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Warren Ellis (musician)
Warren Ellis, Australian violinist and composer, co-founder of instrumental trio Dirty Three (1992, with Mick Turner and Jim White), longtime Nick Cave collaborator in the Bad Seeds and Grinderman, and film scorer of The Proposition, The Assassination of Jesse James, and Mustang.
Warren G
Warren G (Warren Griffin III), Long Beach rapper-producer, stepbrother of Dr. Dre, 213 founder with Nate Dogg and Snoop Dogg; 1994's Regulate…G Funk Era went triple platinum.
Warren Haynes
Warren Haynes (born 1960, Asheville, North Carolina) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter of the Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule founder, and solo artist behind Man In Motion and Million Voices Whisper.
Warren Zevon
Warren Zevon (Warren William Zevon) was an American rock singer-songwriter known for darkly humorous songs like "Werewolves of London"; his 1978 breakthrough album was Excitable Boy.
Warrior (Kesha album)
Warrior, Kesha's second studio album (RCA/Kemosabe, 2012), blends dance-pop with rock, punk, and country; peaked No. 6 Billboard 200, No. 60 UK, with the single "Die Young" reaching No. 2 on the Hot 100.
Warriors (Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis album)
Warriors is a 2024 concept album by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, adapting the 1979 film The Warriors and Yurick's novel; released via Atlantic, 27 tracks, Nas executive producer, all-female Warriors, Broadway show planned.
Warung Beach Club
Warung Beach Club, nicknamed "O Templo", is a beachfront electronic music club at Praia Brava in Itajaí, Brazil, opened in 2002 and ranked in DJ Mag's Top 100 Clubs.
Was (Not Was)
Was (Not Was), American funk-pop band formed 1979 in Detroit by Don Was (Donald Fagenson) and David Was (David Weiss), known for surreal lyrics, guest vocalists like Ozzy Osbourne and Mel Tormé, and 1988 hits Walk the Dinosaur and Spy in the House of Love.
Wasafi FM
Wasafi FM is a 24-hour Swahili-language radio station broadcasting on 90.8 FM in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, launched in 2018 and owned by Diamond Platnumz's Wasafi Media.
Washed Out
Washed Out is the electronic project of Ernest Weatherly Greene, begun in Georgia in 2009, a leading chillwave act known for "Feel It All Around" (the Portlandia theme) and albums through Notes From a Quiet Life (2024).
Washtub bass
Washtub bass, also called gutbucket or tub: a homemade one-string bass with a cord from an inverted washtub to a braced pole; pitch changes by stick pressure on string tension. Used in jug bands, skiffle, and quelbe; descended from the African earth-bow.
Wassoulou
Wassoulou, also called Wassoulou music, is a semi-acoustic popular music style from southern Mali, rooted in hunters' music, led by women singers such as Oumou Sangaré, and popular since the 1970s.
Wasted Love
Wasted Love is JJ's (Johannes Pietsch) operatic pop song with a techno ending that won Eurovision 2025 in Basel for Austria with 436 points, the country's third win.
Wasted Penguinz
Wasted Penguinz is a Swedish hardstyle act from Helsingborg, formed in 2008 by Pontuz Bergman and Jon Brandt-Cederhäll, who became leaders of euphoric hardstyle before becoming Bergman's solo project in 2020.
Wasting Light
Wasting Light, Foo Fighters' seventh studio album (April 12, 2011, Roswell/RCA), recorded entirely to analog tape in Dave Grohl's Encino garage with producer Butch Vig; first Billboard 200 No. 1 for the band, six Grammy nominations, guests Bob Mould and Krist Novoselic.
Watain
Watain: Swedish black metal band formed in Uppsala in 1998, named after a Von song. Seven studio albums, 2011 Swedish Grammis, gold-certified Reaping Death single, ritualized live shows with blood.
Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)
"Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)" is Silentó's 2015 debut single and dance-instruction hit; it peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, went RIAA gold, and drove 2015's viral whip and nae nae dance craze.
Watch the Party Die
Watch the Party Die is the fan-given name of an untitled Kendrick Lamar song released on Instagram on September 11, 2024, at 8 p.m. ET as the VMAs began; his first release since "Not Like Us," critiquing the music industry.
Watch the Throne
Watch the Throne is a 2011 collaborative album by Jay-Z and Kanye West as the Throne, released August 8, 2011 on Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella/Roc Nation, recorded in hotels worldwide to avoid leaks, with Metacritic score 76.
Watching Movies with the Sound Off
Watching Movies with the Sound Off is Mac Miller's second studio album, released June 2013 on Rostrum Records, self-produced as Larry Fisherman with guests Earl Sweatshirt, Ab-Soul, and Tyler, The Creator.
Water Music
Handel's Water Music (HWV 348-350) is a set of 22 orchestral movements, usually three suites in F, D, and G major, premiered 17 July 1717 on the Thames for King George I by about 50 musicians and played three times that evening.
Water Under the Bridge
"Water Under the Bridge" is a song by Adele, co-written and produced by Greg Kurstin. It was released on November 4, 2016, as the final single from her album 25.
Waterbomb festival
Waterbomb (워터밤) is a South Korean summer music festival first held in Seoul in 2015, combining K-pop, hip-hop, and EDM performances with team-based water-gun battles between artists and the crowd. It tours Korean cities and international venues, is 19+, and was named in Rolling Stone's 2025 K-pop moments.
Waterfalls (TLC song)
"Waterfalls" (1995) by TLC, from CrazySexyCool, written by Left Eye Lopes, Marqueze Etheridge, and Organized Noize; Billboard Hot 100 number one, first No. 1 song referencing AIDS, four 1995 MTV VMAs.
Waterloo (album)
Waterloo is ABBA's second studio album, released 4 March 1974 on Polar Music and the first under the ABBA name; its title track won Eurovision 1974 in Brighton with 24 points, launching the group internationally.
Watermelon Sugar
"Watermelon Sugar" is a song by English singer Harry Styles from his 2019 album Fine Line, re-released as a single in 2020 and winner of the 2021 Grammy for Best Pop Solo Performance.
Waterparks (band)
Waterparks (Parx) is an American pop-rock trio from Houston, Texas, formed in 2011: Awsten Knight, Geoff Wigington, Otto Wood. Six albums from Double Dare (2016) to JINX (2026), genre-hopping pop-punk with charting Billboard albums.
Waterworks Festival
Waterworks Festival is a one-day electronic music festival held each September in Gunnersbury Park, West London, founded by Team Love and Percolate, with its first edition in 2021.
Wati B
Wati B is a French independent hip-hop label founded in Paris in 1999 by Dawala, best known as the home of Sexion d'Assaut, Maître Gims, and Black M.
Watkin Tudor Jones
Watkin Tudor Jones, known as Ninja or Waddy, is a South African rapper and performance artist, frontman of the rap-rave group Die Antwoord. Earlier projects include Max Normal, The Constructus Corporation, and Original Evergreens.