Spotify has introduced the AI Playlist feature in beta mode for Premium users in the UK and Australia, allowing users to create playlists based on text or emoji prompts. The feature quickly generates playlists of 30 songs based on the input, with options to edit and save. Users can prompt using emojis, movie characters, colors, and more, with the AI accurately curating playlists. While still in beta, the feature aims to streamline playlist creation and discovery of new music, with measures in place to prevent offensive prompts. It is hailed as a time-saving tool for last-minute events or travel playlists.
Spotify introduces a beta tool for creating curated playlists based on text prompts, allowing users to generate playlists matching specific moods, genres, or themes by typing in prompts like music for a rainy day, initially available to Premium subscribers in the UK and Australia on mobile devices. The AI Playlist feature can generate playlists based on combinations of genres, moods, artists, and more, improving playlist results over time, with limitations on non-music-related prompts like current events or specific brands.
Spotify is working on a new Music Pro add-on, likely replacing the previously announced Spotify HiFi, offering 16-bit and 24-bit high-fidelity sound, lossless listening, advanced mixing tools, playlist filtering features, and AI playlist generation. The add-on may include additional features like new ways to sort through playlists, personalized music recaps, and headphone optimization for specific models. The price and release date are still unknown, but leaks suggest a fee of $20 per month. Spotify aims to attract audiophiles and increase revenue by introducing this new premium feature.
Spotify is developing mixing tools that would allow users to remix songs directly on the platform, potentially under a new Music Pro premium subscription tier. The tools would enable users to flex their DJ skills, set tempo ranges, filter by genres and moods, and create remixes to fit different scenarios. The mixing capabilities aim to let musicians earn money from remixes tied to their original tracks and may help address unofficial remixes on the platform. Spotify's development of these tools aligns with the trend of sped-up songs popularized by TikTok.
Spotify is developing tools for paid subscribers to remix tracks, including speeding up, mashing up, and editing songs, inspired by TikTok trends. These modifications aim to generate new revenue streams for artists, ensuring royalties for original songs. Spotify's approach differs from TikTok's unauthorized remixes, with plans to tie remixed tracks to the original recording and prevent sharing on third-party platforms. The platform is considering offering basic remix tools to Premium subscribers and more advanced features to higher-tier subscribers, alongside a potential increase in subscription rates in key markets like the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
Spotify, a music streaming company, has attracted significant criticism since its 2006 launch, mainly over artist compensation. Unlike physical sales or downloads, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays royalties based on the artist's "market share"—the number of streams for their songs as a proportion of total songs streamed on the service. Spotify distributes approximately 70% of its total revenue to rights holders, who then pay artists based on their individual agreements. Multiple artists have criticised the policy, most notably Taylor Swift and Thom Yorke, who temporarily withdrew their music from the service.Spotify faces particular scrutiny due to its free service tier, which allows users to listen free with advertisements between tracks. The tier has led to a variety of major album releases being delayed or withdrawn from the service. Spotify claims it benefits the industry by migrating users away from piracy and less monetized platforms and encouraging them to upgrade to paid accounts. Record labels keep a large amount of Spotify earnings.Spotify has also attracted media attention for several security breaches, as well as for controversial moves including a significant change to its privacy policy, "pay-for-play" practices based on receiving money from labels for putting specific songs on popular playlists, and allegedly creating "fake artists" for prominent playlist placement, which Spotify denies.Spotify CEO Daniel Ek was also criticized for making donations through his investment company to military research of artificial intelligence.
Spotify (; Swedish: [ˈspɔ̂tːɪfaj]) is a Swedish audio streaming and media service provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 602 million monthly active users, including 236 million paying subscribers, as of December 2023. Spotify is listed (through a Luxembourg City-domiciled holding company, Spotify Technology S.A.) on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts.Spotify offers digital copyright restricted recorded audio content, including more than 100 million songs and five million podcasts, from record labels and media companies. As a freemium service, basic features are free with advertisements and limited control, while additional features, such as offline listening and commercial-free listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. Users can search for music based on artist, album, or genre, and can create, edit, and share playlists.Spotify is available in most of Europe, as well as Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania, with a total availability in 184 markets. Its users and subscribers are based largely in the US and Europe, jointly accounting for around 53% of users and 67% of revenue. It has no presence in mainland China where the market is dominated by QQ Music. The service is available on most devices, including Windows, macOS, and Linux computers, iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, smart home devices such as the Amazon Echo and Google Nest lines of products, and digital media players like Roku.As of December 2023, Spotify was the 47th most-visited website in the world with 24.78% of its traffic coming from the United States followed by Brazil with 6.51% according to data provided by Semrush.Unlike physical or download sales, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays royalties based on the number of artist streams as a proportion of total songs streamed. It distributes approximately 70% of its total revenue to rights holders (often record labels), who then pay artists based on individual agreements. While certain musicians have voiced objections to Spotify's royalty structure and its effect on record sales, others laud the service for offering a lawful option to combat piracy and for remunerating artists each time their music is played.
