Happy first week of LL96 everyone! I’m 3-1, and I’ll take it. Don’t worry, there’s plenty of matches left this season. Since it is the first week, thought I’d give you some recent music questions. Nothing hyper recent, but a lot of 2021 and 2022 which is for sure fair game. Enjoy, and have a great weekend!
1. ABBA's first ever Grammy nomination came at the 2022 ceremony when what song from their new album "Voyage" was nominated for Record of the Year?
2. The Italian rock band Maneskin won the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with what song whose name translates as "Shut Up and Behave"?
3. Born in Sant Cugat del Valles in Catalonia in 1992, what is the first name of singer Tobella, who became the first Spanish-singing act to be nominated for the Best New Artist at the Grammys? Her 2018 album "El Mal Querer" served as a baccalaureate project while graduating from Catalonia College of Music.
4. The Toronto radio station Z103.5 may have inspired what 2022 album by The Weeknd, which incorporates a "psychedelic radio" feel to the music?
5. The 2020 song "Back in Blood" featured on the album "Shiesty Season" is a song by what Memphis-born rapper?
6. What country artist's debut 2020 album "Lady Like" features her song "More Hearts Than Mine", and despite her name, doesn't seem to be from Swedish heritage?
7. What five letters fills in the name of the Aboriginal people Kami___, which then lends its name to the stage name of an Australian rapper born Charlton Howard, whose albums "F*ck Love" featured the songs "Go", "So Done", "Without You", and "Stay"?
8. Anais Marinho is the stage name of what British singer whose 2021 album "Collapsed in Sunbeams" won her the 2021 Mercury Prize?
9. Also describing a certain person during a splashdown, what is the name of a 2019 hit song by Greek-Australian rapper Masked Wolf?
10. Electronic music infused with pop and disco are featured on what 2020 album by Dua Lipa, which features the songs "Don't Start Now", "Physical", and "Levitating"?
11. Despite their name, what Korean boy band since 2015 with members Jun, Woozi, The8, and Seungkwan only has 13 members?
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1. ABBA's first ever Grammy nomination came at the 2022 ceremony when what song from their new album "Voyage" was nominated for Record of the Year?
I Still Have Faith In You
2. The Italian rock band Maneskin won the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest with what song whose name translates as "Shut Up and Behave"?
Zitti e buoni
3. Born in Sant Cugat del Valles in Catalonia in 1992, what is the first name of singer Tobella, who became the first Spanish-singing act to be nominated for the Best New Artist at the Grammys? Her 2018 album "El Mal Querer" served as a baccalaureate project while graduating from Catalonia College of Music.
Rosalia
4. The Toronto radio station Z103.5 may have inspired what 2022 album by The Weeknd, which incorporates a "psychedelic radio" feel to the music?
Dawn FM
5. The 2020 song "Back in Blood" featured on the album "Shiesty Season" is a song by what Memphis-born rapper?
Pooh Shiesty
6. What country artist's debut 2020 album "Lady Like" features her song "More Hearts Than Mine", and despite her name, doesn't seem to be from Swedish heritage?
Ingrid Andress
7. What five letters fills in the name of the Aboriginal people Kami___, which then lends its name to the stage name of an Australian rapper born Charlton Howard, whose albums "F*ck Love" featured the songs "Go", "So Done", "Without You", and "Stay"?
Laroi (The Kid Laroi)
8. Anais Marinho is the stage name of what British singer whose 2021 album "Collapsed in Sunbeams" won her the 2021 Mercury Prize?
Arlo Parks
9. Also describing a certain person during a splashdown, what is the name of a 2019 hit song by Greek-Australian rapper Masked Wolf?
Astronaut in the Ocean
10. Electronic music infused with pop and disco are featured on what 2020 album by Dua Lipa, which features the songs "Don't Start Now", "Physical", and "Levitating"?
Future Nostalgia
11. Despite their name, what Korean boy band since 2015 with members Jun, Woozi, The8, and Seungkwan only has 13 members?
Seventeen