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From consumer electronics to outer space, 2015 was a highly accelerated year for innovation.

Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd, released Beauty Behind the Madness . With "Can’t Feel My Face," a song produced by Max Martin, the underground R&B sad boy became a pop god. 2015 was the year that "alternative R&B" became just "pop music." From consumer electronics to outer space, 2015 was

Musically, was a year of dominance by two very different artists: Adele and Drake. In November, Adele dropped 25 , featuring the behemoth single "Hello." The music video broke the Vevo record for most views in 24 hours, and the album sold 3.38 million copies in its first week in the US alone—a figure that seemed impossible in the streaming era. From consumer electronics to outer space