Ben Sisario

Chad Kassem is on a mission — saving listeners “from bad sound” — at the rural factory where he pores over LPs from some of music’s most important artists.

The suits cite the Victims of Gender-Motivated Violence Protection Law, which opened a look-back window for alleged assaults and is expiring soon.

One of the supreme voices of the 1970s and a master of revelatory reinterpretation has died at 88.

Their collaborative album “Some Sexy Songs 4 U” opens atop the Billboard 200, unseating his foe Kendrick Lamar’s “GNX,” which surged after the Super Bowl halftime show.

Billy Idol, the Black Crowes and Maná will also appear on the ballot for the first time, alongside Oasis, Joe Cocker, Mariah Carey and others.

Boosted by physical sales and a Grammy performance, the album had the biggest week since Taylor Swift’s huge opening last year.

The Recording Academy has worked to reshape its voting pool, but the triumph of “Cowboy Carter” as album of the year can’t be traced to any one factor.

Not exactly. But in Grammyland, nothing is simple.

The Recording Academy, moving forward with the show as planned on Feb. 2 in Los Angeles, has also booked Sabrina Carpenter, Charli XCX and other stars.

The pop superstar, whose latest release, “Cowboy Carter,” won album of the year at the Grammys on Sunday night, will perform 22 dates starting in April.