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144 Pop Music Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2024)

1. In 2014, Megan Trainor was all about what low-end frequency in a musical range? (No treble!)
   
   Answer: Bass
   
   
2. “My World” was the 2009 debut EP of which Canadian teen pop idol who was certainly not “Sorry” that his mega-hit “Baby” got permanently lodged in your brain?
   
   Answer: Justin Bieber
   
   
3. What 2013 Miley Cyrus song claims she came in like the titular construction item, and swings on the same item in the music video?
   
   Answer: Wrecking Ball
   
   
4. Harry Truman is the first of several U.S. Presidents named in what "flaming" 1989 number-one hit song by Billy Joel?
   
   Answer: We Didn't Start The Fire
   
   
5. “At first I was afraid, I was petrified,” is the opening lyric of what 1978 groovy Gloria Gaynor hit?
   
   Answer: “I Will Survive”
   
   
6. She went on to have a successful solo career which saw her win a Grammy Award in 2002 for "Let Me Blow Ya Mind" - who was the lead singer of the band No Doubt?
   
   Answer: Gwen Stefani
   
   
7. Formed in 2005, Nick, Joe, and Kevin form what family pop rock band that rose to popularity on the Disney Channel? Their songs include “X”, “Leave Before You Love Me”, and “Sucker.”
   
   Answer: Jonas Brothers
   
   
8. Canadian pop star Justin Bieber partnered with what coffee-and-donuts chain in 2021 to rebrand their donut holes as "Timbiebs?"
   
   Answer: Tim Hortons
   
   
9. What 1982 Toto song, whose title is a continent, experienced a resurgence in popularity in 2018 when Weezer covered the song?
   
   Answer: Africa
   
   
10. In her 2005 hit “Hung Up” Madonna sampled “Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)” by which Swedish supergroup?
    
    Answer: ABBA
    
    
11. Also the solo singer of "Oh Sherrie" and "Foolish Heart," Steve Perry is probably best known as the sometime frontman of what "Don't Stop Believin'" band?
    
    Answer: Journey
    
    
12. Because she was disparagingly called a “cheerleader” by the former lead vocalist of the alternative rock band Hole, Gwen Stefani released “Hollaback Girl” as a diss track to what singer formerly married to Kirk Cobain?
    
    Answer: Courtney Love
    
    
13. In 2008, which former NSYNC member, Madonna, and Timbaland only had “4 Minutes” to save the world when they recorded the chart-topping single from Madonna’s 11th studio album “Hard Candy?”
    
    Answer: Justin Timberlake
    
    
14. Who was the most streamed artist during the first ten years of the music service Spotify (2008 - 2018)? This Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter performs under his real middle name.
    
    Answer: Drake
    
    
15. Though the awards are split between her solo work and work as part of a group, which American singer has been awarded the highest number of VMAs, the highest number of Grammys awarded to a woman, and in 2022 performed her nomination for Best Song, "Be Alive", at the Academy Awards ceremony?
    
    Answer: Beyoncé
    
    
16. Which pop star left her teenage dreams behind when she dropped her third album, “Prism,” in 2013 with edgier hits like “Roar” and “Dark Horse?”
    
    Answer: Katy Perry
    
    
17. Despite being all of 30 years old, which former Disney star released a chart-topping song called “Used to Be Young” in 2023?
    
    Answer: Miley Cyrus
    
    
18. What is the stage name of the Canadian musician born Abel Makkonen Tesfay? This stage name might be seen on a calendar with poor spelling. This artist holds several chart records including being the first to simultaneously hold the top three positions on the Billboard Hot R&B Songs chart with "Can't Feel My Face", "Earned It," and "The Hills."
    
    Answer: The Weeknd
    
    
19. What one-named pop star and former frontman of The Police got his name from a habit of wearing yellow-and-black-striped sweaters in his youth?
    
    Answer: Sting
    
    
20. Named after a 1950 blues song by Muddy Waters and a 1965 Bob Dylan hit, what magazine's list of “The 100 Greatest Artists of All Time” includes these top three selections: Elvis Presley, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles?
    
    Answer: Rolling Stone
    
    
21. They're out of this world - the winners of an MTV Video Music Award (VMA) receive a 12-inch statuette depicting someone of what occupation?
    
