[iHype.]

Spotify has launched in Japan. Japan ha streaming takeover begins

[SupahBass05]

153. -> OUT

OMG how?!

[Cz!]

Originally posted by iHype.

Spotify has launched in Japan. Japan ha streaming takeover begins

That's great. I wonder if they're planning to launch the service in the Arab world at some point.

[Chemist]

Originally posted by iHype.

Spotify has launched in Japan. Japan ha streaming takeover begins

Spotify should launch in Korea too

[alexanderao]

Originally posted by iHype.

Spotify has launched in Japan. Japan ha streaming takeover begins

Wow, this is great news! I'm curious to see their numbers

[jose168]

Originally posted by iHype.

Spotify has launched in Japan. Japan ha streaming takeover begins

wait really is there an article or something i need my japanese music on spotify

[Beatz]

How is PI OUT already? I don't get it well this shows the on-demand/streaming public rejected Gaga, I'm worried for Katy now. I hope her lead single is a smash on Spotify, etc...

[alexanderao]

Originally posted by jose168

wait really is there an article or something i need my japanese music on spotify

https://www.cnet.com/uk/google-amp/n...-japan-launch/

[MardinBeksloy]

Originally posted by Chemist

Spotify should launch in Korea too

Korean already has Melon, Itunes cant make it there, Spotify wont

[Medo]

Originally posted by Cz!

That's great. I wonder if they're planning to launch the service in the Arab world at some point.

Not sure if it'll be able to compete with Anghami...

[iHype.]

Originally posted by jose168

wait really is there an article or something i need my japanese music on spotify

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7526320/spotify-japan-launch

Spotify has, finally, launched in Japan, the world's second-largest recorded music market. As Billboard reported less than two weeks ago, the launch was known to be coming shortly, after years of planning and negotiations that were still underway as of this month.

Giving Japanese fans, who have particular tastes -- look at the heartbreak around the retirement of legacy pop group SMAP, or the enduring popularity of the baroque metal band X Japan -- exactly what they want to hear will be key to breaking through in the country, and CEO Daniel Ek knows it.

And change is coming for music fans in the country, who have long preferred their music on physical media, CDs in particular. The most recent figures on that market, from the Recording Industry Association of Japan and covering the first half of this year, show that $991 million was spent on CDs in that time, while digital revenues stood at $255 million, according to the IFPI -- and that's the whole kit and caboodle, including streaming, album and track sales, ringtones, videos, etc.

Put another way, in the U.S. 66 percent of recording industry dollars came from digital -- sales, streaming, etc. -- last year. In Japan that number was 18 percent. Less than 5 percent of total recording revenue was from streaming.

This is, clearly, a huge opportunity for Spotify. Japan's internet penetration (the percentage of a country's total population that has stable access to the web) is extremely high, 91.1 percent to 88.5 percent in the U.S., according to Internet Live Stats. That's lot of potential converts for Ek and Co.

[Starkboy]

63 +7 Katy Perry - Roar (Official)1,177,798
66 -13 Lady Gaga - Perfect Illusion1,155,858

[Communion]

Will we get figures then starting tomorrow from Japan on SpotifyCharts, or will it take a few weeks for that data to start getting added?

[popmusic]

Originally posted by Communion

Will we get figures then starting tomorrow from Japan on SpotifyCharts, or will it take a few weeks for that data to start getting added?

We don't really know. I think we will get charts faster on Spotify player (Top 50 playlists)

[iHype.]

Originally posted by Communion

Will we get figures then starting tomorrow from Japan on SpotifyCharts, or will it take a few weeks for that data to start getting added?

A country automatically gets a Top 50 chart if the #50 song gets above 1,000 plays and automatically gets a Top 200 chart if the #200 song gets above 1,000 plays.

As long as those two things happen then it should get charts tomorrow

[Cz!]

Originally posted by Medo

Not sure if it'll be able to compete with Anghami...

Yeah, but Anghami doesn't offer Western music at all, does it?

