In Music
- 48 is twice the total number of major and minor keys in Western tonal music (twenty-four), not counting enharmonic equivalents. Johann Sebastian Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier is informally known as The Forty-Eight because it consists of a prelude and a fugue in each major and minor key, for a total of forty-eight pieces.
- 48 is a song by Sunny Day Real Estate
- 48 Hour Parole is a song by the Hollies
- 48 Crash is a song by Suzi Quatro
- Formerly known as Bonehead, Familiar 48 is an alternative pop/rock band
- The jam band Phish has 48 albums to date.
- On the band tool’s album, Ænima, there is a song named Forty-Six & 2; the sum of which is 48.
- AKB48 is the name of a Japanese pop idol group that consists of approximately 48 members.
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