50 songs you won’t believe are turning 50 this year

50 songs you won't believe are turning 50 this year

Stacker surveyed Billboard’s Hot 100 list of top songs in 1973 and highlighted the top 50. – Michael Ochs Archives // Getty Images Kaiya Shunyata The 1970s was a tumultuous time, full of upheaval on many […]

Spotify Adds Ability to Exclude Playlists from Your ‘Taste Profile’

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Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify has added the ability to exclude certain playlists from your taste profile. Stop your sleep playlist, kid’s nursery rhymes, and more from influencing your actual music preferences. “We understand why you […]

Apple Music Releases Rihanna’s Catalog in Spatial Audio

Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show Rihanna spatial audio catalog

Photo Credit: Apple Ahead of the Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show featuring Rihanna, Apple Music makes the singer’s catalog available for listening with spatial audio. Apple Music is the new halftime show sponsor for Super […]

Meet the Company Blowing Up Catalog Tracks on Spotify

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Photo Credit: Jonas Leupe More catalog tracks are charting on Spotify than ever before. So Playlist Push has shifted its focus — helping ‘old’ become ‘new’ again. Since 2020, the portion of Spotify’s Global Weekly […]

Shania Twain’s “Giddy Up” Is Our Song of the Week

Shania Twain's "Giddy Up" Is Our Song of the Week

Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from […]

SoundExchange Lists 2022’s Top Non-Interactive Streaming Songs

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Photo Credit: marcen27 / CC by 2.0 Lil Nas X’s “That’s What I Want” racked up the most non-interactive streams of any “new” track in the U.S. during a year-long period in 2022, according to […]

Spotify India Launches In-App Rewards Program – How It Works

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Photo Credit: Szymon Kopeć Spotify is testing a new feature for its pay-as-you-go plans in India, dubbed Premium Mini. Here’s how it works. Spotify Premium Mini service provides access to the service for a day […]

Mariah Carey’s Christmas hit tops Billboard charts for a fourth straight year : NPR

Mariah Carey's Christmas hit tops Billboard charts for a fourth straight year : NPR

Mariah Carey, pictured performing at 2019 Billboard Music Awards, has topped the charts again with her signature Christmas hit. Ethan Miller/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ethan Miller/Getty Images Mariah Carey, pictured performing at 2019 […]

Harry Styles tops Spotify list with most streamed song of 2022 – Music News

Harry Styles tops Spotify list with most streamed song of 2022 - Music News

Harry Styles’ hit ‘As It Was’ has been named Spotify’s most streamed song of 2022. The former One Direction star finds himself at the top of the streaming platform’s rankings for listeners around the world, […]

Apple Music Reveals 2022 Top Songs, Plus a Revamped ‘Replay’

Apple Music top songs of 2022

Photo Credit: Apple Music Apple Music revamps its ‘Replay’ experience, offering subscribers expanded listening insights, new functionality, and a personalized highlight reel. Here’s a peek at the top songs of 2022, too. Starting today, Apple Music subscribers […]

What do end-of-year music wrap-ups say about our listening habits?

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Now that we’ve hit December, many people looking on their social media feeds will be seeing end-of-year listening roundups like Instafest, Spotify Wrapped, and Apple Music Replay. These roundups analyze your music listening for the year to generate a […]

Tunedly Aims to Disrupt the Music Industry With TunedCoin Project

Tunedly introducing TunedCoin

Photo Credit: Tunedly (Chris Erhardt and Mylène Besançon) Blockchain technology is rapidly evolving with new use cases. Supply chain tracking and tracing, compliance auditing, and simplified payment processing are all some of the applications for […]

Chartmetric Pushes Its Music Data Footprint Further With ‘V2’

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Chartmetric logo  Chartmetric has long afforded the music industry access to authoritative listenership stats and engagement insights. Now, to enhance users’ experiences and career results, the one-stop data platform has debuted a ‘v2’ update that […]