Music News - Spotify reveals the Spotlight on 2016 artists
04 December 2015 - 0 Comments
Following Spotify’s reveal of the artists and songs that shaped 2015, we now announce our Spotlight on 2016 artists - a look ahead at who we predict to be the brightest stars of 2016.
The Spotlight on 2016 list for Australia and New Zealand features artists Meg Mac, Kita Alexander, Safia, Eves the Behavior, Thomston, and Vancouver Sleep Clinic (full list below). The list is carefully compiled using a combination of both human curation by Spotify’s team of in-house music experts, and the analysis of millions of streams’ worth of music fans' current listening data, including:
- The artists whose music is appearing in Spotify’s viral charts, which are a barometer of the music that is being shared the most among friends.
- The artists being listened to now by Spotify’s most musically-influential users, who have a track record of discovering breaking artists early.
- The artists whose music is bubbling up in Spotify’s Fresh Finds, a weekly-updated playlists that identifies under-the-radar artists that are generating buzz online.
Spotlight on 2016 AUNZ Artists
Meg Mac
Kita Alexander
Safia
Eves the Behavior
Vallis Alps
Client Liaison
Cloves
Felix Riebl
DMAs
Koi Child
Golden Features
WAFIA
Joy.
Thomston
Vancouver Sleep Clinic
Biographies and images available here.
Andy Vincent, Label Relations Manager for Australia & New Zealand, said: "Spotify in Australia and New Zealand continues to grow to an impressive scale. Not only do we have more music fans than ever before using the service, but they are now listening to their favourite artists and discovering new music at a truly exponential rate.
The success of Discover Weekly has demonstrated the massive appetite that our fans have for discovering new music, and the success of previous Spotlight artists like Troye Sivan, Tkay Maidza, Hiatus Kaiyote, and Kllo makes the announcement of 2016 that much more exciting.”
“We are stoked to be included in Spotify’s 2016 Spotlight Artist program. It’s a great honour, thanks guys!” - Safia
“So stoked to be part of this!!” - Kita Alexander
Spotify’s Spotlight programme aims to bring the best new music to millions of music fans on Spotify, and also to help new artists build their careers by finding and connecting with a fan base on Spotify.
You can listen to the Spotlight on 2016 AUNZ playlist here.
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