70 Fun Facts About Current Music

Which 2024 diss track swept all five of its Grammy nominations, including Record and Song of the Year?

It tied 'Up, Up and Away' as the most-decorated song in Grammy history, and Lamar performed it at the Super Bowl LIX halftime show.

Kendrick Lamar released 'Not Like Us' less than 20 hours after which other diss track?

Drake answered with 'The Heart Part 6' the next day, and later sued UMG for defamation; the case was dismissed in October 2025.

Cowboy Carter made Beyoncé the first Black woman in how many years to win Album of the Year?

The last had been Lauryn Hill in 1999; the album also made her the first Black artist to win Best Country Album.

Which three country legends act as radio DJs on Beyoncé's Cowboy Carter?

The album is framed as a broadcast from a fictional Texas radio station.

Which Beyoncé single made her the first Black woman to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart?

It was surprise-released during Super Bowl LVIII in February 2024 after a Verizon commercial teased new music.

Taylor Swift's Eras Tour was the first concert tour ever to gross more than how much?

It ran 149 shows in 51 cities across 21 countries between March 2023 and December 2024.

In which city did the Eras Tour play its final show in December 2024?

It had opened 21 months earlier in Glendale, Arizona.

How many Album of the Year Grammys had Taylor Swift won after Midnights' 2024 victory?

She used the acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Album that night to announce The Tortured Poets Department.

Midnights made Taylor Swift the first artist to occupy the entire top what of the Billboard Hot 100?

Two years later The Tortured Poets Department went further and took the top 14 spots.

Which rapper features on 'Fortnight', the chart-topping lead single from The Tortured Poets Department?

The album spent 17 weeks at number one on the Billboard 200 and was released as a double album two hours after the standard edition.

In which country did Taylor Swift record The Life of a Showgirl (2025) with Max Martin?

She fitted the sessions in during the European leg of the Eras Tour in mid-2024.

Which singer guests on the title track of Taylor Swift's The Life of a Showgirl?

The album's singles 'The Fate of Ophelia' and 'Opalite' both reached number one on the Hot 100.

The singer of 'Espresso' first became known as Maya Hart on which Disney Channel show?

She was born in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and later played Cady Heron in Mean Girls on Broadway.

'Espresso' peaked at what position on the Billboard Hot 100 despite topping the Global 200?

'Please Please Please', the follow-up, became her first US number one.

The 2025 album Man's Best Friend, by the singer of 'Espresso', drew controversy over what?

She later issued an alternate direct-to-consumer cover she described as 'approved by God'.

Kayleigh Rose Amstutz performs under which stage name, taken from her grandfather?

Her uncle is a Missouri state legislator, and she won Best New Artist at the 2025 Grammys.

Which 2020 song by the singer of 'Good Luck, Babe!' hit UK number one four years later?

'The Subway' gave her a second UK number one in 2025.

Charli XCX's Brat cover art was adopted by which 2024 US presidential campaign?

Charli later said her 'kamala IS brat' tweet was not meant as a political endorsement.

Shaboozey's 'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' tied which song for 19 weeks at number one on the Hot 100?

It interpolates the clean version of J-Kwon's 2004 hit 'Tipsy'.

How many weeks did Teddy Swims' 'Lose Control' spend on the Hot 100, a record?

It debuted at number 99 and took until March 2024 to reach number one.

Rosé and Bruno Mars's 'APT.' was inspired by what?

It was the best-selling global single of 2025 and the first non-English-language song to top the IFPI global chart.

Rosé of Blackpink was born in which country?

She was raised in Australia before auditioning for YG Entertainment in 2012.

'Die with a Smile' by Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars closes which 2025 Gaga album?

On Spotify it became the fastest track to pass three billion streams and the most-streamed song of 2025.

Lady Gaga drew a record-breaking free crowd in 2025 on which beach?

An early version of the Mayhem show also played Coachella before becoming the Mayhem Ball tour.

