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Tuesday

This week rapper Playboi Carti's MUSIC tops this week's Billboard 200. Scott Dudelson/Getty Images/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Chappell Roan goes 'country,' but will country radio embrace it?

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Tuesday

Haim have a yet-to-be-announced album coming this spring. Lea Garn/Columbia hide caption

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The most anticipated spring albums

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Saturday

The coronavirus pandemic reordered almost everything about the music industry, from touring to streaming, interrupting careers and stealing lives. Illustration by Jackie Lay. Photos by Frazer Harrison / Stephen Shugerman / Matt Winkelmeyer / Clive Brunskill / Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images hide caption

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Illustration by Jackie Lay. Photos by Frazer Harrison / Stephen Shugerman / Matt Winkelmeyer / Clive Brunskill / Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

Tuesday

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And the Oscar for Original Song goes to...

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Tuesday

Circuit des Yeux's "Megaloner," from the album Halo On The Inside, is one of the songs we can't stop playing this week. Dana Trippe/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The Contenders, Vol. 3: The songs we can't stop playing this week

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Saturday

Tuesday

FKA Twigs' latest album, EUSEXUA, includes "Perfect Stranger," one of the songs we can't stop playing this week. Jordan Hemingway/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The Contenders, Vol. 1: The songs we can't stop playing this week

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Tuesday

Tuesday

Freak Slug's "Ya Ready," from her latest album, I Blow Out Big Candles, is one of the tracks we can't stop playing this week. El Hardwick/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The Contenders, Vol. 21: The songs we can't stop playing this week

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Friday

Laura Marling's new album, Patterns in Repeat, is out today. Courtesy of Partisan Records hide caption

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New Music Friday: The best albums out Oct. 25

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Tuesday

Jack Nicholson in a memorable moment from The Shining. The 1980 film's original music, by Wendy Carlos and Rachel Elkind, is among our picks for the most terrifying scores of all time. All Star Picture Library / Alamy/Warner Bros. hide caption

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The most terrifying film scores of all time

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Tuesday

Beabadoobee's "California," from her album This is How Tomorrow Moves, is one of the tracks we can't stop playing this week. Jules Moskovtchenko/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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The Contenders, Vol. 18: The songs we can't stop playing this week

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Friday

Following her death, SOPHIE's family says she left behind a collection of hundreds of unreleased songs, as well as a follow-up album to her debut. But the album wasn't finished. James Bentley for NPR hide caption

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The album SOPHIE left behind has been finished

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Friday

Miranda Lambert leads the pack in a crowded field of new music releases

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