• Drake's 'Hotline Bling' Gets Funny Celebrity Remix [WATCH VIDEO]

    Drake's "Hotline Bling" has been the most celebrated song this year. With remakes by Erykah Badu and Justin Bieber already out, it comes as no surprise that everybody else wants to join in. So of course, W Magazine grabbed a handful of celebrities and put them in front of a camera to recite "Hotline Bling." As you probably guessed, it was magical.
  • Spotify Expands Discover Weekly with New Personalized Concert Recommendations

    Spotify already has already made major waves with its Discover Weekly playlists, but now the streaming service is looking to help its users find even more music, even if it's away from the comfort of your phone. On Thursday (Nov. 12), Spotify announced that it will be rolling out a Concerts feature to sync users with live music in their area.
  • Ed Sheeran Talks Spotify, Being Hungover for His Best Concerts

    In the midst of his increasing success in the music industry and a quick introduction to the acting world, Ed Sheeran discovered an unexpected correlation between his best concerts and the amount of alcohol consumed the night before. The 'X' singer-songwriter recently divulged in an interview that he has nothing but appreciation for Spotify and that he "made sure" to spend the night drinking just ahead of his three sold out gigs at Wembley Stadium in London last summer, the focus of his latest concert film, 'Jumpers for Goalposts.'
  • YouTube Red Subscription Video Service Takes on Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal

    In the often talked about battle of music subscription services, three big players are most frequently talked about. Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal lead the pack and the discussions. However, what is usually left out of that conversation is the fact that with more than 1 billion users, YouTube trumps them all in terms of numbers, and today the video service announced the rollout of a new subscription model dubbed YouTube Red, which the company hopes will bring more money to content creators, more videos and more viewership.
  • Spotify Drops Victory Records for Alleged Unpaid Royalties

    As of Monday night, Spotify users in the U.S. no longer have access to the Victory Records catalog. The streaming music giant dropped the content due to a current battle over unpaid artist royalties, sister company Another Victory Publishing claims.
  • Joanna Newsom Slams Spotify, Compares it to a Rotten Banana

    Joanna Newsom's first album in five years, 'Divers,' drops next week, but don't expect to find it on Spotify. The harp-playing singer-songwriter slammed the music-streaming service in a recent interview, calling it "the banana of the music industry," asserting that "it just gives off a fume. You can just smell that something's wrong with it."
  • Spotify Goes Crazy, Lists 50 Weird Music Genres, Including Nerdcore & Vegan Straight Edge

    Genres at their best are broad classifications that help us categorize the vast pool of music our culture produces, and at its worst incoherent adjectives that can't be defined by the musicians who ascribe to it or the fans who follow it. Which is why it's so crazy that Spotify gives credence to 50 horrible genres. From nerdcore to vegan straight edge, to catstep, Spotify is determined to amuse you are make you mad enough to want to throw your iPod.
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