July 1st is International Reggae Day 🎶   New Reggae Now is the hot list for the latest releases in roots reggae, and dancehall. Stay up to date on massive tunes and soon-to-be-hits!   Listen Now:     Feel free to check out Reggae Radio on Pandora here. 🔊   Reggae Radio plays the essential tracks by the legends of the genre as well as the biggest songs made popular by the next generation of reggae artists.   Enjoy the tunes! 🎵 ... View more

Today is Social Media Day!   There are hit songs, and then there are these songs—tracks that defined the very concept of the viral video. The Lonely Planet’s trailblazing SNL short “Lazy Sunday," turned hit single. These tracks took TikTok by storm (Roddy Ricch's "The Box"), popularized dance trends (Baauer’s “Harlem Shake”), inspired people to stand still like a department-store dummy (Rae Sremmurd’s #MannequinChallenge-spawning “Black Beatles”) and the masses to share music on social media for the first time ever (PSY’s “Gangnam Style”)! We've compiled a playlist of songs that broke the internet.   🎶 Listen Now:   ... View more

Two of NY’s legendary punchline kings - Fabolous and Jadakiss  - battled it out last night. Relive it again on our VERZUZ playlist. 🏙 Listen Now:   ... View more

Check out this curated playlist with nominees and performers from last night's 20th Annual BET Awards show.  🎶  Listen Now: ... View more

