"Hate on me," Jake Wesley Rogers sang on stage at the Love Rising benefit concert in Nashville's Bridgestone Arena on March 20. "You might as well hate the sun." Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption
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Atlanta rapper and singer 6LACK's first new album in five years, Since I Have A Lover tops our shortlist for the best releases out on March 24. Jack McKain/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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A still from Aftersun, one of this year's Oscar nominees that truly realizes the narrative power of songs. Courtesy of A24 hide caption
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Caroline Polachek's second solo album, Desire, I Want To Turn Into You, tops our shortlist for the best releases out this week. Aidan Zamiri/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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She's been here before: Beyoncé performs at the Grammy Awards in 2017, when she was nominated in record, album and song of the year but lost all three awards to Adele. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
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Kimbra's first new album in five years, A Reckoning, tops our shortlist of the best new releases out on Jan. 27. Spencer Ostrander/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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