Happy Friday —— welcome to another installment of the Spotify Newsletter!
It’s another fun week of news. Let’s jump right in and see what’s shakin’!
★In the SPOTlight★
⭐️ Families Dress Up as Music Stars in Spotify's Fun New Campaign
Bad Bunny! Lil Yachty! Ozzy Osbourne! Lady Gaga! Dolly Parton!
⭐️ For The First Time, A Song From The ’90s Has Eclipsed A Billion Spotify Streams
While older songs tend to be the ones that top lists of the greatest tunes ever, contemporary tracks fare much better in the ranks of the most-streamed music.
⭐️ The Kid LAROI Tunes up For Spotify's RADAR Program
Teenage Aussie rapper The Kid LAROI is Spotify’s third U.S. RADAR artist, the streamer’s spotlight program for emerging acts.
⭐️ Spotify's Looking for a "Breaking Bad" Moment
Can Spotify expand its audience by distributing content to other platforms?
⭐️ Where Will Spotify Be in 5 Years?
Spotify has clearly been deemed a winner of the COVID-19 stay-at-home economy. The stock has been on a torrid run this year, up a whopping 71.7% for 2020 thus far, and receiving a market cap of nearly $50 billion dollars.
🗣Podcast Action🗣
Spotify Inks Podcast First-Look Deal With Scooter Braun’s Ithaca
Spotify is leaning on influencers to win the podcasting wars
21% of Spotify’s users engage with podcasts
Spotify takes down four QAnon podcasts after media coverage
𝄞The Playlist List𝄞
Inside Spotify’s Wokest Country Music Playlist
All Right! Matthew McConaughey Drops the Soundtrack of His Life on Spotify
Spotify’s The Get Up is part morning show, part personalized playlist
🔥Even more hot news links🔥
Why is Spotify increasing the cost of its Family Plan in Australia?
Calvin Harris Celebrates His First Two Billion-Play Songs On Spotify
5 Reasons why Spotify is better than YouTube Music
Is Spotify in for a rough ride from the UK government?
Spotify now has its own iOS 14 widget
Spotify Is Fusing Music, Podcasts, and Radio in New ‘Original Shows’
🎧And now … a little music🎧
Episode 29 is here and ready to go! The new ‘New Adventures in Spotify’ begins with quite a foursome: Grace Jones, Louis Armstrong, Mink DeVille and M. Ward.
Thanks for reading! Have a superb weekend!! 😀