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Vie (album)
Vie is Doja Cat's fifth studio album, released September 26, 2025 on Kemosabe/RCA. The title means "life" in French and plays on the Roman numeral V; it is an '80s synth-pop-styled record executive produced by Jack Antonoff, with SZA featured on "Take Me Dancing."
Viejones de Linares
Los Viejones de Linares is a Mexican norteño group founded in 2011 in Linares, Nuevo León, built around veterans of Los Cadetes de Linares and known for old-school corridos, cumbias, and huapangos.
Vienna (Billy Joel song)
Vienna is a 1977 Billy Joel piano ballad from The Stranger, written after he visited his father Howard Joel in Vienna, Austria; its chorus "Vienna waits for you" urges slowing down, and it later became one of his most streamed songs.
Vienna Art Orchestra
Vienna Art Orchestra (VAO), Austrian jazz orchestra founded 19 May 1977 in Vienna by Mathias Rüegg, originally Premier Orchestre d'Art de Vienne; postmodern big band, 900+ concerts in 55 countries, 40+ albums, dissolved July 2010 after funding loss.
Vienna Boys' Choir
Vienna Boys' Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben), Austrian boys' choir founded by decree of Maximilian I in 1498; about 100 choristers aged 10-14 in four touring choirs, UNESCO-listed since 2017, with the Vienna Girls' Choir as 2004 counterpart.
Vienna New Year's Concert
The Vienna New Year's Concert (Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker): annual Strauss-family concert by the Vienna Philharmonic, 1 January 11:15, Musikverein Golden Hall; founded 31 December 1939 under Clemens Krauss in the Nazi era, televised since 1959, 50 million viewers in 150+ countries, conductor rotates yearly since 1987.
Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) is Austria's national opera house on Vienna's Ringstrasse, opened in 1869, bombed in 1945, and reopened in 1955; it stages around 350 performances a season.
Vietnam Idol
Vietnam Idol is a Vietnamese reality singing competition adapted from the British show Pop Idol, first aired in 2007 and revived in 2023 with Hà An Huy as its eighth champion.
Vieux Farka Touré
Vieux Farka Touré is a Malian singer and guitarist born in 1981 in Niafunke, Mali, son of desert blues pioneer Ali Farka Touré and nicknamed "the Hendrix of the Sahara".
Views (album)
Views (formerly Views From the 6) is Drake's fourth studio album, released April 29, 2016 on Young Money/Cash Money/Republic. Produced largely by Noah "40" Shebib, it topped the Billboard 200, set a 20-song Hot 100 record, and was 2016's top US album.
Viguen
Viguen (Vigen Derderian, ویگن) was an Armenian-Iranian pop singer and guitarist, born in Hamadan in 1929, regarded as Iran's first male pop star and known as the "Sultan of Jazz".
Vijai Bulganin
Vijai Bulganin (విజయ్ బుల్గానిన్), born Gorthi Vijay in Vedurupaka, Andhra Pradesh, is an Indian composer and singer in Telugu cinema. Not to be confused with the Soviet premier Nikolai Bulganin; known for Baby (2023), the Filmfare Best Music Director – Telugu award, and the viral indie song Koyila.
Vijay Prakash
Vijay Prakash, Indian playback singer and music director from Mysore, Karnataka; Carnatic-trained, moved to Mumbai 1996. Known for "Jai Ho" (Slumdog Millionaire, Oscar and Grammy winner), two Filmfare Kannada awards, and judging Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.
Vijay Yesudas (വിജയ് യേശുദാസ്)
Vijay Yesudas (വിജയ് യേശുദാസ്), born 1979 in Chennai, is an Indian playback singer and actor, son of K. J. Yesudas; debut Millennium Stars (2000), over 1,000 songs, three Kerala State Film Awards.
Viji Subramaniam
Viji Subramaniam (Vijayshree Shankar), Indian vocalist, composer and author; daughter of Lakshmi Shankar; wife and collaborator of violinist L. Subramaniam; co-founder of the Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival (1992); died 9 February 1995. Not the NatWest technologist or chess player.
Viking metal
Viking metal: a heavy metal subgenre defined by Viking Age, Old Norse mythology, and Nordic nature themes rather than sound; founded by Sweden's Bathory (Blood Fire Death, 1988), later Enslaved and Amon Amarth; overlaps pagan, folk, and black metal.
Viking Row
Viking Row: Norwegian football fans' synchronized seated rowing chant of "Ro!" (Norwegian for row), created by Ole Frøystad and Oljeberget in 2025 and made viral by Norway's 2026 World Cup, its first in 28 years.
Vikki Carr
Vikki Carr (Florencia Bisenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona), El Paso-born American singer; 1960s pop hits like It Must Be Him, then Spanish-language stardom; three Grammys plus Latin Grammy Lifetime Achievement.
Viktor Lazlo
Viktor Lazlo (Sonia Dronier, born 1960, Lorient, France) is a French singer, actress, and novelist; stage name from Casablanca; hits "Canoë rose" (1985) and "Breathless" (1987); Eurovision 1987 host; albums Woman (2017), Suds (2021).
Viktor Tsoi (Виктор Робертович Цой)
Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Виктор Робертович Цой), 1962-1990, Soviet rock singer-songwriter and actor, founder and frontman of Kino, hero of The Needle (1988), died at 28 in a car crash in Latvia; 'Khochu peremen!' became a post-Soviet protest anthem.
Viktoria Leléka (Вікторія Лелека)
Viktoria Leléka (Вікторія Лелека), born 1990 in Shakhtarske, Ukraine, is a Berlin-based jazz and folk singer who leads the quartet LELÉKA, runs DONBA₴GRL, and represented Ukraine at Eurovision 2026 with "Ridnym", finishing ninth.
Villa (musician)
VILLA is the stage name of Elisa Villafana, an American trap and bass music DJ and producer in Los Angeles who releases on Sable Valley and Bassrush.
Villa Mix Festival
Villa Mix Festival is a Brazilian music festival created in 2011 in Goiânia, the largest sertanejo festival in Brazil, touring more than 20 cities a year.
Village People
Village People, disco group created 1977 by Jacques Morali and Henri Belolo, named for Greenwich Village; six macho archetypes, hits Y.M.C.A., Macho Man, In the Navy; 100 million records; gay-to-straight crossover act.
Villagers (band)
Villagers are an Irish indie folk band formed in 2008 in Dublin by Conor J. O'Brien, formerly of The Immediate. Six Domino albums from Becoming a Jackal (2010) to That Golden Time (2024), two Mercury nominations, two Ivor Novello Awards.
Villains (Queens of the Stone Age album)
Villains, seventh studio album by Queens of the Stone Age, released 25 August 2017 on Matador; produced by Mark Ronson and Mark Rankin, nine tracks, 48 minutes, danceable funk-rock sound.
Villancico
A villancico is a Spanish song and verse form with a refrain and verses, born in Iberia in the late 1400s and later used in colonial Mexican cathedral music.
Ville Valo
Ville Valo (born 1976, Helsinki), also known as VV, is the Finnish singer-songwriter who fronted goth metal band HIM, co-founded in 1991 with Mige; HIM's Dark Light went gold in the US, and his 2023 solo debut is Neon Noir.
Villupattu
Villupattu, also called villisai or villadichan pattu, is a Tamil folk art of musical storytelling in which a lead singer strikes a bow for rhythm.
Vilma Palma e Vampiros
Vilma Palma e Vampiros is an Argentine pop-rock band from Rosario, formed in 1990 and led by vocalist Mario "Pájaro" Gómez, known for the hits "La Pachanga" and "Bye Bye".