10 musical biopics of recent years

1. 2021 Respect, Aretha Franklin (Jennifer Hudson [older] Skye Dakota Turner [young])
2. The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Billie Holiday (Andra Day)
3. Elvis, Elvis Presley (Austin Butler)
4. 2022 Wanna dance with somebody, Whitney Houston (Naomi Ackie)
5. George & Tammy, Tammy Wynette (Jessica Chastain) George Jones (Michael Shannon)
6. 2023 Maestro, Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan)
7. 2024 Maria, Maria Callas (Angelina Jolie [older] Angelina Papadopoulou [young])
8. One Love, Bob Marley (Kingsley Ben-Adir)
9. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse (Marisa Abela)
10. A Complete Unknown, Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet)

I have only seen four of these but would be happy to watch them all.

Aged 27

I notice in my sidebar that my most popular post at present is one I did in 2008 on musicians who died aged 27. See here. No prizes for guessing why people have been looking at it. Tragically, another 27 year old musician died last weekend. There is probably nothing over significant in the number. It allows time for real success but is still tragically young. Others, like Marc Bolan, get beyond 27, but still die tragically young.