This week, the most popular articles from Hypebot covered Apple's rewarding of its favorite music distribution partners, Spotify's plan to charge for some of its services, and how one artist got on an official Spotify playlist as an unknown artist. Apple Rewards 3 'Preferred Plus' Music Distribution Partners With Advanced Features, Analytics Spotify For Artists Will Charge For Some Services, Says CEO Daniel Ek How I Got On Official Spotify Playlists As An Unknown Independent Musician Insta-Albums and Why It (Sort Of) Pays To Be Social MusicTank Closes Suddenly
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