Hello and welcome to the latest Spotify Newsletter. Thanks for reading! Lots of interesting news to peruse this week.
No official date yet for Spotify Wrapped, but the articles are beginning to drip out, ramping up the anticipation of the annual feature that nicely rounds up our year in music and podcasts. Be ready!
★In the SPOTlight★
⭐️ Spotify launches new charts site with expanded popularity rankings
You can find the most popular songs and artists globally, in your country, in your city or in your favorite genre, plus detailed stats like streaks and peak position.
⭐️ Spotify finally lets you block other users
Until now, you had to go through customer service.
⭐️ Spotify’s Fresh Finds Program Is a Pledge to Independent Artists
Music streaming can often be a dilemma for up-and-coming artists. It’s incredibly difficult to have a ‘break through’ moment unless you have impressive streaming numbers, but it’s a challenge to achieve those numbers unless you’ve had a breakthrough moment.
⭐️ Spotify now frustratingly defaults to autoplay for connected devices
Spotify quietly updated its autoplay feature with a seriously frustrating quirk. When you play music on your Spotify Connect devices, autoplay is now enabled by default and there’s no way to turn it off.
⭐️ When will Spotify Become and Stay Profitable
Spotify’s business is at a key inflection point, where they must find a way to provide sustainable cash flows to investors.