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Quiz: This Week on ‘For the Record’

June 25, 2021

Think you're up-to-date on the latest in Spotify news, data, and trends? Take our quiz to test just how well you’ve been following along.

1. How many hours have listeners streamed Spotify’s most popular and influential playlist, Today’s Top Hits?
2. Boza is the latest artist to join the U.S. roster for our emerging talent program, RADAR. However, this isn’t the first time that the Panamanian singer has been picked to be a RADAR artist. In 2020, Boza was part of RADAR in what region?
3. Spotify announced a new podcast network, The Unbothered Network, in partnership with a creator. Which podcaster is at the helm?
4. New Spotify original podcast “Proxima Parada” brings its listeners daily news from the outskirts, or “quebradas,” of São Paulo, Brazil. When does the podcast premiere?
5. On our podcast “Spotify: For the Record,” we explored three local music genres: hyphy, chopped and screwed, and go-go. Which of these music styles originated in Washington, D.C., and was named the city’s official music?
6. This week at Cannes, Gimlet Managing Director Lydia Polgreen sat down with Brandy and Black Girl Songbook host Danyel Smith for a conversation about the power of podcasts. What was their big insight?

Quiz: This Week on ‘For the Record’

June 17, 2021

Think you're up-to-date on the latest in Spotify news, data, and trends? Take our quiz to test just how well you’ve been following along.

1. The new Summer Breakouts playlist is made up of tracks that Spotify’s editorial experts predict will pop off this summer. How often is this playlist updated?
1. How many hours have listeners streamed Spotify’s most popular and influential playlist, Today’s Top Hits?
2. Boza is the latest artist to join the U.S. roster for our emerging talent program, RADAR. However, this isn’t the first time that the Panamanian singer has been picked to be a RADAR artist. In 2020, Boza was part of RADAR in what region?
3. Spotify announced a new podcast network, The Unbothered Network, in partnership with a creator. Which podcaster is at the helm?
4. New Spotify original podcast “Proxima Parada” brings its listeners daily news from the outskirts, or “quebradas,” of São Paulo, Brazil. When does the podcast premiere?

Quiz: This Week on ‘For the Record’

June 11, 2021

Think you're up-to-date on the latest in Spotify news, data, and trends? Take our quiz to test just how well you’ve been following along.

1. Actor and activist Adrian Grenier cofounded the nonprofit Lonely Whale to build community, connect with the ocean, and fight plastic waste. At what unique frequency does the real lonely whale, the organization’s namesake, sing?
2. Does Spotify’s personalized Football Now playlist, available for listeners in the U.K. and Germany, update weekly or daily?
3. Feelin’ Myself is the second-biggest, second-fastest-growing hip-hop playlist on Spotify. Which of these rule-breaking hip-hop artists can you find there?
4. What does EQUAL artist of the month Jorja Smith say is a defining moment of her career?
5. K-pop girl group TWICE fans can get excited for TWICE Presents Taste of Love, the Enhanced Album, a colorful playground of captivating video and audio accompanying each of the group’s six new songs. Fans of TWICE are known as what?

Quiz: This Week on ‘For the Record’

June 4, 2021

Think you're up-to-date on the latest in Spotify news, data, and trends? Take our quiz to test just how well you’ve been following along.

1. Actor and activist Adrian Grenier cofounded the nonprofit Lonely Whale to build community, connect with the ocean, and fight plastic waste. At what unique frequency does the real lonely whale, the organization’s namesake, sing?
2. Does Spotify’s personalized Football Now playlist, available for listeners in the U.K. and Germany, update weekly or daily?
3. Feelin’ Myself is the second-biggest, second-fastest-growing hip-hop playlist on Spotify. Which of these rule-breaking hip-hop artists can you find there?
4. What does EQUAL artist of the month Jorja Smith say is a defining moment of her career?
5. K-pop girl group TWICE fans can get excited for TWICE Presents Taste of Love, the Enhanced Album, a colorful playground of captivating video and audio accompanying each of the group’s six new songs. Fans of TWICE are known as what?
6. Rising artists featured on Fresh Finds see their average monthly listeners increase by what percentage in the 28 days following their addition to the playlist?
7. Spotify Advertising’s annotated audio series Outside Voices kicked off last week with two creators: documentary filmmaker Mike Shum, and Nwaka Onwusa, the Chief Curator and Vice President of Curatorial Affairs at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Who’s the artist both individuals have on their playlist?

Quiz: This Week on ‘For the Record’

May 21, 2021

Think you're up-to-date on the latest in Spotify news, data, and trends? Take our quiz to test just how well you’ve been following along.

1. The show’s theme song, “I’ll Be There for You,” has amassed more than 137 million streams on Spotify. Who sings this tune?
2. Over the past week, as fans geared up for the reunion, the official Friends playlist saw this percentage increase in streams:
3. This week, we announced our most recent exploration: a virtual concert experience. Which of the following statements about the upcoming shows are true?
4. Later in the year, Storytel subscribers will be able to enjoy Storytel’s library of audiobooks on Spotify by…
5. Popular German podcast Talk-O-Mat, which features an AI robot, is being adapted for a U.S. audience. What is the name of the new English-language podcast?
6. Mansión Reggaetón, Spotify’s flagship reggaetón playlist, is a one-stop destination for the most-talked-about artists of the genre. According to Spotify data, what country streams the most reggaetón?
7. Germany’s new Podcast—Der Podcast will be parodying several shows, including the most popular podcast from the market, which is:
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