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Definitely Maybe

Definitely Maybe is Oasis's 1994 debut album on Creation Records, produced by the band with Mark Coyle. It topped the UK chart as Britain's fastest-selling debut at the time, after abandoned Monnow Valley sessions and a Sawmills re-recording.

Definitely, Maybe

Definitely, Maybe is a 2008 romantic comedy directed by Adam Brooks, starring Ryan Reynolds as a divorced father recounting his past romances to his daughter.

Definition of music

Definition of music: the problem of distinguishing music from other organized sound. Key formulations include organized sound, Blacking's humanly organized sound, Merriam's concept-behavior-sound model, and tonality or aesthetic conditions, with Cage's 4'33" as the classic test case.

Defleshed

Defleshed is a Swedish thrash and death metal band from Uppsala, formed in 1991, whose trio of Gustaf Jorde, Lars Löfven, and Matte Modin reunited in 2021 and released Grind Over Matter in 2022.

DeForest Kelley

DeForest Kelley (1920-1999), American actor, played Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy on Star Trek (NBC 1966-69), its animated series, and six films; earlier a western villain character actor, later Walk of Fame honoree.

Defqon.1 Festival

Defqon.1 is Q-dance's annual hardstyle and hardcore festival, first held in 2003 at Almere Strand and now staged at Biddinghuizen, Netherlands. Largest hardstyle festival worldwide; Australian and Chilean editions; 2026 edition cancelled by code red heat.

Defter

Defter was a Turkish journal of literature, history, politics, and philosophy published in Istanbul by Metis Yayınları from 1987 to 2002, producing 45 issues over fifteen years under a founding board including Semih Sökmen.

Deftones

Deftones is an American alternative metal band formed in Sacramento, California in 1988, fronted by Chino Moreno and known for blending heavy riffs with ambient, shoegaze textures.

Deftones (album)

Deftones (2003) is the self-titled fourth studio album by the Sacramento metal band Deftones, produced by Terry Date, released after White Pony, fined $1 million for lateness, and later reappraised as a lost classic.

Deftones discography

Deftones (デフトーンズ) discography: Sacramento alternative metal band formed 1988; ten studio albums from Adrenaline (1995) to private music (2025) on Maverick then Reprise; 10M+ records sold; White Pony 2x-Platinum RIAA.

Defunctland

Defunctland is a YouTube documentary series created by pseudonymous filmmaker Kevin Perjurer about defunct theme parks, attractions, and themed entertainment, with the DefunctTV spin-off, a podcast, VR project, and Peabody Interactive nomination (2023).

Defying Destiny (TV series)

Defying Destiny (María la caprichosa) is a 2026 Colombian telenovela by Caracol Televisión on Netflix, dramatizing labor leader María Roa Borja; 64 episodes, released January 5, 2026, based on Paula Moreno's book Soñar lo imposible.

Defying Gravity (song)

"Defying Gravity" is the Act I finale song of the musical Wicked (2003), written by Stephen Schwartz for Elphaba and Glinda. Written in 2000 from an old chord riff, famously difficult to sing, and the 2024 film's finale.

Degenerate art

Degenerate art (Entartete Kunst): Nazi label for modern art and the 1937 Munich mock exhibition of 650 confiscated works, initiated by Goebbels and led by Adolf Ziegler; over 16,000 works were confiscated, sold abroad, or burned, drawing over 3 million visitors.

Degrassi

Degrassi is a Canadian teen television franchise created by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood, beginning with The Kids of Degrassi Street (CBC, 1979), continuing through Degrassi Junior High, Degrassi High, Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001-2015), and Netflix's Degrassi: Next Class, known for frank treatment of teen issues.

Degrassi High

Degrassi High, the third Degrassi series by Linda Schuyler and Kit Hood, aired on CBC 1989–1991 with 28 episodes, followed the Degrassi Junior High kids into high school, tackled abortion, AIDS, and suicide, and ended with the 1992 movie School's Out.

Degrassi Junior High

Degrassi Junior High (1987-1989), created by Kit Hood and Linda Schuyler, is a Canadian CBC/PBS teen drama spin-off of The Kids of Degrassi Street, continuing as Degrassi High and The Next Generation.

Degrassi: Next Class

Degrassi: Next Class (2016–2017) is the fifth Canadian teen drama in the Degrassi franchise, created by Linda Schuyler and Stephen Stohn, airing on Family Channel and Netflix in four 10-episode seasons with hashtag episode titles.

Degrassi: The Next Generation

Degrassi: The Next Generation (later Degrassi) is a Canadian teen drama created by Linda Schuyler and Yan Moore, airing on CTV, MuchMusic, and The N/TeenNick from 2001 to 2015 across 14 seasons, following students at Degrassi Community School.

Degree (music)

Degree (music), or scale degree: the numbered position (1–7) of a note within a scale counted from the tonic; named tonic through leading note; relative notation behind movable-do solfège and Roman-numeral harmony, distinct from fixed pitch.

Degüello

Degüello (1979) is ZZ Top's sixth studio album and first for Warner Bros., produced by Bill Ham after a three-year hiatus. Singles "I Thank You" (No. 34) and "Cheap Sunglasses" (No. 89); platinum-selling bridge to El Loco and Eliminator.

Deha (TV series)

Deha (The Good & the Bad) is a Turkish action-drama series by Ay Yapım for Show TV, airing 22 September 2024 to 18 May 2025 in 31 episodes. Written by Damla Serim, directed by Umut Aral, starring Aras Bulut İynemli; it won the 2025 International Emmy for Telenovela.

Dehkhoda Dictionary

The Dehkhoda Dictionary (Loghat-nāme-ye Dehkhodā) is the largest comprehensive encyclopedic dictionary of the Persian language, compiled by Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda over more than sixty years and completed after his death by Mohammad Moin.

Dehli ki Aakhri Shama

Dehli ki Aakhri Shama (دہلی کی آخری شمع) is a classic Urdu prose sketch by Mirza Farhatullah Baig, published in 1927, portraying the last great mushaira of Mughal Delhi.

Dehua porcelain

Dehua porcelain (德化白瓷) is white porcelain made at kilns in Dehua County, Fujian, China, known for Ming dynasty ivory-white sculpture that Europeans named blanc de Chine.

Dehumanized (song)

"Dehumanized" is a 2026 deathcore single by Bring Me the Horizon, the sole new closing track on Count Your Blessings | Repented, their 20th-anniversary re-recording of their 2006 debut, written by Oliver Sykes and Lee Malia.

Dehumanizer

Dehumanizer is a 1992 studio album by Black Sabbath, reuniting Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice for one of the band's heaviest records.

Dei Sepolcri

Dei Sepolcri (Of the Sepulchres) is a 1807 poem of 295 unrhymed hendecasyllables by Ugo Foscolo, dedicated to Ippolito Pindemonte and arguing that tombs matter for the living.

Deichbrand Festival

Deichbrand Festival, also known as Deichbrand, is a rock, pop, and electronic music festival held annually since 2005 on the German North Sea coast near Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony.

Deicide (band)

Deicide is an American death metal band formed in Tampa, Florida in 1987 as Amon, renamed Deicide in 1989, and ranked second in death metal sales of the SoundScan era.