seven years ago today, tyla released her debut single “getting late” featuring kooldrink 🐅✨ the independently released song went viral and gave us an early taste of the sound she’d take worldwide 🌍🔥

mercury is in retrograde until november 13 🫠 and these artists were feeling it too 💫🪐 until then, press play and blame it on mercury retrograde 🎶

elvis presley’s catalog is at the center of a $41 million AI lawsuit ⚖️ the music’s rights holders allege that anthropic, the company behind claude, used 274 songs recorded by elvis presley to train its AI models without permission the plaintiffs are seeking $150,000 per song over the alleged copyright infringement anthropic disputes the claims and says it intends to defend itself

happy birthday to ciara 🎂 we’re celebrating with “goodies” on loop 🙂‍↕️ before we got “goodies,” the song was originally titled “cookies” 🍪👀 the first lady of crunk&b helped bring atlanta’s sound to the world with her smooth vocals and signature moves 👏 what’s your fave ciara song?

two years ago today, megan thee stallion dropped ‘MEGAN: ACT II’ 🦋🔥 expanding her self-titled album with 13 additional tracks, meg celebrated her southern rap roots and experimented with elements of k-pop and metal 🌟🤘 which track are you still bumping?

olivia rodrigo’s ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’ returns to no. 1 on the billboard 200 for a third week with 75k units 👑 it now ties for the longest running no. 1 album by a female artist released in 2026

three icons, three classics, two weeks on top 👑 on this day in 1986, cyndi lauper’s “true colors,” tina turner’s “typical male,” and janet jackson’s “when i think of you” held the top three spots on the billboard hot 100 🔥 they were the first female solo artists to occupy all three top spots on the hot 100 for two consecutive weeks

drake’s “god’s plan” is now certified 2x diamond by the RIAA 💎💎 the 2018 hit won a GRAMMY for best rap song and turned its nearly $1 million music video budget into gifts, scholarships, and donations for people in miami

she had a wig, a double life, and a dream! 🎤🌟 20 years ago today, the hannah montana original soundtrack was released 💿 featuring “the best of both worlds,” “if we were a movie,” and “who said,” the soundtrack became the first tv soundtrack to debut at no. 1 on the billboard 200, selling 281,000 copies in its first week 🤯 what’s your favorite hannah montana song?

26 years ago, linkin park made their debut with ‘hybrid theory’ 🔥💿 featuring “in the end,” “one step closer,” and “papercut," the album became the best-selling album of 2001 in the u.s. 🎶🏆 the single “crawling” earned the band their first GRAMMY

14 years ago today, justin bieber released “beauty and a beat” featuring nicki minaj as a single 🎶🔥 👀 still keeping an eye out for selenerrr

you can only keep ONE drake mixtape… which one are you choosing?

happy 40th birthday to drake 🦉🎂 before his debut album even dropped, “best i ever had” had already earned him two GRAMMY nominations 🔥 from his early mixtape days with ‘room for improvement’ to earning the most billboard hot 100 entries in history, drake has become one of hip-hop’s most influential artists 🎤

20 years ago today, taylor swift released the album that started it all 🦋🎸 the singer was just 16 when she released her self-titled debut turning teenage crushes and heartbreak into songs that listeners could see themselves in 🎶 she wrote or co-wrote every track on the original album, which spent 24 weeks on top of billboard’s top country albums chart what’s your favorite song from her debut?

happy 29th birthday to RAYE 🎂🎙️ the singer recently took home a mercury prize for her album 'THIS MUSIC MAY CONTAIN HOPE' and in 2024, she made BRITs history with six wins in one night, the most by any artist at a single ceremony 🏆 watch the full #verified on your youtube channel 📺

“SWIM” by BTS becomes the first song released in 2026 to surpass 1 billion streams on spotify 🔥 it also marks their eighth song to reach the milestone 🎶

we're drowning in ateez “drip” 💧🔥 the group just dropped their new single and music video, giving a preview of their upcoming mini album ‘GOLDEN HOUR : Part.6,’ arriving november 13 👀

what sound/song from the 2000s would you recognize instantly?

we had the pleasure of speaking with amy allen about her incredible run as one of pop’s go-to songwriters 🎶 from co-writing hits with sabrina carpenter, olivia dean, noah kahan, tinashe, and more to becoming the first songwriter to win the grammy for songwriter of the year twice, allen continues to leave her mark on the music industry. she opened up about her journey, her biggest collaborations, and what’s next 🙌✨ read the full article on our website 💻 ✍️: ken partridge genius.com/a/amy-allen-2026-…

it's friday, so you know that means a fresh batch of new music has arrived. 🔥🎶 on the newest #newmusicfriday playlist, we've got tracks from the new LISA EP, yung miami's first album as a solo artist, and new bangers from yeat and ATEEZ. check out the link in our bio to see the full playlist. 🔗