Spotify Service
A Spotify Service is a streaming music service.
- Context:
- It can (typically) serve Spotify Users (from a Spotify user population in the millions).
- It can (typically) allow Spotify Users to create and manage their own Spotify Playlists, organizing their favorite Spotify tracks and Spotify albums.
- It can (often) analyze Spotify User Behavior using a Social Network Node Distance Measure to understand user connectivity and influence within the service.
- It can range from providing basic streaming services for free to offering premium subscriptions with additional features.
- It can allow users to share and collaborate on Spotify Playlists with other users, enhancing social interaction.
- It can identify Spotify User Twins, enabling personalized recommendations by finding users with similar tastes and listening behaviors.
- It can use data from Spotify User Twins to create more accurate Spotify Recommendation Algorithms, improving user satisfaction.
- It can help users discover new music by analyzing preferences and behaviors of their Spotify User Twins.
- It can enhance social interaction by connecting users with their Spotify User Twins, fostering a sense of community.
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- Example(s):
- Spotify Service, 2006 (Minimum Viable Product).
- Spotify Service, 2008 (Official launch of the service, providing a new way to access and stream music).
- Spotify Service, 2011 (Expansion into the US market, significantly increasing its user base).
- Spotify Service, 2012 (Introduction of the web player, allowing users to access Spotify without downloading the app).
- Spotify Service, 2013 (Launch of free mobile access, expanding its reach and user engagement).
- Spotify Service, 2018 (Spotify's initial public offering, marking a significant milestone in its business growth).
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Napster, 1999 (One of the first widely-used music sharing services, paving the way for digital music consumption).
- Pandora Radio, 2000 (Introduced personalized internet radio and influenced how users discover new music).
- iTunes, 2001 (Apple's music store that revolutionized the music industry by providing legal music downloads).
- Last.fm, 2002 (Early adopter of music recommendation systems and social music networking).
- Deezer, 2007 (One of the first streaming services to offer an extensive music library globally).
- See: Spotify AB, Alexa Internet, The Verge, Spotify API.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotify Retrieved:2017-9-27.
- Spotify is a music, podcast, and video streaming service that was officially launched on 7 October 2008. It is developed by startup Spotify AB in Stockholm, Sweden. It provides digital rights management–protected content from record labels and media companies. Spotify is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and music downloads, are offered via paid subscriptions.
Spotify is available in most of Europe, most of the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and parts of Asia. It is available for most modern devices, including Windows, macOS, and Linux computers, as well as iOS and Android smartphones and tablets. Music can be browsed through or searched for by parameters such as artist, album, genre, playlist, or record label. Users can create, edit, and share playlists, share tracks on social media, and make playlists with other users. Spotify provides access to more than 30 million songs. As of June 2017, it had more than 140 million monthly active users and more than 60 million paying subscribers as of July 2017.
Spotify pays royalties based on the number of artists' streams as a proportion of total songs streamed on the service, unlike physical or download sales, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold. They distribute approximately 70% of total revenue to rights holders, who then pay artists based on their individual agreements. Spotify has faced criticism from artists and producers, including Taylor Swift and Radiohead singer Thom Yorke, who feel that it does not fairly compensate music creators as music sales decline and streaming increases. Spotify announced in April 2017 that artists will be able to make new album releases exclusively available on the Premium service for a maximum of two weeks if they are part of Universal Music Group and Merlin Network, as part of its efforts to renegotiate new license deals with record labels for a reported interest in going public.
- Spotify is a music, podcast, and video streaming service that was officially launched on 7 October 2008. It is developed by startup Spotify AB in Stockholm, Sweden. It provides digital rights management–protected content from record labels and media companies. Spotify is a freemium service; basic features are free with advertisements or limitations, while additional features, such as improved streaming quality and music downloads, are offered via paid subscriptions.