Spotify Discover Weekly Has Helped Fans Unearth 300 Billion Tracks

Included with Spotify's annual lists of artists, albums, tracks and trends that topped the service in 2016, was a note that the music streamer's Discover Weekly playlists had been streamed more. Continue reading

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Instagram: The Best Way To Reach Music Fans

If you're curious which social media platform is the best one to target fans on, it looks as though the popular photosharing app Instagram may be your best bet, as. Continue reading

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Act Fast For Deep Discounts On Soundcloud, YouTube Red, Google Play Music, Spotify, Amazon Prime Music

Most of the top music streamers are offering deep year end discounts on premium subscriptions this holiday season designed to lure new and returning customers.  But you'll need to act. Continue reading

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How Become A Verified Artist On Spotify

In this piece, Chris Robley walks us through the twelve steps to becoming a verified artist on Spotify, including attaining the requisite 250 followers necessary for such verification to take. Continue reading

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REQUIRED READING: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

The most well read articles on Hypebot from the past week included an explanation of why no one is listening to your music, hard rock's strong showing on streaming services,. Continue reading

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Neil Young Catalog Returns To Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Napster, Deezer, Others

[UPDATE 2] Neil Young has been one of the most vocal critics of music streaming, primarily because of audio quality. In April of 2015, he pulled all of his catalog. Continue reading

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Spotify App Control Of Sonos Launches In Public Beta

One of the most requested additions of Sonos users – the ability to control Sonos wireless speakers directly from the Spotify app using the music streamer's Connect feature  - is. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

The most popular from the past week of news from the music industry included the pushing out of Maria Pallante from the Copyright Office, a look at how Spotify could. Continue reading

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This Week In Music Commentary

This week's music commentators voiced their thoughts on how smart home technology will alter the music industry, the coming of device restricted music subscriptions, and Google and Amazon's leveraging of. Continue reading

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TOP POSTS: Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

Some of Hypebot's most popular and well received posts from the past week included a look at the truth behind Amazon Music's alleged low price, ASCAP's litigous actions against unlicensed. Continue reading

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Smart Home Technology Is Revolutionizing The Music Industry

With the rise of the Internet of Things and the increasing connectivity of smart home technologies, the way in which the industry operates in relation to consumers is changing, as. Continue reading

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