Monique Lautier, Author at The Music Network

Belly make “DELETE SPOTIFY” their Spotify header

Monique Lautier — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 01:18:19 +0000

90s alt-rock band Belly have made their Spotify icon and header “DELETE SPOTIFY” and are trying to take their music off the streaming service in the latest saga of the protest against Joe Rogan’s vaccine misinformation. The band has been very vocal on their social medias over the last few days about their dislike of […]

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Meat Loaf streams skyrocket after rocker’s death

Monique Lautier — Tue, 25 Jan 2022 23:34:09 +0000

Since his death on January 20, streams in the U.S. of music by Meat Loaf has soared, and sales of his songs and albums have also shot up. Altogether, streams of the rocker’s entire catalogue has leapt 2,583% since his death. From January 21 (the day his death was announced) to January 23, on-demand video […]

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The Weeknd just broke a Spotify record

Monique Lautier — Sun, 23 Jan 2022 22:23:15 +0000

The Weeknd has broken a new Spotify record, dethroning Justin Bieber with a record the fellow Canadian held for nearly a year. After the singer, real name Abel Tesfaye, released his new album Dawn FM earlier this month (which only just missed out on the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart by only […]

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Taylor Swift is named Record Store Day 2022 global ambassador

Monique Lautier — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 21:44:23 +0000

Taylor Swift has been chosen to be the first-ever global ambassador for Record Store Day, with the popular singer helping to mark the 15th anniversary of the annual celebration. “I’m very proud to be this year’s Ambassador for Record Store Day. The places where we go to browse and explore and discover music new and […]

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Eminem has just made Spotify history with ‘The Slim Shady LP’ hitting 1 billion streams

Monique Lautier — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 23:17:13 +0000

It has just been revealed that The Slim Shady LP by Eminem from 1999 has passed 1 billion streams on Spotify, breaking a record on the streaming service in the process. The rapper is now the first to have 11 of his albums achieve this feat. The Slim Shady LP has joined 2000’s The Marshall Mathers LP, 2010’s Recovery, […]

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Spotify is now launching user ratings for podcasts

Monique Lautier — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 22:17:18 +0000

Spotify is taking a leaf out of rival Apple’s book with the introduction of a five-star user ratings system for podcasts. The music giant announced that as of now they are rolling out this feature: “a star rating system that improves podcast discoverability by highlighting shows’ popularity”. After listening to a show for at least […]

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