December 17, 2016

Spotify Rewards Fans With “Trapping Paper” Featuring Fetty Wap, Young Thug & Migos

By Victoria Hernandez of HipHopDX

In the midst of holiday season, Spotify is giving its most loyal users fun gifts inspired by today’s hottest artists.

To honor Fetty Wap, Young Thug and Migos‘ biggest fans, the streaming service created “trapping paper,” red wrapping paper featuring cartoon images of the rappers along with cars and, of course, money.

Other artists that participated in the giveaway include Sia who made Santa hats with her signature haircut attached, DNCE who created a special edition fruitcake, Korn who shares exclusive ornaments inspired by the group’s latest album, The Serenity of Suffering, and Shawn Mendes who graced select fans with a knitted sweater featuring himself on it.

Each chosen fan will receive a personalized card from the artist along with the gift. Winners are based upon total Spotify streaming count and how deep into an artist’s catalog the listener ventured.

View all of the Spotify gifts to the superfans below. Photos from Spotify.com/us.

Sia’s Santa Hat

Shawn Mendes Sweater

Korn’s Kornaments

Fetty Wap, Young Thug and Migo’s Trapping Paper

DNCE’s Fruitcake

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Dec. 3, 2016

The Weeknd Tops Drake for Most Monthly Streams on Spotify

by Billboard staff

Following the Nov. 25 release of his third album Starboy, The Weeknd has broken the global record for first-week streams on the service, with more than 223 million. He is also the No. 1 artist on Spotify based on monthly listeners, surpassing Drake  — though the rapper remains the app’s most-streamed artist of 2016.

The Weeknd also broke Spotify’s one-day record, with Starboy racking up 40 million streams in a single day. While David Bowie previously held that record, with 36 million streams in 24 hours, The Weeknd topped that number earlier this week with 36 million-plus streams, and then proceeded to break his own record by hitting the 40 million mark.

According to Republic Records, The Weeknd has tallied up more than 400 million global streams during Starboy‘s release week, including Spotify, Apple Music and other audio streaming platforms.

The album’s debut position on the Billboard 200 and its overall units are set to be revealed Sunday. Sources suggest The Weeknd could score the third-largest debut of the year, behind only Drake’s Views (1.04 million units) and Beyonce’s Lemonade(653,000).