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Raye, Tired of Music’s Waiting Game, Releases an Album at Last

The British musician spent years writing for other artists, eventually sharing her frustrations online. After speaking her truths about the…

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How BMG Secretly Signed a Rapper Dropped for Antisemitic Lyrics

In 2021, the global music company BMG was looking for a hit in France’s growing hip-hop market when its executives…

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SZA’s ‘SOS’ Holds Strong With Seven Weeks at No. 1

The R&B star’s “SOS” has racked up more than 1.4 billion streams and had the equivalent of 1.1 million sales…

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SZA’s ‘SOS’ Holds Off Taylor Swift for a Fourth Week at No. 1

Both artists introduced new digital versions of their albums, bringing a tight race to a typically sleepy week on the…

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Walter ‘Wolfman’ Washington, New Orleans Musical Luminary, Dies at 79

A guitarist and singer, he was a quintessential local star, mixing blues, funk and jazz through six decades of club…

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Kim Simmonds, a Key Figure in the British Blues Movement, Dies at 75

His band, Savoy Brown, never had a hit single, but it showcased his skills as a guitarist and songwriter and…

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Sleigh Bells Ring, Everyone’s Streaming: Christmas Music Is Back

Grabbing a piece of the lucrative holiday market requires planning, luck and the occasional battle with a seasoned superstar like…

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Christine McVie’s 12 Essential Songs

The singer, songwriter and keyboardist, who died on Wednesday, was a hitmaker for Fleetwood Mac whose crystalline voice and roots…

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Wilko Johnson, Scorching Guitarist and Punk Pioneer, Dies at 75

Known later as an actor on “Game of Thrones,” he helped lay the foundation for a 1970s rock revolution on…

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Best Albums of 2022

The most effective artists of the year weren’t afraid to root around deep inside and boldly share the messiness, the…

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