A music summary of 2019: Old town roads and Fontaines of youth

Billie Eilish and Lizzo were among the big breakthrough acts in 2019, while we bade farewell to the likes of Ginger Bakerand Keith Flint, writes Ed Power.

WHAT will be the defining image from the year in music in 2019? Slowthai brandishing the (fake) head of Boris Johnson at the Brit Awards? Taylor Swift’s Instagram feed as she escalated her feud with Scooter Braun over ownership of her back catalogue by taking the dispute to social media?