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we had the pleasure of speaking with @nsqkk about his sophomore album, 'mosca,' out now 🪰🎸 the mexican singer-songwriter opens up about confronting his insecurities and pushing his sound into new territory, blending edm, r&b, hip-hop and pop with a heavier rock influence 🔥 partially inspired by franz kafka’s 'the metamorphosis,' 'mosca' finds nsqk embracing his fears and stepping into a new chapter of his artistic evolution 🖤 read the full article on our website 💻 ✍️: @myprerogative15

12 years ago today, taylor swift released '1989' 🩵✨ the album debuted at no. 1 on the billboard 200 with 1.287 million copies sold in its first week and spent 11 nonconsecutive weeks at the top 📈🏆 the pop classic gave us three no. 1 hits on the billboard hot 100, “shake it off,” “blank space” and “bad blood,” along with pop airplay chart-toppers like “style” and “wildest dreams” 🎶💿 it also won album of the year at the 2016 grammys, making taylor the first woman to win the award twice as a lead artist 👑 what’s your favorite track from 1989? 👇

taylor swift is constantly breaking milestones and making history 👏 she just became the youngest-ever member of the nashville songwriters hall of fame when she was formally inducted last night by brad paisley 🙌🎶

20 years ago today, amy winehouse released her sophomore album, 'back to black' 🖤🎶 the iconic project gave us timeless tracks like “rehab,” “you know i’m no good” and the title track “back to black.”

9 years ago today, migos, cardi b & nicki minaj dropped “motorsport” 🏎️🔥 the lead single from migos’ multi-platinum album 'culture ii' peaked at no. 6 on the billboard hot 100, earning the group their second top 10 hit as a lead act.

34 years ago today, sade released 'love deluxe' in the uk 🌹✨ the band’s fourth studio album gave us timeless tracks like “no ordinary love,” “kiss of life” and “cherish the day” 🎶 “no ordinary love” went on to win a grammy for best r&b performance by a duo or group with vocals and was featured in the 1993 film *indecent proposal* 🏆🎬 'love deluxe' peaked at no. 3 on the billboard 200 and earned 4x platinum certification 📈💿 which track from 'love deluxe' is your favorite? 👇

megan thee stallion is giving hotties a sneak peek at what’s coming for hottieween 👀🎪⚔️

it's a new week, so that means we're taking a look at our monday charts 📊 tate mcrae's "housewife" is at the top of the charts again for back to back weeks, with ADÉLA climbing back up in to second. russian rappers VILLIAN and madk1d have come in at the number six spot, and fan favorite "it's me, it's verity" is back in the top 10 just in time for halloween. 🙂👀 what songs are you listening to this spooky season? 🔁

chappell roan just matched her career-best chart peak! 📈💖 “expectations” ties “the subway” as her highest-charting single ever on the billboard hot 100, with both songs reaching no. 3 👏🔥

.@hellosisterband hit the #openmic live stage and got straight to jamming for their performance of “girlhood is forever” 🎸🥁 #sponsored

JISOO teases her new single “addicted” 👀🖤 out this friday.

rising country singer-songrwriter fabrizio brought his incredible vocals to #genius 👏🔥 fabrizio pulled up to #verified to dissect the lyrics to his song "before the soul goes to waste" 🎶 and opens up about his past battles with alcohol check out the full episode over on our youtube channel 💻

today in 2010, willow smith released “whip my hair” 💚🎤 at just 9 years old, five days before her 10th birthday, willow scored a breakout hit that peaked at no. 11 on the billboard hot 100.

16 years ago today, katy perry released “firework” 🎆🎶 the ‘teenage dream’ hit became her third consecutive no. 1 single on the billboard hot 100 and went on to earn diamond certification from the riaa.

16 years ago today, rihanna released “what’s my name?” featuring drake 🎶❤️‍🔥 the hit topped the billboard hot 100, marking rihanna’s eighth no. 1 single and drake’s first.

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?