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Taylor Swift, Jack Harlow, And Mitski Are Above The Rest On Spotify’s Latest Weekly Top Songs Chart

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Streaming services have become the way the majority of fans consume the music they love these days, and Spotify is the clear leader in the streaming space. That makes their tracking data significant, and fortunately, the company maintains the terrific Spotify Charts website. Their Weekly Top Songs charts can serve as a useful complement to the Billboard Hot 100 and offer further insight into what music is currently making music fans move.

Take a look at the the top 10 songs on the latest Weekly Top Songs USA chart (for the tracking week ending November 16) below. Check out the full top 200 list here, and if you’re curious about what the entire world is listening to, find the Weekly Top Songs Global chart here.

10. Taylor Swift — “Cruel Summer”

Summer (Taylor‘s Version) may finally be starting to fade away, as “Cruel Summer” looks just about ready to leave the top 10 of the Top Songs chart.

9. Tate McRae — “Greedy”

McRae’s hit peaked at No. 4 previously but it’s still bobbing around near the top of the chart, rising two spots from last week.

8. Drake — “IDGAF” Feat. Yeat

A new crop of Drake songs will presumably enter the chart next week with the release of For All The Dogs Scary Hours Edition, but in the meantime, his and Yeat’s “IDGAF” is still representing in the top 10.

7. Taylor Swift — “Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”

It feels like Swift will have some sort of chart presence until the end of time, and indeed, this “From The Vault” track is one of the three songs the artist has in this week’s top 10.

6. Doja Cat — “Agora Hills”

Ever since Doja released “Agora Hills” in September, fans have been speculation about the song’s meaning.

5. Noah Kahan — “Stick Season”

Kahan had his commercial breakthrough a year ago with his third album, Stick Season. The title track is crushing it 16 months after its initial release, reaching a new peak in the top 5 this week.

4. Zach Bryan — “I Remember Everything” Feat. Kacey Musgraves

Country music dominated this past summer, and while that trend has mostly dissipated, Zach Bryan is still sticking around with his hit Kacey Musgraves collaboration.

3. Mitski — “My Love Mine All Mine”

TikTok has become a regular hitmaker these days and Mitski is the latest artist to get a boost from the video platform: It’s currently No. 1 on the TikTok Billboard Top 50 chart for a fourth week.

2. Jack Harlow — “Lovin On Me”

Following the song’s release last week, Harlow’s “Lovin On Me” is seeing some early success by claiming the silver medal on the newest Spotify chart (it’s the only song to debut in the top 10 this week). There’s more to come, too, as Harlow called the track the beginning of “a new era.”

1. Taylor Swift — “Is It Over Now? (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault)”

This is the third week at No. 1 for the 1989 (Taylor’s Version) highlight (and it’s the only song with at least 10 million streams in the US this week). Swift previously noted of the track, “I always saw this song as sort of a sister to ‘Out Of The Woods’ and ‘I Wish You Would.’ I kind of saw those songs as similar, so unfortunately, when we were making these decisions on what to put on 1989 and what to leave behind, I had to make some tough choices.”

Some artists covered here are Warner Music artists. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.

When Will Drake’s ‘Scary Hours 3’ Be On Spotify?

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Odds are, nobody expected Drake to announce a new project coming soon. After all, he just released his eighth album, For All The Dogs, in October. However, Drake indeed is dropping something new tomorrow (November 17): Today, he announced the release of Scary Hours 3.

When Will Drake’s ‘Scary Hours 3’ Be On Spotify?

Drake captioned his announcement post, “Scary Hours 3, Tonight at Midnight.” So, assuming Scary Hours 3 hits Spotify when it’s supposed to, the project should be streaming on the platform at midnight ET on November 17 (or 9 p.m. PT on November 16). If you live elsewhere in the world and aren’t sure what date and time this is where you are, here’s a time zone converter set to midnight ET on the 17th. Just add your time zone and the site will tell you what date and time Scary Hours 3 will be streaming in your region.