By the mid-2010s, the style of vocals popular in indie pop have become immensely widespread among pop instrumentalists as they are commonly used by younger artists, like Selena Gomez, Lana Del Rey, Lorde and Birdy. Traditional instruments, such as the mandolin, dulcimer, ukulele, bongos, banjo, and accordion, have been used more often, especially by indie rock musicians and singer-songwriters, including Mumford and Sons, Vance Joy, Phillip Phillips, and The Lumineers, along with country players, such as Chris Stapleton and Zac Brown Band. Adult Contemporary Music had been successful on the charts. Pop acts like Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, Adele, P!nk, Shawn Mendes, Kelly Clarkson, Maroon 5, had achieved a No.1 single during this decade. Artists like Sara Bareilles, Jason Mraz, Michael Bublé, Charlie Puth, Colbie Caillat, Christina Perri, CeeLo Green, and Shawn Mendes all incorporated soul, pop-rock, and folk into their music. Throughout the 2010s, hip hop music grew as a genre. In 2017, with the increase in streaming services influence over the Billboard Hot 100 rap music became the most popular genre in the US in its 4th decade of growth, surpassing Rock and Pop music. Artists like Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Future, Chance the Rapper, Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, J. Cole, Gucci Mane, Migos, Young Thug, Lil B, Tyler, The Creator, ASAP Rocky, 21 Savage, Cardi B, Big Sean, Lil Uzi Vert, and XXXTentacion all rose to prominence in this decade. In the decade movements like Trap music, Cloud rap, Drill music, and Emo hip hop became mainstream. The 2010s are also notable for the increasing prominence of rap producers; examples being Young Chop, Lex Luger, Sonny Digital, DJ Mustard, Metro Boomin, Southside, DJ Khaled and Pi'erre Bourne. Progressive and experimental rock have started to become widespread, mainly in the second half of the decade. Artists, such as Nothing More, Highly Suspect, Twelve Foot Ninja, Dead Letter Circus, and Marmozets, and DIY ethic bands, including Bad Omens, Sylar, Æges, and Silver Snakes, have enjoyed success through concerts and streaming services. EDM had become more mainstream due to the releases of Britney Spears' Blackout and Kanye West's "Stronger"; some 2010s successes include David Guetta, Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Swedish House Mafia, Headhunterz, Wildstylez, Da Tweekaz, Clean Bandit, Major Lazer, DVBBS, Avicii, Alesso, Owl City, The Chainsmokers, Calvin Harris, DJ Snake, Diplo, ShockOne, Drumsound & Bassline Smith, Blasterjaxx, Martin Garrix, Marshmello, Alan Walker and Zedd. The genres of Europop and Eurodance have also achieved notable commercial success, evidenced by Swedish producer Max Martin's ubiquity in the decade's most successful pop albums. Katy Perry's Teenage Dream (2010) drew heavily from this style and became the first album by a female artist in history to release five number one U.S. singles. Europop and electronica were used more extensively in the early 2010s as a result of the success of disk jockeys, like David Guetta and Calvin Harris, also influencing the work of female solo acts like Rihanna, Lady Gaga, and Kesha. Some of the best-selling songs of the decade, including "Only Girl (In the World)" and "S&M" by Rihanna, were strongly influenced by Eurodance.[citation needed] In 2012, a large number of songs by American instrumentalists featured quintessential Eurodance elements, especially synthesizer and strong beats during the chorus mixed with rapping or vocals for verses. Flo Rida, Pitbull, LMFAO, and The Black Eyed Peas were popular hip-house acts from the early half of the 2010s. Teen pop had made a significant comeback throughout the decade, with the likes of Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Justin Bieber, and Ariana Grande Like their predecessors, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake, who rose to fame in the late 90s and early 2000s, most of these stars were exclusively associated or with Disney Channel and Nickelodeon at the genesis of careers. An exception is Canadian artist Justin Bieber who rose fame through YouTube and social media. Throughout the 2010s, they have expanded control over their careers and come of age with their music to varying degrees of success, and many teen pop musicians outside the former companies have continued to launch promising careers throughout the 2010s. Throughout the 2010s, different movements in music and the music industry has been formed because of the rise of social media such as YouTube, Tik-Tok, and Soundcloud. Some new, sometimes unique, genres of music have been introduced such as lo-fi hip-hop, vaporwave, and bedroom pop. Vaporwave music is one of the first genres of music that had an "aesthetic", which was influenced heavily by elements from the 1980s and 1990s. Bedroom pop emerged in the mid to late 2010s on platforms such as YouTube with amateur artists rising to fame making pop music from their bedroom using inexpensive music creation equipment and software such as GarageBand. The distinction of bedroom pop is that the lyrics are written completely by the artists, without editors glossing and cleaning them up, which is rare in mainstream pop.[3][4] Some of these genres elements have been influenced into more mainstream pop music by the latter end of the 2010s decade and are continuing into the 2020s. Since 2011, boy bands and girl groups have returned to mainstream popularity for the first time after the early 2000s, with the most popular examples being British-Irish boy band One Direction and American boy band Big Time Rush. A new generation of successful girl groups was ushered in by acts such as Little Mix and Fifth Harmony. In addition to this, K-Pop groups, benefitting from high visibility on Social Media and Video sharing sites like YouTube, began to capitalize on their viral power and monetize netizen fanbases overseas conducting sell-out tours in western markets during the mid-2010s. Korean acts such as BIGBANG, EXO, and BTS sold out US tours with little to no promotion or support from mainstream media sources like TV & Radio Airplay. In Latin America, Latin pop had remained the main subgenre. Tropical, reggaeton, moombahton, soca have also been popular genres while pop rock continues to be successful. In December 2016, Billboard magazine named Enrique Iglesias the 14th most successful and top male dance club artist of all time. "Despacito" by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee becomes the highest-certified song of all-time in the United States after receiving a 13× platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America for units of over 13 million sales plus track-equivalent streams. Soundtracks from films have topped the charts this decade as well, with number 1 singles from Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Wiz Khalifa, Charlie Puth, Justin Timberlake, and Pharrell Williams, along with top 10 entries by The Weeknd, Ellie Goulding, and others. Dubstep and drumstep became widespread subgenres in the early 2010s on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, especially in its native United Kingdom. There, other electronic subgenres, like grime, footwork, and trap, have also been growing in popularity. Drumstep had continued its success while hardstyle had become mainstream in Australia and the United States due to the success of music festivals, such as The Sound of Q-dance and Defqon Grime experienced a resurgence beginning in 2014, initiated by the success of Meridian Dan's "German Whip" featuring Big H and Jme. In Asia, popular music had continued to be influenced by Western pop music. As with the past several decades, C-pop, J-pop, and K-pop had continued to be successful in the Far East. In J-pop, image songs and the influence of anime on widespread music have grown since the late 2000s. K-pop's popularity continued to increase around the world throughout the decade and found wider recognition in western markets. Media entertainment brand, Billboard, responsible for tabulating the Billboard Hot 100 and 200, inaugurated its own K-Pop chart and column presented weekly, on its Billboard.com site. The Billboard K-Town column, launched in 2013, continues to report on K-pop music; artists, concerts, chart information, and news events. In 2015, the US iTunes store added a K-Pop genre category. Major streaming services such as Apple Music and Spotify both added K-pop categories to their repertoire to cater to demand. In 2018, some K-pop artists from the Republic of Korea like Red Velvet even made a performance at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In India, Indian pop, rock, and filmi have continued to be mainstream. In the United Arab Emirates, Arabic pop, Arabic hip hop, rock and metal have continued in popularity. Artists like Ed Sheeran, Adele, Ellie Goulding, Sam Smith, Jessie J, and Emeli Sandé from the U.K. started to become highly successful and gained popularity from crossover hits in the U.S. Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You”, “Perfect” and Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep”,” Someone Like You”, and “Set Fire to the Rain” all reached the No.1 spot of the Billboard Hot 100 in this decade. Taio Cruz had also garnered successful hits. “Dynamite” and “Break Your Heart” were successful singles with the latter reaching the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100.   Q: A song that features your favorite artist of the 2010s? A:  Q: Your 2 favorite pop songs from the 2010s? A:  A:  Q: Your favorite 2 songs from 2012? A:  Q: A song from 3 of your favorite Hip-Hop artists of the 2010s? A:  A:  A:  Q: A song from 2 of your favorite R&B artists of the 2010s? A:  A:  Q: The catchiest song of 2017? A:  Q: A song you wouldn't want to listen to again that came out in 2018? 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This playlist is inspired by Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu performance of Puccini’s “Crisantemi" to an audience of approximately 2,292 house plants after the COVID-19 outbreak. The opera house teamed up with conceptual artist Eugenio Ampudia for the event. The plants were brought in from local nurseries and donated to healthcare professionals following the performance, mainly at the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona. Enjoy this playlist of Classical compositions inspired by plants, flowers, trees and gardens. Listen now:   ... View more

