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Beyonce, Chance The Rapper and other musical standouts of 2016

In this handout photo provided by Parkwood Entertainment, Beyonce performs during the opening night of the Formation World Tour at Marlins Park on April 27, 2016 in Miami, Florida.
In this handout photo provided by Parkwood Entertainment, Beyonce performs during the opening night of the Formation World Tour at Marlins Park on April 27, 2016 in Miami, Florida.
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A daily chronicle of creativity in film, TV, music, arts, and entertainment, produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from November 2014 – March 2020. Host John Horn leads the conversation, accompanied by the nation's most plugged-in cultural journalists.

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Beyonce, Chance The Rapper and other musical standouts of 2016

From Beyonce’s "Lemonade" to Bon Iver’s "22, A Million," 2016 has been a year of stunning music output from some very prolific people.

It’s also been a year when we sadly lost a lot of musical voices that will be greatly missed. We’ll be hearing recordings from a few of those who’ve gone on to the big stage in the sky on today’s show. People like Sharon Jones, the lead singer of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings:

We also said goodbye to George Michael, Leonard Cohen, Prince and so many others. I sat down with Alex Pappademas, executive editor of MTV News, to talk about the year in music.