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  • Holiday Gift Guide 2009

  • Top 10 Music-Festival Moments: It's festival season! The second week in June marks the kickoff of a series of big-name music festivals, including the CMA Music Festival, the Isle of Wight Rock Festival and Bonnaroo. Here are 10 of the most famous — and infamous — moments in music-festival history.

    Top 10 Music-Festival Moments

  • Top 10 Outrageous Kanye West Moments: Interrupting country star Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for Best Female Video at the MTV Video Music Awards was just what you might have expected from Kanye West. TIME looks back at the famously cocky rapper's most out-there stunts

    Top 10 Outrageous Kanye West Moments

  • Impersonating Michael Jackson: Since Michael Jackson's unexpected death on June 25, the pop music legend's 20-year-old music videos have shot to the top of the Internet's viral video charts. But what about the videos of people who are just pretending to be Michael Jackson? From tribute videos to puppet monkeys, TIME examines five of the best Jackson performances by people who are not, in fact, the King of Pop

    Impersonating Michael Jackson

  • 50 Things to See, Hear and Do This Fall: TIME's arts critics round up the fall's most anticipated movies, books, TV shows, albums and exhibits

    50 Things to See, Hear and Do This Fall

  • Top 10 Drum-Corps Performances: As in cheerleading — another halftime diversion that's become a serious competition — participants at the annual Drum Corps International Championships in Indianapolis in August must have precision, drive and spirit. TIME takes a look at 10 of the best

    Top 10 Drum-Corps Performances

  • Summer Arts Preview: TIME's top critics survey this summer's not-to-be-missed arts events — from Bruno to Lil Wayne, from Harry Potter to Thomas Pynchon

    Summer Arts Preview

  • Top 10 Fake Bands: Anvil! The Story of Anvil , the buzzed-about documentary out now, follows an aging metal band trying to reclaim former rock glory. And if that sounds like the plot to the influential (and ironically more popular) '80s mockumentary This is Spinal Tap , well, it's because it is. So while Anvil may hold the distinction of actually existing, here are ten fictional bands that didn't hesitate to turn the volume to 11.

    Top 10 Fake Bands

  • Top 10 Unlikely Celebrity Albums: Bob Dylan's 47th album, Christmas in the Heart , was released on Oct. 13, 2009 — to much bafflement. In honor of the music legend's sudden foray into holiday cheer, TIME examines other celebrities' bizarre musical experiments.

    Top 10 Unlikely Celebrity Albums

  • Top 10 Eurovision Controversies: Originally conceived in the 1950s as a way to bring Europeans together after World War II, the Eurovision Song Contest was never just about the music. With the 2009 finals in Moscow coming May 16, TIME takes a look at the years when controversy shouldered the singing out of the limelight

    Top 10 Eurovision Controversies

  • Top 10 Comeback Tours: In honor of Michael Jackson's surprise return to the stage, TIME looks back at some of music's biggest reunions, comebacks and career resurrections

    Top 10 Comeback Tours

  • Grammy Awards 2009: TIME music critic Josh Tyrangiel grades the performances of the 2009 Grammy Awards

    Grammy Awards 2009

  • 47 Things to See, Hear, and Do This Fall: East or west, highbrow or low — wherever you and your taste may roam this fall, TIME's arts critics have you covered

    47 Things to See, Hear, and Do This Fall

  • 2008 Summer Arts Preview: From the newest tunes to the latest art exhibits, the freshest TV shows to the hottest movies, a survey of the artistic offerings to come in the summer of '08

    2008 Summer Arts Preview

  • A Brief History of Campaign Songs: Whether it's Stevie Wonder or Tippecanoe and Tyler, Too — You can't run for President without some catchy theme music

    A Brief History of Campaign Songs

  • The Songs of Summer 2008: In 2007, it was Rihanna's Umbrella that stayed hot all summer long. So what song ruled this season? Music critic Josh Tyrangiel counts down the top 10 tracks.

    The Songs of Summer 2008

  • Asia's Best Bands: The region's music is fresher than ever. If you haven't checked out these artists yet, you'll be doing so soon

    Asia's Best Bands

  • 2007 MTV Video Music Awards: Britney's comeback wasn't pretty, and that just kicked things off. Music critic Josh Tyrangiel sat through every excruciating moment and grades all the performing acts

    2007 MTV Video Music Awards

  • Summer Arts Preview: From the blockbusters you know about to the art exhibitions you should know about, we preview the pop culture events of the summer

    Summer Arts Preview

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