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It’s been a month of headline-making for Drake, and the rapper finally dropped his latest album. Drake’s Scorpion already broke single-day streaming records, and is in a good position to have the most-streamed week in music history. More
Drake has released his fifth studio album, Scorpion, and it’s available now on Spotify and Apple Music. First announced in April, Scorpion is the follow-up to the 2017 “playlist” More Life and the 2016 studio album Views. Billed as a two-sided album, it has a total of 25 songs and features lead single “I’m Upset,” as well as previously released songs “Nice for What” and “God’s Plan.”
While keeping details scant, Drake has steadily built anticipation for the album through social media, particularly Instagram. The rollout hit a snag in May…
Spotify’s RapCaviar and ¡Viva Latino! playlists, already some of the most powerful spheres of influence in the music industry, are now also looking to be some of the most lucrative.
The music-streaming service announced tour dates this week for “¡Viva Latino! Live,” a concert series featuring popular Latin music artists from its playlist of the same name that boasts more than 8 million followers. Daddy Yankee, Becky G, Natti Natasha, Bad Bunny and Jowell & Randy are among the artists confirmed to perform in the series. The tour kicks off in Chicago on August 23rd and tickets will be available on Ticketmaster starting June 29th.
It’s not the streaming service’s first foray into live music, or even one of them. Spotify already has a tour version of its immensely popular RapCaviar playlist – “RapCaviar Live,” which started as a six-date tour last August and became a 13-date series in its second iteration this year…
HipHopDX – This week in Hip Hop, Kanye West had his album release party for Ye in Wyoming, flying out celebrities and media for a first listen. More
HipHopDX – This week in Hip Hop, Childish Gambino released a music video for “This Is America,” creatively encapsulating what living in America is like in 2018. Spotify also launched a “hateful conduct” policy and had R.Kelly and XXXTENTACION’s music removed from their playlists. Lastly, Houston lost “Million Dollar Hook Man” Big T, known for his contributions on Lil Troy’s 1999 hit “Wanna Be A Baller,” after he suffered a heart attack. More
Spotify caused a mighty stir yesterday when it announced that, under a new public policy against “hate content and hateful conduct,” it would no longer feature R. Kelly on its playlists. The following day, Apple Music and Pandora announced they will also stop promoting the R&B singer, who is facing multiple sexual misconduct and assault allegations. More
The charts will soon give more weight to music that people have paid money to hear. Billboard has announced that starting the week of June 29 to July 5, plays on paid subscription services (like Apple Music or Spotify Premium) will count for more than those on free, ad-supported services (like YouTube or basic Spotify). More
Spotify – Kid Cudi dropped some exhilarating new music this week. So, naturally it tops this week’s #DXHitList on Spotify. Titled “The Rage,” the song is taken from the motion picture soundtrack for Rampage.
Meanwhile, Young Thug dropped off his three-song mixtape, Hear No Evil, at the stroke of midnight on Friday (April 13) in honor of his… More
Spotify – Getting into this weekend with our #DXHitList on Spotify, Ear Drummer’s latest signee Trouble kicks off the playlist with “Come Thru” from his debut project Edgewood, executive produced by Mike WiLL Made-It. “Come Thru” also features some light vocals courtesy of The Weeknd intertwined with the production as Trouble rhymes about life in Edgewood. More
Last Thursday was International Women’s Day, so to commemorate the event, brands as varied as Mattel, Spotify, and McDonald’s offered various promotions to endear them to their customers. More