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Starting on March 2, 2015 we’ll be introducing new rules to improve our Verified Artist program as well as an updated and easier process for apply for verification. These rules will NOT affect artists who have already been verified on Spotify, but will apply to ALL new verification requests. Minimum Followers Criteria: 250 Follower […]
Changes to a Verified Artist Profile We’ve now made it simpler and easier for fans to find and listen to your Spotify playlists on your verified Artist profile! From today, the Artist Profile & Discography pages have been merged. This means that: The ‘View Profile’ button has been removed. Public playlists can now be found […]
To celebrate New Year’s Eve this year, Spotify and Avicii turned the popular Fresh Dance Tracks playlist into a 24-hour global One World Party with local shoutouts to individual regions, photos, video, and a new Avicii track exclusive to Spotify — a self-remix entitled “The Nights.” The big idea: to give NYE partiers and dance […]
It was another great year in music. Ed Sheeran was the most-streamed artist in the world on Spotify and his album x was the most-streamed album. Eminem and Katy Perry were the most streamed male and female artists in the US, respectively, and “Happy“, Pharrell Williams’ modern ode to joy, was the most-streamed song of the […]
Meghan Trainor made history when her single “All About That Bass” splashed onto the Official Singles Chart in the UK a couple of months ago. This was even before her single went on sale, so she charted solely on the strength of her streaming numbers. Nobody had ever done that before. Should we be surprised? […]
Unfortunately ArtistLink (formerly Topspin) have decided to discontinue their merchandise integration with Spotify. This means that, as of today, any merchandise which was being distributed to Spotify artist pages via ArtistLink will no longer be displayed to users and artists will not be able to use ArtistLink to add new merchandise to Spotify. So if […]
In honor of the scariest holiday — okay, the only even slightly scary holiday, unless you harbor an irrational fear of Santa or the Bunny — Slipknot seized control of Spotify’s popular Rock Right Now playlist in celebration of this year’s Halloween. Their Playlist Takeover included original shoutouts and song dedications the band recorded to […]
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