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Glen Hansard, the Irish singer who won an Oscar for the musical movie Once and the led the bands The Frames and The Swell Season, died on Wednesday. He died following a motorcycle crash in Dublin.
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on Madonna, Springsteen and Journey's return to the charts.
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The first-week numbers for Olivia Rodrigo's third album, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love, are a massive milestone for the pop star.
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The record executive was instrumental in shepherding the successful careers of a number of monumental music stars, including Aretha Franklin, Bruce Springsteen, Janis Joplin, Billy Joel and Whitney Houston.
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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on the pop star's latest song for a feature film.
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The South African musician's "Mannenberg" was often called his country's unofficial anthem during the final years of apartheid.
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Ariana Grande is about to release her eighth album, Petal. With "Hate That I Made You Love Me," she continues an impressive and unusual streak on the charts.
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No discussion of the midyear pop charts would be complete without a breakdown of contenders for the honorific "song of the summer."
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The Anthropic IPO, and those of other AI-related firms like OpenAI, could be among the biggest in U.S. history.
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Several artists, including country singer Martina McBride, have withdrawn from the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C.
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The band Boards of Canada has a large and dedicated community of fans. Their 13-year-long wait for a new album is now over.
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It's Drake Week on the Billboard charts, as the rapper sets records for sheer quantity.