BBC Radio 1Xtra

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BBC Radio 1Xtra (also known simply as 1Xtra) is a digital radio station in the United Kingdom from the BBC specializing in urban music.Launched at 6 PM on 16 August 2002, it had been code named Network X during the consultation period and is the sister station to BBC Radio 1.

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Missy Elliott - Beep Me 911 (feat. 702 & Magoo)

1997-07-11

Popularity:

7days10.04%

28days20.02%

6months100.01%

12months120%

Played 7 minutes ago

before: 7 days ago

Missy Elliott - Lick Shots

2001-05-14

Popularity:

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28days00%

6months00%

12months40%

Played 8 minutes ago

before: 7 months ago

Janet Jackson - I Get Lonely (TNT Remix) (feat. Blackstreet)

2022-10-07

Popularity:

7days00%

28days20.02%

6months150.02%

12months170.01%

Played 9 minutes ago

before: 16 days ago

MAZE & FRANKIE BEVERLY - WE ARE ONE

1998-01-01

Popularity:

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28days00%

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12months10%

Played 13 minutes ago

before: 6 months ago

Biz Markie - Just A Friend

1994-08-07

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Played 17 minutes ago

before: a year ago

Lucy Pearl - Dance Tonight

2000

Popularity:

7days00%

28days10.01%

6months170.03%

12months260.02%

Played 20 minutes ago

before: 25 days ago

Cymande - Bra

1972

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Played 23 minutes ago

before: N/A

Main Source - Looking At The Front Door

1991

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28days00%

6months00%

12months10%

Played 27 minutes ago

before: 9 months ago

De La Soul - Me, Myself and I

1989-03-03

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7days00%

28days10.01%

6months30%

12months50%

Played 31 minutes ago

before: 8 days ago

A Tribe Called Quest - Scenario (feat. Leaders of the New School)

1990-04-17

Popularity:

7days00%

28days00%

6months60%

12months60%

Played 32 minutes ago

before: 2 months ago

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Cymande - Bra

1972

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First heard 23 minutes ago

Last heard 23 minutes ago

Tall Black Guy - Spend My Life With You

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First heard 44 minutes ago

Last heard 44 minutes ago

Jaz Karis - Stuck In Sixteen

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Chantelle Rutendo - There's This King That I Know

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Crazy - Nani Whine

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Shaggy & Kes - Murder She Wrote (1Xtra Live Lounge, 24 Aug 2023)

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Last heard 9 hours ago

Kes - Hello (1Xtra Live Lounge, 24 Aug 2023)

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Chris Brown - It Won't Stop (feat. Sevyn Streeter)

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The Internet - Special Affair

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SZA & Justin Bieber - Snooze (Remix)

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28days10.01%

6months10%

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Alkaline - Gyal Good

Popularity:

7days230.89%

28days930.9%

6months2750.41%

12months2750.21%

First heard 4 months ago

Last heard 5 hours ago

Mauvais Djo - Pilé

2025-08-15

Popularity:

7days250.96%

28days930.9%

6months1180.18%

12months1180.09%

First heard 2 months ago

Last heard 4 hours ago

Stormzy - 24 Hours (feat. Odeal)

2026-05-22

Popularity:

7days170.66%

28days770.75%

6months1870.28%

12months1870.14%

First heard 2 months ago

Last heard 3 days ago

Blaqbonez - Chanel (feat. Asake)

2026-05-21

Popularity:

7days230.89%

28days760.74%

6months1040.16%

12months1040.08%

First heard 2 months ago

Last heard 4 hours ago

Masicka - Slip & Slide

2026-04-24

Popularity:

7days190.73%

28days750.73%

6months1470.22%

12months1470.11%

First heard 2 months ago

Last heard 4 hours ago

Yung Miami - Spend Dat

2026-04-24

Popularity:

7days240.92%

28days650.63%

6months720.11%

12months720.05%

First heard a month ago

Last heard 2 hours ago

FLO - Don't Break Her Heart

2026-06-05

Popularity:

7days140.54%

28days630.61%

6months1130.17%

12months1130.09%

First heard 2 months ago

Last heard 20 hours ago

kwn - risk it all

2026-06-26

Popularity:

7days150.58%

28days610.59%

6months630.1%

12months630.05%

First heard a month ago

Last heard 5 hours ago

DRAKE - JANICE

2026-05-15

Popularity:

7days150.58%

28days540.52%

6months1110.17%

12months1110.08%

First heard 2 months ago

Last heard 3 hours ago

Kranium & Di Genius - Girl Trip

Popularity:

7days180.69%

28days490.47%

6months750.11%

12months750.06%

First heard 2 months ago

Last heard 4 hours ago

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Contacts

Typical music includes largely British, North American, Caribbean and African hip hop, grime, bassline, garage, dubstep, drum and bass, U.K. funky, house, dancehall, soca, reggae, gospel music, bhangra, soul, and R&B. It is available on digital radio (DAB), digital satellite television, digital terrestrial television (Freeview), and the Internet. The first ever track played on 1Xtra was a specially created track produced by DJ Skitz and Rodney P and featuring Beverley Knight and Blak Twang. The show was presented by the Rampage DJ collective and the station's then breakfast show host, Female DJ KC.

Address: BBC 1Xtra, London, W1A 1AA

Email: 1xtra@bbc.co.uk

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bbc1xtra

Instagram: bbc1xtra

Phone: +020 8743 8000

Twitter: https://x.com/1Xtra

Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_1xtra

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Radio_1Xtra

Youtube: @BBC1Xtra