What one book defines America? Ahead of the country’s 250th birthday, TIME asked 25 literary luminaries—including Amanda Gorman and George Saunders—to each pick one book that they believe reflects where American life is headed or speaks to the today in a meaningful way. See their choices and the full reading list: Is there a book that you think all Americans should read? Let us know in the comments.

.@justinbieber's catalog has been surging in streams since his headlining sets at @coachella. 📈 His solo catalog earned 65.2 million on-demand official U.S. weekly streams in the April 3-9 tracking week, according to Luminate. Following his April 11 Coachella performance, that number skyrocketed to 173.3 million streams in the April 10-16 tracking week. The momentum continued after his second headlining set on April 18, with his catalog climbing to 209.6 million U.S. streams in the April 17-23 tracking week.

My sister Natali and her husband Alex started this gorgeous brand Natali Alexander, designing and releasing 350 numbered scarves. The Lumina Scarf was created with a signature stained glass romantic print exploring how darkness gives light its meaning 🖤 love them so much

.@taylorswift13's ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ made history when it sold 3.48 million copies in its opening week, according to Luminate. That’s the single largest sales week for an album since 1991, when Luminate began electronically tracking music sales. 📈✨ It was also Swift’s eighth album to sell over a million copies in its opening week, extending her record for the most among all artists (also since 1991). Take a look at the first-week sales totals for every Taylor Swift project to debut on the Billboard 200, from ‘Taylor Swift’ to ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ and everything in between. Tap here for details:

.@taylorswift13's 'The Life of a Showgirl' sold 3,479,500 copies in its opening week, according to Luminate. That's the largest single-week sales total in the modern era (1991-present). It's also only the 25th album to sell over a million in a single week, and eight of those belong to Swift herself — extending her record for the most. Take a look at every album to sell at least a million copies in a single week in the modern era.

.@taylorswift13’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ sold 3,479,500 copies in its first week, according to Luminate — the biggest single-week album sales total of the modern era (1991–present). 📈 That breaks the 10-year record previously held by Adele’s ‘25’ (3.378 million). ‘Showgirl’ also sets new benchmarks for: ⭐ Equivalent album units: 4.002 million (also topping ‘25’) ⭐ Vinyl sales: 1.334 million (surpassing the 859k sold by ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ in its first-week) Take a look at the top 10 biggest one-week album sales totals of the modern era, and tap here for details:

.@taylorswift13's "August" surged in streams on Aug. 1. It raked in 1.48 million official on-demand audio streams in the U.S., according to Luminate — more than triple the amount it tallied the day before. Take a look at daily streams for "August" from July 27-Aug. 8.

.@trvisXX's Days Before Rodeo sold 149,000 vinyls in the Sept. 13-19 tracking week, according to @luminate_data. That sets a new record for the biggest vinyl sales week among rap albums in the modern era (since Luminate began tracking sales in 1991). Travis' own Utopia previously held the record when it sold 93,000 in the Aug. 26, 2023-dated tracking week. Take a look at the top 10 biggest vinyl sales weeks for rap albums below, and tap here for details:

.@bensonboone's “Beautiful Things” tallied 448.7 million on-demand audio streams in the first half of the year, according to Luminate’s 2024 midyear report. That makes it the most-streamed song of the year. The song, however, peaked at No. 2 on the Hot 100. It becomes the first song in the past 10 years to rank as the most-streamed song at the year’s halfway point, but not hit No. 1. Take a look at the most-streamed songs at the halfway points for the past 10 years, and tap here for more takeaways from Luminate’s 2024 midyear report: