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station playing rhythmic pop from the 2000s through today.

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Sirius XM initially described the channel as follows:

''The biggest hits of today, the hottest hits of tomorrow, and the coolest new music.''

Venus is a Rhythmic Top 40 station with an emphasis on current-based Rhythmic Pop/Dance hits from the 2000s and today with recurrents from the 2000s, all commercial-free. The channel replaces

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, which officially signed off on July 16, 2014 at 12:04 AM after 14 years. The first song to be played on Venus was "My Humps" by The Black Eyed Peas.Sirius XM Sets Channel Revamp For July 17
from Radio Insight (July 10, 2014) With the launch of Venus, the move gave Sirius XM two channels with a Rhythmic-focused format, joining The Heat, whose direction favors current-based R&B/Hip-Hop hits. With the addition of Pitbull's Globalization Radio, which was launched in 2015, Venus shifted to Rhythmic Pop and some Hip Hop from the past two decades, allowing Globalization Radio to take on the current Rhythmic/Dance fare. In July 2018 . Venus was moved to make room for Dave Matthews Band radio a limited run channel showcasing the career of Dave Matthews Band in July 2018 also announced that billboard hot 100 number ones would take over channel 3 and Venus would return in August 5, 2018. In 2019, with the addition of Pandora Now to channel 3, Venus moved to channel 303. The playlist primarily spans of rhythmic leaning pop and hip hop hits from the mid-2000s to presents, a formula similar to its sister station The Pulse on channel 15, as well as Hits 1 on channel 2, which plays top 40 pop and rhythmic hits. Artists commonly heard on Venus include

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, Venus rebranded as Venus303 with a heavy emphasis of rhythmic top 40 and urban music with some dance songs from the 90s and 2000s.

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External links

Sirius XM/Venus
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