released in the years 1970 to 2020 and belonging to the most popular genres according to Last.fm: rap, country, pop, R&B, and rock. The authors acknowledge that their chosen corpus has some problems.

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A Central Asian Soviet-era pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean Brass Bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.

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A Central Asian Soviet-era pop music anthology shines a light on the region's ethnic diversity and music that transcends genres from Korean Brass Bands to Uyghur garage rock to Crimean jazz.