Everything in the music industry was relatively calm two months ago. However, it’s nothing but the opposite now: the chart top- pers are changing weekly, artists are producing new albums while

most everyone forgot they even existed and fans are adjusting to a new styles of music. With all of these productions happening simultaneously, huge competitions are occurring between artists. Unfortunately, only one producer can come out on top and their success is completely dependent of their fans.

Albums and singles are being released at an abnormal rate compared to the usual seasonal releases.

“I think fans wanted something different apart from summer music and every artist sort of realized that all at once,” said junior Haley Alderse- baes, regarding the rapid releases.

Artists such as Drake, Ariana Grande and The Weeknd have been hold- ing top spots on the iTunes charts for a while now, but may not last long up there due to up and coming artists. Fans are more than excited to see performers like Justin Bieber, Adele and Selena Gomez back and stronger than ever with new releases.

“[Justin] Bieber has a complete new sound which may bring in new fans, so that is a plus for him, but it may be concerning to other popular artist,” said senior Jaylene Sparks.

Not only is Bieber competing with multiple returning artists, he is also going up against one of the most popular bands in the world: One Direc- tion. Unintentionally, the competition is even more stirred up; both artist’s albums will be released on the same date. However, Bieber and One Di- rection have separate plans after the promotion of their albums. For Justin, it’s the beginning of his return after a few years, but for the four boys of

One Direction it’s the end while they take a break until 2017, possibly allowing different artists to get the spotlight.

On the other side of the industry, a few artists did not see this as a great time to break through with new music.

“I would have liked to seen more things from the EDM industry, pref- erably something new from Martin Garrix,” said junior David Lonski.

Although some genres didn’t see the charts this season, there were quite a few songs that shot directly to the top: “Sorry” by Justin Bieber, “Hotline Bling” by Drake and “Hello” by Adele. Despite 2015 coming to an end, these artists’ journeys are just beginning.