Clockwise from upper left: Burna Boy, Big Thief, Lizzo, Tyler, The Creator, Billie Eilish, Better Oblivion Community Center Courtesy of the artists hide caption
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"I was quite literally tasked with completing it," Leonard Cohen's son, Adam, says about his father's wish for him to finish this album. Kezban Özcan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'He'd Asked Me To Complete These Works': Adam Cohen On 'Thanks For The Dance'
Beck. His 14th full-length, Hyperspace, is on our shortlist for the best new albums out on Nov. 22. Peter Hapak/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Leonard Cohen, performing at Rod Laver Arena on November 20, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia. Graham Denholm/WireImage hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: (Sandy) Alex G, Leonard Cohen, Soccer Mommy, Fran, Chastity Belt Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Leonard Cohen's posthumous new album, Thanks for the Dance, comes out Nov. 22. Kezban Özcan/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A memorial mural of musician Leonard Cohen in downtown Montreal. AFP Contributor/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
New Collection Showcases Leonard Cohen Was 'Preoccupied With Brokenness'
An animated Leonard Cohen floats above a city, free as a bird, in a scene from a new video for his song "Leaving The Table." YouTube screen shot hide caption
Stephen Stills and Judy Collins' Everybody Knows comes out Sept. 22. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Flowers are laid beneath a mural of David Bowie in London in January. Carl Court/Getty Images hide caption
Tanya Tagaq's Retribution was one of Talia Schlanger's favorite albums of the year. Katrin Braga/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Car Seat Headrest's Teens Of Denial is Bob Boilen's album of the year. Courtesy of the artist. hide caption
Top row, left to right: Solange, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen; Middle row, left to right: Mitski, Bon Iver, Frank Ocean; Bottom row, left to right: Anohni, Car Seat Headrest, Beyoncé. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Leonard Cohen performs on stage at the Musikhalle in 1970 in Hamburg, Germany. K & K Ulf Kruger OHG/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Lizzo, Leonard Cohen, Sinkane, Rubblebucket, Ty Segall Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Leonard Cohen performs in 1988, five years before David Dye spoke to him backstage at a show in the Philly suburbs. Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Leonard Cohen On World Cafe
Leonard Cohen, who died November 7 at the age of 82, compelled us to dwell on the relationship between the profane and the profound. ullstein bild via Getty Images hide caption
Simone Dinnerstein plays The Cohen Variations, by Daniel Felsenfeld in the NPR studios Doriane Raiman/NPR hide caption
Leonard Cohen. Nicolas Maeterlinck/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Portrait of singer Leonard Cohen, early 1970s. Jack Robinson/Getty Images hide caption