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Waiata-ā-ringa

Waiata-ā-ringa (waiata ā-ringa) is a Māori action song with set actions matching the lyrics, pioneered by Apirana Ngata and first published in the 1908 Young Maori Party conference program.

Waii

Waii (หวาย), full name Panyarisa Thienprasiddhi, is a Thai pop singer nicknamed "Baby Hiphop Girl" who debuted in 2007 on the Kamikaze label and helped popularize hip-hop-influenced pop in Thailand.

Waiting for Love (Avicii song)

Waiting for Love: 2015 Avicii single from Stories, co-produced with Martin Garrix, uncredited vocals by Simon Aldred of Cherry Ghost, premiered at Ultra 2015, UK peak number 6, lyrics structured around days of the week.

Waiting for the Sun

Waiting for the Sun is the Doors' third studio album, released July 1968 on Elektra. Their first US number-one album, featuring "Hello, I Love You"; produced by Paul Rothchild, engineered by Bruce Botnick.

Waiting Room (song)

"Waiting Room" is a 1988 song by the Washington, D.C. post-hardcore band Fugazi, known for its circular bass riff, rhythmic pause, and call-and-response vocals between Ian MacKaye and Guy Picciotto.

Waka Flocka Flame

Waka Flocka Flame (Juaquin James Malphurs, born 1986) is an Atlanta trap rapper; his 2010 debut Flockaveli with Lex Luger production and hits like "Hard in Da Paint" and "No Hands" defined early-2010s trap.

Wakar bori

Wakar bori, meaning bori songs, are the praise-name songs performed at bori, the Hausa spirit-possession ceremony of Northern Nigeria and Niger, used to invoke spirits for healing and initiation.

Wake Me Up (Avicii song)

"Wake Me Up" is a 2013 Avicii song, lead single of True, fusing folk and EDM with vocals by Aloe Blacc and guitar by Mike Einziger; No. 1 in over 25 countries, 4x Platinum, over 3 billion Spotify streams.

Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" is a 1984 Wham! single written and produced by George Michael, from a Ridgeley note typo; first UK and US number one for the duo, from Make It Big.

Wake Me Up When September Ends

"Wake Me Up When September Ends" is a Green Day song, track 11 on the 2004 album American Idiot and a 2005 single, written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool about the September 1982 death of Armstrong's father.

Wake One

Wake One (웨이크원), styled WAKEONE, is a South Korean entertainment agency founded by CJ ENM in 2021, known for managing ZEROBASEONE, Kep1er, izna, and ALPHA DRIVE ONE.

Wake Up (BTS album)

Wake Up is BTS's first Japanese-language studio album, released December 24, 2014 on Pony Canyon; 13 tracks mixing Japanese versions of early Korean songs with originals "Wake Up" and "The Stars"; peaked at number 3 on Oricon.

Waking the Fallen

Waking the Fallen is Avenged Sevenfold's second studio album, released August 26, 2003 on Hopeless Records. The melodic metalcore record, first with Synyster Gates and Johnny Christ, produced by Andrew Murdock, went RIAA platinum in 2021.

Wakokin gargajiya

Wakokin gargajiya, Hausa for traditional songs, are the oral and written songs of the Hausa people of northern Nigeria, spanning praise poetry, satire, and didactic verse.

Waldbühne (Berlin open-air)

The Waldbühne is an open-air amphitheatre in a wooded hollow near Berlin's Olympiastadion, built for the 1936 Olympics and seating about 22,000. It is Germany's largest natural theater.

Waldemar Bastos

Waldemar Bastos (1954–2020) was an Angolan singer-songwriter and guitarist who blended afropop with fado and Brazilian influences; he defected into exile in 1982 and broke through internationally with Pretaluz (1998).

Wale (rapper)

Wale (Olubowale Victor Akintimehin, born 1984) is a Washington, D.C. rapper known for go-go-influenced hip-hop, Seinfeld-themed mixtapes, and Billboard 200 No. 1 albums The Gifted and The Album About Nothing.

Walid Toufic

Walid Toufic (وليد توفيق), born Walid Toutounji in 1954 in Tripoli, Lebanon, is a Lebanese singer and oud player known for the party staple 'Enzel Ya Gameel'.

Walk Among Us

Walk Among Us is the debut full-length studio album by the American horror punk band the Misfits. Released in 1982, it was recorded in New Jersey.

Walk Like an Egyptian

Walk Like an Egyptian is a 1986 hit by The Bangles, written by Liam Sternberg and produced by David Kahne for Different Light; it topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, peaked at number 3 in the UK, and popularized a stiff-armed dance pose.

Walk of Fame (song)

Walk of Fame is a 2025 song by Miley Cyrus featuring Brittany Howard, track 9 on Something Beautiful, a six-minute disco-rock/hi-NRG single released May 28, 2025 on Columbia.

Walk off the Earth

Walk off the Earth, Canadian indie pop band formed 2006 in Burlington, Ontario, known for multi-instrumental viral videos; its five-people-one-guitar 2012 Gotye cover passed 100 million views and led to Columbia Records and Juno Awards.

Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed song)

Walk on the Wild Side, Lou Reed's 1972 single from Transformer, produced by David Bowie and Mick Ronson, portrays five real Warhol Factory figures; it peaked at UK number 10 and US number 16 and was Reed's only top-ten hit.

Walk the Moon

Walk the Moon: American pop-rock band formed 2006 in Cincinnati, Ohio, also known as WALK THE MOON, named after the Police song. Famous for the 2014 triple-platinum hit 'Shut Up and Dance' (No. 4 Hot 100); on hiatus since 2023.

Walk This Road (album)

Walk This Road (2025) is the Doobie Brothers' 16th studio album on Rhino, the first with Michael McDonald since 1980, produced by John Shanks, featuring Mavis Staples and Mick Fleetwood, Metascore 69.

Walk This Way

Walk This Way: Aerosmith song by Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, 1975 on Toys in the Attic; its 1986 Run-DMC cover produced by Rick Rubin peaked at No. 4, first rap Top 10 hit.

Walker & Royce

Walker & Royce are an American tech-house duo of Sam Walker and Gavin Royce, known for groove-heavy house music in New York City since 2011 and their Dirtybird albums.

Walker Hayes

Walker Hayes (Charles Edgar Walker Hayes, born 1979) is an American country-pop singer-songwriter from Mobile, Alabama, known for "Fancy Like," "You Broke Up with Me," and albums boom. and Country Stuff The Album.

Walking in Memphis

"Walking in Memphis" is Marc Cohn's 1991 gospel-piano hit from his Atlantic debut album, written after a 1985 Memphis trip to cure writer's block; it peaked at No. 13 in the US, won Cohn the 1992 Best New Artist Grammy, and was later covered by Cher (1995) and Lonestar (2003).

Walking in the Air

"Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the 1982 animated film The Snowman, accompanying the snowman's flight with the boy.