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# Listomania: The Battle For Playlist Supremacy’s Winners And Losers
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/listomania-the-battle-for-playlist-supremacys-winners-and-losers/
- Published: 2016-01-13T11:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-01-13T11:15:00.000Z
- Description: New Slang Media has recently released a new report detailing which labels and artists are coming out on top in the competitive world of playlisting, and what is about their strategy that. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/01/listomania-the-battle-for-playlist-supremacys-winners-
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming, music, playlists, Spotify, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![5_band-merch-shirt-400](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8067004970b-150wi "5_band-merch-shirt-400")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c8067004970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)New Slang Media has recently released a **new report** detailing which **labels and artists are coming out on top** in the competitive world of **playlisting**, and what is about their **strategy** that makes them **successful**.

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*Guest Post by *Chris Price* on [New Slang Media](http://www.newslangmedia.com/listomania-winners-losers-in-the-battle-for-spotify-playlist-supremacy/?ref=hypebot.com)*New Slang is excited to announce the publication of an important new report. Free to [subscribers](http://newslangmedia.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=364c74469991394a30cb4601f&id=0bd83778f2&ref=hypebot.com "Subscribe to New Slang"), *Listomania: Winners & Losers in the Battle for Spotify Playlist Supremacy* is the first in a series of two powerful and broad-ranging white papers on streaming playlist strategy. *[![1](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1905ff5970c-320wi "1")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1905ff5970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Listomania* examines, down to the level of the artist and curator, the winners and losers in the battle for playlist pre-eminence on the world’s most popular streaming service; what Spotify’s most powerful curators are doing to influence outcomes; and the impact of those strategies in the wider music ecosystem. It is the most comprehensive attempt so far to quantify the growing influence of the streaming playlist. [Subscribe to New Slang](http://eepurl.com/bjO0NT?ref=hypebot.com "Subscribe to New Slang") to receive your free copy.**Key findings include:** **1.** In a mutually reinforcing interplay of streamed and broadcast music media, **Justin Bieber’s current ownership of the UK and US charts is both a cause and effect of his Spotify playlist dominance**.**2.** Owing to the colossal power of streaming playlists, combined with a host of external factors such as ‘on-air/on-sale’ and streaming chart eligibility, **radio is increasingly lagging behind in the hit-maker power stakes**. **[![2](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1906025970c-320wi "2")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d1906025970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)3.** Of the most featured artists on Spotify-curated playlists, **Universal claims the lion’s share of repertoire with 12 acts in the Top 20**, followed by Sony on 4 and Warner on 3\. XL (Adele) is the only indie label in the Top 20.**4.** Looking at the main curation brands on the service, **Spotify commands approximately 97% of playlist impact by feature and follower count**, with label-owned Digster/HITS on 1.5%, Filtr on 0.8% and Topsify on 0.2%.**5.** **The major label-owned curation brands have strikingly different strategies with regard to playlist turnover**, as well as to weighting for genre, own vs. other-label repertoire, and new vs. heritage acts.Look out for part two in the *Listomania* series, [*Justin Bieber & The Self-Perpetuating Upward Spiral*](http://www.newslangmedia.com/listomania-justin-bieber-the-self-perpetuating-upward-spiral/?ref=hypebot.com "Listomania: Justin Bieber & The Self-Perpetuating Upward Spiral"), a forensic and far-reaching examination of the music industry ‘One Per Cent’ (including [Love Yourself](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyEuk8j8imI&ref=hypebot.com "Justin Bieber - Love Yourself") and the Curious Case of the Accidental Hit), which will also be published here soon.

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