11 years ago today, fetty wap dropped his self-titled debut album 🔥💿 the project debuted at no. 1 on the billboard 200 with 129,000 units sold in its first week and gave us “trap queen,” “679,” “my way,” and more. the album went on to be certified 3x platinum, while “trap queen” earned fetty two grammy nominations for best rap song and best rap performance. fetty also made history as the first artist to have his first four chart entries all reach the top 10 of the billboard hot rap songs chart. what's your favorite track?

6 years ago today, tems released her debut project, ‘for broken ears’ 🎶 throwing it back to the nigerian singer’s incredible performance of “higher” on our genius open mic 🎤✨ what’s your favorite track from the project?

14 years ago today, miguel dropped his sophomore album 'kaleidoscope dream' the project debuted at no. 3 on the billboard 200 and gave us “adorn,” “do you…,” “how many drinks?” and “arch & point” “adorn” went no. 1 on the hot r&b/hip-hop songs chart and earned miguel his first GRAMMY for best r&b song 🏆 what’s your favorite song from this project?

🎶 @RyanTedder dusted off those old drum kits and created an amazing song with @HERMusicx & @lizasoberano 👏 the three pulled up to #verified to break down the lyrics to their song "BRB" 🎶, which is featured in the new animated film 'Forgotten Island' 🎬 check out the full episode over on our youtube channel 💻

from the philippines 🇵🇭 to #verified 🥹 @JanineBerdinOFC continues to follow her dreams & wants others to do the same 👏

friday is here, the first weekend of fall is near, and we have some new music recommendations for you to check out 🎧 🍂 on the latest version of our #newmusicfriday playlist, there's new music from the taylor swift and tinashe albums, we have megan thee stallion hopping on the remix to dolly babe's viral hit, and we also have a generational collab between madonna and charli xcx. 🪩✨ tap the link in the bio to see whats in our rotation 🔊

.@elfcosmetics is no stranger to good music 🎶 they’ve put together a new compilation album with seven new tunes from artists you need to know 🔥 #ad genius.com/a/read-all-the-ly…

ed sheeran’s upcoming shows at robert kraft’s gillette stadium have officially been canceled due to severe weather. the singer was scheduled to perform at the massachusetts stadium on september 25 and 26 as part of his ‘loop tour.’

happy birthday to the incredible soul singer teddy swims 🎉 teddy stopped by genius open mic for a standout performance of his song "mr. know it all" 🎶👏 go watch the full performance on genius 🎤✨

kendrick lamar just made history with the ‘grand national tour’ 🏆 the tour is officially the highest-grossing tour by a rapper ever, bringing in $390.7 million across 47 shows and selling more than 2 million tickets 🎟️🔥 (via @chartdata)

when @sontungmtp777 pulled up to our #openmic stage, he brought that vietnam meets afrobeats energy 🇻🇳🔥 and it was unmatched “you see this, your love don tie me down” 🎶 vietnamese scenery, west african rhythms, and a whole lotta vibe 🌍✨ check out the full performance over on our youtube channel 👀

it's a taylor takeover! 💋 taylor swift just dropped 'the life of a showgirl: the encore' and swifties wasted no time in taking tay tay to the top. 📈🔥 taylor has been solidified in all top 5 spots on our chart with every single new track from the deluxe album. 👏🙌

.@adelajergova has the whole world feeling like nicole right now 💖 her smash hit is sitting at no. 22 on the hot 100 and has been consistently charting at no. 1 on our site 📈 recently, the pop star explained how she got nicole kidman to approve the song title 🤯 #geniusnews

four years ago today, BLACKPINK made history 💿👏 ‘born pink’ became the first album by a k-pop girl group to reach no. 1 on the uk official albums chart. 🖤💗

billie eilish just made spotify history 🎶🕊️ “birds of a feather” has officially surpassed 4 billion streams on spotify, becoming the first solo song by a woman to reach the milestone.

38 years ago today, bobby mcferrin made history with “don’t worry, be happy” ☀️🎶 the song reached no. 1 on the billboard hot 100, becoming the first a cappella song to top the chart.

macklemore announces the “free palestine tour” following his departure from ed sheeran's tour, macklemore has announced a new run of live dates in dublin, paris, and london, with proceeds set to benefit organizations supporting the palestinian people. the rapper says additional artists and US dates will be announced at a later date. tickets go on sale september 30. 🎟️

35 years ago today, nirvana dropped ‘nevermind’ 🎸🔥 the album reached no. 1 on the billboard 200 in january 1992, dethroning michael jackson’s ‘dangerous.’ ‘nevermind’ gave us iconic tracks like “smells like teen spirit,” “come as you are,” “lithium,” and “in bloom.” the album has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. 💿 what’s your favorite track?

35 years ago today, a tribe called quest dropped their classic, ‘the low end theory’ 🎶🔥 ‘the low end theory’ peaked at no. 45 on the billboard 200 and no. 13 on the r&b/hip-hop albums chart, eventually earning platinum certification. 💿 the album was supported by singles like “check the rhime,” “jazz (we’ve got),” and “scenario,” along with the popular remix released the following year. what’s your favorite song from the album?

13 years ago today, drake released his third studio album ‘nothing was the same’ ☁️💿 the album debuted at no. 1 on the billboard 200, giving drake his second consecutive chart-topping album after ‘take care’ 📈 ‘nothing was the same’ gave us major hits and fan favorites like “started from the bottom,” “hold on, we’re going home,” and “pound cake” featuring JAŸ-Z 🎶 what’s your favorite track from the album?