Happy Friday everyone! I hope you’ve had a good week, and I hope you have a great weekend! I’ve spent the last few days filling up a notebook with the names of Indian cities and UFC fighters and the like to try to score a few more points this Saturday at the World Quizzing Championships. Last year I broke a 100, and this year I’m aiming for 120. Excited to be taking it in person for the first time, going to be driving to Atlanta later today. If you’re taking the quiz this weekend, absolutely all the best to you. I can only hope that something you’ve seen on this Substack appears in a round. Hopefully it’ll be a hard one like #23 in a set. Enjoy this recent music rundown!
1. "Versions of Me" is a 2022 album by what Brazilian singer that also included the Spanish-language song "Envolver"?
2. "Multitude" is a 2022 album by what Belgian singer, born Paul Van Haver? First reaching fame with his 2009 song "Alors on danse", his name comes from switching the syllables of a music person.
3. What 2022 Beyonce song from "Renaissance" is the first Billboard #1 hit for her since 2017 (a duet with Ed Sheeran), and the first solo #1 since "Single Ladies"?
4. Featured on the 2022 song "Wait for U" by Future, what Nigerian singer was also featured on Wizkid's "Essence" and Drake's "Fountains"?
5. The 2020 song "Heartbreak Anniversary" and also featured on the 2021 song "Peaches" by Justin Lambert, what American singer released his 2022 debut album appropriately titled "Give or Take"?
6. "Impera" is a 2022 album by what Swedish band with the songs "Square Hammer" and "Dance Macabre" and was apparently known in the US with their band name plus "B.C."?
7. Also releasing the 2021 song "Enemy" with Imagine Dragons, what rapper born Destin Choice Route released the 2022 album "The Forever Story"?
8. What Dutch DJ born in 1976 and who was nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2014 for hsi "This Is What It Feels Like" has hosted the radio show "A State of Trance" since 2001?
9. The winner of the 2022 Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album for "Mendo", the singer born Alexis Puentes has what stage name, named for his country of birth?
10. Featured on her album "Goldmine", the song "I Hope" was released after what country singer placed third on Season 16 on "American Idol"?
11. What South Korean boy band that formed in 2017 met through a reality show of the same name? Their albums include "Go Live" and "Noeasy".
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1. "Versions of Me" is a 2022 album by what Brazilian singer that also included the Spanish-language song "Envolver"?
Anitta
2. "Multitude" is a 2022 album by what Belgian singer, born Paul Van Haver? First reaching fame with his 2009 song "Alors on danse", his name comes from switching the syllables of a music person.
Stromae (Like mae-stro)
3. What 2022 Beyonce song from "Renaissance" is the first Billboard #1 hit for her since 2017 (a duet with Ed Sheeran), and the first solo #1 since "Single Ladies"?
Break My Soul
4. Featured on the 2022 song "Wait for U" by Future, what Nigerian singer was also featured on Wizkid's "Essence" and Drake's "Fountains"?
Tems
5. The 2020 song "Heartbreak Anniversary" and also featured on the 2021 song "Peaches" by Justin Lambert, what American singer released his 2022 debut album appropriately titled "Give or Take"?
Giveon
6. "Impera" is a 2022 album by what Swedish band with the songs "Square Hammer" and "Dance Macabre" and was apparently known in the US with their band name plus "B.C."?
Ghost
7. Also releasing the 2021 song "Enemy" with Imagine Dragons, what rapper born Destin Choice Route released the 2022 album "The Forever Story"?
JID
8. What Dutch DJ born in 1976 and who was nominated for a Grammy for Best Dance Recording in 2014 for hsi "This Is What It Feels Like" has hosted the radio show "A State of Trance" since 2001?
Armin van Buuren
9. The winner of the 2022 Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album for "Mendo", the singer born Alexis Puentes has what stage name, named for his country of birth?
Alex Cuba
10. Featured on her album "Goldmine", the song "I Hope" was released after what country singer placed third on Season 16 on "American Idol"?
Gaby Barrett
11. What South Korean boy band that formed in 2017 met through a reality show of the same name? Their albums include "Go Live" and "Noeasy".
Stray Kid