Joni Mitchell, photographed in 1970. An album of Mitchell's early recordings, Archives Volume 1: The Early Years, was among the best archival releases of 2020. Roy Jones/Getty Images hide caption

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Sade performs live at New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center in 2001. The artist released her fifth album, Lovers Rock, in November 2000. Debra L. Rothenberg/FilmMagic / Getty hide caption
Sade's "The Big Unknown" will appear on Widows — the movie and soundtrack come out Nov. 16. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Sade performs at the MGM Grand Garden Arena September 3, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption
Nina Simone in the recording studio in approximately 1967. Gilles Petard/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption