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Beyoncé
Queen Bey reigns again. The songstress had quite an eventful year with the release of yet another hit album Lemonade that people just couldn't stop raving about. It is no wonder that the visual album has been picking up awards at almost every festival this year. Formation served as the lead single for this album and people everywhere began taking to social media to upload their own dance routines to the track. Another tune that made headlines from the album was Sorry which talked about a certain Becky with the good hair which is widely speculated to be about husband Jay Z's extra marital affairs. There was and continues to be a whole lot of buzz about who Becky ultimately is.
Celine Dion
The music icon certainly had a tough year after she lost her husband Rene Angelil to a cancer battle in December last year. And the singer has recently admitted that the holidays are definitely going to be tough. However she will be going skiing this year to honour his memory as visiting the slopes during Christmas was always a tradition for the family. Apart from this the singer has also made news for her amazing covers of some popular tracks this year like Sia's Cheap Thrills and Sara Bareille's Winter Song. Plus she did a memorable show with Jimmy Kimmel where she hilariously impersonated artists like Rihanna and Cher on the show.
Kesha
The singer's battle with music producer Dr Luke who she accused of raping and drugging her ensured that the artist was always in the spotlight. Dr Luke ofcourse denied her charges and sued the singer and her mother for defamation. However the singer found tons of support from other artists for the industry. Kesha also released a single with Zedd this year titled True Colours which was approved by Dr Luke.
Kehlani
Kehlani shot to fame as a member of the pop group Poplyfe which was a finalist at America's got Talent. The artist is now all set to release her debut album SweetSexySavage which drops on January 27, 2017. The singer has already released a few tracks from the album like Distraction, CRZY and Advice.
Coldplay
Coldplay have certainly had an eventful year and recently even won British Artist of the Year Award at the BBC Music Awards. However the group especially made news in India after their debut India tour when they performed for the Global Citizen India Festival in Mumbai in November. The almost two hour long performance also saw them teaming with A R Rahman to sing Vande Mataram and Chris Martin also belted out Channa Mereya much to the delight of the thousands of fans who made it a point to be at the show.
Teyana Taylor
The singer, choreographer and actress had quite a memorable year as she released her single Freak On with guest vocals from Chris Brown in August this year. The tune is said to be the lead single of her upcoming studio album. However one of Taylor's most noteworthy moments was performing a dance routine in a gymnasium for Kanye West's single FADE.
Grace VanderWaal
This year also saw the discovery of new young artist in Grace VanderWall who stunned the judges on America's Got Talent with her vocal prowess and her own tunes. Soon after winning the contest, the uke star released her EP Perfectly Imperfect which was met with considerable success. There is also talk that the youngster may collaborate with popular singer Shawn Mendes and Meghan Trainor soon.
Kanye West
It's quite a surprise that the rapper landed so far down the list what with his spat with Taylor Swift over the Famous track which saw his wife Kim Kardashian exposing Taylor's lies via a call recording, his tiff with Beyonce and Jay Z and his recent hospitalisation due to exhaustion. There have also been plenty of rumours doing the rounds that his marriage with Kim is on the rocks although this has been vehemently denied.
Jacob Sartorius
With a lot of people moving towards watching online content, it comes as no surprise that an Youtube star has to feature on the list with youngster Jacob Satorius doing the honours. The Youtube star who released the EP The Last Text this year has also recently announced that he will be going on his first world tour sometime next year.
Guns N’ Roses
Guns N' Roses announced their triumphant return as they reunited for their Not in This Lifetime World Tour this year. Buyoed by the success of the tour the rock band plans to continue touring next year as well which will begin in Dublin, Ireland in May 2017.
