Thom Yorke’s favourite songs:

Maurice Ravel - Le jardin féerique
Scott Walker - It’s Raining Today
Talking Heads - Born Under Punches
Squarepusher & AFX - Freeman Hard and Willis Acid
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
R.E.M. - Talk About Passion
Sidney Bechet and His New Orleans Feetwarmers - Blue Horizon
Nina Simone - Lilac Wine
Bjork - Unravel

Beyoncé picked these songs in a interview in 2009

Anita Baker - Sweet Love

“I grew up in Houston, Texas, and my mother owned a hair salon. And they always listened to really smooth music, and I will never forget my childhood – I had my share of Anita Baker. She has the smoothest voice, and her tone is so beautiful. It doesn’t matter what lyrics or what melody she’s singing, it’s just to hear her sing ‘ooh’, ‘aah’, or anything – it’s just so beautiful and soothing. I love how this song makes me feel, and Anita Baker is one of my inspirations. I’ve met her quite a few times, and she’s one of the legends that is so sweet and embraces young talent. She is one of my heroes.”

Lauryn Hill - Ex Factor

“Lauryn Hill is one of the best hip-hop rappers ever, not to even mention her vocal ability as a singer and a songwriter. This was another album where it was hard to pick the song I love the most. But I admire her so much: She is just raw, and her soul shines through when she sings. This song is so passionate; it’s a little sad but infectious, I could listen to it over and over again.”

Sade - By Your Side

“Picking a Sade song is really hard, because she has so many classics. ‘By Your Side’ is a really important song to me, because my first nephew was born to ‘By Your Side’. It was playing in the delivery room, and it was one of those moments. It was so incredible, we were all crying.”

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Apple’s Beats 1 Radio, EW asked the DJs behind some of the service’s hottest shows to name the songs

Drake’s pick:
Jorja Smith - Where Did I Go?

Charli XCX’s pick:
Cuckoolander - Beating Myself Up

Pharrell Williams’ pick:
A Tribe Called Quest - Bonita Applebum

Haim’s pick:
Grimes - California

Chance the Rapper’s pick:
Fred Hammond - Let the Praise Begin

Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig’s pick:
Prince - Another Lonely Christmas

Skrillex’s pick:
Josh Pan and X&G -Platinum

St. Vincent’s pick:
Antony and the Johnsons - Fistful of Love

Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme’s pick:
Dean Martin - Volare

Elton John’s pick:
Christine and the Queens - Tilted

Zane Lowe’s pick:
The Avalanches - Colours

Sade's favorite songs from her 2020 BET interview

DMX - Bring Your Whole Crew
Marvin Gaye - I Want You
Golden Boy Count Up - Cheddar Cheese
LUCKI - Options
EST Gee - Lick Back Remix
Ecco2k - Time
Koffee - The Harder They Fall
Destroy Lonely - do the most

love this thread idea, i'm excited to see more updates as it goes on

i've found a lot of great music from what artists point out

Kanye West on IG

Wizkid - Essence (Ft. Tems)
"Best song in the history of music to date"

DJ Khaled - God Did (Ft. Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, John Legend, Fridayy)
"Song of the year next to Wait For You"

Beyoncé - CHURCH GIRL
"Favorite song on Beyoncé album"

The Game - Fortunate (ft. Kanye West, Dreezy & Chiller)
"Need to shoot a video Me have game have never missed Like literally have never missed Just like me and Pusha"

man dont look up Steve Reich - It's Gonna Rain