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 [...]
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J., June 06 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced a strategic partnership with music streaming service, Spotify. More than 10 million Spotify Premium users will now be able to control their Samsung speakers directly from the Spotify app. Samsung Shape Wireless Audio Multiroom is the first product in the world that [...]