Hello! Thanks for joining us for a new installment of the Spotify Newsletter. As we inch closer to the big #100, the latest issue packs an assortment of quality links about the audio behemoth. Have a nice weekend and thanks again for reading!

★In the SPOTlight★

⭐️ Spotify still the clear market leader in premium streaming, although its market share is slipping

Spotify is still by far the biggest premium music streaming service, although its lead has slipped slightly over the last two years. That’s according to the latest report on the music streaming market from entertainment industry consultancy MIDiA.

⭐️ Spotify is giving its app a refresh for 2022

The announcement signals the first update to the streaming site’s icon suite since the app’s last major redesign 2016. 

Spotify’s design systems team Encore Foundation collaborated with iconographer Rob Bartlett to create the new icons. Bartlett was also the iconographer behind the 2016 redesign. 

⭐️ How streaming services like Spotify saved the music industry

Streaming giants and their stranglehold on the industry are divisive to say the least with everyone from Beyoncé to Taylor railing against them. But here record company exec Jamie Collinson argues they aren’t parasites, but the saviours of the music world.

⭐️ Did You Know Spotify Has a Voice Assistant?

Voice assistants are all the rage, but did you know Spotify has one too? That’s right, the Spotify app for iPhone, iPad, and Android has a voice assistant built-in and it’s surprisingly cool. We’ll tell you all about it.

⭐️ Movie and Film Buff? Spotify’s ‘Listen If You Watch’ Page Has the Perfect Podcast for You

The third season of the show you’ve been bingeing ends with a sudden cliff-hanger. A movie with many twists and turns comes to a conclusion that leaves you wanting more. There’s nothing else you can watch until you’ve sufficiently processed. It’s time to turn to podcasts. 

🗣Podcast Action🗣

Spotify, CoComelon Ink Exclusive Deal for New Kids’ Story-Time Podcast

German Spotify Original Podcast ‘Die Podcast Games’ Brings Game Show Thrills to Audio

Spotify amps up kids content with Moonbug

🎧The Playlist List🎧

BTS makes Spotify history with THIS number of streams for their discography

🖌Design Notes🖌

Watch Spotify’s tour of its plush U.S. headquarters

🔥Even More Hot News Links🔥

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Can Spotify Become the Next Google?

Spotify poaches Yahoo's Kristiana Carlet for international sales chief

Spotify Wins Trademark Lawsuit Against Weed Company ‘Potify’

Andrew Garfield Once Sang the Spider-Man Theme and Twitter Wants it on Spotify

🎵New Adventures in Spotify🎵

That's Enough Ray Charles

You've Been in Love Too Long - 2008 Remaster Bonnie Raitt

Tell Me What Fine Young Cannibals

O My God The Police

(The) Farmer's Daughter Yo La Tengo

I Sat Down Hal

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND!!! 😀