Drake in 2016, just before he released Views, which would go on to be the year's most successful album. NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images hide caption
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Keyboard player and singer Mike Hicks tours with Keb' Mo', but when he's home in Nashville, he's a key figure in the city's R&B and soul scene. Padrion Scott/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Billy Yeager, in a still from a video on YouTube offering "rare footage for sale." Still from YouTube hide caption
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Chuck Berry performs onstage at London's Rainbow Theatre in 1973. Fin Costello/Redferns hide caption
New U.S. regulations aimed at travelers coming from eight majority-Muslim countries on non-U.S. airline carriers stipulate that laptops and electronic devices must be put into checked luggage. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Chuck Berry on stage in London in 1965. Berry died March 18, 2017, at the age of 90. David Redfern/Redferns/Getty Images hide caption
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Migos performs at a nightclub in Las Vegas in February, following the release of its album C U L T U R E, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. David Becker/Getty Images hide caption
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Producer and label executive Tommy LiPuma, shot in New York City in 2011. LiPuma died Monday at age 80. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images hide caption
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Kamaal Williams and Yussef Dayes of the band Yussef Kamaal. Dayes says that his visa to the U.S. for the SXSW festival has been revoked. Larissa Araz/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer's patch, photographed in Miami in March 2015. CBP officials denied entry to the Italian band Soviet Soviet last week and deported its members. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
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The band Soviet Soviet. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Fans at the NPR showcase at SXSW in March 2015. Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for SXSW hide caption
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Like all albums by The Magnetic Fields since the group's landmark 69 Love Songs, the new 50 Song Memoir hinges on a concept. This time it's the life of songwriter Stephin Merritt (center, looking at the camera), with one song for each year of his life. Marcelo Krasilcic/Courtesy of Nonesuch Records hide caption
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Before Jens Lekman recorded his fourth album, Life Will See You Now, he went through a period of disconnection from his music. "I think I was kind of trying to ruin things for myself," Lekman says. Ellika Henrikson/Courtesy of Secretly Canadian hide caption
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