Top 20 Hits

20 on 20 is the world’s first fully interactive hit music experience playing just the songs you vote for! For what’s hot right this second… just interact with 20 on 20!

Artists – Kelly Clarkson, Kanye West, Gwen Stefani, Mariah Carey, Green Day, Beyonce

Classic Rock
These are the killer cuts that rocked America in the 1960s and 70s. Top Tracks plays nothing but the biggest classic rock hits that shaped a generation.
Artists – Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, The Who.

New Country Hits
Highway 16 is your home for Today’s Top Country Hits featuring the latest hits from country music’s biggest stars and hot new artists! You’ll also hear in-depth, exclusive interviews with all of today’s hitmakers, including XM World Premieres of new album releases and intimate introductions to the hot country newcomers!
Artists – Keith Urban, Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Gretchen Wilson

Classical Pops
XM Pops is Classical music for everyone…the classical music you know, even if you don’t think you know classical music. These are the biggest names in classical music history, and their best pieces of music.
Artists – Beethoven, Mozart, Dvorak, Vivaldi, Handel, Rachmaninov.

Smooth Jazz
Watercolors plays the best contemporary jazz instrumentals, classic and new, blended with just the right vocals…contemporary crossover with a chill and always cool. Watercolors is jazzy, sophisticated, funky, and wordly on top of smooth.
Artists – David Sanborn, Diana Krall, Peter White, Dave Koz, Sade, Larry Carlton.

Children
XM KIDS reaches kids and families all over America with award-winning original content blended with a music mix of the most popular kid’s movie and TV soundtracks plus all the best children’s recording artists. The sensibilities are family-friendly but the presentation style is always done with a wink and nod to Mom and Dad, who are always along for the ride!
Artists – The Wiggles, Sponge Bob Squarepants, They Might be Giants, Tom Chapin, Dan Zanes, Kids Movie/TV Soundtracks.

Classic Soul
Soul Street is a celebration of the greatest period in music creativity of all time. Motown was creating classics that would last forever; James Brown had the country dancing to his fabulous beats; Aretha Franklin was the darling of the R&B world and Memphis was contributing the southern soul thru the Stax Record Label. It’s the one hit wonders, the "Oh Wow" songs and truly all the great music from the 60s and early 70s.
Artists – The Four Tops, The Supremes, Otis Redding, The Temptations, Wilson Pickett, Jackie Wilson.

Adult R&B Hits
The big stars of R&B live in the Suite. Suite 62 plays the latest R&B hits mixed with classic R&B ballads and slow jams from the 80s and 90s.
Artists – Luther Vandross, Eric Benet, Babyface, Alicia Keys, Brian McKnight, Anita Baker.

Original XM Programs
XM Exclusive Music features XM’s original programming spanning many genres,

including intelligent "audio-biographies," live performances, and XM’s popular Artist Confidential series, in which artists perform and interact with a small audience in XM’s Performance Theaters.
What You’ll Hear / Wynton Marsalis and Carlos Santana performances and interviews from their XM ArtistConfidential sessions.

Adult Contemporary Hits
The Blend plays the biggest hits from the 70s through today…nothing too sleepy and never any rap or hard rock…just real music variety from yesterday and today.
Artists – Rod Stewart, Billy Joel, Whitney Houston, John Mellencamp, Hall and Oates, Madonna.

Alternative Hits
Lucy plays the biggest songs in the history of alternative music…over 25 years of songs that shaped a generation. You’ll hear the biggest modern rock hits of today mixed with classics from the 80s and 90s.
Artists – Pearl Jam, Nirvana, R.E.M., Red Hot Chili Peppers, Smashing Pumpkins, Depeche Mode.

Blues
Bluesville is like a beginning course in art history. We play music of the forefathers and mothers from the 20s and 30s and we play the most contemporary blues acts of today, without forgetting all the great artists in between.
Artists – BB King, Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Etta James, Muddy Waters, Robert Cray.

International Hits
U-Pop plays the biggest hits on the planet. You’ll hear today’s hit music from England, France, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium and the rest of Europe mixed with J-Pop from Japan, Afro-pop and Latin American Hits.
Artists – Robbie Williams, Coldplay, Peter Gabriel, Brit Superstar, Chemical Brothers

Eclectic/Freeform
Fine Tuning plays the world’s most interesting music. There’s a method to the freeform nature at Fine Tuning. Some fans say we sound like their home music library. Others love the abstract and eclectic balance. You’ll hear great players and superb melodies from around the genres and around the world done by key and programmed just for your taste.
Artists – Philip Glass, The Chieftains, Mannheim Steamroller, Al DiMeola, Peter Gabriel, Kitaro.

XM Cafe
Modern Adult Alternative / XM Cafe is the ultimate coffeehouse experience—a mix of new and emerging artists, exclusive shows, and live performances, plus essential music from a wide range of genres.
Who You'll Hear / Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Coldplay, Jason Mraz, Counting Crows

60s Hits
The music of the 60s was a reflection of a tumultuous time in our country’s history. The music and times were changing and the 60s on 6 re-creates the decade. It’s not about history…it’s about being there now. You’ll hear music features for every special occasion in 60s pop culture, including the surfin’ tunes, R&B and "girl groups" of the early 60s, the British invasion and the late 60s Woodstock era.
Artists – the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Supremes, Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder

70s Hits
The 70s on 7 takes you back to the days of Watergate, bell bottoms and pet rocks. Your favorite AM radio stations were moving to FM and the music was wider than ever. The 70s on 7 captures it all from singer songwriters and great classic rock to the best R&B, soul and disco.
Artists – Elton John, Donna Summer, the Eagles, Chicago, the Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac

80s Hits
The "Totally awesome" 80s on 8 is like listening to one of the great Top 40 radio stations of the time, complete with great air personalities and those jingles you grew to love. The 80s on 8 covers it all…rock, rhythm and pop complete with the hair bands and everything that launched the MTV music generation.
Artists – Michael Jackson, Madonna, Duran Duran, Whitney Houston, George Michael, Prince