![]() Less welcome for some listeners is a change to the way Spotify works on connected devices (anything that isn’t a phone or a computer – for example smart speakers) that has turned the service’s ‘Autoplay’ setting on by default. And while that may sound negative, it’s a long-requested feature: for example for people who are encountering harassment from ex-partners. A positive one: listeners can now block other users, ensuring they cannot see their profile, public playlists or listening activity. Perhaps inevitable, but perhaps there is scope in the future to explore ways this data could be made available to developers (and, indeed, music companies) through an official API too.Įlsewhere in the Spotiverse, there are two more stories bubbling today. Spotify is barring people from using “any automated means of viewing, accessing, or collecting the information you see on the site”, with similar bans on reverse engineering or modifying the site, or circumventing any of its protective tech. All of these rankings will come with the ability for people to create promo cards to share on social media – both fans and artists. Spotify says it will categorise songs “based on context from user playlists and editorial feedback”, adding that “currently, artists aren’t able to edit their songs’ genre, but they can flag any miscategorisation to our support team”.Īlso new are charts for more than 200 of Spotify’s top cities, plus ‘local pulse’ rankings that will drill down into the “uniquely popular songs in each city” to identify tracks that are taking off specifically in a certain locale. This may seem a strange move, given so much talk about how genre boundaries are eroding in the streaming era. The new charts cover 17 genres: mainstays like Hip-Hop, Rock, R&B and Pop to Regional Mexican, K-Pop, Brazilian Funk and Hip-Hop, and Sertanejo and Forró. The Spotify Charts website will include weekly Top 50 songs, albums and artists charts, but Spotify listeners who log in will be able to see the expanded Top 200 versions, as well as “streaks, peak position, and song credits”. Spotify is shaking up its charts with a set of new rankings, and a new destination website to show them off.
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