    Answer: Astronaut
    
    
22. Despite only recording three albums as a group, you could still call them "well-seasoned." With over 100 million record sales, what musical act is the best-selling girl group of all time?
    
    Answer: The Spice Girls
    
    
23. In the year 2000, Kentwood, Louisiana opened a museum dedicated to which 18-year-old songstress who, along with her siblings Bryan and Jamie Lynn, calls the town home?
    
    Answer: Britney Spears
    
    
24. What 1993 dance craze was brought into the world by Spanish group Los del Rio?
    
    Answer: The Macarena
    
    
25. What pop singer was, somewhat predictably, asked by TIME in an interview whether she always ordered a grande size at Starbucks? She responded with: "No, sometimes I get that venti, you know? Some days that’s what you need in your life... I love soy lattes. Obviously I don’t have dairy because I’m a vegan, but they taste out of this world to me."
    
    Answer: Ariana Grande
    
    
26. Famed for her five-octave vocal range, which American pop singer is known as "Songbird Supreme", "Queen of Melisma", and "Queen of Christmas?"
    
    Answer: Mariah Carey
    
    
27. Hey now! In 1999, “All Star” was the first single off which American rock band’s sophomore album, “Astro Lounge," which also featured hits like a cover of Barry White's “Can't Get Enough of You, Baby” and “Then the Morning Comes”?
    
    Answer: Smash Mouth
    
    
28. Model and actress Tawny Kitaen famously appeared in several 1980s music videos such as "Here I Go Again" and "Is This Love" for what reptilian rock band?
    
    Answer: Whitesnake
    
    
29. In 2001, the American pop-rock band Train released a hit single about a girl with drops of which planet in her hair?
    
    Answer: Jupiter
    
    
30. Winning her first for "Fearless" and her most recent for "folklore", which American pop singer is the only solo female artist to have won three Grammy Awards for Album of the Year?
    
    Answer: Taylor Swift
    
    
31. Led by co-founders Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland, name the British rock band who took home the Record of The Year honors for their 2003 single "Clocks" at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards in 2004.
    
    Answer: Coldplay
    
    
32. Her fellow cast members on the Mickey Mouse Club were Ryan Gosling, Keri Russell, and Justin Timberlake. Her first self-titled debut album in 1999 spawned three U.S. number-one singles: "Genie in a Bottle," "What a Girl Wants," and "Come on Over Baby (All I Want Is You)." Who is she?
    
    Answer: Christina Aguilera
    
    
33. "Burn," "U Got It Bad," and "Yeah!" are number-one hits by what one-named singer whose stage name is also a role that might be played by friends or family at a wedding?
    
    Answer: Usher
    
    
34. What pop group co-founded by Nick and Drew Lachey could technically also be known as “36.67 Celsius?”
    
    Answer: 98 Degrees
    
    
35. In the summer of 2023, country singer Luke Combs had a hit with "Fast Car," originally a hit for what singer-songwriter in 1988?
    
    Answer: Tracy Chapman
    
    
36. In 2000, which preteen pop star (the little brother of a Backstreet Boy) had a hit with his cover of The Strangelove’s ‘60s bop, “I Want Candy?”
    
    Answer: Aaron Carter
    
    
37. 'NSYNC members Chris Kirkpatrick and Joey Fatone are seen running atop a moving train but never die in the iconic video for what repetitively titled 2000 hit song?
    
    Answer: Bye Bye Bye
    
    
38. Whitney Houston recorded her own Billboard chart-topping cover version of Dolly Parton’s "I Will Always Love You" for what romantic 1992 film starring Kevin Costner as Houston’s hired protector in the movie?
    
    Answer: “The Bodyguard”
    
    
39. What 2008 song by British rock band Coldplay is roughly derived from a Spanish phrase meaning “Long Live Life?”
    
    Answer: “Viva la Vida”
    
    
40. Katy Perry has revealed that actress Scarlett Johansson was an inspiration for which 2008 hit?
    
    Answer: I Kissed a Girl
    
    
41. ABBA (1974, Sweden), Celine Dion (1988, Switzerland), Conchita Wurst (2014, Austria), and Loreen (2012, Sweden) were all winners of what popular and long-running music competition?
    
