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In a high-flying, perfectly pitched first, an astronaut on the International Space Station is bowing out of orbit with a musical video: his own custom version of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” It’s believed to be the first music video made in space, according to NASA.
When did the modern era begin? With the Renaissance? With Elvis Presley?
David Bowie, "The Next Day" (Columbia-ISO)
Grammy nominee Ryan Truesdell felt like a "jazz archaeologist" as he sifted through thousands of pages of manuscripts in a safe in the apartment of renowned jazz composer-arranger Gil Evans, best known for his collaborations with Miles Davis.
Nagisa Oshima, a Japanese director internationally acclaimed for his films "Empire of Passion" and "In the Realm of the Senses," has died of pneumonia. He was 80.
The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, Jan. 7, to Sunday, Jan. 13, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.

David Bowie is celebrating his birthday by releasing new music.
David Bowie is celebrating his birthday by releasing new music.

Walking the catwalk in a Brazilian bikini is a nerve-racking experience for even the most seasoned of models, but for Felipa Tavares it's nothing short of terrifying.
Walking the catwalk in a Brazilian bikini is a nerve-racking experience for even the most seasoned of models, but for Felipa Tavares it's nothing short of terrifying.
Acclaimed session guitarist Big Jim Sullivan, who played on dozens of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, has died, his wife said Thursday. He was 71.
Universal Music Group can buy the famed British music company EMI and keep the hugely-lucrative Beatles catalogue, the European Union's competition regulator said Friday, but must jettison some of its biggest acts, including Coldplay and Pink Floyd.
Football games and awkward dances, late-night gabfests at the local diner and tentative first kisses _ they're all there over the course of a school year in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
Football games and awkward dances, late-night gabfests at the local diner and tentative first kisses _ they're all there over the course of a school year in "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust jumpsuit will be among some 300 items shown at a London exhibition that traces the singer's career through five decades.
He claimed to have played on more than 1,000 singles that entered the British charts.
This haunting masterpiece, with wickedly clever lyrics, was revolutionary for its time as Mr. Bowie tells us the sad story of a man lost in space, possibly alluding to the film "2001: A Space Odyssey," released the previous year.