King Charles reveals his surprising music taste in new playlist

King Charles reveals their music favorites.

The King, 76, shows off a somewhat eclectic mix of musical go-tos in King’s music roomThe a show curated for Apple musicwhich premieres on March 10.

Based on a Commonwealth theme, the music choices are Charles’s own, and the listeners get a sense of both his enthusiasm for music and how through his charming comments he has a remarkably good radio voice.

Through their choices, the royal artists praise as artists who Beyoncé and Kylie Minogue for their support to his king’s confidence (former prince’s confidence) and remembers his travels to the Caribbean, where he met Bob Marley And his widow Draw Marley. Charles also remembers to see Raye Perform at Apple HQ in Battersea in December. (People understand that he is now learning more about the artist and playing his music.)

Here, read more about Charles Music Loves, as discussed in King’s music room.

Bob Marley & The Wailers – “Can you be loved”

In the introduction, Charles includes a reproduction of the song played by King’s Guard at Buckingham Palace, before playing the actual melody of the late singer himself.

Charles praises Marley’s “fantastic, infectious energy, but also his deep sincerity and his deep concern for his society.”

“I always remember his words: ‘The people have a voice inside them,’ he adds.

Millie Small – “My Boy Lollipop”

The Jamaican-born singer was one of those who came to Britain as part of the Windrush generation in the late 1940s, and “whose gifts have so strongly enriched our country,” says the king.

Kylie Minogue’s version of “The Loco-Motion”

This song, says Charles, “is music for dance.”

“Again, it has the infectious energy that does, I think, extremely difficult to sit still,” he adds. “There is such an irresistible happy feeling for that song.”

Al Bowlly – “The very thought of you”

The track is a song from the 1920s-1930s that “reminds” Charles “of my very beloved grandmother, because she used to play such music a lot.”

The royal adds that the melody “never fails to lift my mood.”

Grace Jones – “Life In Pink”

Charles says he and his wife, Queen Camillahas known Jones “for some time.”

“I had the great pleasure of seeing recently in a reception at St. James’s Palace,” he continues, asking, “Is it possible to improve such a classic song?”

“Love Me Again” – Raye

“She is a great ambassador for British music,” Charles says about the artist.

Dad Lumba – “The World I”

With a connection to Ghana, which Charles last visited in 2018, he says, “I was dancing with” to this track.

Davido – “Kante” (feat. Fave)

The king points out that this song “contains texts in Pidgin, which I love in all its forms, and where I tried to give a speech when I last visited Nigeria.”

He adds, “I understand that, thanks to Afrobeats, it is becoming increasingly popular around the world.”

Miriam Makeba – “The Click Song”

With highlighting how the track is in the Xhosa language and Charles Quips, “I should not try too much to pronounce the title, because it requires a lot of practice!”

Jools Holland & Ruby Turner – “My Country Man”

Holland is another British musician that the royal has known for several years, along with the “unstoppable phenomenon” by soul singer Turner.

Anoushka Shankar – “Indian Summer”

Charles says he likes the sitter who plays in the song to be “deeply redorent of ancient culture in India.”

Siti nurhaliza – “adopt permanent”

The royal celebrates how the Malaysian artist sings “about love that is stronger than time.”

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa – “People are (Call the People)”

The song has a special meaning for Charles, because New Zealand’s opera well performed it at its wedding to the late Princess Diana.

Michael Bublé – “Haven’t met you yet”

Buble – who Recently eaten with Charles son Prince Harry and Meghan Markle In Vancouver – is Charles’ choice to represent the Commonwealth Country Canada on the list.

Arrow – “hot, threat, threat”

From Monserrat, the king says about the title: “When I last visited the island it really was.”

Beyoncé- “Crazy in Love” (feat. Jay-Z)

Charles thanks musicians for his work who helped support Prince, and now, King’s Trust, before congratulating Beyoncé for winning her first album of the Year Award at 2025 Grammys last month.

Diana Ross – “Up and Down”

The song, says Charles, is one of his “special favorites.”

“When I was much younger, it was absolutely impossible not to stand up and dance when it was played,” he explains further. “So I wonder if I can still only handle it?”

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Charles is the head of Commonwealth, a loose coalition of 56 countries – including Australia, Canada, India and Kenya – which has strong ties to the UK and spans much of the world.

On March 10, he will lead the royal family, including Prince William and Kate MiddletonDuring a service at Westminster Abbey.

“This seemed such an interesting and innovative way to celebrate this year’s Commonwealth Day,” says Charles in the show.

King’s music room is now available to watch for free, or look at any time on request with an Apple Music subscription, on Apple Music 1.

Additional radio broadcasts will be available to stream free on Apple Music 1 and Apple Music hitsMarch 10 and March 11.