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Wanted Dead or Alive (Bon Jovi song)

Wanted Dead or Alive: 1986 Bon Jovi power ballad written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora, third single from Slippery When Wet, a cowboy-themed road song that peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and inspired MTV Unplugged via the 1989 VMAs acoustic set.

Wanted on Voyage

Wanted on Voyage is the 2014 debut album by English singer-songwriter George Ezra, released by Columbia. Recorded in London with Cam Blackwood and Joel Pott, it peaked at No. 1 in the UK behind the hit single "Budapest".

Wanvun

Wanvun is a traditional Kashmiri folk chorus sung by women in two rows, without instruments, at weddings and other auspicious ceremonies across the Kashmir Valley.

Wanya Morris

Wanya Jermaine Morris (born 1973, Philadelphia) is the lead tenor of R&B group Boyz II Men, distinct from the comedian of the same name; joined Unique Attraction in 1987, four Grammys, solo mixtape Unreleased.

WAP (song)

WAP (song): 2020 explicit hip-hop single by Cardi B featuring Megan Thee Stallion, Atlantic/KSR, produced by Ayo & Keyz; debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with a then-record 93 million first-week US streams, topped the UK chart, and was RIAA-certified Diamond in August 2026.

War (band)

War is an American funk band from Long Beach, California, formed in 1969 (some sources say 1962), known for the 1970 Eric Burdon collaboration "Spill the Wine," the 1973 best-selling album The World Is a Ghetto, and hits "Low Rider" and "Why Can't We Be Friends?"

War (The Temptations song)

"War" is a 1970 anti-Vietnam War protest song by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong, first recorded by the Temptations but made a three-week No. 1 hit by Edwin Starr.

War (U2 album)

War (1983) is U2's third studio album, released 28 February 1983 on Island Records, produced by Steve Lillywhite at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin. It was U2's first UK number 1 album, reached US No. 12, and features Sunday Bloody Sunday and New Year's Day.

War Eternal

War Eternal is Arch Enemy's tenth studio album, melodic death metal, released June 2014 on Century Media, the first with vocalist Alissa White-Gluz replacing Angela Gossow and without Christopher Amott; highest US and German chart positions to date.

War Pigs

War Pigs is Black Sabbath's anti-war opening track on Paranoid (1970), originally titled Walpurgis; Geezer Butler's lyrics attack Vietnam War profiteers, and the album was renamed after the last-minute hit single Paranoid.

Warda Al-Jazairia

Warda Al-Jazairia (وردة الجزائرية), born Warda Ftouki (1939/1940-2012), was an Algerian singer of Egyptian song, star of 'Al Watan al Akbar', wife of composer Baligh Hamdi, with about 300 songs and 100 million albums sold.

Wardruna

Wardruna is a Norwegian dark Nordic folk group from Bergen founded by ex-Gorgoroth drummer Einar "Kvitrafn" Selvik with Gaahl and Lindy-Fay Hella. Known for the Runaljod trilogy on the 24 Elder Futhark runes, ancient instruments, and music for Vikings and Assassin's Creed Valhalla; sixth album Birna released January 2025.

Warfaze (album)

Warfaze is the 1991 self-titled debut album of the Bangladeshi heavy metal band Warfaze, released on the Sargam label in Dhaka and widely described as Bangladesh's first heavy metal album.

Waris Baig

Waris Baig is a Pakistani playback singer who rose to fame in the 1990s, singing for over 100 films and winning three consecutive National Film Awards.

Warkings

Warkings are an Austrian-led power metal band formed in 2018, whose members perform in costume as ancient warriors, releasing five albums on Napalm Records, including Armageddon in 2025.

Warlock (band)

Warlock was a German heavy metal band from Düsseldorf, formed late 1982, fronted by Doro Pesch. Four studio albums through Triumph and Agony (1987), Monsters of Rock 1986, disbanded over name rights; Pesch continued as Doro.

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group (WMG), also known historically as WEA (Warner-Elektra-Atlantic), is one of the big three music companies, operating Atlantic, Warner Records, Elektra, Parlophone, and Warner Chappell publishing; NASDAQ-listed since June 2020.

Warner Music Indonesia

Warner Music Indonesia is the Indonesian branch of Warner Music Group, operating under its own name since 1996 and signing artists from Krisdayanti to The Lantis.

Warner Music México

Warner Music México is the Mexican subsidiary of Warner Music Group, based in Mexico City, with a regional Mexican roster including Codiciado, El Komander, and DannyLux.

Warner Music Russia

Warner Music Russia was the Moscow-based Russian branch of Warner Music Group, established in 2013 through the acquisition of Gala Records, with operations suspended in 2022 after the invasion of Ukraine.

Warner Records

Warner Records, formerly Warner Bros. Records, is a Los Angeles-based frontline label of Warner Music Group, founded March 1958 and rebranded in May 2019 when its Warner Bros. name license expired; led by Aaron Bay-Schuck.

Warning (Green Day album)

Warning (2000) is Green Day's sixth studio album on Reprise, a folk- and classic-rock-influenced turn recorded at Studio 880, Oakland. Lead single Minority topped Modern Rock, but the gold album sold 1.1 million, a commercial dip before American Idiot.

Warp (record label)

Warp Records, British independent label founded 1989 in Sheffield by Steve Beckett, Rob Mitchell, and Robert Gordon; home of Aphex Twin, Autechre, Boards of Canada; known for bleep techno, the 1992 Artificial Intelligence compilation, IDM, Warp Films, and Bleep.

Warp Records discography

The Warp Records discography catalogs releases by Warp Records, a British independent label founded in Sheffield, spanning bleep techno, IDM, experimental pop, and electronic music.

WARP Shinjuku (music)

WARP Shinjuku (ワープ新宿) is a nightclub in Kabukichō, Shinjuku, Tokyo, opened in 2018 in a former cinema, peaking at 31st in DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs in 2025.

Warpaint (band)

Warpaint is an American indie rock band formed in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day 2004, known for ethereal guitar-driven dream pop and post-punk; albums The Fool (2010), Warpaint (2014), Heads Up (2016), Radiate Like This (2022).

Warped Tour

The Warped Tour, known as the Vans Warped Tour, is a traveling punk rock festival founded by Kevin Lyman in 1995 that also featured extreme sports.

Warrant (American band)

Warrant: American glam metal/hard rock band formed 1984 on Hollywood's Sunset Strip, not to be confused with the German speed metal Warrant. Hits "Heaven" and "Cherry Pie"; over 10 million albums sold 1989–1996; fronted by Jani Lane until his 2011 death, then Robert Mason.

Warren Cuccurullo

Warren Bruce Cuccurullo (born 1956, Brooklyn) is an American rock guitarist who played with Frank Zappa, co-founded Missing Persons, and was Duran Duran's guitarist and co-writer of "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone" from 1986 to 2001; later solo artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2022 inductee.

Warren DeMartini

Warren DeMartini (born 1963), American lead guitarist of glam metal band Ratt; joined in 1982 replacing Jake E. Lee, co-wrote "Round and Round" on triple-platinum Out of the Cellar, later Dio, Whitesnake, Charvel signature guitars.