The number of artists who’ve reached one billion streams with a single song on Spotify is ever-growing, but remains an exclusive list of names for the time being. Zedd, Grey, and Maren Morris now add their names to that list with their hit collaboration, “The Middle.” “Today marks an unbelievable milestone for me,” Zedd wrote …
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Spotify hits new all-time high on the New York Stock Exchange
Spotify stock has hit a new all-time high on the New York Stock Exchange this week. On Friday (January 8), the streaming giant’s stock reached $354.60, and closed at $353.48, up 7% from the closing price the day before and up 12.2% for the week. At Friday’s high, Spotify’s value rose to roughly $66.1 billion. …
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Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha hit one billion Spotify streams for “In The Name Of Love”
Martin Garrix is the newest entrant into the Billion Spotify Streams club, and it’s not for “Animals.” “In The Name Of Love” with Bebe Rexha has just crossed the one billion threshold, Garrix’s first on the platform, surprisingly. The song came out in 2016 and instantly became one of his biggest pop hits, and has …
Remixers and Bootleggers are Using a Spotify Loophole to Upload Unofficial Works to the Platform
Underground artists and producers have found somewhat of a loophole that allows them to post their unofficial works to Spotify. Rather than following the normal uploading process—which has many measures in place to detect copyright infringement and derivative works—users are now taking their bootlegs to Spotify’s Podcasts feature. While YouTube and SoundCloud are rife with bootleg …
Here is a Sassy AI Bot That Roasts Your Taste in Music
You may think you know the best new tracks and artists, but you don’t, according to a new artificial intelligence bot that roasts your taste in music. The program, developed by digital publication The Pudding, is essentially the de facto nemesis of Spotify’s “Wrapped” programming. Once you log in, the sassy AI bot crawls your …
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The Complete Edition of Daft Punk’s “TRON: Legacy” Soundtrack is Now on Apple Music and Spotify
In celebration of the 10th anniversary of TRON: Legacy, nine elusive tracks from Daft Punk‘s Grammy-nominated score have been added to a number of streaming services, including Apple Music and Spotify. The new releases add on to the original and make up “The Complete Edition” of the soundtrack. It’s worth noting that the newly added songs …
Spotify “Spoken Words Analyzer” Patent Approved, Will Use AI to Analyze Song Lyrics
Spotify has successfully patented a “Spoken Word Analyzer” feature, which will allow the platform to make determinations about a song’s lyrical content through the power of AI. The streaming giant filed the patent, which was ultimately approved by the United States Patent and Trademark Office this week, in late August 2020. The patent describes a feature that would …
Custom Spotify playlist covers arrive on mobile app – Dancing Astronaut
by: Rugby Scruggs Dec 18, 2020 Spotify continues to emphasize the importance of intertwining audio and visual art. Recently, the platform made its Canvas looping video feature available to the masses, allowing artists to upload a short clip to play alongside their releases and integrate into Instagram stories. Now, the streaming platform is rolling out …
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Here’s How to Upload Custom Spotify Playlist Covers from Your Phone
Those who pride themselves on their playlist-making abilities now have one more tool in their arsenal. You can now accompany the hand-picked Spotify selections chosen by your masterful ear with a custom playlist cover to help tie the experience together. While this feature has been available on desktop for quite some time, it hadn’t been …
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[Opinion] Spotify Editorials Have Become The Worst Place For New Music Discovery On The Internet Spotify Editorials Have Become The Worst Music Discovery Tool Of 2020
Yes, you read that title right. That doesn’t and shouldn’t make sense, does it? Why does the leading digital streaming platform in all of music have the worst curated playlists? We used to love Spotify Editorials when they 1st starting gaining major popularity in and around 2015 & 2016. Friday Cratediggers, Dance Rising, New Dance …