Grammy Awards are now officially over, and what a fantastic evening it was! This year's event did not let us down, from the ...

"It took what felt like milliseconds for millions of memes ... Spotify's most-streamed song ever with over 882 million streams. (The record was later broken by The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights.") Drake ...

The widespread platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and YouTube have changed how people consume music. Playlists and algorithm ... Artists like Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, Cardi B ...

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Kendrick Lamar’s recent rap feud with Drake reached its zenith on Sunday night during the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show. Drake has endured months and months of Lamar’s smash-hit, Grammy ...

Spotify hit on the idea of playlists, a way of curating songs to be background music The music industry in 2006 was desperate, having been kneecapped by piracy — first Napster, then a host of ...

Aiming to showcase how your music taste evolved over the past 365 days, Spotify introduced its own twist on the classic time capsule trend with its "Playlist in a Bottle" feature in January 2023.

The critically acclaimed song, released amid an ongoing feud with rapper Drake, is the latest to join Spotify’s Billions Club, which marks the milestone of surpassing 1 billion streams on the ...

The rapper was spotted in an attention-grabbing NSFW T-shirt. But even more puzzling: some bright blue cowboy boots.

Ong oversees 130 Spotify employees doing what the service’s powerful algorithms can’t: discovering the best new music and carefully introducing it on playlists to the listeners who are going ...

Spotify and Universal Music Group announced a new multiyear deal on Sunday, establishing a direct license between the streamer and music label in the U.S. and several other countries. The ...

Kendrick Lamar’s diss track turned chart-topping hit “Not Like Us” has hit 1 billion streams on Spotify. The critically acclaimed song, released amid an ongoing feud with rapper Drake ...