Welcome to On This Day... — a daily celebration of pop history!

Each day, we'll be spotlighting iconic (and not-so-iconic!) moments from music history that happened on this exact date — whether it's the release of a song or album, a memorable music video premiere, a pop star birthday, or any other chart/pop culture milestone.

Feel free to contribute anything you know that happened on this day — whether it’s:

• Single/album/video releases

• Big chart moments

• Birthdays of your fave popstars

• Iconic live performances

• Niche pop trivia

• Or just something worth celebrating!

Let’s build a fun little pop time capsule together. 💿🎈

I'll kick things off with today's entries — and I’d love to see what you remember happening today in pop history! 👇

Edited Thursday at 09:135 days by SuperWooper

26 Years Ago Today:

Britney Spears released her 2nd single from "...Baby One More Time", "Sometimes" in the UK. Peaking at No. 2

Also released 26 years ago today:

• Vengaboys released their No. 1 hit "Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" in the UK, preventing Britney from hitting the top spot with "Sometimes"

• Adam Rickitt's "I Breathe Again" was also released. The single hit No. 5.

• and*NSYNC re-released "Tearin' Up My Heart" for the UK market. Hitting No. 9

Edited June 14Jun 14 by SuperWooper

25 Years ago today Kylie released "Spinning Around"!

Wow, 25 years ago since one of the greatest comebacks ever. Imagine if she had stayed with the indie sound, she quite likely would nowadays just be thought of as a cult 80s cheesy pop act with a few cool 90s hits. Amazing how much this single did for her in the long run, even weirder that it was written by Paula Abdul and you wonder if in a parallel universe she could have had the second wind!

As I started following music and the charts around February that year, I wasn't hugely aware of Kylie before this point (aside from knowing a handful of songs).

I'm always intrigued by whether it was thought at the turn of the millennium she'd ever pull something like this off, or if even in the run to to the release it was completely unexpected - I'd only seen she was at #1 before having heard the song yet!

As a previously huge Kylie fan, who watched it all fall away and I started to lose interest, it was a massive surprise to see Spinning Around and Light Years do so well.

But it was great to have her back!!

'Spinning Around' as a song by itself isn't something I think highly personally but I understand why this is a highlight in her career at the time.

I think I remember hearing “Put Yourself In My Place” on the radio before hand, but Spinning Around was my introduction to Kylie! And what an entrance she made for me!

I was a bit stupid though, as I thought she was also the same woman who did 2 Faced.

30 Years Ago Today Michael Jackson released "HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

Edited Friday at 08:464 days by SuperWooper

I remember as a kid seeing that CD in the shops and being mesmerised by the artwork, always wanting to own my own copy one day and later in life I did! 😄

Yeah that artwork is absolute 🔥

Having a Michael Jackson Greatest Hits was a bit like having a Madonna Greatest Hits, you just looked at it and thought, "f-ing hell... The quality of the songs on it!"

History, Number Ones, and Essential Michael Jackson are all amazing. Even though they are pretty much the same album, the time and effort put into those Greatest Hits compilations were brilliant.

3 Years Ago Today Beyoncé released “Break My Soul”

Edited Saturday at 11:453 days by SuperWooper