Drake offered some background on the project in his announcement video, noting, “It’s coming to me in a way that I haven’t experienced maybe since, like, If You’re Reading This, where it’s just kind of like, I feel like I’m on drugs. I feel like I’m in that mental state without doing anything. I did those songs in the last five days. I didn’t have one bar written down for those songs on the night that For All The Dogs dropped. It’s not like I’m picking up from some unfinished sh*t, you know, this is just… it’s happening on its own.”

Scary Hours 3 is out 11/17 via OVO/Republic.

How To Save Songs From TikTok Videos Directly To Spotify And Apple Music

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The connection between TikTok and music has always been strong, from the Musical.ly merger in 2017 to the platform being used as a music promotion tool today. Now, TikTok has made it easier for fans to keep track of songs they hear on TikTok outside of the app: As TechChrunch notes, the platform has launched a new feature that allows users to save songs from TikTok videos to their accounts on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music.

The feature, dubbed “Add To Music App,” was introduced in a TikTok press release shared today (November 14). It notes in part:

“The feature will appear as a button that says Add Song next to a track name at the bottom of a TikTok video in the For You Feed, inviting users to save the song to the music streaming service of their choice. The first time a user presses the Add Song button, they can choose to save it to their preferred music streaming service.

The track will then be saved to a default playlist in the preferred music streaming service, but users can also choose to add the track to a new playlist or an existing playlist that they have created. Following the first use of the Add to Music App feature, the music app selected will then become the default music streaming service for future track saves, although users can select to change the default music streaming service at any time under settings. Users can also use the Add to Music App feature from an artist’s Sound Detail Page.”

Add To Music App is being rolled out to users in the US and UK, while users in other areas are set to get the feature later on. Learn more about Add To Music App here.

How Does Spotify Wrapped Work?

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The holidays are right around the corner. While for some people that means looking forward to wrapping gifts, for music lovers, that means looking forward to Spotify Wrapped. Spotify Wrapped is due to arrive on either November 30 or December 1 (it has landed on both) after the app has collected users’ listening data for the prior 12 months (it’s still unclear where the cutoff is). You can see your Wrapped by just opening the app on your phone once the year’s campaign has launched. But you might be wondering how exactly Spotify Wrapped works after all this time. So…

How Does Spotify Wrapped Work?

Billboard looked into it, and the results are… inconclusive. While top five artists, top five songs, and top five albums — the “big three” Wrapped statistics — are based on total number of streams (over thirty seconds), without knowing the exact cutoff, it’s somewhat unclear which songs receive the most priority in individuals’ Wrapped results.

Billboard also noted that album length has apparently played a part in prior years’ top albums’ success, with longer works like Drake‘s Certified Lover Boy performing better and placing higher in the collective results (CLB was No. 4 on Spotify’s global year-end artist list). However, although offline listens do get counted (somehow), music listened to in Private Sessions doesn’t count toward any top five lists, individual or overall. They do count toward the “total minutes listened” number, just not broken down by genre/artist.

Can You See Your Spotify Wrapped From Past Years?

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As it gets closer to the end of the year, Spotify users wait to see just exactly what songs and artists will make the top of their annual Spotify Wrapped lists. For those who don’t know, to close out the holiday season, Spotify gives all users a list of their most-played statistics — designed in an entertaining format. Last year also saw some new features, including giving individual users their “Listening Personality Type.”

For new users or those who just might want to see what they enjoyed in years past, here’s what to know about if you can see old Spotify Wrapped editions.

While you won’t exactly be able to see the old Spotify Wrapped pop-up from past years unless you screenshotted it and saved it somewhere, users can see their “Top Songs” playlist for each year, going several years back — but only if you chose to save your Wrapped list as one at the time.

Since Spotify only started doing the annual Wrapped drops in 2016, users won’t be able to see anything before that in terms of data. However, six years (going on seven for 2023) of knowing your favorites is still a special treat, making it fun to look back on the songs you loved.

