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Since the Covid-19 pandemic, music from Japanese animations is booming on Spotify and at gigs and club nights – especially ...
To find out, Billboard JAPAN sat down with Joe Hadley – Spotify's Global Head of Music Partnerships & Audience – during his visit to Japan in May for the inaugural MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2025, the ...
Spotify’s Joe Hadley on Why Japanese Music’s Global Moment Is Just Beginning & How MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN Sets the Stage. Billboard Japan caught up with Hadley, Spotify's Global Head of Music ...
Spotify is optimistic about their presence in Japan. "We expect Spotify and music streaming in general to have a positive impact on the industry and also music fans, who’ll have instant access ...
As evidence of this, PR Times has announced which Japanese songs and artists performed the best on Spotify both within Japan and abroad. For 2024, the same song was at the top of both lists, truly ...
Noriko Ashizawa of Spotify Japan on the Past & Future of the Music Industry: Billboard Japan Women in Music Interview. Ashizawa spoke about working to support up-and-coming artists as Spotify's ...
Spotify came late to the party as Apple Music, Line and local service Rakuten have already been supplying Japanese music aficionados with tunes for quite some time now.
As promised during the game's State of Play deep dive, two music tracks taken from Ghost of Yotei are available to listen to ...
“Bling-Bang-Bang-Born” by the hip-hop duo Creepy Nuts is the most-streamed song in Japan and the most streamed by a Japanese artist internationally, according to Spotify’s 2024 rankings.