They are head over heels for JFK Jr. — and these ’80s and ’90s hits. Ahead of the finale of “Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette,” on March 26, Spotify compiled a list for The Post of the top 10 most streamed songs featured on the FX and Hulu miniseries since it … Read more
Spotify will increase the price of its monthly premium subscription plan by $1 to $12.99 in the US, Estonia and Latvia markets, the Swedish streaming platform said Thursday. The company said its new pricing would take effect on consumers’ billing dates starting in February. Subscribers will receive an email about the price adjustment. Its shares fell … Read more
Steve Harrington is the real “Mastermind.” “Stranger Things” star Joe Keery overtook Taylor Swift’s No. 1 spot on the Spotify charts over the weekend. Keery, who releases music under the alias DJO, got a boost on the Spotify rankings thanks to fans after they watched the hit show’s series finale. Joe Keery performing during the … Read more
Emma Wood is on a Swift rise to worldwide superstardom. The 13-year-old, an eighth-grade student with an abiding affinity for music, is Taylor Swift’s No. 1 listener on the planet, per Spotify leaderboards — a new feature of the streaming platform’s annual “Wrapped” roundup that ranks fans based on total listening minutes. Emma has played and replayed Swift’s … Read more
The devil is in the details. An AI-generated Christian artist named Solomon Ray has taken the gospel music world by storm after topping the iTunes and Billboard charts with his album “Faithful Soul.” Described as a “Mississippi-made soul singer carrying a Southern soul revival into the present” on his Spotify profile, Ray made waves after … Read more
Breaking Rust is breaking hearts — but he’s totally fake. “Walk My Walk,” an AI-generated track from the AI artist Breaking Rust, has topped the Billboard Country Digital Song Sales chart since the week of Nov. 8. The AI artist Breaking Rust and its country song “Walk My Walk” has taken the music world by storm. Breaking Rust … Read more
The Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights” is the record that keeps on giving. The 2019 track has officially become the first song in Spotify’s history to hit a whopping five billion streams. Just days earlier, it landed on Billboard’s Top Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs of the 21st Century chart. Abel Tesfaye attends Lionsgate’s “Hurry Up Tomorrow” World Premiere on … Read more
You used to make mixtapes for your crush; now you can slide into their Spotify DMs by sharing a song. The music streaming platform has introduced a new “Messages” feature that allows users to share music, podcasts and audiobooks with others without having to leave the app. The feature will start rolling out to both … Read more
We’re all in the mood for these melodies. Spotify compiled a list of the Top 10 most streamed Billy Joel songs for The Post — and the tune that took the crown pays homage to his supermodel ex. The 1983 hit “Uptown Girl,” which Joel penned for his future wife, Christie Brinkley, landed in the … Read more
The top minds love the top 40. If you’ve wondered which tech titan likes to “Get His Freak On” to Missy Elliot after a long day coding, or who leaves the senate blasting hardcore emo, we now have the answer. A new site claims it has been tracking the music tastes of the rich and … Read more
A fresh new rock band that quickly shot to Spotify’s top ranks announced that it’s actually wholly generated by artificial intelligence, just one month after its celebrated debut album earned it one million listeners. The ’60s-inspired rock-and-roll band, the Velvet Sundown, revealed on Saturday that nothing about it is real after fans of the up-and-coming … Read more
Another one bites the dust. Meghan Markle’s new podcast, “Confessions of a Female Founder,” is already struggling to reach the numbers her previous podcast “Archetypes” had generated. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, last week dropped the first episode of the podcast, which featured her longtime friend, Bumble dating app founder Whitney Wolfe Herd. Meghan Markle’s new … Read more
He’s grateful for the song’s success … from the bottom of his heart. “Feliz Navidad” is No. 10 on Spotify’s list of most-streamed holiday tracks of all time and singer-songwriter José Feliciano — who recorded the hit in just 10 minutes in 1970 — told The Post he never imagined it would still be so popular. … Read more
These tunes will have you Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree — Spotify’s Top 10 list of the most-streamed holiday tracks of all time. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is No. 1, and has been building momentum around the world since the start of the season – seeing a 860% increase in … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle like their holiday cheer with an extra bit of virtue signaling. The couple sent out their public Christmas card this week, featuring a montage of photos — with multiple shots of them hugging and holding hands with the good people of Nigeria during their “faux” royal tour earlier this year. … Read more
Mariah Carey is denying claims that her 2024 Spotify Wrapped video message to fans was AI-generated. Carey, dubbed the “Queen of Christmas,” addressed the viral video that caused a stir among fans. “Bad lighting and a red lip have you all thinking this is AI??” Carey, 55, declared on X. “There’s a reason I’m not a … Read more
And these are a few of her favorite selfies. Paige Spiranac put a playful twist on the yearly tradition of sharing a Spotify Wrapped list, which recaps one’s most listened-to artists and songs of the past 365 days, by posting a handful of mirror selfies on X. In response to a user who wrote, “Heard … Read more
The countdown is on to expose your most humiliating music search history. Spotify Wrapped is drooping soon and some music lovers are rigging their results so they can show off their most-listened tracks of 2024 — free of judgment. “Gonna hack Spotify HQ before Spotify Wrapped comes out because I would rather be in jail … Read more
Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud has reached the legal level. Drake, 38, filed a pre-action petition in a Manhattan court Monday against Universal Music Group and Spotify and alleged they created a “scheme” to boost the success of Lamar’s diss track “Not Like Us.” In the court documents obtained The Post, Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC said … Read more
This is some major league music. The Mets anthem “OMG,” performed by infielder Jose Iglesias, had a huge win of its own this week. The fan favorite pop hit enjoyed an increase of nearly 70% in streams on Wednesday, when the Mets defeated the Phillies in the NLDS, a rep from Spotify told The Post. Iglesias, … Read more