99.5 Yes FM is all about the music. Playing the best music from today’s top artists and doing is consistently. Here’s just a sample of artist’s that are a big part of what 99.5 Yes FM is!
Miley Ray Cyrus (born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip hop, and experimental music.
The third daughter of country singer Billy Ray Cyrus, she emerged as a teen idol while portraying the title character of the Disney Channel television series Hannah Montana. As Hannah Montana, she attained two number-one and three top-five soundtracks on the Billboard 200, and the US Billboard Hot 100 top-ten single “He Could Be the One”.
Cyrus’ initial solo career consisted of the teen-friendly US number-one albums Meet Miley Cyrus and Breakout, the extended play The Time of Our Lives (2009) and her third album Can’t Be Tamed; these releases contained the US top-ten singles “See You Again”, “7 Things”, “Party in the U.S.A.” and “Can’t Be Tamed”, and she also released the single “The Climb”. Cyrus underwent a more mature musical shift with the release of Bangerz, which became her fifth number one album and included the singles “We Can’t Stop” and the chart-topping “Wrecking Ball”. She continued this on her follow-up Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz before exploring various genres on the albums Younger Now, which contained the top-ten single “Malibu”, and Plastic Hearts; Cyrus then collaborated with The Kid Laroi on “Without You”. Cyrus’ upcoming eighth album Endless Summer Vacation was preceded by the lead single “Flowers”, which set several streaming records and became her second U.S. number one single.
Solána Imani Rowe (born November 8, 1989), known professionally as SZA , is an American singer and songwriter. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she began making music in the early 2010s, releasing two extended plays, See.SZA.Run and S, before signing with the hip hop record label Top Dawg Entertainment, through which she released Z (2014), her third EP and first retail release. That same year, she co-wrote “Feeling Myself” with Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé. In 2016, she was featured on Rihanna’s song “Consideration”.
In 2020, she released the single “Good Days”; the following year saw the release of the singles “I Hate U” and Doja Cat’s “Kiss Me More”, which she was featured on; all three singles reached the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2021, with the latter breaking the record for the longest-running all-female collaboration within the top ten and earning her the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. SZA’s second album, SOS, reached number-one on Billboard 200 chart, breaking the record for the biggest streaming week ever for an R&B album, and remained atop the chart for ten non-consecutive weeks. The album’s singles “Nobody Gets Me” and “Kill Bill” were both top-ten hits; the latter peaked at number one on the Billboard Global 200 charts.
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for her genre-spanning discography; artistic reinventions; and songwriting, which has received critical praise and wide media coverage. Born in West Reading, Pennsylvania, Swift moved to Nashville at age 14 to become a country artist. She signed a songwriting deal with Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2004 and a recording contract with Big Machine Records in 2005. Her 2006 self-titled debut album made her the first female country singer to write a U.S. platinum-certified album.
Having sold over 200 million records globally, Swift is one of the best-selling musicians in history. She is the most streamed woman on Spotify, and the only act to have five albums open with over one million copies sold in the US. Among her accolades are 12 Grammy Awards, including three Album of the Year wins; an Emmy Award; 40 American Music Awards; 29 Billboard Music Awards; three IFPI Global Recording Artist of the Year awards; and 92 Guinness World Records. Swift has been featured in rankings such as Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time, Billboard’s Greatest of All Time Artists, the Time 100 and Forbes Celebrity 100. Honored with titles such as Artist of the Decade and Woman of the Decade, Swift is an advocate for artists’ rights and women’s empowerment. Her music is credited with influencing a generation of singer-songwriters.
Vicky Beverly Walker (born 18 April 2001), known professionally as PinkPantheress, is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. PinkPantheress’ songs, which are frequently short in length and include samples of music from the 1990s and 2000s, span a number of genres, including bedroom pop, drum and bass, alt-pop, and 2-step garage.
In 2021, while attending university in London, she posted several songs to TikTok that went viral, including “Break It Off”, and she subsequently signed to Parlophone and Elektra Records. Her singles “Just for Me” and “Pain” from her debut mixtape To Hell with It peaked in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart and were certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Her 2023 single “Boy’s a Liar” reached number two in the UK and Australia, while its remix with rapper Ice Spice became her first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking in the top five. She won BBC’s Sound of 2022 poll and has been nominated for three NME Awards.
Isis Gaston (born January 1, 2000), known professionally as Ice Spice, is an American rapper. She grew up in the Bronx, New York City, and began her career in 2021 after meeting record producer RiotUSA while attending State University of New York at Purchase. She rose to prominence in late 2022 with her song “Munch (Feelin’ U)”.
The release of her singles “Bikini Bottom” and “In Ha Mood”, preceded her debut extended play Like..?. In 2023, her remix single “Boy’s a Liar Pt. 2” with PinkPantheress reached the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Ice Spice was hailed by Jon Caramanica of The New York Times as “rap’s new princess”, and was named a “breakout star” by Time magazine.