    Answer: Eurovision
    
    
42. Also a song by Elton John, a tour by Justin Bieber, a fragrance by Britney Spears, what "B" word is the title of both Cher's biggest-selling single and album?
    
    Answer: Believe
    
    
43. Hitting number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in August 2022, "Super Freaky Girl" is the latest smash song from what "Anaconda" rapper?
    
    Answer: Nicki Minaj
    
    
44. What Cuban pop sensation, who first rose to prominence as part of the girl group Fifth Harmony from “The X Factor” TV show, has produced such recent hits as “Don’t Go Yet”, “Senorita”, and “Havana?”
    
    Answer: Camila Cabello
    
    
45. In 2012, Taylor Swift released her fourth studio album with hits like “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” “22,” and “I Knew You Were Trouble.” What was the colorful name of the album?
    
    Answer: Red
    
    
46. Kimbra already had a top five album in New Zealand when she teamed up with Gotye for what 2012 multi-national chart-topping single?
    
    Answer: Somebody That I Used to Know
    
    
47. Name this mystery fruit. It's known as the "king of fruits" in some regions. It's known for its strong odor and thorn-covered rind. If you removed one letter from this fruit's name and repeated yourself, you'd have the name of a mega-successful 80s band.
    
    Answer: Durian
    
    
48. Hey, this isn't about optometry at all! "I just want you to know who I am" gets whined repeatedly at the end of "Iris," a '90s hit by what childish alt rock band?
    
    Answer: Goo Goo Dolls
    
    
49. All featuring in the new Broadway jukebox musical "& Juliet", the songs "Stronger", "Overprotected", and "...Baby One More Time", were all originally performed by which pop star and icon of the 1990s?
    
    Answer: Britney Spears
    
    
50. A female Swedish singer born in 1979 had two U.S. Top 10 singles on her debut album: "Do You Know (What It Takes)" and "Show Me Love." Her first name is also a homophone for red-breasted songbirds of the family Petroicidae. Who is this singer?
    
    Answer: Robyn
    
    
51. With their song “Now and Then”, in 2023 what pop quartet achieved their 18th UK number one single, 54 years after their 17th?
    
    Answer: The Beatles
    
    
52. Mika released a hit song in 2007 named after which ‘50s Hollywood starlet who later became the Princess of Monaco?
    
    Answer: Grace Kelly
    
    
53. What was the one-word title of Jennifer Paige’s 1998 international hit single? In a different context, this word can mean to compress or squeeze.
    
    Answer: Crush
    
    
54. Before settling on their final name, this band was called “Mother McCree’s Uptown Jug Champions” and “The Warlocks.” Under what name did their career really take off?
    
    Answer: Grateful Dead
    
    
55. Puerto Rican-born rapper Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, whose hits include "MIA" and "Dakiti," is better known by what evil, leporine stage name?
    
    Answer: Bad Bunny
    
    
56. "Moesha" was a popular 1990s sitcom starring what one-named pop singer, whose hits include "Sittin' Up in My Room" and "The Boy Is Mine," in the title role?
    
    Answer: Brandy
    
    
57. At the age of 13, which teen went viral for her pop music video on YouTube in 2011 that instructed us all to get down on Friday?
    
    Answer: Rebecca Black
    
    
58. The late Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller got namedropped by Ariana Grande in what break-up anthem that also gives gratitude to exes Pete Davidson and Big Sean?
    
    Answer: thank u, next
    
    
59. What 1996 dance song was voted as VH1’s greatest one-hit wonder of all time? The song associated with this song is still known today.
    
    Answer: Macarena
    
    
60. In 2014, viewers of Lifetime’s “Dance Moms” were no longer the only people to know Maddie Ziegler’s name. At just 11 years old, she literally took the leap to stardom after being featured in the music video for “Chandelier” by which Australian singer-songwriter?
    
    Answer: Sia
    
    
61. Michael Jackson’s highest selling album is Thriller which sold 66 million copies. However, what is his second highest selling album, at 45 million copies?
    
