Best Songs of 2023
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Best Songs of 2023

Seventy-one tracks that asked big questions, found new kinship between genres and helped us see the good in Ken.
At the Kennedy Center, an Ode to the Arts, and a Gentle Jab at Biden’s Age
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At the Kennedy Center, an Ode to the Arts, and a Gentle Jab at Biden’s Age

Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Queen Latifah, Barry Gibb and Dionne Warwick are honored; Robert De Niro joked that Crystal is just a few years younger than the president.