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Batushka (БАТЮШКА)

Batushka (БАТЮШКА), Polish black metal band formed 2015 by Krzysztof Drabikowski and Bartłomiej Krysiuk; debut Litourgiya fused black metal with Orthodox chant. A 2024 Warsaw court ruling left the name with Drabikowski; Krysiuk's version became Patriarkh.

Bau

Bau, born Rufino Almeida in 1962 in Mindelo, Cape Verde, is a morna multi-instrumentalist who played cavaquinho in Cesária Évora's orchestra and led it from 1996 to 1999.

Bauhaus (band)

Bauhaus: English post-punk band formed in Northampton in 1978 (Murphy, Ash, David J, Haskins), also known as Bauhaus 1919, whose 1979 single "Bela Lugosi's Dead" launched gothic rock.

Baul (বাউল)

Baul (বাউল) are mystic minstrels of rural Bangladesh and West Bengal, a syncretic devotional sect blending Vaishnava, Buddhist Sahajiya, and Sufi elements, centered on the body as God's seat, with Lalon Shah (1774–1890) as central figure and UNESCO-listed Baul songs.

Baxter Dury

Baxter Dury (born 1971) is an English singer-songwriter, son of Ian Dury, known for spoken-sung indie pop on albums from Len Parrot's Memorial Lift (2002) to Allbarone (2025) and the memoir Chaise Longue.

Bay Area thrash

Bay Area thrash is the thrash metal scene centered on San Francisco and the East Bay, home to Metallica, Exodus, and Testament from the early 1980s.

Bay City Rollers

Bay City Rollers: Scottish pop rock band from Edinburgh, 1970s teen idols behind Rollermania, "Bye Bye Baby" and "Shang-a-Lang"; tartan image, two UK No. 1 singles in 1975, manager Tam Paton disputes, and later lineups led by Stuart Wood.

Bay FM

Bay FM, also known as Bay FM 78, is a commercial FM radio station in Chiba Prefecture, Japan, broadcasting on 78.0 MHz since 1989 and serving the Tokyo Bay area.

Baylee Littrell

Baylee Littrell (born 2002, Atlanta) is an American singer-songwriter, son of Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell; debut country album 770-Country (2019), American Idol season 23 contestant, now pop artist with "So Be It" (2026).

Bayou Country (album)

Bayou Country is Creedence Clearwater Revival's second album, released January 5, 1969 on Fantasy Records, featuring Proud Mary and Born on the Bayou, peaking at No. 7 in the US.

Bayreuth Festival

The Bayreuth Festival (Bayreuther Festspiele), founded by Richard Wagner, opened 13 August 1876 with the complete Ring premiere in the Festspielhaus he built with King Ludwig II's loan. Annual Wagner-only summer festival, family-run, canon of ten operas, hidden orchestra, 150th anniversary 2026.

Bayreuth Festspielhaus

Bayreuth Festspielhaus (Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus): opera house on Bayreuth's Gruener Huegel, built 1872-1876 by Otto Brueckwald to Richard Wagner's specifications, opened 13 August 1876 with Rheingold; home of the annual Wagner-only Bayreuth Festival.

Bayside (band)

Bayside, American emo/pop-punk band from Queens, New York, formed in 2000 by Anthony Raneri; known for Sirens and Condolences, the 2005 self-titled album, The Walking Wounded, and Cult's Billboard 200 number 24 peak.

Bazooka (song)

Bazooka (song) covers several unrelated songs of that title: GWSN's 2020 K-pop single "BAZOOKA!" from the Keys EP, Miami XO's viral 2025 trap track, and releases by Nephew, Krisko, MVP, and Sojaa.

Bazovyy minimum (Базовый минимум")

«Базовый минимум» is a 2025 Russian-language duet by SABI and MIA BOYKA. Its relationship-themed hook became popular in short videos, and the song topped VK and Yandex Music charts.

Bazurto All Stars

Bazurto All Stars is a seven-member champeta group from Cartagena, Colombia, formed in 2009, known for fusing champeta with Caribbean, African, electronic, and symphonic elements.

Bazzi (singer)

Bazzi (Andrew Bazzi) is a Michigan-born Lebanese-American pop/R&B singer-songwriter-producer, distinct from other artists named Bazzi, known for the 2018 viral hit "Mine" (No. 11 Hot 100, 2x platinum) and albums COSMIC, Soul Searching, and Infinite Dream.

BB Trickz

BB Trickz, stage name of Belize Kazi (born 2000, Barcelona), Spanish rapper; TikTok viral hits "Bambi" and "Missionsuicida", EPs Trickstar and Sadtrickz, first album 80'z (2025), Charli XCX Brat remix feature.

BBC Asian Network

BBC Asian Network is the BBC's national digital radio station for British Asian music and speech, which grew from a Leicester program in 1976 and went nationwide in 2002.

BBC Big Band

The BBC Big Band, also known as the BBC Radio Big Band, is a British big band run by the BBC, tracing its lineage to a 1928 dance orchestra.

BBC Persian

BBC Persian (بی‌بی‌سی فارسی) is the BBC's Persian-language news service in London, on radio since 1940 and television since 2009, reaching about 24 million weekly.

BBC Proms

The BBC Proms, formally the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is a summer classical music festival at London's Royal Albert Hall. Founded 10 August 1895 by Robert Newman with conductor Henry Wood; BBC-run since 1927.

BBC Radio 6 Music

BBC Radio 6 Music is the BBC's digital popular music station, launched in 2002, celebrating alternative music from the 1960s to today. It survived a 2010 closure proposal and is the UK's largest digital-only station, with about 2.6 million weekly listeners.

BBC Singers

BBC Singers: Britain's only full-time professional chamber choir, founded 1924 as the Wireless Chorus, first radio chorus in the world; survived a 2023 closure announcement, centenary and RPS Ensemble Award 2024.

BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra (BBC SO): London orchestra founded 1930 as the BBC's principal broadcasting orchestra, resident at the BBC Proms and Barbican; chief conductor Sakari Oramo; also the name of Spitfire Audio's sample library.

BBL Drizzy

BBL Drizzy is a 2024 AI-generated soul song by comedian King Willonius (Will Hatcher), made with Udio to mock Drake over BBL rumors; Metro Boomin sampled it as a diss beat contest during the Kendrick Lamar-Drake feud.

Bbno$

Bbno$ (baby no money), real name Alexander Leon Gumuchian, is a Canadian rapper from Vancouver born 1995. Independent artist behind the viral 2019 hit "Lalala" with Y2K, albums eat ya veggies and bbno$, and Yung Gravy collaborations.

Bbno$ (album)

bbno$ is the self-titled ninth album by Canadian rapper bbno$ (Alexander Gumuchian), released October 17, 2025: 21 tracks, 50 minutes, No. 33 on the Canadian Albums chart, hit single "check", features VNLLA, Käärijä, and Ironmouse.

Bby Wow

BbY WOW is a 2026 Spanish-language song by Karol G with Judeline and Rusowsky, from the album No Me Arrepiento de Sentir Tanto; produced by Tainy, it samples the Coolie Dance Riddim and reached No. 1 on the Billboard Global 200 and Hot Latin Songs.

BC Jean

BC Jean (Brittany Jean Carlson, born 1987, San Diego) is an American singer-songwriter who co-wrote Beyoncé's "If I Were a Boy" and forms the indie pop duo Alexander Jean with husband Mark Ballas.