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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. ## Video: Late Night Highlight: Timberlake And DeGeneres Get Musical On The 'Tonight Show' [Watch (HLS stream): Late Night Highlight: Timberlake And DeGeneres Get Musical On The 'Tonight Show'](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/MGQJNtAb.m3u8) (0:51)  _Published 2015-09-10. Justin Timberlake and Ellen DeGeneres stopped by the 'Tonight Show,' and, of course, hilarity ensued. But so did quite a few musical moments._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 15, 2014 4:36 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 15, 2014 4:36 PM UTC The latest data visualization of Americans’ music preferences is a heat map that plays different types of music as it shows which parts of the country like particular genres the most. The rock and oldies, blues, folk, rock, punk, metal and rap & hip-hop genres seem to have the most universal appeal, according to [“The All-American Music Map”](http://www.movoto.com/blog/novelty-real-estate/americas-music/), which is based on data from the National Endowment of the Arts, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis through the Martin Prosperity Institute, and state level music preferences from Wikipedia. There’s a [full breakdown](http://www.movoto.com/blog/novelty-real-estate/americas-music/) of city preferences on the website for Movoto, a national online real estate brokerage firm in the Bay Area. ### Artists Who Have Never Won A Grammy  Queen John Rodgers—Redferns/Getty Images  Jackson 5 Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images  Spice Girls Ray Burmiston—Photoshot/Getty Images  GLENDALE, AZ - FEBRUARY 01: Recording artist Katy Perry performs onstage during the Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show at University of Phoenix Stadium on February 1, 2015 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) Kevin Mazur—WireImage/Getty Images  Björk Mark Horton—WireImage/Getty Images  Diana Ross performs in Dublin. 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Justin Timberlake and Jimmy Fallon opened the show with yet another history of rap montage. [ MUSIC ] It's the freaky weekend baby I'm about to have me some fun. Let's go. Cuz I'm feeling like a brother feel like you gotta get away, get away, get away. [ MUSIC ] Wednesday was the duo's sixth History of Rap which included some new covers of Big Sean and Drake. But, it didn't stop there. Later on, JT judged a lip- sync battle between Ellen DeGeneres and Jimmy. And if you ever want to hear Ellen channel here inner Rihanna, which of course you do, Wednesday was your night. 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