| Tom Waits [Detail] | USA |
| Wake Island [Detail] | multi-ethnic |
| Torgeir Waldemar [Detail] | Norway |
| Walls & Birds [Detail] | Germany |
| Walt Disco [Detail] | Scotland |
| Warhaus [Detail] | Belgium |
| Warpaint [Detail] | USA |
| The Waterboys [Detail] | Scotland |
| Roger Waters [Detail] | England |
| Muddy Waters [Detail] | USA |
| Patrick Watson [Detail] | Canada |
| John Watts [Detail] | England |
| Waxahatchee [Detail] | USA |
| Jeff Wayne [Detail] | USA |
| We Stood Like Kings [Detail] | Belgium |
| We Were Promised Jetpacks [Detail] | Scotland |
| Jane Weaver [Detail] | England |
| Faye Webster [Detail] | USA |
| Konstantin Wecker [Detail] | Germany |
| The Wedding Present [Detail] | United Kingdom |
| Wednesday [Detail] | USA |
| Bettina Wegner [Detail] | DDR (Germany) |
| Wendy & Lisa [Detail] | USA |
| When 'Airy Met Fairy [Detail] | Luxembourg |
| Whispering Sons [Detail] | Belgium |
| Jack White [Detail] | USA |
| Emily Jane White [Detail] | USA |
| White Rabbits [Detail] | USA |
| The White Stripes [Detail] | USA |
| Whitesnake [Detail] | United Kingdom |
| The Who [Detail] | England |
| Widowspeak [Detail] | USA |
| Wilco [Detail] | USA |
| A.A. Williams [Detail] | England |
| Yasmin Williams [Detail] | USA |
| Steven Wilson [Detail] | England |
| Jonathan Wilson [Detail] | USA |
| Amy Winehouse [Detail] | England |
| Wings [Detail] | England |
| Steve Winwood [Detail] | England |
| Wir sind Helden [Detail] | Germany |
| Wishbone Ash [Detail] | England |
| Chelsea Wolfe [Detail] | USA |
| Stevie Wonder [Detail] | USA |
| Wooden Shijps [Detail] | USA |
| Woodkid [Detail] | France |
| Hawksley Workman [Detail] | Canada |
| Wovenhand [Detail] | USA |
| Jenny Wren & Her Borrowed Wings [Detail] | USA |
| Lizz Wright [Detail] | USA |
| Wye Oak [Detail] | USA |
