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# The Week’s Most Read Posts on Hypebot
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/the-weeks-most-read-posts-on-hypebot/
- Published: 2015-05-03T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2015-05-03T13:00:00.000Z
- Description: In the most read posts this week on Hypebot, we saw indie artist Josh Garrels broke all the rules by giving away his album free on Noisetrade and still landing. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/05/the-weeks-most-read-posts-on-hypebot.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, Billboard charts, Billboard Magazine, Billboard Music Award, Christine Teigen, David Lee Roth, Dick Clark Productions, Jussie Smollett, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Twitter, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:28

[![Most-Read-600x330](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c783f1d6970b-150wi "Most-Read-600x330")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c783f1d6970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)In the most read posts this week on **Hypebot**, we saw indie artist **Josh Garrels** broke all the rules by giving away his album free on **Noisetrade** and still landing on the **Billboard** chart, learned about monetizing music on **YouTube**, the user experience **Spotify vs. TIDAL** and more. Here's this week's Top 7 Most Read posts: 
- [Josh Garrels: Free Music Giveaway Leads To Billboard Charts](http://hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/04/artist-josh-garrels-invests-in-his-future-utilizing-free-as-a-format-via-noisetrade.html?ref=hypebot.com)
- [Music Monetization On YouTube](http://hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/04/ux-wars-spotify-vs-tidal.html?ref=hypebot.com)
- [User Experience On Spotify vs. Tidal](http://hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/04/ux-wars-spotify-vs-tidal.html?ref=hypebot.com)
- [Bitcoin For Musicians](http://hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/04/what-is-bitcoin-and-why-should-musicians-care.html?ref=hypebot.com)
- [Music Discovery As We Age](http://hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/04/when-do-we-stop-keeping-up-with-popular-music.html?ref=hypebot.com)
- [New Twitter Music Chief](http://hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/04/twitter-names-new-head-of-music.html?ref=hypebot.com)
- [Music Business Podcast: Deezer CEO On Expansion](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/04/-deezer-exec-outlines-global-music-strategy-music-business-podcast.html)

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