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# Spotify Takes On Apple’s Beats 1 With New Artist Hosted Radio Shows
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-takes-on-apple-musics-beats-1-with-artist-hosted-radio-shows/
- Published: 2016-07-13T09:55:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-07-13T09:55:00.000Z
- Description: Spotify announced artist hosted playlists and shows more than a year ago alongside the announcement that it was adding video. They've slowly built a portfolio of artist and media driven playlists, but. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/07/spotify-takes-on-apple-musics-beats-1-w
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Radio & Satellite, Streaming, A Brief History of Time, Akron Art Museum, Jean Michel Jarre, Jill Furmanovsky, London, Matt Sorum, Sex Pistols, The Rolling Stones, United States, World War II, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:22

[![Spotify new](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb091e643b970d-150wi "Spotify new")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201bb091e643b970d-popup?ref=hypebot.com)**Spotify** announced **artist hosted playlists and shows** more than a year ago alongside the announcement that it was adding video. They've **slowly built a portfolio** of artist and media driven playlists, but **two new ongoing series suggest a major expansion** of the offering. 

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[![Spotify Originals on Spotify](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d204b7e7970c-400wi "Spotify Originals on Spotify")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d204b7e7970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)Spotify has launched two new artist driven radio shows that feel a lot like an answer to Apple Music's Beats 1, and it appears that they're on track to launch more.**AM/PM** features artists Jean-Michel Jarre, Terry Hall and The Specials talking about and playing the music they listen. **Secret Genius** is helmed by producers and songwriters like James Blake and Ed Drewett talking about their own work. Both new shows sit alongside Spotify's gradually expanding **Artists In Residence** series which include the Sex Pistols' Steve Jones' Jonesy's Jukebox and media driven playlists from the likes of Brooklyn Vegan. 

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