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Born Sinner

Born Sinner (2013) is J. Cole's second studio album, released on Roc Nation/Columbia the same day as Kanye West's Yeezus; it debuted at No. 2, reached No. 1, and was largely self-produced with 16 tracks and guests including Miguel and Kendrick Lamar.

Born This Way (album)

Born This Way is Lady Gaga's second studio album (Interscope, May 23, 2011), an electronic rock and techno-pop record whose title track was the 1000th Billboard Hot 100 number one and an LGBTQ+ anthem.

Born This Way (song)

Born This Way is Lady Gaga's 2011 LGBTQ empowerment anthem, lead single from her album of the same name. It was the Billboard Hot 100's 1000th number one, spent six weeks at the top, and was the first US chart-topper to reference the trans community.

Born This Way Ball

The Born This Way Ball, Lady Gaga's third concert tour supporting Born This Way, ran 2012 to February 2013 with 98 shows, a castle stage and Monster Pit, ending when a hip labral tear forced cancellation.

Born to Be Alive (生命树) (TV series)

Born to Be Alive (生命树, "Tree of Life") is a 2026 40-episode Chinese realistic ecological drama directed by Li Xue, starring Yang Zi and Hu Ge, about a mountain patrol team fighting poachers in Hoh Xil, Qinghai; it won three Golden Eagle Awards and was produced by Noon Sunshine and iQIYI.

Born to Be Blue (film)

Born to Be Blue is a 2015 anti-biopic drama directed by Robert Budreau, starring Ethan Hawke as jazz trumpeter Chet Baker and Carmen Ejogo as fictional composite Jane, released by IFC Films in March 2016.

Born to Be Human (生而为人)

Born to Be Human (生而為人) is a 2021 Taiwanese drama directed by Lily Ni, about a 14-year-old intersex boy given nonconsensual sex reassignment surgery; it won the Osaka Asian Film Festival's Yakushi Pearl Award.

Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild: 1968 hard rock song by Steppenwolf, written by Mars Bonfire (Dennis Edmonton), a million seller that peaked at No. 2 US and became the Easy Rider biker anthem coining "heavy metal thunder".

Born to Bowl

Born to Bowl is a five-part 2026 HBO Original documentary series directed by James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte and narrated by Liev Schreiber, following Kyle Troup, Anthony Simonsen, EJ Tackett, Cameron Crowe, and Jason Belmonte on the PBA Tour.

Born to Die

Born to Die is Lana Del Rey's major-label debut album, released 27 January 2012 on Interscope/Polydor. Produced mainly by Emile Haynie, led by "Video Games", it hit UK Number 1, scored 62 on Metacritic, and became a defining influence on 2010s pop.

Born to Die: The Paradise Edition

Born to Die: The Paradise Edition is a 2012 reissue of Lana Del Rey's album Born to Die, adding the eight tracks of the Paradise EP.

Born to Fly

Born to Fly (长空之王) is a 2023 Chinese drama-action film directed by Liu Xiaoshi, starring Wang Yibo and Hu Jun as air force test pilots flying prototype fighters including the J-20; it earned 850 million yuan and won the Golden Rooster Best Directorial Debut.

Born to Kill (album)

Born to Kill is Social Distortion's eighth studio album, released May 8, 2026 on Epitaph. Produced by Dave Sardy and Mike Ness, it is the band's first album in 15 years, delayed by Ness's 2023 tonsil cancer treatment, with guests Lucinda Williams and Benmont Tench. Not to be confused with The Damned's 1997 compilation of the same name.

Born to Kill?

Born to Kill? is a British true crime documentary series by Twofour Productions, first aired on Sky One in October 2005. Seven seasons and 54 episodes profile one serial killer per episode, exploring childhood to ask if killers are born or made; narrated by Christopher Slade and Steve Furst.

Born to Run

Born to Run names Bruce Springsteen's career-saving 1975 album and title track, his 2016 autobiography, and Christopher McDougall's 2009 Tarahumara running bestseller; distinct works sharing one title.

Born to Shine (Philippine TV series)

Born to Shine is a 2026 Philippine drama musical series directed by Rod Marmol. It stars Zephanie and Michael Sager, exploring a young singer's dream against industry hurdles.

Born Yesterday

Born Yesterday is a 1950 Columbia Pictures comedy-drama directed by George Cukor, adapted from Garson Kanin's 1946 Broadway play. Judy Holliday won Best Actress as Billie Dawn; the film earned four other Oscar nominations and joined the National Film Registry in 2012.

Børns

Børns (BØRNS), stage name of Garrett Borns (born 1992, Grand Haven, Michigan), is an American electropop singer-songwriter. Known for "Electric Love" (2015, platinum), albums Dopamine and Blue Madonna, and 2023-2025 EPs Suddenly and Honeybee; distinguishes him from other artists named Bor, BØRN, and Bor!s.

Boro (ぼろ) (textile)

Boro (ぼろ) are historical Japanese textiles patched, mended, or pieced together by hand, made mainly by poor farmers in northern Japan from the eighteenth to early twentieth century.

Boro Boro

Boro Boro (بورو بورو, "go away") is a 2004 Persian pop song by Iranian-Swedish singer Arash, the first Persian-language song to top the pop charts in Sweden and Europe.

Borodino

Borodino (Бородино) is an 1837 narrative poem by Mikhail Lermontov, in which an old soldier recalls the 1812 Battle of Borodino; it made his literary fame.

Boromir

Boromir, son of Denethor II, is a Tolkien character: Gondorian captain, Fellowship of the Ring member, tempted by the One Ring, redeemed dying defending Merry and Pippin; played by Sean Bean in 2001.

Bororo oral literature

Bororo oral literature is the spoken and sung verbal art, called bakaru, of the Bororo (Boe) people, an indigenous people of Mato Grosso, Brazil, closely tied to ritual life.

Borscht (Борщ)

Borscht (борщ) is a family of Eastern European sour soups built on beetroot, with hot red, green, cold, and white variants across Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Russia; UNESCO inscribed Ukrainian borscht cooking for urgent safeguarding in 2022.

Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel

Börsenblatt für den Deutschen Buchhandel, the trade journal of the German book industry, was founded in Leipzig in 1834 and is one of the oldest trade journals still published.

Borstal Boy

Borstal Boy is a 1958 autobiographical novel by the Irish writer Brendan Behan, recounting his 1939 arrest in Liverpool and three years in English borstal institutions.

Boruto

Boruto (BORUTO -ボルト-) is the sequel franchise to Masashi Kishimoto's Naruto, following Naruto's son Boruto Uzumaki at the Ninja Academy; manga began 2016 by Mikio Ikemoto, anime 2017 by Studio Pierrot, sequel manga Two Blue Vortex from 2023.

Boruto Uzumaki (うずまきボルト)

Boruto Uzumaki (うずまきボルト), son of Seventh Hokage Naruto, protagonist of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations and Two Blue Vortex; bears Momoshiki's Karma seal, trained under Sasuke, hunted by his own village.

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (TV series)

Boruto: Naruto Next Generations (BORUTO-ボルト-) is Studio Pierrot's 2017 TV anime sequel to Naruto, 293 episodes ending with Part 1. Staff: Kishimoto supervision, Ikemoto manga, Kodachi script; known for anime-canon arcs and the filler debate.

Boruto: Naruto the Movie

Boruto: Naruto the Movie (BORUTO -NARUTO THE MOVIE-) is a 2015 Japanese anime film, the 11th Naruto film, directed by Hiroyuki Yamashita with Masashi Kishimoto as screenwriter; it earned ¥2.62 billion, a series record.