Apple Music Celebrates International Women’s Day With Exclusive Celebrity-Curated Playlists and Female-Fronted Beats 1 Programming

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In honor of International Women’s Day, Apple Music is showcasing the invaluable work and inspiring stories of music’s leading ladies all throughout the service. As Apple Music’s new Artist in Residence, Lady Gaga spotlights fellow women musicians in her exclusive new playlist. Favorite playlists have also been refreshed to feature all women-from country queens and R&B-pop all-stars to daring underground experimentalists-and Essentials collections offer an in-depth tour of female empowerment through the decades. Fans can also watch in-depth interviews with Demi Lovato and Halsey, revisit Up Next documentaries about Billie Eilish and H.E.R., and listen to candid, original radio shows by Charli XCX, Meghan Trainor, and many, many more.

Link to all International Women’s Day content on Apple Music HERE.

Celebrity-Curated Playlists

Halle Berry: Ultimate Warrior

Meghan Trainor: Who Runs the World

Taylor Swift: Playlist by ME!
Hailee Steinfeld: Heartbreak Pop
Ari Lennox: Mood.
Victoria Monet: Brown Sugar
Kehlani: #OnRepeat

Lady Gaga Becomes Apple Music Artist in Residence

In honor of International Women’s Day, Lady Gaga has curated Lady Gaga: Women of Choice, an exclusive playlist of fellow women musicians who are reinventing the intersection of pop and club music. From house and techno heavyweights like Peggy Gou and The Black Madonna to experimental pop visionaries who refuse to play by the rules (Rina Sawayama and Charli XCX, to name a few), it’s impossible to go out dancing and not hear these ladies’ influence.

Lady Gaga: Women of Choice

Beats 1 Interviews & Programming

Apple Music’s Beats 1 will feature a 24-hour takeover of female-fronted content that will be programmed and streamed worldwide, as well as continued show specials and spotlights on female artists throughout the month. Tune-in live at apple.co/beats1

Apple Music will feature encore interview moments from key Beats 1 interviews highlighting a strong selection of female artists. including: Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Kelsea Ballerini, Miranda Lambert, Dua Lipa, Snoh Aalegra, Hayley Williams, Grimes, Halsey, HAIM, FKA Twigs, Jorja Smith, Brittany Howard, Justine Skye and more.

Beats 1 will also celebrate women with special episodes of key shows like Today’s Country, One Mix, Agenda, ¡Dale Play!, and a Top Women in Streaming Chart special. Full list includes:
- Rebecca Judd IWD throwback special
- One Mix w/ Deborah De Luca
- Agenda w/ Julie Adenuga IWD special
- Nadeska IWD special
- Today’s Country w/ Kelleigh Bannen IWD special
- Who Runs the World w/ Jessie Reyez
- Who Runs the World w/ Meghan Trainor
- Heartbreak Pop Takeover w/ Hailee Steinfeld
- One Mix w/ Lava D
- Dale Play w/ Sandra Pena IWD special
- Brown Sugar Takeover w/ Victoria Monet
- Chart Presents: Top Women in Streaming