drake was the most listened to artist on spotify from may 2016 to november 2016.
drake was the most listened to artist on spotify from may 2016 to november 2016.
who is the most listened to artist on spotify from may 2016 to november 2016?
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in october 2015, "thinking out loud" by ed sheeran became the first song to pass 500 million streams. a month later, spotify announced that "lean on" by major lazer and dj snake featuring mø was its most streamed song of all time with over 525 million streams worldwide. in april 2016, rihanna overtook justin bieber to become the biggest artist on spotify, with 31.3 million monthly active listeners. in may 2016, rihanna was overtaken by drake with 3.185 billion total streams. in december 2016, drake's just-under 36 million monthly listeners were overtaken by the weeknd's 36.068 million. later that month, drake's song "one dance" became the first song to hit one billion streams on spotify. upon its release in august 2017, the single "look what you made me do" by taylor swift earned over eight million streams within 24 hours, breaking the record for the most single-day streams for a track. on june 19, 2018, xxxtentacion's hit single "sad!" broke swift's single-day streaming record, amassing 10.4 million streams the day after he was fatally shot in florida.
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in march 2014, spotify announced that it had acquired the echo nest, a music intelligence company that has "in depth musical understanding and tools for curation to drive music discovery for millions of users around the globe". in june 2015, spotify acquired seed scientific, a data science consulting firm and analytics company. in a comment to "techcrunch", spotify said that seed scientific's team would lead an advanced analytics unit within the company focused on developing data services. in april 2016, spotify acquired crowdalbum, a "startup that collects photos and videos of performances shared on social networks", and would "enhance the development of products that help artists understand, activate, and monetize their audiences". in march 2017, spotify acquired sonalytic, an audio detection startup, for an undisclosed amount of money. spotify stated that sonalytic will be used to improve the company's personalised playlists, better match songs with compositions, and improve the company's publishing data system. spotify also acquired mightytv later in march, an app connected to television streaming services, including netflix and hbo go, that recommends content to users. spotify will mainly be using mightytv to improve its advertising efforts on the free tier of service. in april 2017, spotify acquired mediachain, a blockchain startup with several technologies that can aid spotify's effort in connecting artists and rights-holders with the tracks on its service. in may 2017, spotify acquired artificial intelligence startup niland, and will use its technology to improve its personalisation and recommendation features for users. in november 2017, spotify acquired soundtrap, an online music studio startup. on 12 april 2018, spotify acquired the music licensing platform loudr. on 6 february 2019, the company announced it would acquire new york podcasting companies gimlet media and anchor fm inc., establishing itself as a major player in podcasting. on 26 march 2019, spotify announced to acquire another podcast network, parcast.
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