Which Kendrick Lamar and SZA duet won Record of the Year at the 68th Grammys, his second win in a row?

It samples Luther Vandross and Cheryl Lynn's 1982 version of 'If This World Were Mine' and spent 13 weeks at number one.

Kendrick Lamar's album GNX is named after what?

He bought a 1987 Buick Grand National Experimental, the model his father drove him home from the hospital in.

Which was the first Spanish-language album to win the Grammy for Album of the Year?

Un Verano Sin Ti had been the first Spanish-language album even to be nominated, three years earlier.

Where was Bad Bunny's 2026 Super Bowl LX halftime show, the first by a Latino solo headliner, staged?

Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin appeared as guests, and Telemundo drew its largest-ever American football audience.

Bad Bunny's 2025 concert residency, No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí, was held where?

The album's lyrics deal with gentrification and the island's political status.

Which Billie Eilish song won Song of the Year at the 68th Grammys, her and Finneas's record third?

It also became the longest-charting song by a female soloist in Hot 100 history at 72 weeks.

Which Billie Eilish album charted all ten of its songs in the Hot 100's top 40 in its first week?

'Birds of a Feather' later climbed to number two, her highest peak since 'Therefore I Am'.

Miley Cyrus's 'Flowers' won Record of the Year at the 66th Grammys; it was her what?

It debuted at number one and spent eight weeks on top, her first chart-topper since 'Wrecking Ball' in 2013.

Harry Styles' 'As It Was' spent how many weeks at number one on the Hot 100, a record for a UK act?

It was the last song written for Harry's House, which went on to win Album of the Year.

Harry Styles named his album Harry's House after a 1970s record by which Japanese musician?

Hosono's House was released in 1973; Styles heard it while spending time in Japan.

'Drivers License' (2021) made its 17-year-old singer the youngest artist ever to do what?

It also set Spotify's record for most single-day streams of a non-holiday song within four days of release.

Members of which band were retroactively given writing credits on 'Good 4 U' from the album Sour?

Hayley Williams and Josh Farro now share 50% of royalties because of the chorus's likeness to 'Misery Business'.

SZA's 'Kill Bill' spent eight weeks at number two before a remix with which rapper took it to No. 1?

It also broke 'Old Town Road's record for the longest run atop the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at 21 weeks.

Morgan Wallen's 2023 Hot 100 number one was the first by a solo male country artist since which 1981 song?

The same week Wallen held 36 places on the Hot 100, the most ever by one artist.

Luke Combs's 'Fast Car' cover won Tracy Chapman CMA Song of the Year, making her the first what to win it?

Chapman's original was her 1988 debut single and won a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.

Which song was named the best-performing song of all time on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 2021?

It was the first song to sit in the top ten for an entire year and charted for 90 weeks.

Glass Animals' 'Heat Waves' set a record by taking how many weeks to climb to number one on the Hot 100?

It then charted for 91 weeks in total, briefly the longest run ever, beating 'Blinding Lights'.

Dua Lipa's 'Levitating' topped Billboard's 2021 year-end chart despite peaking at what position?

It was the first song to top the year-end chart without hitting number one since Lifehouse's 'Hanging by a Moment' in 2001.

BTS's 'Dynamite' was the band's first song recorded fully in which language?

It debuted at number one on the Hot 100 and earned them the first Grammy nomination for a Korean pop act.

Adele's 'Easy on Me' is the lead single from an album titled after what?

The song addresses her divorce and pleads for understanding from her son.

Which rapper won Best New Artist at the 63rd Grammys in 2021, the second female rapper ever to do so?

Lauryn Hill in 1999 was the first; the ceremony itself was pushed to March because of COVID-19.

Who won Album of the Year at the 64th Grammys for We Are, the first ceremony held in Las Vegas?

Silk Sonic took Record and Song of the Year for 'Leave the Door Open'.

Beyoncé's 2023 wins made her the most-awarded person in Grammy history, passing which conductor?

Her win for Best Dance/Electronic Album (Renaissance) took her to 32 Grammys.

