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Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber Release New Joint Single ‘I Don’t Care’

May 10, 2019

Four years ago, Ed Sheeran and Justin Bieber released their first collaboration, “Love Yourself.” Now, after a few weeks of teasing fans and listeners around the world, the duo is back today with a new joint single, “I Don’t Care.”

Neither Ed nor Justin are strangers to this type of project. Ed Sheeran’s best-known collaboration is his “Perfect Duet” with Beyoncé, followed by the Stormzy “Shape of You” remix. Bieber, a collaboration king, has worked with the likes of Daddy Yankee and Luis Fonsi (“Despacito Remix”), as well as Nicki Minaj (“Beauty and a Beat”). Separately, both artists are stars in their own right. Together, they’re nothing short of a supernova.

In celebration of today’s new release, we’ve taken a deep dive into their star power. Check out the infographic below to see just how impressive these global record-breaking artists are—together and apart.

Keep Your Fitness Resolution with the World’s Top Workout Music

December 31, 2018

Admit it: Music plays a vital role in making your workout bearable. And as you bid farewell to 2018 and usher in a brand new year, resetting your fitness regime might be on your mind more than ever. So, whether you play hardcore dance beats or punk rock while lifting weights, running on the treadmill, or exhaling in child’s pose, be sure that good music goes hand in hand with your new year’s resolution.

With 43.5 million workout-themed playlists on Spotify, we get a kick out of checking in annually to see which songs are surfacing as the top motivators for our listeners, as well as where in the globe people are most physically active.

Perhaps due to the intensely motivational lyrics of Eminem’s “’Till I Collapse,” that track is, for the third year in a row, the top global song of all time for getting through that run or spin cycling class. And while Finland is the most active country in terms of the amount of workout music it streams, Sweden is the most zen, based on the Swedes’ enthusiasm for yoga-themed playlists.

Curiously, an area where we saw growth in 2018 was in the number of cryotherapy/ice-bath-themed playlists. It seems people are getting into the chill of this practice, which involves exposure to very cold temperatures in an effort to heal tissue. And the top songs in these playlists are—surprise!—Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby” and Foreigner’s “Cold As Ice.”

Let’s step away from the cold for now, though, and warm up to the numbers:

Looking for the perfect playlist to light a fire after all that eggnog? Check out some of Spotify’s top workout playlists like Beast Mode, Motivation Mix, and Hype. Happy sweating!

Spotify Singles: 1 Billion Streams (And Counting)

August 6, 2018

At Spotify, we realized that helping you discover new music wasn’t enough: We wanted to have a hand in the creation of the next great hit. That’s why we created Spotify Singles, as a nod to the good ‘ol days of 45’s, b-sides, and CD singles. Recording these tracks also opens up the opportunity for artists from across genres to join us in our uniquely inspiring Studio to record a new take on one of their top songs, as well as a cover by their own favorite musician or group.

Now, in under two years, we have hours of exclusive content from 185 (and counting!) of your favorite artists that you can’t hear anywhere else. And thanks to you, those 380 singles have been streamed, collectively, one billion times.

That’s pretty impressive from our point of view—but we’ll let the numbers speak for themselves.

Listen as your favorite artists perform their Spotify Singles recordings in the Complete Spotify Singles playlist.