Singer Joni Mitchell announced on Friday that she will pull her music from Spotify in solidarity with Neil Young. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images hide caption
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Michael Lang, co-creator of the Woodstock Music & Art Festival Charles Norfleet/Getty Images hide caption
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Drakeo the Ruler performs during Rolling Loud on Dec. 12, 2021 in San Bernardino, Calif. Timothy Norris/Timothy Norris, Getty Images hide caption
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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
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"We don't create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason," Adele tweeted on Saturday. CBS Photo Archive/CBS via Getty Images hide caption
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Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars, together as Silk Sonic. Their debut, An Evening with Silk Sonic, tops our shortlist of the week's best new albums. John Esparza/Silk Sonic hide caption
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Astro, founding member of UB40, in 1987. Independent News and Media/Getty Images hide caption
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The Gap Band's Ronnie Wilson (center) with brothers Charlie and Robert Wilson, circa 1980. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
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From top left, clockwise: Buffalo Nichols, Jordan Peters, illuminati hotties, Emily D'Angelo, Helado Negro, Cerce. Courtesy of the artists hide caption