All of the accusations of sexual misconduct against R. Kelly led music streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Pandora to ban his music in certain playlist on their website. However, this ban has not affected his streams at all. In fact, it slightly increased. Prior to Spotify’s announcement, R. Kelly’s music was streamed across […]
Jay Z made a huge business move. The rapper-entrepreneur seems to be cutting ties with Spotify in a major way by removing his solo music from the streaming service. Only some of his collaborative works, such as songs done with R. Kelly, can be found on Spotify now. Spotify assured “some of his catalog has […]
Since the Feb. 12 arrival of Prince’s Warner Bros. Records music on streaming services, the number of streams in the U.S. skyrocketed from 74,000 to 4.77 million in two days, according to Billboard. That’s an increase of 6,323%. His top five most streamed songs on Feb. 12 and 13 were “Purple Rain” (333,000 streams), “Let’s […]
Drake plans to release his next album via Apple's Connect.
Thanks to Missy Elliott‘s performance with Katy Perry for the halftime show at last night’s Super Bowl, her singles and albums have found their way…
Pharrell continues to rack up the accolades, as he finds himself atop Spotify’s Year in Music for Song of the Year. The infectious “Happy”…
