Spotify unveils ‘Musical Map of the World’

PRESS RELEASE:

Spotify today unveiled Musical Map: Cities of the World – an interactive visual guide of how people listen to music in different cities around the world. The map features nearly 1,000 city-specific playlists that reflect each area’s unique musical preferences. Spotify created the map based on music that is “distinctive” to each area – meaning songs that are listened to frequently in specific cities that are not frequently listened to in others.

The Map automatically updates every two weeks, allowing listeners to musically travel the globe and to stay on the pulse of each city’s unique music scene. Each update involves analysing nearly 20 billion tracks listened to by Spotify users.

Top global listening trends revealed by the Map include:

· The World Loves Hip Hop – this genre showed up on playlists more than all other genres, regardless of geography or language.

· Local Rules – local artists are excessively popular in the areas where they reside, across all musical genres.

Some of today’s trending musicians across major Australian cities include:

· Sydney is loving Golden Features

· Brisbane can’t get enough of Conrad Sewell

· North Melbourne (Brunswick) is mad about Hermitude

· Adelaide, Hobart and Perth are all streaming Drapht

And from cities around the world:

· New Yorkers are craving The Chainsmokers

· Berlin is trending toward the stylings of Mia

· Rio de Janeiro is loving Mc Nego do Borel

· London favours the sounds of Jamie xx

Following are embed codes for the comprehensive Musical Map, as well as specific Australian cities, and once embedded the map will update automatically:

Listeners can also see a streamlined list of ‘Musical Map: Cities of the World’ here, including playlists for all featured cities: http://everynoise.com/everyplace.cgi. Learn more about the Musical Map on the Spotify Insights blog here.