• Spotify Expects To Have 100 Million Users By End Of 2015

    The business world has convened on New York City this week for a slew of panels, presentations and meetings as Adweek now comes to a close. Spotify has been one of the major players in the music space and early on in the week, the streaming giant made the bold proclamation that it intends have "close to 100 million" users by the end of the year.

  • National One-Hit Wonder Day is Here, Celebrate With Your Favorite Hits

    You've had a long week at work and now it's time to relax and watch a movie or go out on the town and party. Either way, it's National One-Hit Wonder Day and no matter what your Friday plans are it's about time we honored these artists that once meant so much to pop culture and then dropped off the face of the earth.

  • Justin Bieber Releases Acoustic Version of 'What Do You Mean' [WATCH]

    Pop sensation Justin Bieber has announced that he has released an acoustic version (as promised to fans) for his No.1 single "What Do You Mean." The release has officially set the Spotify record of being streamed 21 million times in five days. He had initially offered the stripped-down version to his fans if they would set a world record for streaming on the hip music discovery site and the Beliebers certainly seem up to the challenge after hitting their goal in less than a week, beating out One Direction's standing Spotify record.

  • Eminem, The Killers and Linkin Park Top New Spotify Timeless Music List

    Using data from Spotify, a new publication called Polygraph has visualized the music that has stood the test of time. These streaming music playcounts can give us insight and actual numerical backing to long held debates such as Notorious B.I.G. vs. Tupac Shakur or the validity of Linkin Park as a lasting band in the annals of history as the band's hit song "Numb" comes in at No. 3 on a list of most played songs on Spotify after Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and The Killer's "Mr. Brightside."

  • Music Has Been Streamed Over One Trillion Times In 2015

    Streaming is the present and future of music consumption. Consumers, artists and industry observers will all agree on that point. There has been a growing number of data as to how ubiquitous the practice has become in the past few years, but the Pandora-owned music data analytics company Next Big Sound has put it very simply. In the first six months of 2015, music was streamed over one trillion times across various services such as Spotify, YouTube, SoundCloud, Rdio, Vevo, Vimeo and Pandora.

  • Spotify 25 Under 25: Ed Sheeran, Ariana Grande, One Direction Led Streams

    When it comes to owning Spotify's streams as a young musician, no one does it better than Ed Sheeran. Today (Aug. 18), the streaming service announced its "25 Under 25" musicians, and ahead of major pop players such as Ariana Grande, One Direction and Fifth Harmony, the title of the most-streamed young act of the year goes to none other than the "Thinking Out Loud" singer himself.

  • Barack Obama Hand Picks Summer #POTUSPlaylist on Spotify

    If you've ever given a thought to President Barack Obama's summer playlist, you're not alone and the curiousity can finally be put to rest. On Friday morning, the White House unveiled the summer #POTUSPlaylist on Spotify, complete with over 180 minutes of tunes and 40 tracks. One was crafted for the daytime and another chosen for specifically for nightfall, both hand-picked by Obama himself who's currently vacationing in Martha's Vineyard.

  • Spotify Reportedly Planning On Offering More Premium-Only Content

    Spotify is looking to expand its premium only content as it nears the final deadline to complete negotiations with the three major labels. According to a report in Digital Music News, citing anonymous sources, the streaming service is moving towards offering more content only to premium subscribers or for a very limited time to non-paying users.
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