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Jay-Z’s 20 best tracks – ranked!
Twenty-five years after his biggest-selling album Vol 2… Hard Knock Life, we appraise the work of a rapper who has a good claim to be the greatest ever
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Blackswan: The K-pop girl group with no Korean members
Donning sari-inspired clothing and intricate jewellery, four young women are seen dancing energetically at a temple. Then, gulal, a colourful powder used in traditional rituals, is spread across the sky and onto their faces.
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Ariana Grande Answers Fans’ Questions About ‘Yours Truly’ for 10th Anniversary
“Proud, eternally grateful, and emotional, bittersweet,” the singer says of the emotions she feels when reflecting on her debut album
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Taylor Swift Keeps Getting Swarmed. It’s Got To Stop
With Swift’s star power only getting bigger, her recent forays into the public are becoming a lesson on how fandoms should — and should not — behave
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Sean Paul Is Still Busy
For more than 20 years he’s taught generations to let loose on the dance floor. He’s not stopping anytime soon.
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Pan-Africanism, family and the Wu: The gospel of Burna Boy
...He just got a phone number in the past year
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Rescheduled dates for Madonna’s The Celebration Tour announced
North American dates for Madonna’s The Celebration Tour were postponed after the singer spent several days in intensive care.
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Taylor Swift drops big news mid-show
The wildest dreams of Taylor Swift fans have come true as the singer announced the release of her next re-recording.
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Robbie Robertson, 80, Dies; Canadian Songwriter Captured American Spirit
As the chief songwriter and guitarist for the Band, he offered a rustic vision of his adopted country that helped inspire the genre that came to be known as Americana.
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How to Command a Stage Without Great Dance Moves (Taylor’s Version)
The choreography on Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour doesn’t ask her to do too much, but she knows how to use her simple moves to her advantage
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The Future of Rap Is Female
As their male counterparts turn depressive and paranoid, it’s the women who are having all the fun.
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Taylor Swift leads nominations for MTV Video Music Awards 2023
The pop superstar has received seven nods for her Anti-Hero music video as well as a nomination in the artist of the year category
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Warner Music CEO on His Approach to AI: Artists Must “Have a Choice”
On an earnings call, Robert Kyncl also addressed the label's recent TikTok deal and the response to the 'Barbie' soundtrack.
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Kanye West Returns to the Stage With Travis Scott
The rapper, now known as Ye, had not performed live since a series of antisemitic comments last year led to rebukes in music and fashion.
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Travis Scott Debuts at No. 1 With the Year’s Biggest Week for Hip-Hop
The rapper’s “Utopia,” his first album since his Astroworld Festival in Houston turned tragic in 2021, opens with the equivalent of 496,000 sales in the United States.
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Was Hip-Hop Really Invented 50 Years Ago?
A legendary party in the Bronx in the summer of 1973 helped usher in a new musical era, but it’s too much to call it the birth of the genre
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‘Unbelievable’: Star breaks silence on lawsuit
Pop singer Lizzo has hit back against claims that she fat-shamed dancers, made them touch naked people and created a hostile work environment.
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Country music is at a crossroads. Two of its most viral songs show why
How fortunate, then, that crossroads are as country a symbol as you can get.
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I Will Always Love You: How a 90s ballad captivated the world
With her rendition of I Will Always Love You – which was released 30 years ago – Whitney Houston created one of the greatest vocal performances of a generation, writes Nick Levine.
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