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Holiday music listening started earlier on Amazon Music

23/12/2020

Holiday music listening started earlier on Amazon Music in 2020 with 3.5Bn streams and 230 million voice requests so far. The Amazon Music holiday programming team has curated hundreds of new playlists and stations such as Christmas Past, Holiday Pop and Feel-Good Christmas. In 2020 holiday listening earlier than ever before with listeners playing seasonal music around the clock and asking Alexa to play holiday music every minute of every day since 1st October. Amazon Music has also surpassed 3.5 Bn […]

Spotify plans to launch in South Korea

22/12/2020

Spotify plans to launch in South Korea with a rollout expected in first half of 2021 according to a recent announcement by the streamer. Since Spotify debuted its first K-Pop playlist in 2014, listeners have streamed more than 180 Bn minutes of the genre and added K-Pop tracks to more than 120 million playlists. In the last six years, the share of K-Pop listening on Spotify has increased by more than 2,000%. Launching in South […]

Listening to Spotify podcasts on Alexa extended

19/12/2020

Listening to Spotify podcasts on Alexa extended in 11 new countries – Germany, France, Italy, Spain, UK, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, India, Austria, and Ireland. Spotify rolled out this feature in the US in late 2019 and has now extended this to more countries to both Free and Premium subscribers. How to setup listening to Spotify podcasts on Alexa Go to the Amazon Alexa App. Open the menu, head to Settings, then Music & Podcasts. If […]

NPR shows available as Spotify Podcasts

16/12/2020

NPR shows available as Spotify Podcasts giving worldwide listeners the opportunity to connect with NPR’s daily source of wisdom and entertainment previously available only to Americans. Every day, millions connect with NPR and NPR Member stations across the US for everything from pop culture podcasts to the nightly news. In 2018 Spotify announced that US fans of NPR would also be able to stream select NPR shows on Spotify, making NPR’s offerings available in one convenient place. […]

Deezer’s collaborative playlist arrives on Android

16/12/2020

Deezer’s collaborative playlist arrives on Android and joins desktop and web users in being able to create your perfect mix. Now you can team up with your friends or family to co-create the perfect music mix. Android users can now switch on the new ‘Collaborative’ toggle at the top of any of the playlists you’ve made. This will allow other music fans to add tracks. If you want to start fresh, just create a new […]

Pandora publishes Top Thumb Hundred 2020

12/12/2020

Pandora publishes Top Thumb Hundred 2020 with 9 out of the top ten tracks being Hip Hop and Rap. Girl power also came good with Cardi B topping the list and Megan Thee Stallion leading the list of power acts with the most songs included in the rankings – eight. Power Acts – artists with the most songs on the list Megan Thee Stallion: 8 Drake: 7 Lil Baby: 7 Jhené Aiko: 6 Roddy Ricch: […]

YouTube reveals top music videos in 2020

12/12/2020

YouTube reveals top music videos in 2020 together with the top trends and moments that shaped the year. Despite the pandemic and the restrictions on live music artists got creative bringing fans together by using YouTube as a virtual stage, filming music videos from home, and by unlocking extraordinary concerts from the archives. YouTube commented, “…while this year was unlike any other, it didn’t stop artists from connecting and engaging with their global YouTube community, […]