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Whether it’s a weekday morning or Saturday night, get going with this personalised mix of upbeat music. Refreshed every Monday.

Songs to help you relax and unwind. Updated every Sunday.

Discover new music from artists we think you'll like. Refreshed every Friday.

A-List Pop is your weekly guide to what’s on top in pop music. Leading this week’s playlist is breakthrough singer-songwriter sombr with his chart-topping single “back to friends”. Check back often, as our editors update this playlist regularly—and if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

The 500 most-streamed tracks of Apple Music’s first decade.

Discover new music from artists we think you'll like. Refreshed every Friday.

Great music doesn’t age, it ripens. So take this collection of party-ready tunes from the late ’90s through the early 2000s as a hit of nostalgia. But also take it as a musical cross-section of a particular time. From mainstream smashes to underground highlights, hip-hop and R&B to indie folk, one-hit wonders to modern classics, this is the sound of our still-young century. As throwback as it may be, our editors still update tracks regularly, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

The singer born Adele Adkins honed her now legendary voice as a kid in her South London bedroom, listening to Etta James every night for an hour. But as soon as she made her television debut at age 19 in 2007, all potential comparisons evaporated: This girl with whopping hoop earrings and a pub landlady’s brashness had something unique. Heartbreak, indignation and regret all found a natural home in her regal mezzo-soprano, the instrument that powered her 2008 debut album, <i>19</i> (which featured the brassy “Chasing Pavements”), and 2011’s <i>21</i> (the fiery “Rolling in the Deep”, the heart-wrenching "Someone Like You"). It took just one word to reintroduce her in 2015: “Hello,” she sang during an <i>X Factor</i> ad break, unveiling her third album, <i>25</i>, in the process. Songs like the swirling “Send My Love (To Your New Lover)” and the pensive “Water Under the Bridge” helped it become yet another global chart-topper. In 2021, Adele released <i>30</i>, which grappled with motherhood, the aftermath of her divorce and—perhaps most surprisingly—happiness amid life’s upheavals.

The most-played songs around the world, updated every day.