2015 was a very eventful year for iTunes with Adele coming back after five years and Justin Bieber’s new album, Purpose. PCNN asked students who they believed deserved the title of Artist of the Year. The answered varied from the students interviewed. Dylan Skiscim said he would choose Adele because “it takes a lot of energy and courage to come back to creating music after a medical procedure.” John Wright believed that the title of artist of the year belonged to Cage the Elephant. The photo slideshow shows the artists with the most popular new albums in the year of 2015.

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In 2007 Rocky assembled the hip-hop collective A$AP mob, which led to his current stage moniker and stands for various acronyms, most notably, Always Strive And Prosper.