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billie eilish’s “bad guy” has officially surpassed 3 billion streams on spotify 📈✨ it becomes her third song to reach the milestone, joining: “birds of a feather” — 4B “lovely” — 3.9B “bad guy” — 3B ✨
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4 years ago today, glorilla released her major-label debut ep, 'anyways, life’s great' 🎉💿 the project debuted at no. 11 on the billboard 200 and included “f.n.f. (let’s go),” which earned glorilla a grammy nomination for best rap performance. 🏆🔥 she also teamed up with cardi b on “tomorrow 2,” which became her first top 10 hit on the billboard hot 100. 👑📈 what’s your favorite track from the ep? 👇
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4 years ago today, sofaygo released his debut studio album, 'pink heartz' 💗🎶 the project featured guest appearances from lil uzi vert, gunna, don toliver, ken carson, and dj khaled, with pharrell handling production on “took off” 🔥 what’s your favorite track from pink heartz? 👇
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coachella has dropped its 2027 lineup 🚨🌴 dua lipa, tame impala, and sza are set to headline, with daddy yankee billed for a special “in the desert” performance. 🏜️🔥 the lineup also features madonna, don toliver, kehlani, leon thomas, victoria monét, steve lacy, fetty wap, and more. 🎤✨ the festival runs april 9–11 and april 16–18 in indio, california. 🗓️ who are you most excited to in the desert? 👇🌵
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13 years ago today, lady gaga released her third studio album, 'artpop' 🎨✨ the project debuted at no. 1 on the billboard 200, the uk albums chart, and international charts, including those in japan, germany, canada, and australia. 📈 the album features hit singles like “applause,” “do what u want,” and “g.u.y.” what’s your favorite track from artpop? 👇
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🤘 we're rocking with @TheParadoxBand1 the atlanta rock band stopped by #verified to break down the lyrics to their song "I Kinda Like That" 🎶🎸 earlier this year, the group became the first all-black band to reach no. 1 on billboard's alternative chart 📈🔥 check out the new episode over on our youtube channel 💻
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what's a music opinion that'll get you in trouble?
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23 years ago today, twista released "slow jamz" featuring kanye west and jamie foxx 🎹🎶 the track became the first-ever no. 1 single on the billboard hot 100 for all three artists. 📈
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12 years ago today, mark ronson and bruno mars released “uptown funk” 🕺🔥 the hit went on to win record of the year and best pop duo/group performance at the 2016 grammy awards.
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ahead of this thursday’s latin grammys, a look back at history ✨ at the 7th annual latin grammy awards in 2006, shakira won four awards, which made her the biggest winner of the night 💿🏆 she became the first female artist to win album of the year, record of the year and song of the year in the same night, with ‘fijación oral, vol. 1’ and its hit single “la tortura” 👏🔥 who do you think will take home album of the year this year?👇
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future just dropped the official music video for his new single “ya hit,” featuring drake, travis scott, and loe shimmy 🎥🔥
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12 years ago today, taylor swift released “blank space.” the song spent seven weeks at no. 1, and its music video went on to win best female video and best pop video at the 2015 mtv vmas. 🏆
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we had the pleasure of speaking with Sasha Alex Sloan about finding creative freedom and letting go of expectations on her new album, 'and the crowd goes mild' 🎹✨ the singer-songwriter returns with her fourth studio album, following a career writing hits for artists like charli xcx, camila cabello, juice wrld and more, including cabello’s top 10 hit “never be the same” 🎶🔥 she also reflects on her journey from teaching herself piano as a kid to becoming one of pop’s go-to songwriters 👀 head to our site to check out the full interview! 🔗 ✍️: isabella wandermurem genius.com/a/sasha-alex-sloa…
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lady gaga's ‘joanne’ has officially surpassed 2 billion streams on spotify 🤠🩷 it’s her sixth album to reach the milestone, a month after the project celebrated its 10th anniversary 💿✨ what’s your favorite track from ‘joanne’? 👇
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33 years ago today, queen latifah dropped her iconic hit “u.n.i.t.y.” 👑✊ the track peaked at no. 23 on the billboard hot 100, making it her highest-charting single to date. it went on to win the grammy for best rap solo performance in 1995.
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ella langley’s “choosin’ texas” spends a record-extending 27th week at no. 1 on the billboard hot 100 🤠🏆 the song is now the longest-running no. 1 in hot 100 history, having passed mariah carey’s “all i want for christmas is you” earlier this year.
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it's the start of a new week, so lets take a look at what’s topping our charts. 📊 we’ve got a lot of filipino flavor on this week’s monday chart. 🇵🇭 the new number 1 spot belongs to “gento” by filipino boy band SB19 and japanese-filipino singer kento nakajima. another filipino artist, SHEAN, comes in at number 4 with “ako ang bagyo”, and at 5, SB19 enters the chart a second time with “together In motion”. finally, at number 7 we have filipino-american olivia rodrigo’s new christmas song “take me home (4 christmas)“. what jumps out to you about this week’s chart? 🎤🎶
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olivia dean has officially been named apple music’s 2026 artist of the year! 🏆✨ she makes history as the first uk artist to receive the honor, adding to a year that includes a grammy win for best new artist and four brit awards 🇬🇧🎶 to celebrate, we’re running back her “dive” verified episode where she shows off those vocals 🎤🤍 what’s your favorite olivia dean song? 👇
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39 years ago today, michael jackson released “the way you make me feel” 🕺✨ the track reached no. 1 on the billboard hot 100, becoming the third consecutive chart-topping single from his album 'bad.'
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grand theft auto vi: the festival is coming to miami! 🌴🎮🔥 november 21 at mana wynwood, featuring: travis scott don toliver kodak black sofaygo cardi b metro boomin justice (dj set) rauw & friends tainy ca7riel & paco amoroso and more across two stages 🎤 who are you most excited to see? 👀👇
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