Spotify's influence in the music industry

A feature of Spotify is the ability to see what the top 100 songs are throughout the world. It is labeled “Top Lists”. For example, if a user wanted to know what the 100 most popular songs in Spain were, it would just filter the results. This can be done for several countries including the United States, Spain, the UK, and Sweden. The option to see the top 100 songs worldwide is available as well. Spotify has revolutionized the way that music is shared between friends, by combining digital music with social media platforms, such as Facebook. Users can set up playlists as well and share them, or edit them together. This allows users to interact and engage with one another. Artists also have the capability to share their favorite playlists. For example, I have a playlist from Gossip Girl Season 4, as well as a playlist that the producer Avicii made with his own tracks as well as some from some of his favorite artists. The playlist link can be dragged directly into an email, so the recipient can see the playlist that way. Additionally, Spotify offers a Radio. This is similar to its competitor, Pandora Radio. The user can choose an artist, and the Radio will make a playlist that is similar to that artist. This will help emerging artists spread awareness, and hopefully gain more popularity. A differentiating factor between Spotify and Pandora, however, is that users are able to have unlimited skipped tracks. Pandora limits the amount of skips per hour. An application has been created so users can listen to Spotify on the go.