Shazam hits 100 Bn song recognitions
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Shazam hits 100 Bn song recognitions

Shazam hits 100 Bn song recognitions since it launched which is equivalent to 12 songs identified for every person on Earth. Or to put it another way, a person would need to use Shazam to identify a song every second for 3,168 years to reach 100 Bn recognitions. Shazam’s top song ever, “Dance Monkey,” has over 45 million tags and Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” was the first track released this year to hit 10 million […]

Create custom cover art for Spotify playlists
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Create custom cover art for Spotify playlists

Create custom cover art for Spotify playlists with a beta rollout on the mobile app in English in 65 countries. Currently listeners have created over 8 Bn playlists covering every kind of musical mood and milestone in their life. The new feature offers both Free and Premium users the ability to create their own cover art with unique images, colours and text effects, graphic elements, and more, allowing them to make their music playlists more […]

Spotify extends AI Playlist Beta to more countries
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Spotify extends AI Playlist Beta to more countries

Spotify extends AI Playlist Beta to more countries following on from its initial launch in April 2024 to Premium subscribers in the UK and Australia. AI Playlist combines Spotify’s personalization technology with generative AI so users can turn their most creative ideas into playlists. To date, users in the UK and Australia have created millions of playlists that they keep coming back to. To create a playlist with AI Playlist just enter a unique prompt […]

Spotify increases daylist countries and languages
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Spotify increases daylist countries and languages

Spotify increases its daylist coverage with an additional 65 countries in English and making it available to both Free and Premium subscribers. They have also added the following language support for this playlist – Arabic, Catalan, French (Canada), French (France), German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Mexico) and Turkish. Originally rolled out last year in the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland in English only, many users will […]

Create personalized playlists with Spotify’s AI Playlist
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Create personalized playlists with Spotify’s AI Playlist

Create personalized playlists with Spotify’s AI Playlist which has been released in Beta on Android and iOS devices in the UK and Australia. Available on Spotify Premium creating a new playlist with AI Playlist is as simple as typing a unique prompt into the chat. The AI Playlist pairs Spotify’s personalization technology with AI to deliver a personalized mix that can reference places, animals, activities, movie characters, colours and even emojis. The most successful playlists […]

Napster creates ChatGPT powered playlists
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Napster creates ChatGPT powered playlists

Napster creates ChatGPT powered playlists in a new beta website showcasing PlaylistGPT, a new tool enabling users to create their ideal playlist. With PlaylistGPT, users can ‘put their ideas’ into a ChatGPT prompt and then Napster will deliver an AI-generated title, playlist, description and custom artwork. The launch marks the first time a music streamer has integrated ChatGPT and its text-to-image DALL.E model into its platform. Subscribers can save their playlists while those who aren’t can […]

Deezer launches cross platform sharing app
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Deezer launches cross platform sharing app

Deezer launches cross platform sharing app enabling users to connect with friends on different music apps. Shaker lets you share and enjoy music with anyone even if you don’t use the same streaming platform. With just a few clicks, a mix that blends everyone’s favourite songs is generated. Shaker also lets you discover how compatible you and your friends are through fun shareable insights based on how musically similar your tastes are. With Shaker’s intuitive […]