Britney Spears arrives at a Hollywood movie premiere in 2019. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Britney Spears arrives for a movie premiere in Hollywood, Calif., on July 22, 2019. On Wednesday, the singer asked a judge to end her conservatorship. Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
#FreeBritney activists protest outside the Los Angeles Superior Court during one of Britney Spears' hearings this April. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images hide caption
Britney Spears Is Headed To Court To Address Her Conservatorship. Here's What To Know
"I am appalled and embarrassed and want to barf that I ever mouthed along to that word," says Billie Eilish after an old video emerged showing her mouthing along to a racist slur in a song. Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP hide caption
Amythyst Kiah, in a detail from the album cover for her album Wary + Strange, released in 2021. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Lin-Manuel Miranda's In The Heights hit the silver screen on June 11, making a big splash in the world of Latinx media. Macall Polay/Courtesy of Warner Brothers hide caption
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Los Lobos And Tania León Post Their W's
A crowd gathers on the first day of the Download Festival at Donington Park in central England on Friday. Joe Giddens/AP hide caption
Jazz Elder Statesman Anthony Braxton Continues To Defy Expectations
Painting by David Bowie on auction. Cowley Abbott hide caption
A David Bowie Painting That Sold For $4 At A Thrift Store Is Now Up For Auction
Lara Downes, with her father in San Francisco, ca. 1975. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Celebrating Juneteenth And Black Music Month With Classical Classics
The Mexican-American band Los Lobos, newly named as National Heritage Fellows. Piero F. Giunti/Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Joni Mitchell on the cover of Blue, an album turning 50 in 2021. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tania León is a Cuban-born American composer who won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her piece Stride. Jack Mitchell/Getty Images hide caption
"Solar Power," Lorde's first new song since 2017, is a celebration of sun, sand and saltwater. YouTube hide caption
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters, seen here in the "Vax Live" fundraising concert held in May, performs at Madison Square Garden in June. VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Sleater-Kinney's Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein will join NPR Music's Listening Party. Karen Murphy/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Freestyle rapper and YouTuber Harry Mack of Los Angeles will celebrate 1 million subscribers by rapping for 10 hours on Wednesday. Justin James hide caption
B.J. Thomas, right, seen in 2007 after Gov. Brad Henry, left, presented Thomas with a proclamation at the state Capitol in Oklahoma City. Paul B. Southerland/The Oklahoman via AP hide caption
The Black Keys Joshua Black Wilkins/Courtesy of the aritst hide caption
The Black Keys On World Cafe
Darius Rucker of Hootie And The Blowfish performs at Bridgestone Arena in 2019. Some acts looking to tour arenas like this are looking as far ahead as 2024. Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption
Live Music Is Back, But You Might Still Have To Wait On That Arena Show
John Davis (right), onstage with former Milli Vanilli star Fabrice "Fab" Morvan, in Eisenach, Germany, in 2018. Nico Schimmelpfennig/Getty Images hide caption
Tasha Cobbs Leonard, photographed in 2020. JD Barnes/Courtesy of the artist hide caption