    Answer: Bad
    
    
62. Daniel Powter is a Canadian singer-songwriter that rose to fame as his song spent five weeks atop the Billboard charts in 2005. The song featured prominently in video montages of American Idol contestants who were eliminated from the show. What was Powter's two-word smash hit?
    
    Answer: Bad Day
    
    
63. Kesha (the artist formally known as Ke$ha) broke out with her debut album “Animal” in 2010 with hits like “TiK ToK” and “Your Love is My Drug.” But she was actually first heard on the radio the year before on the song “Right Round” by which rapper?
    
    Answer: Flo Rida
    
    
64. I Need To Know if you know this singer (and ex-hubsand of Jennifer Lopez) who received a Guinness World Record for his best-selling tropical/salsa albums.
    
    Answer: Marc Anthony
    
    
65. As of December 2022, "Old Town Road" is the fastest song ever to be certified Diamond. The song is a duet between Little Nas X and what singer? This singer is known for, among other things, his role on the television show "Hannah Montana."
    
    Answer: Billy Ray Cyrus
    
    
66. The Beatles have the record for the most songs to reach number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, but which artist, who had 19 songs hit number 1 between 1990 and 2019, has the record for an individual?
    
    Answer: Mariah Carey
    
    
67. Adele has released four studio albums to date, each titled with a two-digit number. If you added up these four numbers, what would the result be? (Hint: It's still a two-digit number)
    
    Answer: 95
    
    
68. Mitsuki Miyawaki is the real name of what Japanese-American singer-songwriter behind albums like Be the Cowboy, Laurel Hell, and 2023's The Land is Inhospitable and So Are We?
    
    Answer: Mitski
    
    
69. "Olivia Rodrigo: driving home 2 u" is a movie about Olivia's trip from Salt Lake City to L.A. while writing her debut album titled what?
    
    Answer: SOUR
    
    
70. Before she topped the pop charts singing about her “Drivers License,” what singer-actress starred in Disney’s “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series?”
    
    Answer: Olivia Rodrigo
    
    
71. John Mellencamp released his 1982 hit single “Jack & Diane” using what unique ferociously mammalian surname as part of his performance name?
    
    Answer: Cougar
    
    
72. “Who Will Save Your Soul” was the first song ever released from this American singer and songwriter’s 1995 debut studio album “Pieces of You.” Name this monomynous pop star.
    
    Answer: Jewel
    
    
73. According to the Spice Girls’ 1996 hit “Wannabe,” “If you wanna be my lover, You gotta get with my” what?
    
    Answer: Friends
    
    
74. In what Swiss resort was the first Eurovision contest held in 1956, with the host country winning?
    
    Answer: Lugano
    
    
75. Featured on her debut EP “The Time of Our Lives,” Miley Cyrus released a single on August 4, 2009, about a “Party in” what initialed geographical location?
    
    Answer: The USA
    
    
76. The singer of the monster 1980 hit “Jessie’s Girl," Rick Springfield was born in what country that's home to the town of Alice Springs and the sports venue Endeavour Field?
    
    Answer: Australia
    
    
77. Although you might have never seen the film, the '80s film "Risky Business" is best known for the scene where a young Tom Cruise slides into a room wearing socks and underwear lip-syncing the lyrics to what singer's 1979 hit “Old Time Rock and Roll”?
    
    Answer: Bob Seger
    
    
78. During Katy Perry's performance of "Swish Swish" on a 2017 episode of "Saturday Night Live," Russell "The Backpack Kid" Horning helped popularize what arm-swinging dance craze that also sounds like something you should use and do to practice good oral hygiene?
    
    Answer: The Floss
    
    
79. What name is shared by both the cartoon band led by the eponymous shark Jabberjaw in a 1960s TV show, and the influential production duo of Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams?
    
    Answer: The Neptunes
    
    
80. Each of crooner Tony Bennett's final three albums before his death were duets: Love is Here to Stay with Diana Krall, and Cheek to Cheek and Love for Sale, both recorded with what pop superstar?
    
    Answer: Lady Gaga
    
    
81. What song, which shares its rhyming title with a 2003 movie, came in at #1 on Billboard's Best Songs of 2023 list?
    
    Answer: Kill Bill
    
    
82. "Chicha" is a Peruvian subgenre of what musical genre found in South and Central America, having originated in coastal Colombia?
    
