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Spotify Platforms Statistics Popularity Hit Songs Criticism Apple Music Record Releases Universal Music Group Viral Moments

Hip-Hop’s Hot 100 Top 10 Drought Reaches Nine Months

Chart rules plus platform dynamics now favor pop over core rap listeners.

Bruno Mars Releases 'The Romantic,' His First Solo Album in 10 Years

Howard Carpendale Drops Surprise Album, Sets Farewell Tour, Blasts Streaming and AI

Central Cee Says He Has Converted to Islam, Adopts First Name Akhil

Madonna Posts Lingerie-Clad Instagram Dance to 1992 Track 'Thief of Hearts'

NBA YoungBoy Drops 30-Track ‘Slime Cry’ After Delayed Rollout

Kendrick Lamar’s ‘GNX’ Tops Spotify’s 2025 Rap Albums With 2.98 Billion Streams

6ix9ine, Adin Ross and Cuffem Cut Kick Livestream Diss Aiming at Lil Durk, Doechii and Others

21 Savage’s ‘What Happened to the Streets?’ Opens at No. 3 With 73,000 Units

Kelly Clarkson’s ‘Since U Been Gone’ Becomes Her First Song to Top 1 Billion Spotify Streams

Rosalía’s ‘Lux’ Sets Spotify Single-Day Record for a Spanish-Language Female Artist

LE SSERAFIM Scores Career-Best U.K. Singles Debut at No. 46 With ‘SPAGHETTI’ Featuring J‑Hope

D’Angelo’s Streams Surge 796% as Three Classics Debut on Hot R&B Songs

Jimin’s 'Who' Hits 2 Billion Spotify Streams in 427 Days, Setting Korean Solo Record

Joe Budden Critiques Cardi B’s ‘Imaginary Playerz’ as Jay-Z Classic Logs 305% Streaming Surge

Fivio Foreign Says He Can’t Recite a Nas Bar on Jim Jones’ New Podcast

NBA YoungBoy Sets Rap Record With 34th Billboard 200 Entry

U.S. Treasury Sanctions Cartel del Noreste Leaders and Rapper El Makabelico

BTS Debuts Permission to Dance On Stage – Live, Sets Spotify Live-Album Record

Dua Lipa Stuns Hamburg with German Cover of Nena’s ‘99 Luftballons’