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The genre’s best tunes making the rounds online.

A handpicked selection of the genre’s biggest recent hits.

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A report card for Robyn Rihanna Fenty, first issued by a school back in Barbados’ Saint Michael parish and later reprinted in a giant coffee-table book called <I>RIHANNA</I>, stated, in part, that the young Fenty was positive, sure of herself. She took a leading role in group activities. Most of all, she had ideas and seemed comfortable expressing them. Fast-forward to the present day and there remains something effortless about Rihanna, a sense of confidence that transcends any one narrative or style. Though her biggest tracks have tended toward some variety of dance pop (mixed with reggae, EDM, dancehall, R&B and so on), a closer listen reveals an artist willing to try just about anything—and the uncanny grace to sound good doing it. Describing the chameleonic nature of her clothing line, Fenty—the first female-created brand for LVMH, not to mention its first luxury label run by a black woman—Rihanna said the line didn’t have any fixed look, in part because her own was always changing. She was making things up as she went along, but when she went, she went full-steam ahead.<br> Born in Barbados in 1988, she left high school to pursue music. Her 2005 debut, <I>Music of the Sun</I>, went Gold when she was just 17. By 2007’s <I>Good Girl Gone Bad</I>, she’d expanded the sunny Caribbean pop of her early work for sleek hybrids of hip-hop, R&B, club music and rock. The tracks were inescapable—“Umbrella”, “Don’t Stop the Music”, “Rude Boy”, “Work”—but also had genuine personality, not to mention a carnal sense of expressiveness that set her apart: Rihanna’s changes didn’t seem like the product of high-concept self-reinvention so much as gut feeling. After leaving Def Jam in 2014 for a spot with JAŸ-Z’s Roc Nation, she took greater creative control for 2016’s <I>ANTI</I>, her most diverse album yet.

Here’s where you’ll find the best pop tracks making the rounds online. Just like your feed, this playlist is constantly being updated—if you hear a song you like, add it to your library.

If you’re after just the hits, this is where you’ll find them: a handpicked selection of Turkish pop's biggest songs of the past few years. Our editors update this playlist regularly, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

Tackling old ideas about gender, sexuality, self-confidence and beauty, this playlist highlights the progressive women modernising and reshaping how pop can sound, signal and function. In other words, it’s stocked with diverse empowerment anthems for a new era. We're always updating selections, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

Shazam Stars, a partnership between Apple Music and Karnaval, presents the songs you heard for the first time on the show of the same name! On this playlist as well as its radio show hosted by Yağız Kahraman, the rising artists and stars of tomorrow are by your side, bringing tracks that are making waves in the international stage and sounds you shouldn’t miss from Turkey’s hip-hop, pop, dance and alternative scenes!

Be it ballet, dancing or cardio, fitness has played a vital part in the life of pop star Ana Laura Lopes since she was very young. Especially after her accident, weight training has helped her strengthen her knee. These picks boost both her workout and mood, setting the pace at the gym and her daily life. Because exercising is not just a necessity for better health—for Lopes, it’s a true pleasure.