Right now, Spotify users should see their new ones by next month.

When Does Spotify Wrapped Come Out For 2023?

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As 2023 comes to an end, many music fans are looking forward to a recap of their favorite albums and songs. This year boasted many exciting releases. With streaming, music lovers are in the era of the ever-promising algorithm, and therefore can’t wait to see a visual representation of their listening habits, as well as an individualized playlist.

As we are in November, Spotify Wrapped is imminent, and we’ve put together a nifty little guide on what to expect from this year’s Wrapped.

When Does Spotify Wrapped Come Out For 2023?

There’s never an official date for when Spotify Wrapped drops. But historically, Spotify users have received their individual Wrapped summaries near the end of November or the beginning of September. The 2022 Wrapped arrived to users’ Spotify app on November 30 last year, and on December 1 in 2021 and 2020.

When Does Spotify Wrapped Stop Tracking For 2023?

In the past, Spotify has been reported to track each user’s listening habits beginning January 1 of each year, and to end tracking after October 31. However, Spotify recently tweeted that Wrapped will include date from after October 31 of this year. Though, it is unclear when Spotify will stop tracking.

How To See Your Spotify Wrapped

Spotify users can see their Wrapped simply by opening the app on their phone or on their computer. A pop-up will appear on-screen, which will allow them to click and direct themselves to their Wrapped. They can also visit the URL spotify.com/wrapped.

How Long Is Spotify Wrapped Available?

There’s no official date when Spotify users are no longer able to view their Spotify Wrapped. However, according to Spotify users on the Spotify community message boards, Wrappeds are usually available to view until early January.

Spotify To Remove Royalties From Majority Of Music On The Platform: Report

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Spotify is facing major backlash against a policy change that will eliminate royalties from a majority of its musical catalog. According to a report from Music Business Worldwide, Spotify is raising the threshold that needs to be reached before artists can earn royalties on their music. Songs will now have to reach around 200 annual streams before Spotify will pay the artist. If that threshold isn’t reached, any money the artist would have earned will be diverted back into Spotify’s general revenue pool. Essentially, bigger artists would earn the money created by smaller indie artists. Furthermore, while 200 streams a year doesn’t sound like a lot, MBW explained that the figure is a lofty goal for many small, independent artists. Furthermore, when multiplied across the low-play songs on the platform, Spotify is saving tens of millions dollars a year.

Spotify argues that the change will be negligible. The company argued small creators often don’t see the revenue regardless. However, it is a widely hated change. Some have gone as far as to call it a reverse Robin Hood scenario. In essence, Spotify is taking from smaller artists to pay bigger ones. “Right now, streams and revenue are effectively synonymous, but by this time next year, they will mean very different things. [Smaller artists] will be othered, their revenue becoming a new black box for the biggest artists to share between themselves,” theorized industry analyst Mark Mulligan. Spotify said in a statement that nothing had been finalized yet.

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Spotify’s Full 2024 Changes

While the royalties was the biggest and most controversial change, it wasn’t the only thing that Spotify proposed changing next year, citing two other potential changes. The first is a widely welcomed change, bringing fines to distributors who enable fraudulent activity on tracks they own and distribute. Streaming fraud, be it through bots, click farms, imposter tracks, or ghost artists, has become a widespread issue. A crackdown on the practices that enable the fraud is seen as long overdue by the industry.

Elsewhere, Spotify also plans to crack down on royalties for “noise tracks”, i.e. such as background noise like rain or white noise. Currently, Spotify grants royalties on playtime over 30 seconds on these tracks. However, this has led to a spate of creators releasing full albums comprised of 31-second tracks to maximize their revenue. The new change will raise the minimum playtime from 30 seconds to an unspecified number.

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Here’s How To Calculate Spotify & Apple Music Royalties For Streaming Payouts

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Over the past few weeks, album sales, or the lack thereof, have been hotly debated online amongst music fans. Today’s music climate revolves around streaming metrics. While artists such as Drake, Taylor Swift, and Bad Bunny pull in record-breaking numbers on each platform, they’re not being compensated in kind. For mid- and smaller acts, that pot shrinks significantly.

