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Friday
On Doja Cat's fourth album, Scarlet, she delights in playing the "demon" her haters and fans accuse her of being. Illustration by Jackie Lay hide caption
On 'Scarlet,' Doja Cat finds power harnessing the darkness of online vitriol
Wednesday
Going back to her earliest days as a performer, Sinéad O'Connor has always rode an uneasy tension between suffering and liberation. Paul Bergen/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Renaissance, Beyoncé's seventh full-length solo album, mines a liberating history of dance music, from Donna Summer-sampling disco to modern Chicago house. Carlijn Jacobs/Via Parkwood Entertainment hide caption
Tuesday
In 2021, Lil Nas X, whose single "Old Town Road" holds the record for the most weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, delivered his debut album Montero and cemented his ability to bend media platforms to his will. Photo Illustration by Renee Klahr/NPR/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
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
Sunday
Whitney Houston photographed at the World Music Awards in 2004. Starting Feb. 25, a concert show starring a hologram of Houston, who died in 2012, will tour Europe. Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images hide caption
'An Evening With Whitney' Hologram Tour Trades On The Image Of A Complicated Star
Thursday
James Ingram, performing in 2004. Adam Bettcher/WireImage for The Lippin Group hide caption
Saturday
Aretha Franklin was in her element with comedians John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd on the set of The Blues Brothers. Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images hide caption
Monday
Frank Ocean's raw, bleeding, diaristic storytelling guides Blonde. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Friday
A still from Frank Ocean's Endless visual album. Apple Music hide caption
A Critical Conversation About Frank Ocean's 'Endless' Video Album
Monday
Jacob Collier's multi-tracked YouTube covers, recorded and filmed in his room, showed musical sophistication and adventurousness. On his debut album, In My Room, he brings the same qualities to original songs. Retts Wood/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sunday
Prince playing Madison Square Garden in February of 2011. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Maurice White performing with Earth, Wind & Fire in New York in the late '70s. Richard E. Aaron/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Natalie Cole performs at Jazz 91.9 WCLK's 41st Anniversary Benefit Concert on June 26, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia. Moses Robinson/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
T-Pain performs in NPR's Studio One, Washington, D.C. Nick Michael/NPR hide caption
Friday
Pharrell Williams addresses the crowd. Ebru Yildiz for NPR hide caption
Monday
Miguel's new album, Wildheart, comes out June 30. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Wednesday
The O'Jays in an undated photo. The Canton, Ohio, group also associated with Philadelphia is well represented in this stream: from "Love Train" to "When the World's at Peace" to "Back Stabbers." Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
I'll Take You There: R&B From NPR Music
Friday
A Selection Of Hot Tunes To Get You Through The Cold Weather
Tuesday
D'Angelo. Gregory Harris/Courtesy of RCA Records hide caption
Wednesday
Rick James in 1984. Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images hide caption
I'll Take You There: R&B From NPR Music
Friday
Usher performs onstage during his The UR Experience tour at Madison Square Garden. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
George Clinton backstage at the Museum of the Moving Image, in Astoria, Queens, NYC. NPR hide caption