Spotify users listening to Adele’s 30 will hear the album as the singer intended after the streaming service promised to remove the default shuffle feature from the LP, as per Adele’s request. “This was the only request I had in our ever changing industry! We don’t create albums with so …
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Omar Apollo put a new spin on the classic “California Dreamin’” as part of his entry into Spotify‘s Singles series, where artists contribute a new version of one of their songs along with a cover of another artist. The Mexican-American singer conjured up the same moodiness and mystique found in …
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Rina Sawayama covered Lady Gaga‘s “Dance in the Dark” for Spotify Singles’ Pride campaign — the track originally appeared on Gaga’s 2009 release The Fame Monster, an expanded reissue of her 2008 debut albumThe Fame. On Twitter, Sawayama called “Dance in the Dark” one of her favorite songs and added …
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On any given day, according to Spotify‘s CEO Daniel Ek, around 40,000 new tracks are uploaded to the music-streaming service — be it from major labels, independent outlets, unknown new artists going the DIY route, or a madcap mix of all. The deluge drives artists to try anything to make …
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Toward the end of Bebe Rexha‘s mini-set at Thursday night’s Spotify party for the Grammys’ Best New Artist nominees at Los Angeles’ Hammer Museum, the pop singer-songwriter stopped her hit “Meant to Be” as the song began. “I worked too hard for this fucking bullshit,” she admonished the lethargic audience. …
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Spotify celebrated its 10th birthday in October — making it, by modern measures, a veteran tech company, long past the scrappy startup phase of existence. It’s gotten there by being very good at knowing what it does best. Now, to reach the next stages of profitability and long-term success, it …
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