Tiësto, “Drive.” There’s rarely this little uncertainty over the commercial viability of an album that has yet to be released. Dutch DJ Tiësto (Tijs Verwest) has been releasing songs from new album Drive since 2020. Combined, the five bangers he’s released have accrued more than 3.5 billion streams, led by…

Ava Max, courtesy Marilyn Hue. Pop songstress Ava Max has been on a stratospheric trajectory since her 2020 debut, Heaven & Hell. Since, the Wisconsin-born singer has amassed a whopping 12 billion streams of her music and hundreds of millions of views on YouTube. That staggering success shows no signs…

Halsey performs at Wazzmatazz at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View on June 2, 2019. Photos: Chloe Catajan and Mike DeWald. MOUNTAIN VIEW — Pop stars of today and tomorrow gathered at Shoreline Amphitheatre Sunday night for the WAZZMATAZZ summer concert spectacle. The show, presented by radio station Wild 94.9,…