The week in music - in pictures

# 50 Cent

# Beyoncé

# Gary Barlow

# Jay-Z

# Katy Perry

# Lana Del Rey

# MIA

# Mastodon

# Paul McCartney

# Pop and rock

# The Ting Tings

The week's highlights from planet pop and beyond
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Week in music: Diamond Jubilee Concert
Gary Barlow sits at the piano in the Music Room of Buckingham Palace. The singer will help organise this year's Diamond Jubilee concert Photograph: John Stillwell/PA
Week in music: Anoushka Shankar in concert
Sitar player Anoushka Shankar performs in Bangalore, India Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/EPA
Week in music: British electronic music duo Lamb
Lou Rhodes of Lamb performing in Warsaw, Poland Photograph: JACEK TURCZYK/EPA
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Paul McCartney at the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles Photograph: Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images
Week in music: 2012 MusiCares Person Of The Year Tribute To Paul McCartney - Red Carpet
Katy Perry arrives at the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute to Paul McCartney in Los Angeles Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images For The Recording A
Week in music: Paul McCartney performs with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Joe Walsh
Paul McCartney performs with Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters and Joe Walsh during the 2012 MusiCares Person of the Year tribute Photograph: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters
Week in music: Bridgestone Super Bowl XLVI Halftime Show
MIA's controversial finger gesture during the Super Bowl Halftime Show in Indianapolis Photograph: Christopher Polk/Getty Images
Week in music: Christa Bell Performs At Bush Hall In London
Chrysta Bell performs songs from her new album, a collaboration with David Lynch, at Bush Hall in London Photograph: Christie Goodwin/Redferns
Week in music: Kazak Singers
Kazakh Singers dressed in traditional costume perform at the bottom of the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in the western Caucasian mountains Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/REUTERS
Week in music: Friends Perform At The Lexington In London
Samantha Urbani of Brooklyn band Friends performs at The Lexington in London Photograph: Kate Booker/Redferns
Week in music: Marika Bajur
Marika Bajur sings 'Kuriu' in Sochi, Russia, one of a set of images that has won first prize in the arts and entertainment category of the 2012 World Press Photo contest Photograph: Rob Hornstra/AP
Week in music: Jay-Z performs at Carnegie Hall in New York
Jay-Z performs at Carnegie Hall in New York at a benefit for the United Way of New York City and the Shawn Carter Foundation Photograph: Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Week in music: Beyonce Knowles holds her daughter Blue Ivy
Beyonce Knowles holds daughter Blue Ivy in the first published photos of her child Photograph: Ed Burke for beyonce.com/AP
Week in music: Mastodon Perform At Manchester Academy
Brent Hinds of Mastodon performing at Manchester Academy Photograph: Gary Wolstenholme/Redferns
Week in music: US rapper 50 Cents visits Somalia
Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, visits orphaned school children in Kibera, the biggest slum in Kenya Photograph: Rose Ogola /World Food Programme
Week in music: ***BESTPIX*** Lana Del Rey Performs At Amoeba Music Hollywood
Lana Del Rey performing at Amoeba Music in Los Angeles, California
Photograph: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Photograph: Kevin Winter/Action images
Week in music: Glamour Celebrates The New March Issue At Fashion Week
The Ting Tings perform at US Glamour's March party at The Box in New York City Photograph: Rabbani and Solimene Photography/WireImage for Glamour Magazine

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