Mumford & Sons is led by singer Marcus Mumford (second from left). The band's second album, Babel, was released on Sept. 25 and is on pace to be the highest-selling debut of 2012. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Donna Summer in 1976. YouTube's Chris Maxcy says the company targets advertising to videos by artists like her and gives a share of the revenue from it to the track's label and publisher. Keystone/Getty Images hide caption
YouTube Shares Ad Revenue With Musicians, But Does It Add Up?
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Erin McKeown is currently recording her ninth studio album, to be released this fall. Michael Weintrob/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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The Physics, with Thig Nat at the right. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Crowd Funding For Musicians Isn't The Future; It's The Present
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The Black Lips, not in Cairo. Courtesy of Biz3 Publicity hide caption
A Punk-Rock Band On Tour In The Land Of The Arab Spring
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The catalog of The Beatles, which was owned by EMI, will be among the assets that the Universal Music Group gets to keep. Jim Gray/Getty Images hide caption
Universal's Purchase Of EMI Gets Thumbs Up In U.S. And Europe
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Bob Dylan performs on stage during the 21st edition of the Vieilles Charrues music festival on July 22, in Carhaix-Plouguer, western France. Fred Tanneau/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
The Purple Tape: Raekwon's 1995 album Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... was originally released on a limited-edition purple cassette that became a collector's item. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Tacabro. Courtesy of the artists. hide caption
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The six brothers who would all get their turn in The Jackson 5. Frank Barratt/Courtesy of Getty Images hide caption
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Debate over the word "bitch" has been conducted loudly for decades, as in Queen Latifah's "U.N.I.T.Y." when she asks, "Who you calling a bitch?" ImmortalBliss/iStockphoto hide caption
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Gotye and Kimbra in the video for "Somebody That I Used To Know". Courtesy of Universal Republic hide caption
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All Good fun.: Band members (from left) Jack Antonoff, Andrew Dost and Nate Ruess (before he quit smoking) in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mito Habe-Evans/NPR hide caption
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Chris Lighty with party guests in 2004. Johnny Nunez/WireImage hide caption
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Gospel star Tamela Mann's album, Best Days, charted at No. 14 on the Billboard 200 in its first week. Courtesy of Tillyman Entertainment hide caption