Fictional characters invented for recorded music

Gorillaz are an English virtual band created by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett in 1998. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: (vocals, keyboards, melodica), Murdoc Niccals (bass guitar), Noodle (guitar, keyboards, backup vocals) and Russel Hobbs (drums). Their universe is presented in media such as music videos, interviews, comic strips and short cartoons. Gorillaz's music has featured collaborations with a wide range of musicians and featured artists, with Albarn as the only permanent musical contributor.

persona of the vocal software voicebank by the same name

fictional music group and media franchise

K/DA ( ) is a virtual K-pop girl group consisting of five themed versions of League of Legends characters Ahri, Akali, Evelynn, Kai'Sa and Seraphine. (G)I-dle members Miyeon and Soyeon provide the voices of Ahri and Akali, respectively, Madison Beer voices Evelynn, and Jaira Burns voices Kai'Sa. The characters have also been voiced by other artists.

mascot for the metal band Iron Maiden

fictional children's character

Megadeth mascot

Swedish musician

David Bowie character

character created by David Bowie in 1971

Dethklok is a melodic death metal virtual band featured in the Adult Swim animated television series Metalocalypse, known for its satirical or parodic lyrical themes.

Gummibär (; German for "gummy bear") or Gummy Bear is a German Eurodance multilingual character and virtual musician that performs gummy bear-related songs on various albums, including I Am Your Gummy Bear (2007) and La La Love to Dance (2010). The video for the song "I'm a Gummy Bear" and its Spanish version has 3.8 billion and 1.3 billion views on YouTube respectively.

Plave (; stylized in all caps) is a South Korean virtual boy band formed by Vlast. The group consists of five members: Yejun, Noah, Bamby, Eunho, and Hamin.

virtual band or music group whose members are not depicted as corporeal musicians, but animated characters

virtual electropop band

puppet character

Tabaluga is a German media franchise featuring a fictional green dragon, created by German rock musician Peter Maffay, children's songwriter Rolf Zuckowski and author Gregor Rottschalk. Artist Helme Heine drew the image of Tabaluga as it is currently known. The character Tabaluga was first introduced by Maffay in the musical fairy tale Tabaluga ... oder die Reise zur Vernunft (Tabaluga or... The Journey to Reason) in 1983. This first studio album was the step to success: within the next years some Helme Heine books, six sequel concept studio albums, two tours, a stage musical, Tabaluga und Lil

English novelty pop music act

Mave: (; stylized as MAVE:), is a South Korean virtual girl group formed in 2023 by Metaverse Entertainment. The group consists of Siu, Zena, Tyra, and Marty, who are hyper-realistic, 3D CGI members that were created using machine learning, deepfake, and 3D production technology.

British synthpop band

Massacration is a fictional American heavy metal band created by Brazilian humorists and musicians Bruno Sutter (as vocalist Detonator), Fausto Fanti (as lead guitarist Blondie Hammett), Marco Antônio Alves (as bassist Metal Avenger), Adriano Silva (as rhythm guitarist Headmaster) and Felipe Torres (as drummer Jimmy the Hammer), all of them part of the comedy troupe Hermes & Renato. Heavily influenced by the similar semi-fictional metal act Spinal Tap and self-styled as "a banda da galera" (roughly translated into English as "the people's/crowd's band"), Massacration is a light-hearted parody

Quasimoto was a side project of American hip-hop producer Madlib, from Oxnard, California.

South Korea Virtual Idol

Superkind (; stylized in all caps), was a South Korean boy band formed by Deep Studio Entertainment. The group originally consisted of five members: Eugene, Geon, Daemon, Saejin and SiO. Seung and JDV joined the group a few months after debut. They debuted on June 20, 2022, with the digital single album PlaySuperkind: Apply for a Beta Test and disbanded on April 11, 2025.

Fictional British parody rock band