    Answer: Cumbia
    
    
83. What's the better-known name of English pop star Charlotte Emma Aitchison, whose stage name is taken from the MSN Messenger display name she used as a young teen?
    
    Answer: Charli XCX
    
    
84. Madonna, Kid Rock, and the White Stripes are just a few of the popular music stars associated what U.S. state, which is perhaps best known for the genre which includes The Temptations, Berry Gordy, and Stevie Wonder?
    
    Answer: Michigan
    
    
85. Which singer did Rolling Stone magazine claim "broke the internet" in 2023 by teaming up with Bizzarap to create a diss track aimed at her ex-partner Gerard Piqué?
    
    Answer: Shakira
    
    
86. ABBA is the highest-selling musical act from Sweden, but what pop-rock duo, consisting of Marie Fredriksson and Per Gessle, comes second, beating out Ace of Base, Avicii and The Cardigans?
    
    Answer: Roxette
    
    
87. Due to having parents from the Balkan Peninsula, pop stars Dua Lipa, Bebe Rexha, Ava Max, and Rita Ora all speak what A-word Eastern European language?
    
    Answer: Albanian
    
    
88. Wizkid is a singer, songwriter, and one of the most successful African artists ever. What country does he come from?
    
    Answer: Nigeria
    
    
89. With over 100 million records sold, which group is regarded as the biggest selling boy band of all time? This group was formed in 1993.
    
    Answer: Backstreet Boys
    
    
90. Bizzy Bone, Wish Bone, Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Flesh-n-Bone are the sweetly singing members of what Cleveland hip hop group?
    
    Answer: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
    
    
91. Any construction fans out there? What song, which topped VH1's list of the top "awesomely bad" songs of all time, was released in 1985 by the band Starship?
    
    Answer: We Built This City
    
    
92. His life's been quite a trip! Before becoming a judge on American Idol, Randy Jackson was probably best known for playing bass guitar for which Steve Perry-fronted band on their album Raised on Radio?
    
    Answer: Journey
    
    
93. "Who killing them in the UK? Everybody gonna say 'You, K!'" raps Kanye West in a featured appearance of what 2008 song by London-born rapper Estelle?
    
    Answer: American Boy
    
    
94. Eddie Murphy and Magic Johnson appeared in the music video ‘Remember the Time’ in 1992, which one of the longest of all time. Who sung the song?
    
    Answer: Michael Jackson
    
    
95. Which one-hit wonder pop band consisting of a trio of brothers is best known for a single released from their album “Middle of Nowhere” in 1997?
    
    Answer: Hanson
    
    
96. Getting ready for the upcoming flick from Greta Gerwig, Nick Minaj and Ice Spice dropped what summer 2023 bop that samples the classic “life in plastic, it’s fantastic” hit by Aqua?
    
    Answer: Barbie World
    
    
97. Although she's since been surpassed by Drake and Taylor Swift, what artist's 2005 single "Hung Up" gave her a 36th top ten US hit, then the most of all time?
    
    Answer: Madonna
    
    
98. Described by Entertainment Weekly as a “therapeutic banger,” what is the name of the 2020 dance-pop hit by Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande?
    
    Answer: Rain on me
    
    
99. Which singer-songwriter from England topped the pop charts with her debut album “Lights” in 2010, and was nominated for her first Grammy for “Love Me Like You Do” (which she recorded for the “Fifty Shades of Grey” soundtrack) in 2015?
    
    Answer: Ellie Goulding
    
    
100. I guess the flag is a big plus: Although she was born and raised in Quebec, Canada, Celine Dion represented what country in the 1988 Eurovision contest?
     
     Answer: Switzerland
     
     
101. In October 2022, "Heat Waves" tied the record for longest consecutive time spent on the Billboard Hot 100. With its 90th week on the list, the song tied "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd for the record. What band sings "Heat Waves?"
     
     Answer: Glass Animals
     
     
102. What female rapper, whose legal name is Isis Naija Gaston, released a popular Billboard chart-topping remix of “Princess Diana” with Nicki Minaj on April 14, 2023?
     
