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Koffee Dreams of a Brighter Day

Last spring, Koffee was looking forward to a pivotal year in her career. At 19 years old, she’d just won the Best Reggae Album Grammy for her 2019 EP, Rapture, making history as the first woman and the youngest artist ever to take home that award. Next up, she was …

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Watch Selena Gomez's Stripped-Down 'Rare' Performance

Selena Gomez performed a stripped-down, acoustic version of her song “Rare” at Los Angeles’ Village Studios. Her album Rare was released in January, debuting at Number One on Rolling Stone‘s Top 200 Albums chart. The clip begins with Gomez joking around, doing a jaunty rendition of “Rare” before officially launching into …

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Watch FKA Twigs Perform 'Cellophane' at NME Awards

FKA Twigs performed her single “Cellophane” at the 2020 NME Awards in London and gave the track an intimate, eight-minute-long rendition accompanied by a cellist and a pianist. During the performance, the singer kept things simple, standing in the center of an illuminated red stage and bringing in some of …

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Janelle Monáe to Perform at the 2020 Oscars

Janelle Monáe is the latest star to join the lineup of esteemed performers at this Sunday’s Oscars telecast. Like Billie Eilish, she will be delivering a “special performance,” although the details are under wraps at this time. This past year, Monáe appeared inHarriet alongside Cynthia Erivo, who is nominated for …

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