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Year in Review: Best Music of 2020 — Staff Picks
Rolling Stone staffers share their favorite albums released in 2020 — from pop blockbusters to weird sounds and personal favorites of all kinds
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Jonathan Bernstein, Emily Blake, Jon Blistein, David Browne, Rick Carp , Tim Chan, Jon Dolan, Patrick Doyle, Brenna Ehrlich, Jason Fine, Andrew Firriolo, Jon Freeman, Dewayne Gage, Kory Grow, Christian Hoard, Joseph Hudak, Jeff Ihaza, Daniel Kreps, Sacha Lecca, Angie Martoccio, Ethan Millman, Steven Pearl, Jerry Portwood, Kyle Rice, Claire Shaffer, Rob Sheffield, Hank Shteamer, Brittany Spanos, Simon Vozick-Levinson, and Amy X. Wang
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Year in Review: 33 Moments That Made Us Smile in 2020
From a TikTok musical to a flute solo to a 10-year-old drummer showing up Dave Grohl, we found a few moments that weren't completely terrible in the dumpster fire that was 2020
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Lil Peep Died Three Years Ago. The Lawsuits Are Raging On
The rapper’s 2017 death is at the heart of a suit from Lil Peep's mother against his former label — but now the label is responding with its own allegations. In the music industry, other managers and lawyers are watching the case nervously
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Can the Recording Academy Make the Grammys Shine Again?
After weathering a major PR fiasco early in the year, a new team tries to modernize the awards for 2021
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Meet Music’s New Leaders — Future 25
Rolling Stone's second-annual celebration of entrepreneurs, inventors, and iconoclasts in the music industry spotlights Nashville managers, K-pop gurus, TikTok experts, and many more individuals reinventing the business
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Big Hit Entertainment’s Global CEO Lenzo Yoon — Future 25
The music executive — who will soon relocate to the U.S. to formalize Big Hit's global ambitions — is helping K-pop grow its center of gravity
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National Independent Venue Association’s President Dayna Frank — Future 25
The showrunner behind Minneapolis venue First Avenue rushed to corral the live music industry when Covid struck — and is now helping hundreds of venues across the U.S. survive the silence
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Twitch’s Head of Music Tracy Chan — Future 25
From striking new deals to experimenting with ways for music fans to connect to their favorite artists, the entrepreneur-turned-executive is designing music's gaming-inspired future at Twitch
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Billie Eilish’s Virtual Concert Is the Rare Livestream Done Right
The singer's "Where Do We Go? The Livestream" show aired Saturday from a stage enhanced by moody, immersive visuals and XR effects that punched up the ambitions of pay-per-view music
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Against All Odds, Live Concerts Are Coming Back This Fall
Nashville's Opry House and Ryman, and a handful of other U.S. live-music venues, are opening their doors. From limited-capacity clubs to outdoor farm shows, this is how concerts will look
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