     Answer: Ice Spice
     
     
103. Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor, who goes by a one-word stage name, has said that she added an "e" at the end of the name to make it feel more feminine. Who is this "Melodrama"tic signer?
     
     Answer: Lorde
     
     
104. What's the name of Taylor Swift's 10th studio album, which includes tracks like “Lavendar Haze,” “Anti-Hero,” and “Maroon?"
     
     Answer: Midnights
     
     
105. What 2019 single galloped to the top of the Billboard Hot 100, staying at #1 for a record-breaking nineteen weeks?
     
     Answer: Old Town Road
     
     
106. Pop singer Camila Cabello was born in Cojímar, a district of which capital city?
     
     Answer: Havana
     
     
107. “Ella Baila Sola” by Eslabon Armado and rapper Peso Pluma topped the global Billboard Charts in the first half of 2023. What country is Pluma from?
     
     Answer: Mexico
     
     
108. Cincinnati is the hometown of what “brotherly” R&B act, that had a series of hits from the 1950s to the 1970s, such as “That Lady” and the original version of “Twist And Shout?”
     
     Answer: Isley Brothers
     
     
109. Sia Isobelle Furler, better known by the stage name "Sia", is famed for her split white and black hair, large bows, and songs such as "Chandelier" and "Cheap Thrills". What country is she from?
     
     Answer: Australia
     
     
110. Known for singles (and videos) such as "Take On Me," 1980s pop group a-ha came from what Scandinavian country?
     
     Answer: Norway
     
     
111. What girl group consisting of Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, and Leigh-Anne Pinnock, rose to prominence after winning the first British “X Factor” in 2011? Their two-word name implies they are a small combination, and indeed only have 3 members (previously 4).
     
     Answer: Little Mix
     
     
112. “Breakaway” was a hit for Kelly Clarkson, the first track on her sophomore album of the same name. But the jam was actually written by which punk rock chic of the early 2000s?
     
     Answer: Avril Lavigne
     
     
113. Which American singer-songwriter’s albums, “The Spirit Room” and “Hotel Paper,” were in heavy rotation in the early 2000s with hits like “Everywhere,” “Are You Happy Now?,” and “Breathe?”
     
     Answer: Michelle Branch
     
     
114. In 1991, who was “so glad” she had a hit with “Baby, Baby,” the first single off her eighth album, “Heart in Motion?”
     
     Answer: Amy Grant
     
     
115. Although she's never won a Grammy, she has won multiple Grammis—the Swedish equivalent of The Grammys—including three song of the year awards for “Be Mine” (2006), “Dancing on my Own” (2011), and “Missing U” (2019). Who is she?
     
     Answer: Robyn
     
     
116. The Weeknd, Nicki Minaj, and Doja Cat are all multi-time collaborators with which female pop star and former coach on “The Voice?”
     
     Answer: Ariana Grande
     
     
117. What rapper and singer first rose to prominence after auditioning for the Glee Project in 2011, and later released the albums “Carnival” and “Miss You A Little?” His last name sounds like a climbing woody-stemmed grape plant.
     
     Answer: Bryce Vine
     
     
118. What singer-songwriter goes by a one-word stage name that adds the letter "C" to his first name by birth? He won a surprise Grammy Album of the Year award in 2015 for his album "Morning Phase."
     
     Answer: Beck
     
     
119. What Taylor Swift pop album was covered by Ryan Adams in its entirety, even down to the name of the album? It included songs such as "Blank Space" and "Shake It Off."
     
     Answer: 1989
     
     
120. In 2006, which American alt-rock band released “Call Me When You’re Sober” (which had actually leaked online before it was officially released as a single from their album “The Open Door”).
     
     Answer: Evanescence
     
     
121. Famous for their hit “All the things she said” in the early 2000s, pop duo tATu hail from which country found in Europe?
     
     Answer: Russia
     
     
122. Michael Jackson got the nickname ‘King of Pop’ at the 1989 Soul Train awards, when he was described as the “true king of pop, rock and soul” by which Hollywood legend?
     
     Answer: Elizabeth Taylor
     
     
123. Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr was born in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood to a former professional basketball player and educator. After almost a dozen years in the music industry, he earned his first (of many) acting credits in 2003, appearing on the the sitcom "Girlfriends." What one-word moniker is he better known by?
     
