2 Chainz f/Drake & Quavo's "Bigger Than You" (Def Jam) tops this week's edition of Spotify's New Music Friday. Another Def Jam artist, Alessia Cara, snags the cover photo, while her song sits at #3, behind Nicki Minaj f/Ariana Grande's "Bed" (YMCMB/Republic).
Elsewhere on the playlist, standouts include Martin Garrix f/Khalid's "Ocean" (STMPD/Sony International/RCA), Troye Sivan f/Ariana Grande's "Dance to This" (Capitol), Kygo w/Imagine Dragons' "Born to Be Yours" (Kygo AS/KIDinaKORNER/Interscope/Ultra), Bebe Rexha's "I'm a Mess" (Warner Bros.), 5 Seconds of Summer's "Valentine" (Capitol), Mike Shinoda f/K. Flay's "Make It Up As I Go" (Warner Bros.), Luis Fonsi & Stefflon Don's "Calypso" (Universal Latino), King Princess' "Upper West Side" (Zelig/Columbia), Jay Rock f/Jeremih's "Tap Out" (TDE/Interscope), Christina Aguilera's "Maria" (RCA), Dan + Shay f/Kelly Clarkson's "Keeping Score" (Warner Bros./Warner Nashville), Cole Swindell's "Reason to Drink" (Warner Nashville), Death Cab For Cutie's "Gold Rush" (Atlantic), French Montana & Remy Ma's "New Thang (From the Original Motion Picture Uncle Drew)" (Columbia/Bad Boy/Epic), Nicki Minaj f/Lil Wayne's "Rich Sex" (YMCMB/Republic), Marshmello's "Check This Out" (Joytime Collective), GoldLink & Miguel's "Got Friends" (RCA), Jorja Smith's "Blue Lights" (FAMM/Because Music), Cigarettes After Sex's "Crush" (Partisan), YUNGBLUD's "California" (Locomotion/Geffen), Dirty Projectors' "That's a Lifestyle" (Domino), grandson's "Stick Up" (Atlantic), Noah Kahan's "Come Down" (Republic), The Vamps' "Just My Type" (Virgin EMI), DNCE's "TV in the Morning" (Republic), CHVRCHES' "Stay - Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC" (Glassnote), Young the Giant's "Simplify" (Elektra), Betty Who's "Just Thought You Should Know" (Betty Who), Sigrid's "Focus - Demo" (Island), Gorillaz's "Fire Flies" (Parlophone), Donna Missal's "Keep Lying" (Harvest), Maroon 5's "Three Little Birds" (222/Interscope), Noah Cyrus & Tanner Alexander's "Lately" (RECORDS/Columbia) and Nao's "Another Lifetime" (RCA).
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We have no fucking idea.
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