Justin Timberlake photographed on September 8, 2017. The pop star was chosen to headline the 52ns Super Bowl halftime show. Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for EIF hide caption
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Suzanne Vega On World Cafe
Tegan (left) and Sara Quin perform at Coachella in 2008, following the release of the duo's fifth album, The Con. Tegan and Sara are celebrating the 10th anniversary of The Con with a tour and an album of covers performed by musicians influenced by the original album. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Taylor Swift in 2016. Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Tommy Hilfiger hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile, Susanne Sundfør, MGMT, Dark Rooms Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Pink's seventh studio album, Beautiful Trauma, is out now. Kurt Iswarienko/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Casey Spooner (right), with actor Juan Pablo Rahal in a scene from the new Fischersooner video "Togetherness." Ultra Records/Screenshot by NPR hide caption
Nelly was taken into custody early Saturday morning after a woman called 911. Scott Dudelson/Getty Images hide caption
Stars' There Is No Love In Fluorescent Light comes out Oct. 13. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Tom Petty, Torres, The Breeders, Ibeyi Courtesy of the artists, except Tom Petty, Richard E. Aaron/Getty Images hide caption
Tei Shi's Crawl Space is out now. Vevo hide caption
Paramore performs a Tiny Desk Concert on Sept. 13, 2017. (Christina Ascani/NPR) Christina Ascani/NPR hide caption
Demi Lovato's new album, Tell Me You Love Me, is out now. Dennis Leupold/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Everybody Got Their Something by Nikka Costa (shown here performing in 2001) is sound and fury, punk and pop, jazz and soul, gospel and grind. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chad VanGaalen, Lean Year, Högni Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Lizzo, dressed in a bridal dress, in a scene from her new video for the song "Truth Hurts." YouTube screen shot hide caption
Power of Peace is the tile of the new album from Santana and The Isley Brothers Maryanne Bilham/Courtesy of the Artist hide caption
The Isley Brothers & Santana On World Cafe
Benjamin Clementine's I Tell A Fly is out Oct. 2. Craig McDean /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Miley Cyrus' new album, Younger Now, comes out Sept. 29. Pixel Dust Digital/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
'I'm Not Afraid Of Who I Used To Be': Miley Cyrus On 'Younger Now'
Kishi Bashi On Mountain Stage Josh Saul/Mountain Stage hide caption