HipHopCanada

Are Algorithms and Spotify AI “Killing” Canadian Music?

Spotify AI may be limiting local artists in Australia. What does that mean for Canadian music and who gets heard on streaming ...
USA Today

Am I my Spotify Wrapped? Spotify's algorithm makes me question its validity. | Opinion

Spotify's 600 million users are facing one of the streaming service’s most anticipated, yet dreaded, events: Spotify Wrapped. The annual user listening report provides each Spotify user with a ...
Music Business Worldwide

Spotify to let users edit the algorithm behind their personalized recommendations with ‘Taste Profile’

Taste Profile and Prompted Playlist are just among Spotify’s new AI features that are aimed at tailoring user experience. It ...
The Inlander

Why algorithms like Spotify's "Discover Weekly" playlist are actually bad

When Spotify unveiled its "Discover Weekly" feature, a playlist curated based on the music you listen to, almost everybody loved it. Tech blogs raved about its genius after it debuted in 2015.

I traded Spotify with an MP3 player for a week. Life outside the algorithm was rough

No algorithm, no endless playlists, no podcasts on demand. Just a handful of albums, wired headphones and a lot of silence ...
AOL

Spotify's Prompted Playlist lets you micromanage your own algorithm

For years, Spotify's recommendation engine has felt like a mind reader. It quietly tracks what you play, skip, save, and replay, then serves up Discover Weekly, Release Radar, and an endless stream of ...
MusicRadar

“A new way to put meaningful control of the algorithm directly in your hands”: Can Spotify’s Prompted Playlist feature put you back in the driving seat when it comes to ...

Having previously put in the hands of users from the US and Canada, Spotify is now rolling out its Prompted Playlists feature in the UK and Ireland. This enables you to create custom playlists from ...