Apple Music launching shows with Ciara, Snoop Dogg and more
Apple
Music is launching several new radio shows hosted by A-list musical acts,
including Snoop Dogg, Shania Twain and Carrie Underwood.
The streaming
service announced that it will debut two new radio stations Tuesday: Apple
Music Hits, focused on popular songs of the ’80s, ’90s and 2000s, as well as
Apple Music Country, dedicated to the country music genre. Both channels will
have daily on-air hosts but will also include several shows hosted by
well-known musicians.
Apple Music Hits
will include shows hosted by Snoop Dogg, Twain, Alanis Morissette, Backstreet
Boys, Meghan Trainor, Ciara, blink-182’s Mark Hoppus and Huey Lewis.
More than a dozen
country acts will debut shows on Apple Music Country, including Underwood, Luke
Combs, Florida Georgia Line, Luke Bryan, Rissi Palmer, Morgan Wallen, Kelsea
Ballerini, Breland, Dierks Bentley, Jimmie Allen and This Is Us actress and singer Chrissy Metz.
Apple Music also
announced Tuesday that its popular Beats 1 radio station — featuring shows
hosted by Billie Eilish, Elton John and Lil Wayne — will be renamed to Apple
Music 1. It will launch new shows hosted by Nile Rodgers, J Balvin, Young M.A
and other acts.