Billy Joel is back, Nicki Minaj’s latest beef, and more from the week in music

Clockwise from bottom left: Tina Turner (Paul Natkin/Getty Images), Prince (Ross Marino/Getty Images), Cyndi Lauper (Paul Natkin/Getty Images), Van Halen (Paul Natkin/WireImage)Graphic: The A.V. Club

1984 is roundly considered to be one of the greatest years in pop music history, a year that produced an embarrassment of riches in both the mainstream and underground. It was a year where the echoes of Michael Jackson’s Thriller could still be felt, a year that Prince turned into a superstar and Madonna had her first hits. And it was a year where the Replacements, Hüsker Dü, the Minutemen, and R.E.M. defined college rock as MTV took hold throughout America, just as Britain wound down its new pop renaissance. Read More