (Asking Alexandria album)
The Black (2016) is the fourth studio album by British metalcore band Asking Alexandria, released on Sumerian Records. It is their only album with Ukrainian vocalist Denis Stoff, who replaced Danny Worsnop, and peaked at number 15 on the UK Albums Chart.
The Black (Imminence album)
The Black (2024) is the fifth studio album by Swedish metalcore band Imminence, released April 12, 2024; 12 tracks, 52 minutes, violin-led symphonic metalcore produced by Eddie Berg, Harald Barrett, and Henrik Udd.
The Black Album (Jay-Z album)
The Black Album is Jay-Z's eighth studio record, released in 2003. It features 12 producers, including Kanye West and Timbaland, and sold 3.5 million copies.
The Black Album (Prince album)
The Black Album is Prince's sixteenth studio album, an eight-song funk record withdrawn days before its 1987 release and officially issued by Warner Bros. in 1994.
The Black Angels (band)
The Black Angels: Austin, Texas psychedelic rock band formed May 2004, named for the Velvet Underground's 'Black Angel's Death Song'; albums Passover through Wilderness of Mirrors; founders of Levitation festival.
The Black Crowes
The Black Crowes are an Atlanta rock band formed in 1984 as Mr. Crowe's Garden by brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, whose debut Shake Your Money Maker (1990) went 5x-Platinum and whose 2026 album is A Pound of Feathers.
The Black Dahlia Murder (band)
The Black Dahlia Murder is an American melodic death metal band formed in Waterford, Michigan, in 2001, named after the unsolved 1947 murder of Elizabeth Short.
The Black Dog (band)
The Black Dog: Sheffield electronic group formed in the late 1980s by Ken Downie, Ed Handley, and Andy Turner; Warp Records act behind Bytes and Spanners, later Downie with Martin and Richard Dust; Downie died December 2025.
The Black Keys
The Black Keys are an American rock duo from Akron, Ohio, formed in 2001 by Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney. Known for basement-recorded blues rock, the Grammy-winning Brothers and El Camino, the Danger Mouse era 2008-2014, and the 2024 tour cancellation followed by No Rain, No Flowers (2025) and the covers album Peaches! (2026).
The Black Label (ΛƆKLΛBEL)
THEBLACKLABEL (더블랙레이블) is a Seoul record label and entertainment company founded in 2015 by producer Teddy Park as a YG sub-label, now largely independent, home to Rosé, Taeyang, Jeon Somi, MEOVV, and ALLDAY PROJECT.
The Black Parade
The Black Parade is My Chemical Romance's third studio album, released October 24, 2006 on Reprise. A Rob Cavallo-produced emo rock opera about The Patient, a dying cancer patient, it spawned the UK No. 1 "Welcome to the Black Parade" and went 4x Platinum in the US.
The Black Parade World Tour
The Black Parade World Tour: My Chemical Romance's 2007/2008 tour for The Black Parade, and its 2025/2026 anniversary revival (Long Live: The Black Parade; The Black Parade 2026), performing the album in full in the fictional state of Draag.
The Black Queen (band)
The Black Queen is a Los Angeles dark synth-pop trio of Greg Puciato, Joshua Eustis, and Steven Alexander, known for the self-released albums Fever Daydream (2016) and Infinite Games (2018) and a 2026 reunion tour.
The Blackout (group)
The Blackout are a Welsh post-hardcore band formed in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, in 2003, whose album Hope reached number 27 in 2011 before a 2015 split and 2022 reunion.
The Blackout Crew
The Blackout Crew are a donk and rap group from Bolton, Greater Manchester, formed in 2005, best known for the 2008 single "Put a Donk on It".
The Blame It All On My Roots Tour
The Blame It All On My Roots Tour is Garth Brooks' 2026 arena tour, announced July 7, 2026, reviving his 1990s Drum Pod production and a new Halo 360-degree LED system, opening with four sold-out Indianapolis shows.
The Blasters
The Blasters, American roots rock band formed 1979 in Downey, California by Phil and Dave Alvin, John Bazz, Bill Bateman; albums American Music (1980), The Blasters, Non Fiction, Hard Line; songwriters of Marie Marie and Border Radio.
The Blaze
Blaze, billed as The Blaze, is an American deep house group formed in 1984 in Newark, New Jersey, by Josh Milan, Kevin Hedge, and Chris Herbert, known for "Hideaway".
The Blind Boys of Alabama
The Blind Boys of Alabama, also billed the Five Blind Boys of Alabama, are a gospel group formed in 1939 at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Deaf and Blind in Talladega, winners of six GRAMMYs and Gospel Music Hall of Fame inductees.
The Blockheads
The Blockheads, also known as Ian Dury and the Blockheads, are an English rock band formed in London in 1977 as Ian Dury's backing band.
The Bloody Beetroots
The Bloody Beetroots (더 블러디 비트루츠) is an Italian electronic music project founded in 2005 by Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo, who performs in a black mask fusing punk and electro.
The Blow Monkeys
The Blow Monkeys are a British pop-soul and sophisti-pop band formed in 1981 by Dr Robert (Bruce Robert Howard), known for "Digging Your Scene" (1986), "It Doesn't Have To Be This Way", and their 1990 split and 2007 reunion.
The Blue Danube
The Blue Danube (An der schönen, blauen Donau), Op. 314, is Johann Strauss II's 1867 Viennese waltz for choir and orchestra, premiered at Vienna's Dianabadsaal, famous after the 1867 Paris World's Fair, and the Vienna Philharmonic's most performed piece.
The Blue Notebooks
The Blue Notebooks is Max Richter's second studio album, released in 2004 on FatCat's 130701 imprint. Tilda Swinton reads Kafka and Miłosz over chamber strings, piano, and electronics; recorded in 2003 as quiet protest against the Iraq war.
The Blueprint
The Blueprint, Jay-Z's sixth studio album (September 11, 2001, Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam), a soul-sampling East Coast hip hop classic produced largely by Kanye West and Just Blaze, selling 427,000+ first week and entering the National Recording Registry.
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse
The Blueprint 2: The Gift & The Curse (Blueprint 2) is Jay-Z's 2002 double album, sequel to The Blueprint; 25 tracks, debuted at No. 1 with 545,000 copies, later condensed as Blueprint 2.1.
The Blueprint 3
The Blueprint 3 is Jay-Z's eleventh studio album, the final Blueprint trilogy installment, released September 8, 2009 on Roc Nation. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 476,000 first-week US sales and features Empire State of Mind and Run This Town.
The Blues (film series)
The Blues (2003) is a seven-part PBS documentary series executive produced by Martin Scorsese, with films by Scorsese, Wim Wenders, Clint Eastwood, Charles Burnett, Mike Figgis, Marc Levin, and Richard Pearce on blues music history.