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Australian band Midnight Oil. Redferns
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Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic performs during the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards in Germany. WireImage
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Miley Cyrus performs during the 2022 Lollapalooza Brazil Music Festival. Getty Images
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Canadian-American singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Redferns
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Australian band Midnight Oil. Redferns
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Singer Steve Harwell from the US pop band Smash Mouth. AFP
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Billie Eilish performs at the 2022 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival. Getty Images
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Soul singer Marvin Gaye plays clarinet as he performs onstage wearing a white cap in circa 1970. Getty Images
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Waist-up photo of American folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie (1912-1967) playing his guitar. Ca. 1960s. (Photo by �� John Springer Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)
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Greek-British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens. Getty Images
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Ryan Tedder of OneRepublic performs during the 2022 MTV Europe Music Awards in Germany. WireImage
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Miley Cyrus performs during the 2022 Lollapalooza Brazil Music Festival. Getty Images
Ten artists who sang about climate change, from Miley Cyrus to Marvin Gaye
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