A performance at the Afghan National Institute of Music in November of 2010. Daniel Wilkinson/U.S. Embassy Kabul Afghanistan/flickr.com hide caption
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Friday
Explore NPR Music's interactive memorial to the musicians, songwriters and producers who died in 2011. NPR hide caption
Thursday
Catherine Harris-White (left) and Stasia Irons make up THEESatisfaction, a hip-hop duo that signed to Sub Pop this July. Christine Taylor/Courtesy of Sub Pop Records. hide caption
Monday
The rapper Lil B, who spread the word "swag" throughout hip-hop. Courtesy of the artist. hide caption
Skylar Grey. P.R. Brown/Courtesy of Universal Music Group hide caption
The Edge and Bono performing in June at the Oakland, Calif., stop of U2's 360˚ Tour — the most successful in history. Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images hide caption
Rihanna performing in Zurich last month. This year the pop star tried to move beyond the fallout from her very public encounter with domestic abuse by taking on the role of risk-taking erotic outlaw — she was still faulted as superficial. The Image Gate/Getty Images hide caption
Saturday
Korean pop group Girls' Generation pose on the red carpet to attend the MNET Asian Music Awards ceremony in Singapore in November. AFP/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
A musician performs at the Bat Bar during SXSW 2011 in Austin, Texas. Katie Hayes Luke for NPR hide caption
Monday
Kelly Rowland, on the cover for her single "Motivation." Courtesy of Universal Motown hide caption
Saturday
Cesária Évora performing in Amsterdam in 2000. Frans Schellekens/Redferns hide caption
Friday
A choir in Little Rock, Ark., performs. dlewis33/istockphoto.com hide caption
Wednesday
Axl Rose and Slash sharing the stage in 1985. Will they do it again this spring? Marc S Canter/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images hide caption
Tuesday
Larry Levan, who made the highlight of a new collection of DJ mixes recorded at London superclub Ministry of Sound. Levan's work at New York club Paradise Garage was the inspiration for the London club. Unknown. hide caption