Spotify Wrapped is a viral marketing campaign by Spotify. Released annually since 2016, every early December, the campaign allows Spotify users to view a compilation of data about their activity on the platform over the past year and invites them to share it on social media.Spotify Wrapped typically includes the five musicians a user has listened to most often, the songs which they have listened to most, and their favourite music genres. Producers of content on the platform also have access to a version of Spotify Wrapped, which includes the number of times their content has been streamed that year. In addition to individualized data, Spotify Wrapped also includes information about activity on the Spotify platform as a whole. While Spotify Wrapped is commonly referred to as an annual collection of data, only activity from January 1st to an unknown date in the last 2 months is counted for any given year.Spotify Wrapped is shared widely on social media each year and has led millions of people to promote Spotify on their social media accounts. Its release in early December each year or the ending of November, generally accompanied by billboards and television advertisements, has historically correlated with a boost to Spotify's app store ranking. The marketing campaign has been both praised and criticized for effectively providing Spotify with free advertising and has been discussed in connection with broader questions about data and Spotify's use of it. Commentators have also analyzed the effects of Spotify Wrapped on the music industry and contrasted it with offerings by other streaming services.
Spotify Live, formerly Spotify Greenroom, was a social audio app by Spotify, that allowed users to host or participate in live-audio virtual environments called "room" for conversations. Each room had a maximum capacity of 1000 people. The app was available on Android and iOS, competing with Twitter Spaces and Clubhouse in the social media segment. It was shut down on April 30, 2023.
Spotify is offering 15 hours of free monthly audiobook listening time to users in Canada, Ireland, and New Zealand, expanding its catalog from 200,000 to 250,000 titles. The service is already available in the U.S., U.K., and Australia. Spotify's audiobooks service is the second-largest provider after Audible, with over 150,000 titles listened to since the launch in November. Premium subscribers can access 15 hours of audiobooks, with additional listening hours available for purchase. Spotify recently introduced a $9.99 per month plan for free users in the U.S. to access its audiobooks.
The following list contains the most-streamed artists on the audio streaming platform Spotify. As of March 2024, American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift is the most-streamed artist of all time on Spotify, while Canadian rapper Drake is the most-streamed male artist. Since 2012, Spotify has published a yearly list of its most-streamed artists, which has been topped by Drake and Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny a record three times, with Bad Bunny being the only artist to do so in consecutive years (2020–2022). Swift is the only female artist to have topped the list (2023).
The following lists contain the most-streamed songs and albums as well as charts records on the audio streaming platform Spotify.As of March 2024, "Blinding Lights" (2019) by Canadian singer The Weeknd is the most-streamed song on Spotify to date, while "Dance Monkey" (2019) by Australian singer-songwriter Tones And I is the most-streamed song by a female artist. English-Albanian singer Dua Lipa has the most songs in the top 100 for a female artist with five entries. The newest song in the top 100 is Miley Cyrus' "Flowers" (2023). The oldest song in the top 100 is Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975).There are ten songs known to have claimed the top ranking, starting with "Viva La Vida" by British rock band Coldplay in 2008. Spotify's most-streamed song for the longest period of time was "Shape of You" (2017) by English singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran.As of March 2024, over 590 songs have surpassed one billion streams on Spotify, 67 have surpassed two billion, and eight have surpassed three billion. "Blinding Lights" is the only song that has surpassed the four billion mark.
Spotify faced criticism for hosting lavish events, like the annual Wrapped campaign party in London and Houston, while cutting 1,500 jobs. CEO Daniel Ek cited the need to reduce costs due to economic challenges. The company had previously doubled its headcount but conducted multiple rounds of layoffs in 2021. Some employees feel that the event spending is excessive considering the cost-cutting measures in place.
Substack introduces new features for podcasters, including a Spotify integration to sync and distribute free and paid episodes on the streaming platform. Podcasters on Substack collectively earn over $100 million annually, with active podcasters doubling in number. The integration allows existing subscribers to listen to paid episodes on Spotify and encourages free listeners to upgrade to a subscription. Features include custom audio transcripts, captions, clip sharing, mobile video enhancements, and data analytics. Substack shows are now available on Spotify, enhancing podcast discoverability and reach.
Spotify is set to raise the prices of its Premium subscriptions in the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Pakistan, and two other markets later this year, with individual subscriptions increasing by about $1 per month and duo and family memberships by $2 per month. The company's latest price hike is aimed at funding its audiobook offerings and follows its previous increase in July 2023. Despite user backlash on social media, Spotify's continued growth in both monthly users and paid subscribers remains strong.
Character.ai (also known as c.ai or Character AI) is a neural language model chatbot service that can generate human-like text responses and participate in contextual conversation. Constructed by previous developers of Google's LaMDA, Noam Shazeer, and Daniel De Freitas, the beta model was made available to use by the public in September 2022.Users can create "characters", craft their "personalities", set specific parameters, and then publish them to the community for others to chat with. Many characters may be based on fictional media sources or celebrities, while others are completely original, some being made with certain goals in mind such as assisting with creative writing or being a text-based adventure game.In May 2023, the service added a monthly subscription option and a mobile app was released for both the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, which had over 1.7 million downloads within its first week.
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