A Christmas Eve edition of the Spotify Newsletter! Thank you for reading! Even with the holiday weekend set to begin there was enough quality news to help deliver a solid line-up of Spotify news.

We want to wish you a very happy and healthy holiday weekend!! We will be back next week for our usual Friday issue - a New Year’s Eve edition of the newsletter as we get ready to say hello to 2022. 😀

★In the SPOTlight★

⭐️ Spotify Has Plans To Move Beyond Music And Become The Instagram And TikTok Of Audio

A decade ago, Daniel Ek convinced labels and artists to stream their songs on Spotify, reviving the flatlining music industry. Now, after amassing a $4.4 billion fortune, he’s moving past pop stars, opening his superstreamer to storytelling, live talk and a new breed of audio creators in a bid to own the world’s digital eardrums.

⭐️ Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape of You’ Is the First Song to Reach 3 Billion Streams on Spotify

Sheeran revealed in a video celebrating the feat that he initially didn't want the song on ÷.

⭐️ Spotify CFO sees beyond music a 'limitless' opportunity

Spotify is rapidly growing its audience as it seeks to become the premier platform for a galaxy of audio choices.

⭐️ Spotify Has a Gen Z Problem. Or Is It an Opportunity?

Executives at Spotify are worried that the youngest generation of listeners isn’t using its product enough. Don’t take it from me. Take it from co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Daniel Ek.

🗣Podcast Action🗣

Spotify unveils sprawling podcast hub in downtown L.A.

Spotify Is Building on Megaphone’s Capabilities With the Acquisition of Whooshkaa

🎧The Playlist List🎧

Mariah Carey Celebrates ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ Hitting 1 Billion Streams on Spotify

These are the most streamed Christmas songs on Spotify by state

Listen to Playbill's Holiday Playlist on Spotify

The only Christmas music playlist you’ll ever need is (almost) 8 days long

🖌Design Notes🖌

As Spotify Wrapped rolled out around the world, we were curious to learn what designers found most surprising about their Wrapped experience.

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🎵New Adventures in Spotify🎵

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Back on the Chain Gang Morrissey

The Flowers Of Guatemala R.E.M.

Odetta Joe Henry

So Long - Single Version James Brown & The Famous Flames

Peanuts The Police

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!! 😀