Carly Simon has an unparalleled career that spans four decades of openhearted storytelling in both song and print. In the early 1970’s, Simon joined the singer-songwriters who changed the public’s conception of pop music to an honest, sensitive and intelligent craftwork. Her signature style can be found in her chart-topping singles, award-winning film scores, collections of original music, a family opera, children’s books and a #1 New York Times bestselling memoir. Listen now: ... View more

June 25th is Global Beatles Day, all you need is love... and the Beatles!   All of your favorite Beatles songs are now available on Pandora. Enjoy the music of the Fab Four, from the early days in Liverpool to the game-changing ‘Sgt. Peppers’ and ‘Abbey Road’ eras. Check out their A-Z Playlist below.   Listen Now:       Pandora Stories: The Beatles' 'Abbey Road' With Famous Fans   It has been 50 years since the Beatles released 'Abbey Road.' In honor of the landmark album’s golden anniversary, we’ve mined the archives of SiriusXM’s Beatles Channel to assemble some of the music world’s biggest Beatles admirers to explain the genius of the music and the four bandmates who created it.   Listen Now:     ... View more

  The Pandora for Podcasters creator hub lets podcasters of any size easily submit their shows to Pandora to reach our millions of listeners, and use our free suite of marketing insight tools to build their audience and discover the users who are most likely looking for them. And starting today, Pandora for Podcasters introduces Podcast Analytics: a new set of visually-driven data analytics tools that provide podcast creators with even more insights into their audience on Pandora: who the listeners are behind their stream counts, and the types of content that keep them coming back. Now, creators on Pandora have access to actual podcast listening data that gives a more accurate and detailed picture of listener engagement than traditional podcast download metrics.   The new Podcast Analytics features provide an at-a-glance visual overview of key streaming metrics like Number of Streams, Unique Listeners, Total Time Spent Listening, and Thumbs (the number of thumbs up/down given by Pandora users), so podcasters can see which content is getting the most love from listeners. Podcasters can gain new insights about their Pandora listeners via a new geographic Audience Insights Map that shows where their content is most popular across the country, an Audience Insights Demographics chart that gives a broad overview of who their listeners are, and other visually-driven features that show how and where their audience is growing, and which content is resonating with them the most.   Podcast Analytics features are free to all registered Pandora for Podcasters users starting today. To sign up for Pandora for Podcasters, visit here. And stay tuned for a special session of our new free “Pandora for Creators” live webinar series where podcasters can learn how to get the most out of Pandora for Podcasters (including Podcast Analytics) and ask questions directly to members of Pandora’s Creator Services team. ... View more

It's officially #CancerSzn! We put together a playlist of songs by some of music's biggest Cancers, from Ariana Grande to Post Malone to Missy Elliott! 🎉   🎶  Listen Now: ... View more

