Apple Music Is Crushing Spotify In User Engagement — And the Latest Drake Numbers Prove It

Spotify pulled out every single stop to promote Drake’s latest, Scorpion.  So why didn’t they come close to Apple Music’s numbers? Riddle me this: Why is Spotify, a platform with approximately 160 million users and 70 million paying s…

Thank You Spotify for Stuffing Drake Down My Throat

Spotify gave Drake an unprecedented takeover of its entire platform, starting on Friday.  But what if you didn’t like Drake — or rap in general? Drake easily broke Spotify’s all-time, one-day streaming record for an album with more than 130…

Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Could Become the First Album to Receive 1 Billion Streams In a Week

Drake appears on track to create a brand-new record for streaming with his latest album’s release. On Friday (June 29), Drake dropped his newest studio album, Scorpion.  Now, the 25-track album is on pace to possibly become the first album to rec…

Drake’s Album, Scorpion, Is Being Played 10 Million Times an Hour on Spotify

Drake is practically breaking Spotify at this stage with his just-released album, Scorpion. Ready to take back his crown, Drake is set to break Spotify’s all-time record for the most album streams on the day of release.  The record was originally…

Spotify Is Opening a Brand-New Office — In Detroit

It’s nothing fancy.  But Spotify is opening a small satellite office in Detroit metropolitan area. The Detroit metropolitan area will soon host a tiny Spotify outpost.  Recent reports have indicated that the New York-based company is going to ren…

XXXTentacion Attends His Own Funeral In the Video for ‘SAD!’

XXXTentacion’s just-released music video ‘SAD!’ shows the rapper visiting his own casket. In a video that’s so coincidental it’s scary, late rapper XXXTentacion sadly predicts his future with eerie precision. Written and &…

YouTube’s Head of Music: “We’re Not Discussing the Value Gap”

Lyor Cohen, YouTube’s Head of Music, says that advertising revenues through Google are growing, while subscription revenues will be on par with Spotify and Apple Music. YouTube’s user base is exponentially larger than that of Apple Music, S…

The BBC Fumbles the Launch of its Spotify and Apple Music Competitor

With the launch of BBC Sounds, the archaic British broadcaster has only shown one thing – it clearly doesn’t understand its audience, nor even streaming technology for that matter. A month ago, Bob Shennan made a stunning confession. According to the b…

Etisalat Is Giving Every New Subscriber 6 Free Months of Apple Music

Apple Music is now attacking Spotify where they don’t yet exist.  The streaming giant has teamed up with mobile giant Etisalat to court millions of new subscribers in United Arab Emirates — and potentially the broader Middle East and North Africa…