SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Last weekend, global K-pop fans on Spotify faced a blackout of hundreds of songs by popular artists, including Zico, Mamamoo and IU, after the Swedish audio giant’s licensing agreement with South Korea’s top music distributor Kakao M Corp. came to an end. While some music has since been restored [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming giant Spotify Technology SA on Monday suspended the streaming service of K-pop tracks licensed by Kakao M on its global platform as their license deal has expired, officials said. The move has prevented global K-pop fans from listening to songs of major South Korean artists, including IU [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Spotify Technology SA, which opened its service in South Korea early this month, is expected to face fierce competition in the music streaming market currently dominated by local players. While the Swedish company is one of the top audio streaming services in the world, with 345 million users across [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming giant Spotify Technology SA said Monday that South Koreans will be able to enjoy personalized music recommendations and discover new music through its service. The service landed in the country last week, giving South Koreans access to over 60 million tracks and over 4 billion playlists from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming giant Spotify Technology SA said Tuesday it launched its music streaming service in South Korea, the home market of K-pop. The service, which originally launched back in 2008, has more than 60 million songs and over 320 million users across 93 markets. The latest launch comes amid [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Attention is mounting as to whether Spotify can succeed in the South Korean market after the global music streaming service platform announced plans to launch its service here within the first half of this year. The driving force behind Spotify’s strong popularity around the world is its strong music [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seven-member superband BTS, which released megahits “Dynamite” and “ON” in 2020, was the most streamed Korean artist and global group last year, global streaming giant Spotify said Thursday. Spotify’s 2020 Wrapped data, compiled between Jan. 1 and Nov. 15 last year, also showed that the top 10 most streamed [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Global streaming giant Spotify said Friday it plans to launch a music streaming service in South Korea, home to the booming K-pop industry, in the first half of 2021. It would give listeners here access to around 60 million tracks and over 4 billion playlists, according to the Swedish [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – BTS became the first Korean musician to break into the top 50 artists played on global music streaming service Spotify, according to its agency Wednesday. “DNA,” lead track of BTS’ latest EP album “Love Yourself: Her,” reached No. 50 on the Spotify’s Global Top 50 playlist, according to Big Hit Entertainment. The chart ranks the most streamed artist on the platform on a daily basis. Based in Stockholm, Sweden, Spotify was [...]
SEATTLE, June 18, 2014 (Korea Bizwire)–In a surprise announcement immediately following its Un-carrier 5.0 launch earlier this evening, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NYSE: TMUS) unveiled its second groundbreaking move of the day — designed to both unleash music in America and put its LTE network’s data muscle on full display with Un-carrier 6.0. Beginning immediately, T-Mobile’s [...]