[Starkboy]

Starboy

#1 Canada (=)
#1 Denmark (=)
#1 Sweden (=)
#1 Norway (=)
#2 United States (=)
#2 Worldwide (=)
#2 Australia (+1)
#3 United Kingdom (=)
#3 Finland (=)
#3 Germany (+2)
#4 France (+1)
#8 Netherlands (+2)
#9 Brazil (=)
#9 Mexico (+5)
#16 Philippines (+1)
#18 Italy (+5)
#34 Spain (=)

WW
1. Closer | 5,582,750 (-37k)
2. Starboy | 4,480,363 (+214k)

US
1. Closer | 1,835,464 (-11k)
2. Starboy | 1,580,671 (+55k)

[FAN]

King

[alexanderao]

09/30/2016
T50 Archive pt. 1
T50 Archive pt. 2
T50 Archive pt. 3
T50 Archive pt. 4
FULL TOP 200 WITH PLAY COUNTS

1. Closer (1,835,464) *53 days at #1*
2. Starboy (1,580,671) *Currently at peak*
3. Let Me Love You (979,356) *Currently at peak*
4. Cold Water (965,493)
5. Broccoli (+1) (942,603)
6. Heathens (-1) (924,221)
7. Too Good (827,540)
8. One Dance (819,864)
9. Side To Side (786,304)
10. Starving (710,493)

11. Needed Me (684,292)
12. Treat You Better (+1) (655,559)
13. In The Name Of Love (-1) (641,237)
14. The Greatest (614,646) *Reached a new peak yesterday* *Currently at peak*
15. Don't Let Me Down (614,537)
16. Chill Bill (+2) (592,973) *Matches peak*
17. Ride (-1) (586,596)
18. My Way [Calvin Harris] (-1) (579,335)
19. Sucker For Pain (+1) (551,757)
20. You & Me (-1) (550,153)

21. LUV (539,934)
22. Controlla (+1) (531,191)
23. i hate u, i love u (-1) (522,638)
24. This Is What You Came For (519,689)
25. Mercy (+4) (512,577)
26. Caroline (-1) (512,492) *Reached a new peak yesterday*
27. Into You (498,332)
28. We Don't Talk Anymore (489,716)
29. Scars To Your Beautiful (-3) (484,688)
30. Gold (479,927)

31. No Problem (465,043)
32. Never Be Like You (457,253)
33. Tiimmy Turner (+1) (454,419)
34. Capsize (-1) (451,848)
35. X (+2) (411,687) *New peak*
36. Say It [Flume] (405,965)
37. OOOUUU (+2) (399,953) *New peak*
38. Let Me Hold You (Turn Me On) (393,067)
39. Low Life (+3) (388,293)
40. Pick Up The Phone (+3) (385,414) *New peak*

41. Final Song (-1) (379,829)
42. Hymn For The Weekend (SeeB Remix) (-1) (378,507)
43. Still Here (+2) (373,453)
44. Panda (+4) (372,839)
45. This Girl (-10) (371,083)
46. Cool Girl (-2) (367,146)
47. The Ocean (-1) (366,322)
48. Niall Horan - This Town (DEBUT) (364,686)
49. All In My Head (Flex) (+1) (361,927)
50. Perfect Strangers (-1) (357,255)

Dropouts
51. Please Don't Go (-4) (351,956)

Total plays of the Top 10:
10,372,009 (-32,475 from yesterday)

Total plays of the Top 50:
29,440,267 (-151,805 from yesterday)

Total plays of the Top 100:
42,142,631 (-10,739 from yesterday)

Total plays of the Top 200:
57,537,844 (+124,086 from yesterday)

Songs above 200,000 plays:
94 (+1 from yesterday)

Songs above 300,000 plays:
58 (+1 from yesterday)

[abrahamjmr]

The Weeknd is serving with his new music. False Alarm is better than Starboy.
I do hope Starboy can overtake Closer soon.