| Was (Not Was) | 5 | 1 |
| Wasted Youth | 1 | 1 |
| Watain | 1 | 1 |
| Water From Your Eyes | 6 | 1 |
| Water Machine | 1 | 1 |
| Water Spirit | 0 | 1 |
| Waterson:Carthy | 1 | 1 |
| Waveshaper | 1 | 1 |
| Wavves | 10 | 1 |
| Way Dynamic | 1 | 1 |
| Wayne Fontana | 1 | 1 |
| We Are Harlot | 1 | 1 |
| Weasel Walter Group | 0 | 1 |
| Weatherbox | 1 | 1 |
| Webster Young | 2 | 1 |
| Wednesday Knudsen | 1 | 1 |
| Weedpecker | 1 | 1 |
| Weidorje | 1 | 1 |
| Weiland | 1 | 1 |
| Weldon Irvine | 1 | 1 |
| Wendy Carlos | 14 | 1 |
| Werner Güra | 27 | 1 |
| Wesley Joseph | 1 | 1 |
| Westerman | 1 | 1 |
| Wheatus | 5 | 1 |
| Wheel | 1 | 1 |
| When in Rome | 1 | 1 |
| Whirlwind Heat | 3 | 1 |
| Whirr | 1 | 1 |
| White Glove Test | 1 | 1 |
| White Lies | 1 | 1 |
| White Noise | 7 | 1 |
| White Town | 8 | 1 |
| White Zombie | 4 | 1 |
| Whitney | 4 | 1 |
| Whodini | 7 | 1 |
| Wicked Lady | 0 | 1 |
| Wigwam | 1 | 1 |
| Wil Bolton | 1 | 1 |
| Wil Malone | 1 | 1 |
| Wilbur Soot | 1 | 1 |
| Wild Man Fischer | 1 | 1 |
| Wild Nothing | 1 | 1 |
| Wildhoney | 1 | 1 |
| Wilhelm Furtwängler | 111 | 1 |
| Will Butler | 1 | 1 |
| Will Smith | 1 | 1 |
| Will Wood and the Tapeworms | 1 | 1 |
| William Christie | 116 | 1 |
| William Doyle | 1 | 1 |
| William S. Burroughs | 7 | 1 |
| William The Conqueror | 1 | 1 |
| Willie Clancy | 1 | 1 |
| Willie Dixon | 16 | 1 |
| Willie Dunn | 1 | 1 |
| Willie Hutch | 0 | 1 |
| Willow Avalon | 1 | 1 |
| Windir | 1 | 1 |
| Wingnut Dishwashers Union | 1 | 1 |
| Winston C.W. | 1 | 1 |
| Winterhawk | 1 | 1 |
| Wippy Bonstack | 1 | 1 |
| Wireless Sight | 1 | 1 |
| Wisp | 1 | 1 |
| Witchcraft | 1 | 1 |
| With Blood Comes Cleansing | 1 | 1 |
| Witt Lowry | 1 | 1 |
| Woe, Is Me | 1 | 1 |
| Wojciech Brzoska | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfe Tones | 1 | 1 |
| Wolfgang Gartner | 1 | 1 |
| Wolves at the Gate | 1 | 1 |
| Woob | 36 | 1 |
| Woodoo | 1 | 1 |
| World News | 1 | 1 |
| World of Pleasure | 0 | 1 |
| Worldpeace DMT | 2 | 1 |
| Worm | 1 | 1 |
| Worthikids | 1 | 1 |
| Wreck and Reference | 1 | 1 |
| Writing on the Wall | 1 | 1 |
| Written by Wolves | 1 | 1 |
| Wu Man | 12 | 1 |
| Wyclef Jean | 13 | 1 |
| Wye Oak | 1 | 1 |
| Wynne | 0 | 1 |
| Wynton Kelly | 28 | 1 |
| Wynton Marsalis Septet | 5 | 1 |
| Wędrowiec | 1 | 1 |
| X JAPAN | 1 | 1 |
| X-Acto | 0 | 1 |
| XYLØ | 1 | 1 |
| Xandria | 9 | 1 |
| Xarnege | 1 | 1 |
| Xavier Charles | 1 | 1 |
| Xavier Wulf | 10 | 1 |
| Xenia Rubinos | 1 | 1 |
| Xinlisupreme | 1 | 1 |
| Xploding Plastix | 1 | 1 |
| Xtatika | 1 | 1 |