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The Charts

YoungBoy Never Broke Again Scores a No. 1 Album

The rapper’s final tally for “AI YoungBoy 2” included 145 million streams but only about 3,000 sales.

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A Musical Revolt Succeeds: WNYC, in a Reversal, Keeps ‘New Sounds’

After an outcry, the station decided to continue to air its influential, eclectic new music program, which has been a tastemaker since 1982.

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A Church Service Inspired by Beyoncé, No Halo Required

The Beyoncé Mass explores how issues of race and gender impact the lives, voices and bodies of black women. (It’s not, however, about worshiping Beyoncé.)

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Nick Tosches, 69, Fiery Music Writer and Biographer, Dies

He brought a brash style to coverage of the rock world in the late 1960s and ’70s, then applied similar skills to novels and books on Dean Martin and Sonny Liston.

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The Playlist: Prince’s Unheard Acoustic Gem, and 9 More New Songs

Hear tracks by Matt Berninger and Phoebe Bridgers, Katy Perry, Matana Roberts and others.

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critic’s pick

Review: A Fearless Soprano Shows What’s Possible

Barbara Hannigan blazed in contemporary music in two intimate concerts at the Park Avenue Armory.

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This Hip-Hop Legend’s True Passion? Kites

DJ Kool Herc, a pioneer of the breakbeat, is also a master of kites.

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How Angela Yee, Hip-Hop Radio Host, Spends Her Sundays

The Brooklyn native keeps it local, with a run in Prospect Park, a Caribbean brunch and a thorough house cleaning.

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The Week in Arts: Alicia Keys, Mark Morris and an Expanded MoMA

The singer headlines Tidal’s benefit concert in Brooklyn; and the Museum of Modern Art debuts its larger, more diverse collection.

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An Immersive Sound Installation at MoMA Introduces the Studio

The museum’s new space dedicated to live art opens with David Tudor’s “Rainforest V (variation 1),” made with everyday objects and electronics.