Tag: playlists

We understand the temptation for artists to pay third-party (i.e. not in-house curators) playlisters to have their music added to their playlists, but it's a bad idea. It's frowned upon by Spotify, and even if it generates...

We wrote about Apple Music and Amazon Music's new playlists focusing on Black British music yesterday. Now Deezer is launching a new 'Black Culture' channel on its service, with a global focus and an emphasis on podcasts...

Two new playlists on Amazon Music and Apple Music are focusing on Black British music. Amazon's is called '+44' (the UK country dialling code, if you're wondering) and will cover rap, R&B, grime, drill and Afrobeats music. Alongside...

This should be received wisdom by now, but still isn't: getting on streaming playlists isn't a marketing strategy. It's certainly part of a wider plan, but putting your faith entirely in getting a prominent slot on a playlist...

Amazon Music is the latest streaming service to launch a programme to push emerging artists. It is called Breakthrough and echoes the initiatives of Spotify (Radar), Apple Music (Up Next), Deezer (Next) and other rivals....

Spotify's algorithm tried to make us stream R3HAB and we said... yes, yes, yes! The streaming service is celebrating the fifth birthday of its algo-personalised 'Discover Weekly' playlist by revealing that Moroccan-Dutch...

Spotify's latest campaign to create personalised playlists for listeners is called Soundtrack Your Workout, aimed at people who are exercising. On the new website, they choose a workout length (from 15 minutes to two hours);...

It may seem a little strange writing about a digital music service that’s been going since 2002 adding new features for creating playlists in 2020. That’s what Last·fm is doing this week though, as part of its...

Our first response to Apple Music’s new playlist ‘INDIY‘ is wondering how to pronounce it: is it ‘indie’ or ‘indie-why’ or ‘in-D-I-Y’? Whatever: its focus is on independent...

Ninja Tune/Counter Records act The Midnight have a new single out called ‘Prom Night’ and have created a special prom-themed playlist generator for it. On a dedicated website, users input their name as well as the date...

June is Black Music Month in the US (or African-American Music Appreciation Month if you prefer: it was renamed by President Barack Obama in 2009, but its previous name is still often used). Spotify has revealed its plans...

Spotify’s management team must quiver every time they see the word ‘fake’ deployed in a headline, given past controversies around ‘fake artists‘, ‘fake albums‘ and ‘fake streams‘...