Get ready for tonight's battle of the pianos, a special edition of VERZUZ  celebrating Juneteenth, with A-Z playlists for both artists. 🎹 🎶 Listen Now: From her "Fallin" debut to her "Perfect Way to Die" tribute, Alicia Keys has transcended beyond the world of music. She is also a mother, a philanthropist and an author. Nevertheless, music is at the root of everything she does. Take a listen to some of her biggest hits.     🎶  Listen Now: John Legend, an EGOT winner, continues to break boundaries in music, theatre and film. There's no limit to his talent and the songs presented in this playlist speak directly to that. Take a listen and enjoy.       ... View more

The continued development of studio recording software and electronic elements was observed, through this decade. One such example is the usage of pitch correction software, such as auto-tune that appeared in the late 1990s. Another great impact to this decade was the ongoing development of the internet and user-friendly media players, such as iTunes, and music and video sharing websites such as Napster and YouTube, respectively. The popularity of teen pop carried over from the 1990s with acts such as NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Britney Spears, and Christina Aguilera dominating the charts in the earlier years of the decade. Contemporary R&B was one of the most popular genres of the decade (especially in the early and mid-2000s), with artists like Usher, Alicia Keys, Beyoncé, and Rihanna. In 2004, the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 had 15 of its top 25 singles as Contemporary R&B. In Britain, Britpop, post-punk revival and alternative rock were at the height of their popularity with acts such as Coldplay, The Libertines, Oasis, Lynda Thomas, Travis, Dido, Blur, The Hives, Björk, and Radiohead, which still continued at the top of the major charts in the rest of the world since the 1990s. Hip hop music achieved mainstream status after the 1990s and the deaths of many prominent artists such as 2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. Artists outside of New York and Los Angeles in cities like Atlanta, Houston, New Orleans, Las Vegas, Toronto, and the Bay Area all achieved mainstream success. Popular rap movements of the 2000s include Crunk, Snap, Hyphy, and Alternative Hip Hop. Despite the hip hop dominance, such as Southern hip hop which lasted for most of the decade (particularly the middle years), rock music was still popular, notably alternative rock, and especially genres such as post-grunge, post-Britpop, nu-metal, pop-punk, emo, post-hardcore, metalcore, and in some cases indie rock; the early and mid-2000s saw a resurgence in the mainstream popularity of pop-rock and power pop. Despite a slight slip in popularity in the early part of the decade, adult contemporary and country music was still able to find success throughout the 2000s. Electronic music was also popular throughout the decade; at the beginning of the 2000s, genres such as trance, chillout, house, indietronica, and Eurodance (in Europe) were popular. By the end of the decade, the late-1980s/early-1990s inspired dance-oriented forms of electronic music such as synthpop, electropop, and electro house had become popular. By the end of the decade, a fusion between hip hop and electronic dance similar to the Freestyle music of the late 1980s and early 1990s, known as Hip House and Electrohop also grew successful. In Asia and Far Eastern musical markets, with the increase of globalization and the spread of capitalism, music became more Westernised, with influences of pop, hip hop, and contemporary R&B becoming ever-present in Eastern markets. American and European popular music became more popular in Asia. Genres such as J-Pop and K-Pop remained popular throughout the decade, proliferating their cultural influence throughout the East and Southeast Asia. In other parts of Asia, including India, Indian pop music, closely linked to Bollywood films and film music, was popular alongside Western pop music. In Latin America, whilst R&B, hip hop, and pop-rock did have influence and success, Latin-based pop music remained highly popular. Reggaeton became a definitive genre in the 2000s Latin music, as well as salsa and merengue. Subgenres fusing Latin music such as merengue and reggaeton with hip hop and rap music became popular from the middle of the decade onwards. The Internet allowed unprecedented access to music and allowed artists to distribute music freely without label backing. Innumerable online outlets and the sheer volume of music also offer musicians more musical influences to draw from.   Q: 2 favorite Hip-Hop songs of the 2000s? A:  A:  Q: 2 favorite Pop-Rock songs of the 2000s? A:  A:  Q: 2 favorite Pop-Punk songs of the 2000s? A:  A:  Q: 3 favorite Pop songs of the 2000s? A:  A:  A:  Q: 2 favorite R&B songs of the 2000s? A:  A:  Q: 2 favorite Country songs of the 2000s? A:  A:  Q: 2 favorite Reggaeton songs of the 2000s? A:  A:  Q: 2 favorite Electronic songs of the 2000s? A:  A:  ... View more