     Answer: Common
     
     
124. It’s a fact that we’re gonna get down to it, so tell me: In 2003, “Why Can’t I?” was a chart-topping, certified gold single off which American singer-songwriter’s self-titled album?
     
     Answer: Liz Phair
     
     
125. Everyone remembers Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift at the 2009 Video Music Awards when she was accepting an award for Best Female Video. However, for which song/video was Swift accepting the award for?
     
     Answer: You Belong With Me
     
     
126. Peter Gene Hernandez is the real name of what famous pop star who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 8, 1985?
     
     Answer: Bruno Mars
     
     
127. Before her original song “One Day” went viral on TikTok and her singles “You Broke Me First” and “greedy” became international hits, which Gen Z pop star was known for being the first Canadian to be a finalist on the reality show So You Think You Can Dance?
     
     Answer: Tate McRae
     
     
128. "Hallucinate", "Levitating", and "Don't Start Now" are among the pop and disco inspired singles taken from which somewhat contradictorily named Dua Lipa album released in 2020?
     
     Answer: Future Nostalgia
     
     
129. Fireboy DML and Ed Sheeran collaborated on a 2021 song that became a hit in 2022. What is the name of this song, also a country in South America?
     
     Answer: Peru
     
     
130. What was the name of the founder of the groups *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys, who was later jailed for 25 years for defrauding investors in his company?
     
     Answer: Lou Pearlman
     
     
131. What is the yoink-able two-word name shared by a 1971 Rolling Stones album and an Aussie indie rock band formed in Sydney in 2008?
     
     Answer: Sticky Fingers
     
     
132. English singer Robin Scott had his greatest success performing as what letter of the alphabet, as which he released the song “Pop Muzik” in 1979?
     
     Answer: M
     
     
133. 2001's "Hit 'Em Up Style (Oops!)" was the debut single for what colorfully named R&B singer-songwriter?
     
     Answer: Blu Cantrell
     
     
134. Born with the name Onika Tanya Maraj in 1982, rapper Nicky Minaj was born in which Caribbean country?
     
     Answer: Trinidad and Tobago
     
     
135. Bounce, a genre of hip-hop that includes call-and-response motifs and which is represented by stars like Big Freedia, is associated most closely with what Southern U.S. city?
     
     Answer: New Orleans
     
     
136. Also known as SNSD, what South Korean female group formed in 2007, currently with eight members, has had international success with songs such “Gee?” They have a message of positivity and female empowerment.
     
     Answer: Girls' Generation
     
     
137. In September 2010, millions of viewers were in shock and awe after seeing Lady Gaga sport her infamous meat dress to what awards show?
     
     Answer: MTV Video Music Awards
     
     
138. Dembow is a genre of music, an offshoot of reggaeton, which became popular in what Caribbean nation before spreading to the rest of Latin America?
     
     Answer: Dominican Republic
     
     
139. Their name sounds like it’s just one dude, but it’s actually a group of Danish dudes with a hit song that reminded you that once, you were 7 years old. (Hint: It became a chart-topping hit after they performed it on Conan in 2015)
     
     Answer: Lukas Graham
     
     
140. In 2009, which American electropop band that gave us “Snakes on a Plane (Bring It)” released a jam with Leighton Meester called “Good Girls Go Bad?”
     
     Answer: Cobra Starship
     
     
141. By what name is the K-Pop boy band BTS also known? They debuted in 2013 in Korea with the album "2 Cool 4 Skool."
     
     Answer: Bangtan Boys
     
     
142. In 2008, Leona Lewis topped the global pops charts with “Bleeding Love,” but the song was originally written and recorded by which former member of the boy band Dream Street who also played JR Chandler for a few years on “All My Children?”
     
     Answer: Jesse McCartney
     
     
143. Michael Jackson (and his brother Jermaine) provided background vocals for the 1984 hit song "Somebody's Watching Me" by what musician?
     
     Answer: Rockwell
     
     
144. Better Oblivion Community Center and boygenius are "supergroups" that include what singer-songwriter behind the 2020 album Punisher?
     
     Answer: Phoebe Bridgers
     

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