Rihanna did not bring any other artists to the stage, preferring to frame the set as a celebration of her dominant pop career. The performance also served as a pregnancy reveal.
Category: Pop and Rock Music
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Rihanna Returns on the Super Bowl Stage and Confirms Second Pregnancy
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Harry Styles Dedicated a Brit Award to Female Acts Who Weren’t Nominated
The New York Times – Music:In 2022, the Brit Awards merged its top artist prizes to include male, female and nonbinary acts. This year, the event faced backlash for not nominating any women.
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Harry Styles Dedicated a Brit Award to Female Acts Who Weren’t Nominated
The New York Times – Music:In 2022, the Brit Awards merged its top artist prizes to include male, female and nonbinary acts. This year, the event faced backlash for not nominating any women.
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Lizzo and SZA Spin Up a Fresh ‘Special,’ and 7 More New Songs
The New York Times – Music:Hear tracks by Luke Combs, Jessie Ware, Indigo de Souza and others.
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Young Fathers’ Music Has Always Been Subversive. Now It’s Joyful, Too.
The New York Times – Music:The Scottish trio has been making political, genre-blending songs for a decade. On a new album, the group embraces the elation of community.
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Linkin Park’s ‘Meteora’ Surprise: Unheard Chester Bennington Songs
The New York Times – Music:A 20th anniversary edition of the band’s blockbuster second album will include a handful of previously unreleased demos and the completed track “Lost.”
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Soul Told Black Musicians’ Stories. Its Archives Are Going Digital.
The New York Times – Music:The newspaper, which started in 1966 with a focus on R&B, funk and disco, shut down in 1982. But one of its founders’ grandsons is devoted to finding it a new online audience.
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Rihanna Returns at the Super Bowl Halftime Show: What’s at Stake?
The New York Times – Music:On Sunday, one of pop’s most reliable hitmakers returns at the Super Bowl halftime show. During her hiatus from music her mystique — and the stakes for her return — have only grown.
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SZA’s View From the Top
The New York Times – Music:Her moody, enigmatic music made her a megastar. Can she learn to live with success?
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Whitney Houston’s Enduring Legacy: Lifting Up Other Black Women
The New York Times – T Magazine:The singer was intimately familiar with how punishing the spotlight could be. Instead of only guiding others toward greater visibility, she worked to ensure they would survive it.
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Grammys 2023: Hip-Hop Wins, Beyoncé Wins (Sort of)
The New York Times – Music:Does respect from music’s premier awards show still carry weight?
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Charlie Thomas, a Singing Drifter Nearly All His Life, Dies at 85
The New York Times – Music:He was heard on hits like “There Goes My Baby,” “Under the Boardwalk” and “Up on the Roof.” He kept singing them for decades.