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Spotify refreshes New Music Friday playlist

23/02/2020

Spotify refreshes New Music Friday playlist with a global rebrand for its 8 million followers according to a recent blog post. Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist is a curated selection of the most anticipated new tracks of the week with 8 million followers globally and over 3.5 million in the US. The revamped playlist, which has 43 versions worldwide, will continue to serve as a destination for listeners who want to discover new music from […]

Spotify subscribers hit 124 million

08/02/2020

Spotify subscribers hit 124 million, a 29% increase year on year, according to its recently released Q4 2019 financial results. Monthly Active Users (MAU) increased 31% to 271 million. But despite a 24% increase in revenue of €1,855 million in the quarter, the streamer reported a €77 million loss. Exponential growth in podcast hours streamed (up approximately 200% year on year) is driving increased overall engagement and retention of subscribers. Podcast highlights through the year […]

Spotify creates playlists for pets

22/01/2020

Spotify creates playlists for pets giving pets and their owners crafted playlists for the type of pet they own and their temperament. Spotify conducted a study on how pet owners use music with their pets. They found that 71% of pet owners surveyed play music for their pets and more often than not, they think about their pets’ emotional well-being, with 70% of animal parents considering the emotional wellness of their pets daily. Plus, 8 […]

Spotify’s biggest playlist hits 25 million followers

20/12/2019

Today’s Top Hits, Spotify’s biggest playlist hits 25 million followers and has been streamed more than 20 billion times according to a recent blog posting. If Today’s Top Hits was an artist, it would be the third most streamed of all time (after Drake and Ed Sheeran). Over 70 featured artists have received 100+ million plays Since 2014, Spotify’s team of curators have analysed its streaming data, as well as music culture and trends, to […]

US Spotify users can play podcasts through Alexa

15/12/2019

US Spotify users can now play podcasts through Amazon Alexa and is available on both Spotify Free and Spotify Premium according to a recent blog posting. Until recently Spotify users have been able to ask Amazon Alexa to play music, like their Discover Weekly or Today’s Top Hits playlists, but not podcasts. But for US Amazon Alexa customers Spotify Free and Premium users can now ask Alexa to play their favourite podcasts as well. First […]

Your year and decade in music with Spotify Wrapped 2019

08/12/2019

Relive your year and decade in music with Spotify Wrapped 2019 which now includes the podcasts you listened to and even more artist information according to a recent blog posting. This year your ‘Wrapped’ will include the songs, albums, artists, and podcasts you discovered throughout 2019, plus the artists you streamed the most throughout the decade on Spotify. Once logged in you can discover your top artist, top song through each season, top podcasts, genres […]

Spotify reveals its top tracks of 2019

04/12/2019

Spotify reveals its top tracks of 2019 and charts the Top Songs, Artists, Playlists and Podcasts of this year and the last decade in a recent blog posting. This year, Post Malone was the most-streamed artist with over 6.5 Bn streams worldwide. It’s the rapper-singer-songwriter’s first time topping Spotify’s Wrapped list, and he did it just 12 weeks after dropping his album Hollywood’s Bleeding (which also happens to be the second most-streamed album globally this […]