Earlier this year, up-and-coming American rapper Pop Smoke was killed at 20, cutting short a promising career and breaking the hearts of his loyal fans. On July 12, his posthumous debut album ‘Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon’ debuted at No 1 on the Billboard 200, beating out the soundtrack ‘Hamilton: An American Musical’, which surged up to the No 2 spot. Posthumous releases aren’t new, as artist estates decide to put out unreleased music, letting tragedy give way to art. We took a look back at some of the biggest posthumous releases in history.
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