To aid recording artists in understanding their earnings, on Monday, October 30, Billboard added a royalty calculator for Spotify and Apple Music. Here’s how to calculate the royalties for streaming payouts.

The tool, developed by the legal and consulting firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, offers multiple calculations based on data gathered from direct source payers. Although the formulas are based on United States models, international artists are encouraged to use the software as a reference.

After considering four key points (total payout for the number of streams, sound recording payout, mechanical royalties, and performance royalties), the estimated total is provided in an itemized breakdown.

For example, the results of a Spotify search calculate several rates based on the servers’ paid tier, ad-supported tier, and other tiers. This is also the case with Apple Music. An example on the site compared the earnings from one million streams on both platforms. The song on Spotify brings in $3,700 for sound recording owners, $591 for mechanical royalties, $506 for performance royalties, and $2,279 remains with Spotify. On Apple Music, the payout is estimated at $7,085 for sound recording owners, $899 for mechanical royalties, $819 for performance royalties, and $2,551 given to Apple.

Billboard’s Spotify & Apple Music royalties calculator is available online. Find more information here.

Here’s How Much Spotify Will Pay Smaller Artists Per Stream In 2024

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According to a new report from Billboard, Spotify is apparently going to be paying even less to smaller artists when it comes to streams next year. This is due to a plan to restructure the company’s royalty system and it “will de-monetize tracks that had previously received 0.5% of Spotify’s royalty pool.”

This comes with a new threshold of “minimal annual streams” that songs need to meet before they can even start receiving the minimum amount of royalties. Another change is that there will be “financial penalties” for labels and distributors when it comes to creating fraudulent streaming activity on songs.

Finally, there is a minimum play-time length for all non-music uploads, with examples listed as nature sounds or “white noise.”

So, how much exactly will Spotify be paying artists for 2024?

Right now, it is still unclear when it comes to the exact amount. The streaming platform has been suspected to only pay artists a few cents per stream. However, they reject this on their company website, pointing out that they just “distribute the net revenue,” without an exact number range.

“We’re always evaluating how we can best serve artists, and regularly discuss with partners ways to further platform integrity,” a Spotify spokesperson told Billboard about the changes. “We do not have any news to share at this time.”

XXXTentacion’s “?” Album Becomes First Hip-Hop Album With 10 Billion Streams

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XXXTentacion is an artist who still gets a lot of traction on streaming services. Although he only came out with a couple of projects during his prime, these albums made a big impact. He still gets millions of streams every single day. Moreover, on Spotify specifically, he has 36 million monthly listeners. For an artist who has since passed away, these are huge numbers. In fact, they don’t seem to be dwindling all that much. Instead, X continues to get the youth to listen despite his previous misdeeds.

One of his most popular albums is ?. The album title leaves a lot to be desired. However, this is a project that certainly made an impact when it was released. There were plenty of big singles throughout the tracklist. Additionally, there were various different sounds. XXXTentacion even gave us some reggaeton on this album, which was definitely a surprise when it happened. Now, the album has hit a new goal that just so happens to be a record for hip-hop.

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XXXTentacion Is Still A Streaming Giant

According to HipHopAllDay, ? is now the first hip-hop project to reach 10 billion streams on Spotify. Overall, this is a truly incredible feat. It is hard to fathom this actually happening. It is also hard to fathom it happening to an album from five years ago. However, X has a lot of fans, and they continue to run up the numbers. It will be interesting to see what the next big streaming hip-hop album will be. Moreover, fans will certainly be looking to get this album to 15 billion and then subsequently, 20 billion streams.

Be sure to let us know what you think of this record, in the comments below? Did you think this album had that many fans? Also, what is your favorite song on the project? Additionally, stay tuned to HNHH for the latest news and updates from around the music world. We will always be sure to keep you informed on all of your favorite artists.

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