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Usher gets 550% Spotify streaming boost after Super Bowl

Usher received a significant streaming boost immediately following his Super Bowl performance, as is typical for halftime headliners, according to Spotify, with four of the songs he performed surging more than 1,000% in streams on Sunday night. Key facts Key background Though artists – including Usher – don’t get paid for headlining the Super Bowl halftime show, […]

Spotify Wrapped: Here’s how Spotify calculates your listening data

Spotify Wrapped—the yearly event that allows users to see and share breakdowns of their listening activity—has arrived, and with it comes a handful of different ways the music streaming giant collects data from its users. Key Facts Each December, Spotify offers its users an interactive report of which artists and songs they listened to the […]