#13 artists we’re excited about in 2025

#13 artists we’re excited about in 2025

You’re still early. Cady Siregar/ The FADER Every day, the staff of The FADER gets hundreds of emails from industry people about artists they’re claiming will be the “next big thing.” Sometimes they’re right. Most times they’re not. Either way, over the years, we’ve learned that the best indicator is still relying on our gut…

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#The best music of 2024: Artist Picks

#The best music of 2024: Artist Picks

The best music of 2024: Artist Picks In case you need even more stuff to listen to. By The FADER Cady Siregar/The FADER Another year has come and gone and that includes The FADER’s annual lists of our favorite albums and songs. While compiling our 2024 selections, we suddenly had the thought of wanting to…

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#Rap Column’s top 30 rap songs of 2024

#Rap Column’s top 30 rap songs of 2024

Rap Column’s top 30 rap songs of 2024 The FADER’s Vivian Medithi picks tracks from Drake, Chow Lee, Baby Osama, MIKE, Rob 49, and more. By Vivian Medithi Cady Siregar/ The FADER Read previous Rap Columns here. 30. Sexyy Red, “Fake Jammin”29. zayALLCAPS, “Boy (V)”28. Lisha G, “Whatcha Got”27. J.P., “Come and see”26. BabyChiefDoit, “Too…

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#The 50 best songs of 2024

#The 50 best songs of 2024

The 50 best songs of 2024 From “Not Like Us” to “Nasty” and “Slut Me Out 2” to “You a Stepper,” these are the songs we had on repeat this year. By Alex Robert Ross, Cady Siregar, Jordan Darville, Raphael Helfand, Steffanee Wang, Wale Oloworekende, Shaad D’Souza, Lucas Villa, Colin Joyce, Emma Madden, Vivian Medithi,…

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#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

#Songs You Need In Your Life This Week

Songs You Need In Your Life This Week Tracks we love right now, in no particular order. By The FADER ShotByNee; Ebru Yildiz; Richard Cordones Each week, The FADER staff rounds up the songs we can’t get enough of. Here they are, in no particular order. Listen on our Spotify and Apple Music playlists, or…

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#These 2024 albums master the art of transgression

#These 2024 albums master the art of transgression

skaiwater’s #gigi, Cindy Lee’s Diamond Jubilee, and DJ Anderson do Paraíso’s Queridão couldn’t be more different, but each flaunts convention in its own way. Design by Cady Siregar.   Every project on our 50 Best Albums of 2024 list strained against one social more or another, from Charli XCX’s unapologetically hyper-charged late-millennial pop, with its…

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#Report: Lil Wayne, Chris Brown received millions from COVID relief fund meant for struggling venues

#Report: Lil Wayne, Chris Brown received millions from COVID relief fund meant for struggling venues

Artists from Marshmello to Rae Sremmurd dipped into the $200 million Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, according to a Business Insider report. Lil Wayne. Photo by Bennett Weglin/Getty Images   Successful musicians and professionals from across the industry received grants from a COVID-era program meant to help struggling venues pay their bills during the pandemic, a…

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