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Spotify’s New Royalty Model Explained by an Expert (Guest Column)
Kristin Graziani, the president of music distribution platform Stem, argues that Spotify’s new royalty model is likely to benefit artists. A Thousand Streams in Your Pocket: Spotify’s New Royalty Model Explained by an Expert Kristin Graziani
Spotify to offer premium subscribers 15 free hours of audiobook streaming per month
The feature is being rolled out to the UK and Australia this week, while US subscribers can expect a launch sometime this winter. Spotify to Offer Premium Subscribers 15 Free Hours of Audiobook Streaming Per Month Abby Jones
Zach Bryan’s mugshot is the new cover for Spotify’s Outlaw Country playlist
Bryan was arrested on September 7th for obstruction of an investigation. Zach Bryan’s Mugshot Is the New Cover for Spotify’s Outlaw Country Playlist Carys Anderson
Swedish gang members using Spotify to launder money: Report
Gangsters allegedly use Bitcoin to acquire extra streams for artists tied to the mob, then cash out later. Swedish Gang Members Using Spotify to Launder Money: Report Carys Anderson
Kate Bush thanks fans for “impossibly astonishing” 1 billion streams of “Running Up That Hill”
"I have an image of a river that suddenly floods and becomes many, many tributaries -- a billion streams -- on their way to the sea." Kate Bush Thanks Fans for “Impossibly Astonishing” 1 Billion Streams of “Running Up That Hill” Carys Anderson
Clairo unveils Live at Electric Lady EP: Stream
Claire Cottrill sang songs from both of her studio albums at the famed New York City studio. Clairo Unveils Live at Electric Lady EP: Stream Carys Anderson
Spotify Reportedly Being Stingy With Joe Rogan-Inspired Diversity Funds
A spokesperson for Spotify denied reports that the streaming giant has spent very little of a fund created in 2022 to promote diversity efforts in podcasting. According to reports, less than 10% of the estimated $100 million in the Creators Equity Fund has been spent to date. The post Spotify Reportedly Being Stingy With Joe Rogan-Inspired Diversity Funds appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
BTS’ “Boy With Luv” Becomes First Korean-Language Song to Hit 1 Billion Spotify Streams
The track, which features Halsey, appears on the K-pop group's 2019 EP Map of the Soul: Persona. BTS’ “Boy With Luv” Becomes First Korean-Language Song to Hit 1 Billion Spotify Streams Carys Anderson
Megan Moroney, ERNEST & 49 Winchester Land on Spotify’s 2023 Hot Country Artists to Watch List
On Thursday (Jan. 12), Spotify released its Hot Country Artists to Watch list, and making this year’s list is Megan Moroney, who just released a music video for her viral hit “Tennessee Orange, which currently ranks at No. 43 on Billboard‘s Country Airplay chart. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I remember when I moved to town, I dreamed of being on the Hot Country Playlist,” Moroney said in a Spotify video. “To be on that playlist now is very cool for me and I’m very grateful.” “Narcissist” singer-songwriter Avery Anna makes the list too, as does Dylan Marlowe (known for his remake of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Drivers License” and new song “Goodbye Gets Around”). ERNEST, who earned a top 20 Billboard Country Airplay hit with “Flower Shops” (featuring ...
’90s Hip-Hop Duo Black Sheep Sues Universal Music Over an Alleged $750M in Unpaid Spotify Stock Royalties
A prominent ’90s hip-hop duo is suing Universal Music Group for withholding royalties tied to what they’re alleging is a “sweetheart” deal the label reached with Spotify in the late 2000s. Filed Wednesday (Jan. 4) in U.S. district court in New York by attorneys representing Andres Titus (Dres) and William McLean (Mista Lawnge), members of the hip-hop duo Black Sheep, the lawsuit claims UMG owes its artists approximately $750 million in royalties deriving from the company’s stock in Spotify. Under a licensing deal they claim UMG and the streaming giant reached in 2008, the label agreed to receive lower royalty payments in exchange for equity in the then-nascent streaming company. But Titus and McLean say the label breached their contract with Black Sheep and other artists by withholding wha...
Here Are the Best Spotify Wrapped Memes of 2022
It’s Spotify Wrapped season, that wonderful time of the year when a multi-billion dollar corporation tricks its users into running a global marketing campaign for free. With quirky graphics, completely made-up genres and plenty of opportunities to publically shame your friends, it’s tough to refrain from sharing your top songs and artists of the year and flexing your greatness—or cringiness. In honor of this brazen display of data harvesting, we’ve compiled the best Spotify Wrapped memes of 2022. Obliterating your parents’ computer for a YouTube rip of a song was so worth it Let’s get this out of the way right now: there’s absolutely nothing wrong with listening to 225 hours of Skrillex in a year Can’t tell if we’re supposed to laugh or cry? ...
Here’s How to Create Your Own Viral Spotify Music Festival Lineup
A new app has provided an easy way to assert your dominance as the person with the best music taste in your friend group. If you’ve been subjecting yourself to the needless dopamine loop of social media lately, you’ve probably seen a lot of crazy festival lineups that seem too good (or bad) to be true. That’s because they are. These lineups are the result of a new viral web app called Instafest, which links up to your Spotify account and examines your listening habits to create the three-day lineup of your dreams. A demo lineup created using the Instafest app. Instafest Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles Instafest gives you the option to change the theme of the flier, add a cool title and choose if you want to feature your top artists from the last four weeks, s...
