January Radio: Top Pop Music 2026

basically all republic/UMG artists then Tate, Sombr, Benson Boone...as much as I love new music, feels almost like a monopoly maybe? where is the Sony loveee

Out of all these artists only Olivia Dean and Alex Warren are arena touring I think, not counting festivals

ohhh jk Sombr is touring Europe then a handful of festivals. 

TAYLOR SWIFT

SABRINA CARPENTER

OLIVIA DEAN

HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA...

ALEX WARREN

BENSON BOONE

SOMBR

JUSTIN BIEBER

CHAPPELL ROAN

TATE MCRAE

Sabrina should be headlining Coachella , Bieber will be headlining Coachella too and Chappell is doing a handful of festivals in the next couple of months. 

Republic

Island/Republic

Atlantic

Warner

Night Street/Warner

RCA

Interscope/ICLG

Def Jam/Republic

XO/Republic

Human Re/The Orchard

***UMG super dominating, then RCA and The Orchard for Sony and Warner with Atlantic, where's the Sony love??

HUNTR/X, EJAE, AUDREY NUNA...	Golden	2025 June
OLIVIA DEAN	Man I Need	2025 September
TAYLOR SWIFT	The Fate Of Ophelia	2025 October
SOMBR	Back To Friends	2024 December
TAYLOR SWIFT	Opalite	2025 October
ALEX WARREN	Ordinary	2024 September
JUSTIN BIEBER	YUKON	2025 July
RAYE	WHERE IS MY HUSBAND!	2025 September
SABRINA CARPENTER	When Did You Get Hot?	2025 August
CHAPPELL ROAN	Pink Pony Club	2022 April

***super UMG dominated except sombr, Alex Warren, and Raye.... but also these are last years, songs, what will dominate this year? who will have the song of the summer??

January Radio: New Pop Music 2026

First harry dropped a new song for his up coming album, and Louis Tomlinson dropping an album as well from 1D fame. 

I have to say, Harry Styles back to touring is majorrrr, Madison Beer seems to be the next pop girly, obsessed, and then Louis Tomlinson's new sound is kinda fun, wonder what his tour is going to be like. 

The in kpop news, EXO, Katseye, and Enhypen all have new music Crown, Knife, Internet Girl. BTS is doing the stadium tours this year for kpop, first tour back!

Besides that, Brunos awesome doing the stadium run, 

So many new pop songs but honestly love because which one is going to be the song of the summer? who is going to be the break out artist? 

         

   

Madison Beer feels like Ariana Grande 2.0, no tea no shade, synthy music, poppy feminine music, wonder what her tour is going to be like. lots of pastels maybe?

sometimes you can just look to the opening acts of concerts but now its less so streaming artists or radio but social has brought new fans to new bands and arts.

Did t know a lot of about The Kid Laroi but he always seemed to be a mini bieber to me and its cool seeing his growth