Sufjan Stevens, onstage during the Academy Awards on March 4, 2018 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
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Dua Lipa released her second album, the glossy, pristine Future Nostalgia, in March, just weeks after COVID-19 locked the world into quarantine. The sure-footedness of her dance floor-inspired pop gained ironic resonance in the uncertainty of the moment that followed. Hugo Comte/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Sarah Jarosz On World Cafe
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BTS plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR/NPR hide caption
Arlo Parks plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
Lady Gaga wore a lot of masks Sunday night, but this is the one with tusks. Yay, tusks! Kevin Winter/MTV VMAs 2020/Getty Images for MTV hide caption
"This record is really about hopefulness. It's about resilience, it's about joy," says Katy Perry. "To me, it's not just about noise, it's about me walking through real hell." Christine Hahn/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Billie Eilish plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR/NPR hide caption
The previously unreleased song is the first single from her upcoming album, The Rarities. Angela Weiss/Getty Images hide caption
Buscabulla plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR hide caption
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Bruce Springsteen performs live on stage at the Carlton Theatre in Red Bank, N.J., during the Born To Run tour in October 1975. Fin Costello/Redferns / Getty Images hide caption
Beyoncé, at the premiere of Disney's The Lion King on July 09, 2019 in LA. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
Kate Davis plays a Tiny Desk (home) concert. NPR/NPR hide caption