Curated playlist
Streamy Award winners
- Kylie JennerKylie Jenner became the first woman to reach 300 million followers on Instagram in January 2022, passing the previous record holder, the singer Ariana Grande. That number belongs to someone who spent her childhood in front of television…
- Justin BieberScooter Braun found Justin Bieber by clicking a YouTube video by accident. He had been searching for a different singer.
- Will SmithWill Smith turned down the lead role in The Matrix to make Wild Wild West. He later called that choice a mistake.
- Jonas BrothersThe Jonas Brothers released seven studio albums in two decades, yet ten full years separate their fourth record, from 2009, and their fifth, from 2019. Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas were raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey. In 2005 the family moved…
- Shawn MendesShawn Mendes became known through a video that lasted six seconds. In 2013 he posted a cover of Justin Bieber's "As Long as You Love Me" on the app Vine. By the next day it had 10,000 likes and as many new followers. Mendes is a Canadian…
- Addison RaeIn October 2025, Addison Rae walked onto the stage of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon wearing a sparkling gold gown. The burlesque star Gypsy Rose Lee had first worn that gown in the 1950s. Rae put it on to sing "Diet Pepsi", the song…
- KSIKSI once answered his teacher's question about quitting college with a single figure: around £1,500 a month, earned from YouTube. That, he said, was more than the teacher took home. He recounted the exchange in a 2014 interview. The…
- FortniteFortnite is a 2017 online game from Epic Games that now behaves more like a platform than a single title. Seven distinct modes share one engine and one overall look. They include a contest where up to 100 players fight to be the last one…
- Joss WhedonJoss Whedon earned more from a web musical than from directing The Avengers.
- Meghan TrainorMeghan Trainor was signed to Epic Records just 20 minutes after performing a single song for the label's chairman, L.A. Reid. The American singer-songwriter was born in 1993. When she played that song in 2014, other labels had already…