An Academy rule aimed at recycled themes has quietly disqualified some of the best-reviewed film scores of the last two decades, Hans Zimmer's Dune: Part Two among them.

A new LP now averages $37, up 24% in five years. Pricier plastic, packed pressing plants, and labels selling the same album in seven colors are why.

Vinyl just logged its 19th straight year of U.S. sales growth, RIAA data shows, even though digital audio wins on nearly every measurable spec. The real explanation has little to do with sound.

Across nearly six decades he turned unknowns into stars and stars into institutions, from Janis Joplin to Whitney Houston to Alicia Keys.