September 24th, 2025
The 10th Annual What's In-Store Music
Holiday Program
This is your call to action, Christmas clients-the 10th Annual What's In-Store Music Holiday Program is here!
Programmers are already hard at work curating their seasonal playlists for a wide variety of retailers and brands. Some want current pop, others crave the timeless classics, while many are looking for fresh originals and unique covers. Whatever the sound, there's a place for every holiday style-and What's In-Store Music makes sure your priority track is right where it belongs during the busiest shopping season of the year.
Program Benefits Include:
In-store placement during peak holiday shopping
Social media promotion to drive awareness
Delivery of your track to all holiday-reporting radio stations via our newsletter
Optional Add-On: The Holiday Bundle. This exclusive package provides your music even more reach, opening doors to an expanded network of gyms, restaurants, and retailers, including some of the largest big-box chains in America that were previously unavailable. You'll also receive a second set of detailed reports in addition to the ones you already get, giving you deeper insights while greatly increasing your song's exposure. More plays mean more impressions, and more impressions mean more fans.
Don’t miss your chance to spread holiday cheer and maximize exposure for your music!
This Could be YOU This Holiday Season
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To get you guys as excited as we are about the start of the 10th Annual What's In-Store Music Holiday Program, here's a clip from last year of our client Train and their holiday hit "Shake Up Christmas" playing loud and clear through the entire Topanga Mall in Woodland Hills, California…If you have a song submitted in this year's program, this could be YOU!!! Submit your song today!
Gary LeVox & Akon ft. De La Ghetto
"Hold The Umbrella"
On Big Machine Records / LeVox Entertainment / Konvict Kulture
Newly Added to The What's In-Store Music Spotify Playlist
IZ Divine
"Thinking About You"
Wyn Starks
"Dance All Night"
Melanie Pfirrman
"Take Me Back"
Curb Records
GoldCoast
"Angelena"
"Angelena" is both a love letter to Los Angeles and an anthem of encouragement. The song was born when Rich and Jen, on their honeymoon in Europe, watched wildfires tear through their hometown from 5,000 miles away. Feeling helpless yet deeply connected, they wrote this uplifting track with the message: "You're not alone. We're coming home. We're in this together." With its sunny-day, top-down-on-PCH groove and lush, layered harmonies, "Angelena" is GoldCoast's perfect heartfelt debut single.
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On The Moves
Keep an ear out for these terrific songs playing overhead in stores everywhere.
Nicholas Wells
"Already Dreaming"
Newly Added to the What's In-Store Music Hits the Gym Spotify Playlist
VD, Bleue
"Embrasse moi"
Vic Latino
"TKA - Maria"
What's In-Store Music has added a new Spotify playlist called What's In-Store Music Hits The Gym. It features the fantastic artists and songs placed in the What's In-Store Music Gym Program. Please enjoy responsibly.
Sara Petite
"Jealous Heart"
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Video of the Week:
Almost Monday
"enjoy the ride"
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Rhett Repko
"Don't Delay"
Out And About
with Linkin Park
At East West Studios in Los Angeles, CA on September 12th, 2025
What a treat it was to be in attendance for an acoustic performance and Q&A with Linkin Park at East West Studios. Band members Emily Armstrong, Colin Brittain, Brad Delson, and Mike Shinoda were on hand, taking time off from their From Zero tour, to discuss the long journey back from losing lead singer Chester Bennington to suicide in 2017, to discovering a new sound with Emily, recording a new album, and triumphantly returning to the road with their sold-out world tour. The American leg of the From Zero tour wraps up tonight in Seattle, and then it's off to South America!
Have a great week,
Scott Emerson
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