harry styles is the number one artist in the world on spotify.
harry styles is the number one artist in the world on spotify.
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in the united states, "7 rings" debuted at number one on the "billboard" hot 100 issue dated february 2, 2019, becoming grande's second number-one single, following "thank u, next", and the 33rd song to do so. with this, grande joined carey (3) and britney spears (2) as the only female artists with multiple number-one debuts; overall she is the fifth artist after justin bieber and drake. grande also became the first artist to have their first two number-ones debut at the top spot. among component charts, "7 rings" debuted at the top of the streaming songs chart with 85.3 million us streams in the week ending january 24, 2019, according to nielsen music; the sum marked the second-biggest streaming week ever for a song by a female artist (after the aforementioned "thank u, next"). it also debuted at number one on the digital songs chart with 96,000 downloads. as the second single to her fifth album "thank u, next", grande had two singles that debuted at number one on the chart, making grande the third artist in history to have an album with two songs that debuted at number one on the hot 100, after drake's "scorpion" in 2018 and mariah carey's "daydream" in 1995. "7 rings" held the top spot for a fourth week following the release of her album "thank u, next", blocking her singles "break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored" (which debuted at number two), and "thank u, next" (which rose up to number three). with three songs in the top 3, grande became the first artist in history since the beatles in 1964 to occupy the top 3 spots on the chart and the first solo artist to achieve this record. "7 rings" remained atop the hot 100 for eight non-consecutive weeks until it was unseated by "old town road" by lil nas x and descended to number three on april 13, 2019. it remained in the top ten for its first 16 weeks until it fell to number 11 on may 25, 2019. as of june 27, 2019, the song is the most streamed song in 2019 by a female artist on spotify.
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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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