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The hip-hop visionary and Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper is back. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for American Express hide caption
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Singer Mickey Gilley in 2015 at the 50th Academy of Country Music Awards. Jason Merritt/TERM/Getty Images hide caption
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Toro y Moi's MAHAL tops this week's shortlist of the best albums out on April 29. Chris Maggio / LAUR hide caption
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The songs made by Wet Leg, fronted by Rhian Teasdale (left) and Hester Chambers sound like they come from nowhere, and also everywhere. Hollie Fernando/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Clockwise, from top left: Soul Glo, Kilo Kish, rusowsky, Jenny Hval, Jóhann Jóhannsson. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Jon Batiste accepts the Grammy for album of the year at the 64th annual Grammy Awards, presented Sunday, April 3 in Las Vegas. Batiste was the night's biggest winner by the numbers, with five awards including the night's final honor. Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy hide caption
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Humble Quest, from Nashville singer Maren Morris, tops our shortlist this week of the best albums out on March 25. Harper Smith/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Bonobo performs a Tiny Desk (home) concert. Bonobo hide caption
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Jenny Hval's Classic Objects is out March 11. Jenny Berger Myhre/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Nilüfer Yanya's second full-length album, PAINLESS, is out March 4. Molly Daniel/Molly Daniel hide caption