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The built-in Music app doesn't get lost in the shuffle in Apple's iOS 26 update. Indeed, amid the Liquid Glass overhaul to ...
The Netflix film’s song, “Golden,” just hit No. 1 on Spotify’s Daily Top Songs Global Chart and earned seven entries on this ...
Since the Covid-19 pandemic, music from Japanese animations is booming on Spotify and at gigs and club nights – especially ...
The soundtrack from the Netflix original animated film is giving other K-pop chart-toppers a run for their money ...
Ko Tanaka, the first Off-Broadway Japanese composer known for his fusion of jazz with American musical theater and Japanese musical traditions, is composing a ballet rendition of the ...
We pulled out all the stops in making this feel like an epic Japanese music battle.
Billboard Japan caught up with Hadley, Spotify's Global Head of Music Partnerships & Audience, during his visit to Japan for the inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN.
Hopes of an exports boom may be boosted by the latest data published by Spotify on payouts for Japanese artists’ music. “In 2024, nearly 50% of royalties earned by Japanese artists came from outside ...
Music "Japan is Jin Land" — Fans celebrate as BTS member becomes the first Korean soloist with multiple songs topping the Spotify Japan Chart ...
Diversity of J-pop According to Noriko Ashizawa, the head of music planning and operations at Spotify Japan, the number of songs by Japanese artists played overseas increased by 40% from 2022 to 2024.
BTS' Taehyung recently made headlines when his solo album Layover became the first album by a K-pop soloist to have all of its tracks surpass 1 million streams on Spotify Japan.