AI-driven tools, data analytics, and a deeper understanding of Spotify’s BaRT algorithm are influencing how playlists are curated and how hip-hop artists grow on the platform. Independent distributors ...

Playlists are now central to how music is discovered, shared, and monetized on Spotify. In 2026, artists who understand the platform’s playlist ecosystem, algorithm preferences, and data tools can ...

Spotify's 600 million users are facing one of the streaming service’s most anticipated, yet dreaded, events: Spotify Wrapped. The annual user listening report provides each Spotify user with a ...

When Spotify unveiled its "Discover Weekly" feature, a playlist curated based on the music you listen to, almost everybody loved it. Tech blogs raved about its genius after it debuted in 2015.

For years, Spotify's recommendation engine has felt like a mind reader. It quietly tracks what you play, skip, save, and replay, then serves up Discover Weekly, Release Radar, and an endless stream of ...

Justin Fowler is the co-founder of Audio Press – a way to consume news and content through audio. When Pandora Radio launched in January of 2000, it didn’t seem to catch on until that half of the ...