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Yamê
Yamê (Emmanuel Sow, born 1993, Cergy-Pontoise) is a French-Cameroonian singer-rapper blending R&B, rap, jazz, and trap; known for "Bécane" (COLORS, 2023), the EP Elowi, the 2025 album ÉBĒM, and the 2024 Victoires de la Musique male revelation award.
Yami Safdie
Yami Safdie (Yamila Safdie, born 1997), Argentine Latin pop singer-songwriter signed to Warner Music in 2021; albums Dije Que No Me Iba a Enamorar, SUR, Querida Yo; hits En Otra Vida with Lasso and Querida Yo with Camilo.
Yan An (闫桉) (entertainer)
Yan An (闫桉, 옌안), born 1996, Chinese singer and actor, former PENTAGON member (debuted October 10, 2016 under Cube Entertainment); left Cube in 2023 and PENTAGON in 2026; known for Li Lun in Fangs of Fortune (2024).
Yang Hyun-suk (양현석)
Yang Hyun-suk (양현석), born 1970 in Seoul, is a South Korean music executive, former Seo Taiji and Boys dancer, and founder and Chief Executive Producer of YG Entertainment, home of Big Bang, Blackpink, and BabyMonster.
Yang Yo-seob
Yang Yo-seob (양요섭) is a South Korean singer, main vocalist of the boy group Highlight, known as Beast from its 2009 debut until 2017, and a solo artist since 2012.
Yangqin (扬琴)
Yangqin (扬琴), the Chinese hammered dulcimer: a trapezoidal struck box-zither with bamboo hammers, arrived via Guangdong in the Ming dynasty, renamed from 洋琴, modernized to four bridges and over 140 strings, with regional schools in Cantonese, Sichuan, and Jiangnan traditions.
Yankee Doodle
Yankee Doodle is an 18th-century marching song, originally a British mockery of colonial troops attributed to surgeon Richard Shuckburgh (c. 1755), adopted by Americans during the Revolution and now Connecticut's state anthem.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco's fourth album (2002, Nonesuch; also dated April 16/23), rejected by Reprise, streamed free online from September 18, 2001, debuted at Billboard #13, and remains Wilco's best-selling record.
Yann Tiersen
Yann Tiersen, French minimalist composer and multi-instrumentalist born 1970 in Brest, known for the Amélie (2001) and Good Bye, Lenin! soundtracks, albums Le Phare and Rathlin from a Distance | The Liquid Hour, and sustainable sailboat touring.
Yanni (Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης)
Yanni (Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης, born 1954, Kalamata) is a Greek-American composer and keyboardist of contemporary instrumental music; his 1993 Live at the Acropolis video is the second highest-selling music video ever, with 25 million-plus albums sold.
Yannis Philippakis
Yannis Philippakis, Greek-born British musician, lead singer and guitarist of Foals and of Yannis & The Yaw; formed Foals at Oxford in 2005, seven albums, three Mercury Prize nominations, Tony Allen collaboration Lagos Paris London (2024).
Yanos
Yanos is South African township slang for amapiano, the electronic dance music that emerged in the country's Black townships around 2012 and broke out commercially in 2019.
Yao Xiaotang (姚晓棠)
Yao Xiaotang (姚晓棠), mainland Chinese Mandopop singer and actress born 1998 in Haifeng, Guangdong; fourth place on Sing! China 2021, Baimu Entertainment artist, EP 独处症, debut album 破晓 (2026).
Yaroslav Sumishevsky
Yaroslav Sumishevsky (Ярослав Сумишевский) is a Russian estrada and shanson singer, born in 1983 on Sakhalin, founder of the internet project «Народный Махор» and a performer on Channel One's «Три Аккорда».
Yaşar
Yaşar is a Turkish pop singer born in 1970 in Adana, whose gold 1996 debut album Divane and its song "Kumralım" made him a defining romantic-pop voice of 1990s Turkey.
Yashraj
Yashraj, stage name of Yashraj Mehra, is a Mumbai-based Indian hip-hop rapper and composer known for Dhundhla, Ishq Nachawe, and EPs Azaad Hu Mein, 3P, and Meri Jaan Pehle Naach, with collaborations including KSHMR and Karan Kanchan.
Yasmin Santos
Yasmin Santos, born in 1998 in Guarujá, São Paulo, is a Brazilian feminejo singer-songwriter whose 2018 hit "Saudade Nível Hard" brought national fame on Sony Music.
YASUHIRO
YASUHIRO (康寛) is a Japanese Vocaloid producer, lyricist, and composer affiliated with the agency TOKYO LOGIC, who debuted in 2013 and is known for the million-view song "Nee, Dorodoro-san".
Yazin Nizar
Yazin Nizar, sometimes credited as Yasin, is an Indian playback singer born in Kollam, Kerala in 1990, known for Telugu hits and singing in M. M. Keeravani's music for RRR.
Yazoo (band)
Yazoo, released as Yaz in North America, was an English synth-pop duo formed in 1981 by Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet, known for "Only You" and "Don't Go".
Yazz
Yazz (Yasmin Evans, born 1960, Shepherd's Bush, London) is a British dance-pop singer; her 1988 Coldcut-produced single "The Only Way Is Up" topped the UK chart for five weeks, and her album Wanted reached number 3.
YBN (collective)
YBN (Young Boss Niggas, later Young Bosses Only) was an American hip-hop collective formed in 2014 by YBN Nahmir, YBN Almighty Jay, and YBN Cordae from Xbox Live Grand Theft Auto sessions; its only release, YBN: The Mixtape (2018), went RIAA Gold before the 2020 disbanding.
YBN Nahmir
YBN Nahmir, born Nicholas Alexander Simmons in Birmingham, Alabama, 1999, rapper who founded the YBN gaming-collective and broke out in 2017 with the platinum "Rubbin Off the Paint".
YBNL Nation
YBNL Nation (Yahoo Boy No Laptop Nation) is a Nigerian independent record label founded in 2012 by rapper Olamide. It has developed Afrobeats artists such as Fireboy DML, Asake, and Lil Kesh.
Ycee
Ycee is the stage name of Oludemilade Martin Alejo, a Nigerian rapper and singer born in 1993 who broke out of the Lagos scene in 2015 with "Jagaban" and "Juice".
Ye (album)
ye is Kanye West's eighth solo studio album, released June 1, 2018 via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam; seven songs, 23 minutes, recorded in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; debuted #1 on Billboard 200, his eighth consecutive chart-topper.
Ye Banished Privateers
Ye Banished Privateers is a Swedish pirate-folk band from Umeå, founded in 2008, known for theatrical sea shanty shows by a rotating crew of about a dozen musicians.
Ye Live Concert Tour
The Ye Live Concert Tour (YE LIVE) is a 2026 stadium tour by Ye, formerly Kanye West, supporting Bully, marked by dates blocked in the United Kingdom, France, and elsewhere in Europe.
Yé-yé
Yé-yé (yéyé), from English "yeah", is a 1960s French pop genre adapted from Anglo-American hits, coined by Edgar Morin in Le Monde (1963); led by France Gall, Françoise Hardy, Sylvie Vartan, Johnny Hallyday, fading after May 1968.
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs: New York indie rock trio (Karen O, Nick Zinner, Brian Chase) formed in Williamsburg in 2000; breakout Fever to Tell (2003) with "Maps"; albums through Cool It Down (2022).