The week in music – in pictures

A picture posted on Twitter by Lily Allen showing her pregnant. She has given birth to a baby girl Photograph: Lily Rose Cooper/Twitter

A member of the Tirana Band plays his trumpet during preparations for Independence Day in Tirana, Albania. The country will celebrate the 99th anniversary of its independence on 28 November Photograph: Armando Babani/EPA

Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez pose at the 2011 American Music Awards in Los Angeles Photograph: Christopher Polk/Getty Images for AMA

will.i.am performs at the 2011 American Music Awards Photograph: Joe Kohen/WireImage

A sculpture at Gaga's Workshop, a collaborative fashion and lifestyle project between Lady Gaga and Barneys New York Photograph: Andrew Burton/AP

Alberto Morejon, driver of Cuban band Mariachi Juvenil, smokes a cigar as prepares his car to drive the band to the Marianao neighborhood of Havana Photograph: Javier Galeano/AP

George Michael photographed in May. The singer has postponed a series of concerts after falling ill with pneumonia Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

Jimi Hendrix playing in London in 1967. Hendrix tops Rolling Stone magazine's newly published 100 greatest guitarists list Photograph: Marc Sharratt/Rex Features

Nicki Minaj poses for a portrait with her awards for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop artist and Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop album at the 2011 American Music Awards Photograph: Michael Caulfield/AMA2011/Getty Images for AMA

People dance in the open-air pool of the Szechenyi Bath during 'night of baths' in Budapest. Music and dance programmes take place at the five most popular thermal baths in Budapest during the event Photograph: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters

A woman watches video footage of the British rock group Queen at the Queen Forever exhibition in Tokyo. It marks the 20th death anniversary of Queen's vocalist Freddie Mercury Photograph: Junji Kurokawa/AP

Charles Bradley performs on stage at Sala Apolo during the San Miguel Primavera Club Festival in Barcelona Photograph: Jordi Vidal/Redferns

Franco-Israeli singer and songwriter Yael Naim recording a song she wrote for Amnesty International Photograph: JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images

Robert Smith of The Cure performs at the Beacon Theatre in New York City Photograph: Rob Kim/FilmMagic

A musician from the Rajan Band, Kotla Mubarakpur holds on to a decorated horse, as he and others wait to perform at a wedding Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images

Hattie Webb and Charley Webb of the Webb Sisters perform oat the Union Chapel in London Photograph: Robin Little/Redferns

The American percussionist, composer and bandleader Paul Motian, who has died aged 80, was perhaps most famous for enhancing the work of a brilliant jazz pianist. This he did not just once, but three times: in Bill Evans's pioneering trio from 1959 to 1962, over the next two years with Paul Bley, and then with Keith Jarrett from 1966 to 1977. Motian added 'beautiful' to the adjectives associated with the drummer's art, and was much in demand by the most adventurous jazz improvisers

Read the full obituary here Photograph: Fred R. Conrad/AP

Sena Jurinac with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (seated) during rehearsals for Der Rosenkavalier at the Royal Opera House in 1959. Sena Jurinac, who has died aged 90, was one of the best-loved, most accomplished sopranos of her generation and a favourite at Glyndebourne and Covent Garden

Read the full obituary here Photograph: AP