# Boom

Boom may refer to:

## Objects

* Boom (containment), a temporary floating barrier used to contain an oil spill
* Boom (navigational barrier), an obstacle used to control or block marine navigation
* Boom (sailing), a sailboat part
* Boom (windsurfing), a piece of windsurfing equipment
* Boom (ship), a type of Arab sailing vessel
* Log boom, a barrier placed in a river
* Boom, the lifting part of a crane
* Boom microphone
* Boom, the rear fuselage of an aircraft, as in twin boom
* Boom, short for boomerang
* Boom barrier, used to block vehicular or pedestrian access

## Arts and entertainment
### Music
#### Performers

* Boom! (group), a pop band founded by Hear'Say member Johnny Shentall
* The Boom, a Japanese rock band
* Boom Gaspar (born 1953), piano/keyboard/organ player for the band Pearl Jam
* Boom, a member of the animated girl group VBirds

#### Albums

* Boom (The Sonics album), 1966
* Boom (Mario Pavone album), 2004
* Boom (Garmonbozia album)
* Boom, a 2006 album by The Fuzztones

#### Songs

* "Boom" (Anastacia song), the official song for the 2002 FIFA World Cup
* "Boom" (Mario song), a 2005 R&B single featuring Juvenile
* "Boom" (P.O.D. song), 2002
* "Boom" (Royce da 5'9" song)
* "Boom" (Snoop Dogg song), 2011
* "Boom" (T-Pain song), 2008, with Filip Filippi, better known as Sin Sizzerb
* "Boom" (X Ambassadors song), 2019
* "Boom!" (System of a Down song), 2003
* "Boom", a song by Anjulie, 2008
* "Boom", a song by the Bloodhound Gang from One Fierce Beer Coaster (1996)
* "Boom", a song by Flight of the Conchords from the 2007 episode "Bret Gives Up the Dream"
* "Boom!", a song by Lil Yachty featuring Ugly God from the 2018 album Lil Boat 2
* "Boom", a 2008 song by gospel R&B duo Mary Mary from the album The Sound
* "Boom", a song by Soulfly on the album Primitive
* "Boom!", a song by Simple Plan from their 2016 album Taking One for the Team
* "Boom", a song by YoungBoy Never Broke Again from his 2020 album Top

#### Festivals

* Boom Festival, an electronic music festival in Portugal
* BOOM Festival, a former Yugoslav music festival

### Films

* Boom! (1968 film), a 1968 British drama starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Noël Coward
* Boom (2003 film), a 2003 Bollywood comedy
* Il Boom, a 1963 film by Italian director Vittorio de Sica

### Television

* Boom! (TV series), a 2005 American reality series
* Boom! (game show), an American game show with a time bomb theme
* Boom, the original title of the U.S. TV series Blood & Oil
* "Boom" (CSI), an episode of the TV series C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation
* "Boom!" (Castle), a television episode
* "BOOM" (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), a television episode
* Boom (Power Rangers), a character from the American TV series Power Rangers: S.P.D.
* "Boom" (Doctor Who), an episode of the fourteenth series of Doctor Who

### Other

* Boom! Studios, an American comics publisher
* Boom! (novel), a 2009 children's science fiction novel by Mark Haddon
* Boom (play), by Peter Sinn Nachtreib
* Boom (source port), a source port of the computer game Doom

## Places

* Boom, Belgium, a municipality
* Boom Mountain, on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, Canada
** Boom Lake, near the mountain
* Boom Gorge, on the Chu River in Kyrgyzstan
* Boom, Tennessee, a community in the United States
* Boom, Texas, former name of Summerfield, Texas

## Media

* BOOMTV, a proposed Canadian premium TV service
* Boom TV (Romania), a satellite TV company
* Boom TV (Macedonia), a digital TV provider
* Boom! Studios, an American comic book and graphic novel publisher
* Boom FM, a classic hits radio station brand in Canada
* Boom Radio, a UK radio station
* KROI, a radio station serving the Greater Houston area, branded as "Boom 92"
* XERP-AM, a Mexican radio station serving the Tampico, Tamaulipas area, branded as "boom 104.7"
* WPHI-FM, a radio station serving the Philadelphia area, branded as "Boom 107.9"

## People

* Boom (surname)
* Boom (nickname)
* Boom (entertainer) (born 1982), South Korean rapper, singer and actor
* Boudewijn Karel Boom, Dutch botanist for whose name it is the standard abbreviation

## Other uses

* Sonic boom, the sound created by an object traveling through the air faster than the speed of sound
* Economic boom, a time of rapid growth in wealth, as in a boom town
* Baby boom, a period marked by a greatly increased birth rate
* Boom Technology, a startup aircraft company