Taylor Swift, whose 1989 is currently the No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 and whose song "Blank Space" is at the top of the Hot 100, even though her music is not available on Spotify. YouTube hide caption
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Hayley Williams (left) of Paramore and Joy Williams, formerly of The Civil Wars, perform together on a version of the song "Hate To See Your Heart Break" from the deluxe version of Paramore's self-titled album. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Paramore Feat. Joy Williams, 'Hate To See Your Heart Break'
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Azealia Banks. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Usher performs onstage during his The UR Experience tour at Madison Square Garden. Noam Galai/Getty Images hide caption
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TV On The Radio's new album, its fifth, is titled Seeds. JUCO/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Rapper DOOM, Zev Lov X of KMD, performs at the I'll Be Your Mirror festival in London, July 2011. Jim Dyson/Getty Images hide caption
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Some things actually are surprising: Taylor Swift, performing on ABC's Good Morning America in New York City on Oct. 30, sold over a million copies of her new album, 1989, in its first week. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images hide caption
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Taylor Swift has called her fifth album, 1989, her "very first documented, official pop album." Courtesy of Big Machine Records hide caption
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Sam Hunt has written hits for both Kenny Chesney and Keith Urban. His debut album, Montevallo, is out on Oct. 27. Chase Lauer/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Future Hall Of Famers? Green Day's Tre Cool (from left), Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt in New York City in 1994. Ken Schles/Getty Images hide caption
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Duncan Sheik's seventh album, Legerdemain, will come out in 2015. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Nathan Stephens-Griffin, Naomi Griffin, Daniel Ellis and Jc Cairns of the British punk band Martha. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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The music on U2's new album, Songs of Innocence, reaches back toward the moment when the band was first building an audience. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
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Two dope boys on a Cadillac: Andre 3000 and Big Boi in the early days. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption