Teddy Swims' "Lose Control" spent over two years on the Billboard Hot 100 until this week, as new rules for the chart go into effect. Cameron Spencer/Getty Images/Getty Images AsiaPac hide caption
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Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey and Busta Rhymes were among the stars who performed — and took home awards — at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards. Manny Carabel (2) and Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for MTV hide caption
We've wrangled the great (like Chappell Roan), the middling and the truly misbegotten musical guests from SNL's regular season into one digestible list. Will Heath/NBC/Episodic hide caption
Lady Gaga performs during a massive free show at Copacabana Beach on Saturday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Buda Mendes/Getty Images hide caption
Lady Gaga's Mayhem, which enters the chart at the top spot after a long windup that's included three top 40 singles. John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images hide caption
Early in her career, Lady Gaga's antagonistic, transgressive pop sometimes took on political overtones. Early songs from her latest album, Mayhem, seem to capture some of that era's intensity. Frank LeBon hide caption
Musician Bad Bunny will be featured in Friday's SNL concert and Sunday's live special. Here he is performing during his Most Wanted Tour at Miami's Kaseya Center on May 24, 2024. John Parra/Getty Images hide caption
'Saturday Night Live' celebrates legacy of music performances for 50th anniversary
The Weeknd performs during the 67th Grammy Awards. Amy Sussman/Getty Images hide caption
The Weeknd tops the Billboard 200 albums chart with 'Hurry Up Tomorrow'
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Imogen Heap, seen here performing during the 62nd annual Grammy Awards on Jan. 26, 2020, in Los Angeles, scored her first song on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart this month, 30 years into her career. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
Imogen Heap's song 'Headlock' hits Billboard charts 20 years after it was released
Bad Bunny on stage in Miami in May 2024. The Puerto Rican singer's latest album, DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, topped Billboard's album chart this week. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images hide caption
Bad Bunny blessed with Billboard’s biggest boosts (and Bruno bolsters his bona fides)
Dave Matthews (from left), Joni Mitchell and Billie Eilish are just some of the musicians performing at the Jan. 30 FireAid benefit concert in Los Angeles in support of those impacted by the Southern California wildfires. Getty Images hide caption
The duet by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars spent four weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100 in November before being swept out of the top 10 by the annual rush of holiday songs. This week, it finally rises to the top of the chart. John Esparza/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
With the holidays over, Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga and more stars flood the pop charts
Lady Gaga performs during President Biden's inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021. She'll co-chair Biden's arts advisory committee. Saul Loeb/Pool/Getty Images hide caption
"Naatu Naatu" from the film RRR is up for best original song at the 95th Academy Awards. The tiger flying in the air toward Ram Charan (right), however, is not. DVV Entertainment & Variance Films hide caption
Fatima Al Qadiri, Danny Harle, and UNIIQU3 all land on NPR Music's best electronic music of 2021 list. Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR; Getty Images hide caption
Jazz singer Tony Bennett and pop star Lady Gaga released their second duet album, Love for Sale, on Oct. 1. Larry Busacca/Getty Images for NARAS hide caption
Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga's latest, and likely last, ring-a-ding
Almost two months ago, two of Lady Gaga's French bulldogs were stolen and her dog walker shot. Five people have now been arrested in the case. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
Jennifer Lopez, as well as Lady Gaga, will perform at the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden next week. David J. Phillip/AP hide caption