Which comedian hosted the Grammy Awards for six consecutive years, ending with the 68th ceremony?

Olivia Dean won Best New Artist that night, the first British winner since Dua Lipa in 2019.

Which Super Bowl halftime show was the first centred on hip hop, and the first to win a Variety Special Emmy?

Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar shared the stage, with 50 Cent as a surprise guest.

Rihanna's 2023 halftime show became famous when it was revealed she was what?

It was the first halftime show sponsored by Apple Music.

Which singer headlined the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show in Las Vegas?

He had appeared as a guest at Super Bowl XLV with the Black Eyed Peas, making him the first act to do both.

Which country won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö with 'The Code'?

The Netherlands was disqualified between the semi-final and the final but kept its right to vote.

Which country won Eurovision 2025 in Basel with JJ's 'Wasted Love'?

Austria won the jury vote and the combined vote but only placed fourth in the public televote.

Oasis's 2025 reunion tour opened in July 2025 in which city?

It was the band's first show since splitting in August 2009, and the ticket sale caused uproar over dynamic pricing.

Ozzy Osbourne's final concert, Back to the Beginning, was held in July 2025 at which stadium?

He sang from a throne because Parkinson's disease had left him unable to walk, and died 17 days later.

'Golden' from KPop Demon Hunters was the first K-pop song to win which two awards?

The Netflix film became the platform's most-watched original title ever, with over 325 million views by the end of 2025.

In KPop Demon Hunters, Huntrix's rival boy band has members who are secretly what?

The Saja Boys' songs charted on the Hot 100 alongside Huntrix's, with 'Your Idol' and 'Golden' both reaching the top 10.

Alex Warren's 'Ordinary' broke whose 70-year UK record for the longest-running number one by an American male soloist?

It also spent a record 16 weeks atop Billboard's Pop Airplay chart, beating Ace of Base's 'The Sign'.

Kendrick Lamar and SZA's Grand National run of 2025 set what record?

The same year Lamar's Super Bowl halftime show became the most-watched in history.

Tyler, the Creator's Chromakopia was released on which unusual day of the week?

It won the inaugural Grammy for Best Album Cover at the 68th ceremony.

Hozier's 'Too Sweet', a US number one in 2024, was released as the opening track of which EP?

The four songs were leftovers from the Unreal Unearth album sessions.

Noah Kahan's 'Stick Season' went to number one in the UK after which artist covered it on BBC Radio 1?

Kahan had worried a song about his home state of Vermont would not connect elsewhere.

Lorde's 2025 album Virgin marked a return to electronic pop after which polarising 2021 record?

'Royals' had spent nine weeks atop the Hot 100 more than a decade earlier.

Lil Nas X's 2021 chart-topper 'Montero' takes its title from what?

Montero is his real first name; the subtitle references the 2017 film, and the song was first teased in a Super Bowl LV commercial.

Bad Bunny's Un Verano Sin Ti was the first Spanish-language record to do what?

It topped the Billboard 200 for 13 weeks and finished 2022 as the year's best-performing album.

Which country won Eurovision 2026 in Vienna with 'Bangaranga', its first ever victory?

Dara's song took both the jury vote and the televote, the first entry to do so since Portugal in 2017.

In which city's symphony orchestra did Rosalía record her 2025 album Lux?

Its lyrics span 14 languages, each tied to a different female saint, and its lead single was 'Berghain'.

Which singer won Best New Artist at the 68th Grammys, the first British winner since Dua Lipa?

She was the ninth woman in a row to win the award; her single 'Man I Need' had reached number 2 on the Hot 100.

Which director reached EGOT status by winning Best Music Film at the 68th Grammys?

The film was Music by John Williams; he became the 22nd person to complete the set.

Sombr's breakout 2025 hits 'Back to Friends' and 'Undressed' appear on which debut album?

Both songs reached the top 20 of the Hot 100, and 'Back to Friends' won Best Alternative Video at the 2025 VMAs.