Musical performers burn records, heartlessly (7)

I believe the answer is:

singers

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'musical performers' is the definition.
'singers' can be an answer for 'performers' (singer is a kind of performer). I am not sure about the 'musical' bit.

'burn records heartlessly' is the wordplay.
'burn' becomes 'singe' (singing is a kind of burning).
'heartlessly' means to remove the middle letters.
'records' with its middle removed is 'rs'.
'singe'+'rs'='SINGERS'

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(Other definitions for singers that I've seen before include "Choristers" , "Vocalists" , "Chorus" , "See 26" , "Eg, choir members" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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