Apple Music Adds New Music Daily Playlist

of "the latest must-hear songs." According to Apple, "When the most important artists—from across the world and across genres—have something new to drop, this will be the place to find it first." New Music Daily replaces Apple Music’s Best of the Week playlist and is updated daily. The first track…

Apple Music Relaunches Flagship Alt Playlist As ALT CTRL

Apple Music has relaunched its flagship alternative playlist as ALT CTRL. Formerly known as The A-List, the refreshed global playlist spotlights new music from across the alternative genre, hand-picked by Apple Music curators. The playlist art for ALT CTRL will feature a different artist each week, timed to new releases…

Playlist Placement Does Not A Marketing Strategy Make

While playlist placement has become the holy grail for many artists and their promoters, this new case study of sorts from Kieron Donaghue, looks at how playlist placement alone is not in and of itself sufficient as a marketing strategy. ________________________ Guest post by Kieron Donaghue of here.org.uk Last Friday…

Spotify Playlist ¡Viva Latino! Passes 10 Million Followers

¡Viva Latino! has been growing 5x times faster than any other Spotify playlist in its top 1000. The streamer’s flagship Latin playlist has propelled numerous Spanish-language songs into the Global Top 100 and Top 50 charts. Now, ¡Viva Latino! has surpassed an impressive 10 million followers. The growth of Spotify’s…

Spotify Playlist ¡Viva Latino! Passes 10 Million Followers

¡Viva Latino! has been growing 5x times faster than any other Spotify playlist in its top 1000. The streamer’s flagship Latin playlist has propelled numerous Spanish-language songs into the Global Top 100 and Top 50 charts. Now, ¡Viva Latino! has surpassed an impressive 10 million followers. The growth of Spotify’s…

Apple Music Launches ‘Rap Life’ Playlist, Beats 1 Show

Apple Music has launched Rap Life, a new global playlist and Beats One radio show spotlighting the best new hip-hop. The move comes in direct response to Spotify top-rated Rap Cavier playlist which has 11.7 million followers. The Apple Music playlist – formerly known as The A-List: Hip-Hop – is…

TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

This week on Hypebot, some of our top articles looked at Spotify’s big reveal of how its ‘Fans Also Like’ feature works, why a playlist placement does not a marketing plan make, some of best modern day practices for employing hashtags on instagram, and more! Spotify Reveals How The ‘Fans…

A Playlist Is Not A Marketing Plan: The 4 Ingredients Of A Great Music Business Conference Panel

In this piece, Glenn Peoples breaks down the recent panel at this year’s Music Biz conference titled "A Playlist is Not a Marketing Plan" aimed at reeducating artists away from their mono-maniacal need to get placed on a playlist. ____________________________ Guest post by Glenn Peoples from his Medium blog “A…

NPR Launches Curated Music Playlists

National Public Radio’s NPR Music has launch a new series of curated playlists featuring music from the broadcaster’s radio programs such as Morning Edition or All Things Considered. The playlists, which will also feature ‘curated’ selections from NPR personalities, will include music from across a variety of genres, such as…

TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

This week, some of the most popular articles from Hypebot warned against the number one mistake artists make when pitching music, revealed some surprising stats about the current music industry, looked at some of streaming most successful artists, and more! Top Playlist Curator Shares #1 Mistake That Artists Make Pitching…