Curated playlist
1992 births
- Charli XCXCharli XCX once drew about 37,000 RSVPs to a single club set in Brooklyn, and only 400 of those people were allowed inside. The set was called PARTYGIRL, and it took place on the 22nd of February 2024. It was her second Boiler Room set…
- Thibaut CourtoisThibaut Courtois began as a left back before coaches turned him into a goalkeeper.
- Miley CyrusMiley Cyrus was eight years old when she grabbed her father's arm in a Toronto theatre. In 2001 the family lived in Toronto while Billy Ray Cyrus filmed the television series Doc. He took her to see a Mirvish production of Mamma Mia! at…
- Cardi BCardi B reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated the 25th of September 2017, with a song called "Bodak Yellow." No solo female rapper had topped that chart since Lauryn Hill's "Doo Wop (That Thing)" in 1998. The woman behind…
- John BoyegaJohn Boyega once left his Rise of Skywalker script in a hotel room, and it turned up on eBay.
- Kyrie IrvingKyrie Irving was born in Australia to two American parents. His father had followed basketball there.
- RosalíaRosalía Vila Tobella, born on the 25th of September 1992 and known by her first name alone, was fifteen when she competed on the Spanish television show Tú Sí Que Vales. The judges did not select her. Today she is a Spanish…
- Demi LovatoDemi Lovato, an American singer, songwriter and actress, sang the national anthem at Super Bowl LIV in 2020. Eighteen years earlier, in 2002, Lovato was a child playing a character named Angela on the children's series Barney & Friends.…
- Sam Bankman-FriedSam Bankman-Fried played League of Legends while pitching investors. Sequoia later put in more than $200 million.
- Emiliano MartínezEmiliano Martínez tossed the ball away before a World Cup final shootout. He made France's Tchouaméni walk to fetch it.
- Selena GomezIn 2016, Selena Gomez became the first person to reach 100 million followers on Instagram, a milestone Time later singled out in its Firsts series. Gomez is an American actress, singer, songwriter, businesswoman, and producer, born in…
- Daisy RidleyDaisy Ridley was pulling pints at London pubs before she became Rey in Star Wars. She had been a total unknown.
- Rudy GobertRudy Gobert earned his nickname, the Stifle Tower, before playing an NBA minute.
- Mac MillerBlue Slide Park, an album released on the 8th of November 2011, sold 144,000 copies in its first week and landed at the top of the US Billboard 200. No debut album distributed outside the major label system had done that since Tha Dogg…