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YouTube, SiriusXM to launch weekly hits countdown show

Edna Gundersen
USA TODAY
Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me' is among the hits likely to crop up on 'The YouTube 15' weekly rundown of trending tunes.

Music's big stars and emerging artists will get a new platform starting July 11 thanks to The YouTube 15, a weekly show being launched by SiriusXM and YouTube.

The YouTube 15 will air on SiriusXM's Hits 1 channel every Friday at 6 p.m. ET and replay thoroughout the weekend.

It also will be available on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App on smartphones and other connected devices and on SiriusXM.com.

Jenna Marbles, who has 13 million subscribers on her YouTube channel, will host the show.

Jenna Marbles' YouTube channel has 13 million subscribers and her 200 videos have racked up 1.5 billion views.

"We are excited to work with YouTube on creating The YouTube 15 and to put a spotlight on the songs and artists emerging out of the world's largest music video platform," Scott Greenstein, SiriusXM's president and chief content officer said in a statement.

"Our nationwide audience tunes to SiriusXM Hits 1 as the home of the best pop music and the first place to play new artists and new music. With The YouTube 15, we will take that promise of music discovery even further, delivering songs emerging from YouTube directly into the car and also through the SiriusXM app for smartphones and tablets."

Vivien Lewit, YouTube's director, music partnerships, added, "YouTube is fundamentally about connecting fans with their favorite creators and artists, anytime on any device you're using.

"That's why we're working on The YouTube 15 with our friends at SiriusXM, who share our goal of supporting great new music from today's well known artists and emerging stars."

The countdown show will focus on musical acts trending at the moment.

While there's no telling who will be on the debut show July 11, SiriusXM revealed that Sam Smith's Stay With Me and Magic!'s Rude would make the cut in the trending hits category if the show were to premiere this week.

In the emerging artists slot, these tunes would make the list:

Rapper Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass

Cuban-American singer Mayra Veronica's Mama Yo!

5 Seconds of Summer's cover of Green Day's American Idiot

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