Apple Music is launching several new radio shows presented by Snoop Dogg, Backstreet Boys and Shania Twain, among others. The music service announced this on Tuesday in a press release on .
The news comes as part of the streaming platform’s plans to expand. The Beats 1 channel – launched in 2015 – will be replaced by three separate channels: Apple Music 1, Apple Music Hits and Apple Music Country.
Apple Music Hits will feature shows hosted by Snoop Dogg, Twain, Alanis Morissette, Backstreet Boys, Meghan Trainor, Ciara, Mark Hoppus from Blink-182 and Huey Lewis.
Oliver Schusser, vice president of Apple Music, Beats and International Content, says the new Apple Music stations “will provide an unparalleled global platform for artists of all genres to talk, create and share music with their fans.” He calls it “just the beginning”.
“We will continue to invest in live radio and create opportunities for listeners around the world to connect with the music they love,” said Schusser.
Further details on specific shows have not yet been announced.