It couldn’t get bigger than this. The Spotify Best New Artist red carpet was buzzing all night as artists like Tove Lo, Shawn Mendes, and Doechii strutted their way into one of the biggest Grammy week parties, and A-list surprise guests like Leonardo DiCaprio, Trevor Noah, and Jared Leto joined …
Read More »Black Sheep Files Class Action Claiming Universal 'Unlawfully Retained' $750 Million in Royalties
The choice wasn’t theirs – and it cost them, they say. The duo behind the influential Nineties hip-hop group Black Sheep has filed a class action lawsuit in federal court in Manhattan claiming Universal Music Group owes more than $750 million to its stable of artists for allegedly breaching contracts …
Read More »Most of the Top-Streamed Songs of 2022 Weren't Even Released This Year
Replay, Spotify Wrapped, and the year-end Billboard Hot 100 lists are out! This week, the top streaming service shared personalized data about the top songs, artists, and albums that each of its users listened to in 2022. And they also shared data on the top-streamed songs worldwide — and a …
Read More »Bad Bunny Is the Most Streamed Artist on Spotify for Third Consecutive Year
For the third consecutive year in a row, Bad Bunny is the top streamed artist on Spotify, earning more than 18.5 billion streams in 2022. Spotify’s top list year-end data comprises the most streamed artists, songs, albums, and podcasts of the year and includes the personalized Spotify Wrapped year-end recaps …
Read More »Taylor Swift Breaks Spotify Single-Day Album Stream Record: 'How Did I Get This Lucky'
Midnights is officially a record-breaking album. On Friday, Spotify revealed that Taylor Swift‘s new album had become the most-streamed project in a single day in the streaming service’s history. Sharing Spotify’s tweet, Swift wrote, “How did I get this lucky, having you guys out here doing something this mind-blowing?! Like …
Read More »Taylor Swift Reveals More 'Midnights' Lyrics on Spotify Billboards in Nashville, Brazil
The countdown to Midnights continues. After sharing lyric snippets on billboards in London and New York City, Taylor Swift and Spotify raised up a few more prominent teasers in São Paulo, Brazil and Nashville. The billboard in São Paulo featured the line, “just like clockwork, the dominoes cascaded in a …
Read More »Hear Wet Leg Rework 'Convincing,' Cover Ashnikko's 'Daisy' for 'Spotify Singles'
Fresh off performing at Life Is Beautiful, Wet Leg have reworked their debut album track “Convincing” and covered Ashnikko’s “Daisy” for the British duo’s new Spotify Singles session. Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers originally recorded “Convincing” along with the rest of their acclaimed debut LP, but in the band’s non-stop …
Read More »Spotify Buys Wordle-Inspired Music Trivia Game Heardle
Spotify has acquired the music trivia game Heardle, the company announced on Tuesday. The move marks Spotify’s latest acquisition as the company looks to expand its offerings beyond music streaming into more diverse and interactive audio offerings. Heardle is a music trivia game inspired by the mega-popular word game Wordle, …
Read More »Protect the Planet: Stop Streaming Songs
Before you hit play on a new song, think about how many times you might listen to it. Believe it or not, this decision can have a small, but real impact on climate change — and the artist. Surprisingly, the act of downloading that song uses the same amount of …
Read More »New Woody Guthrie Exhibit Shuns Spotify Over Joe Rogan Podcast
Woody Guthrie, the singer, songwriter and writer who spoke truth to power decades before the phrase was invented, was long known to take a political stand. Now, 55 years after his death, he’s still doing just that. As part of a new exhibit of his life and work, he’s joined …
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