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⭐️ Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ Becomes First Album to Get One Billion Streams on Spotify in a Single Week

The previous high-water mark for most album streams in a week belonged to Swift’s last all-new release, “Midnights,” in October 2022. Spotify did not release a specific figure when it announced at the time that “Midnights” had broken the record, but observers adding the numbers through publicly available Spotify data at the time estimated the figure to be in the 700,000s.

⭐️ Spotify Hits 239M Paying Subs in First Quarter

The music streaming giant, led by CEO Daniel Ek, plans to offer an audiobook-only price tier as well as a music-only tier.

⭐️ Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' album breaks multiple Spotify records

Swift now holds the record for most-streamed album, song and artist in a single day on Spotify with the release of her 11th studio album.

⭐️ 25% of Spotify Premium subscribers are listening to audiobooks

Spotify certainly thinks audiobooks are going to be popular with its listeners, but do those listeners agree?

⭐️ Is Classic Rock Radio Better Than Spotify?

For a brand that's been around for 18 years now, Spotify has truly pulled off some remarkable feats.  While not “first in,” the Swedish music streaming behemoth has become the most popular music streaminig platform, passing Pandora, Slacker, and other brands that have falled by the wayside.

🗣 Podcasts 🗣

• Inverse incentives: the implications of Spotify’s Substack integration for podcasts

▶️ Playlists ▶️

• Discover Your K-Pop Persona With Spotify's New Interactive Experience

• I Used Spotify's Blend Feature to Test My Relationship Compatibility

🎧 Streams 🎧

• A Grifter Using AI Stole a St. Louis Band's Entire Album to Game Spotify

🎼 Spotify 4 Artists 🎼

• Why Spotify‘s personalization features are in the marketing spotlight

• Your Song Went Viral on TikTok? Now There's a Chance it Will Impact Your Spotify Artist Account

✏️ Ek Notes ✏️

• Spotify CEO Daniel Ek says layoffs were more disruptive than expected

🤖 Spot(ai)fy 🤖

• Spotify’s latest AI feature builds playlists based on text descriptions

💡 Tips & Tricks 💡

• 12 Hidden Spotify Tricks You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner

💰 Stock 💰

• Spotify profits up, but lower marketing hits user growth

• Spotify turns up volume to make record profits

🔥 News 🔥

• Apple rejects Spotify’s update with pricing information for EU users

• Wondery Hires Spotify’s Chris Baughen As Wondery+ Launches In UK

• Neil Young’s Spotify tiff is a reminder that tech giants always win

• Spotify Brings Entrepreneurs and Trailblazers Together to Talk the Future of Tech in the UK

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🎵 New Adventures 🎵

Midas Shadow Al Stewart

Cocaine and Ashes Son Volt

The Sky's The Limit The Duprees

I Still Dream You Cocktail Slippers

She's A Runner Billy Squier

Texas Flood Stevie Ray Vaughan

The Fitted Shirt Spoon

Keep Smiling Natalie Cole

My Cherie Amour George Benson

It's Only Love ZZ Top

📧 Get in touch 📧

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