In just 3 days (as Billboard closes out its tally each week on Sunday nights and Drake dropped late Thursday night,) Drake managed to move 495k hard copies of his “mixtape,” If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late, as well as break a Spotify record with more than 17.3 million first-week streams. The project will undoubtedly go gold by next week’s charts (if not already,) and with Billboard’s new SPS (sales plus streaming) methodology, it’s actually already at 535k. No word whether this will ever be available other than digitally, but Drizzy’s official studio album, Views From the 6, is due out later this year. Get the full top 10 of this week’s Billboard 200 below!
(Photos) Jay Z Is Buying Spotify Rival Tidal For $56 Million?
Jay Z is buying Spotify Rival Tidal For $56 Million? Well there has been a lot of talk about Jay Z and what company he’s going to purchase next. There was even talk that he was going to purchase Hot 97. This rumor began after the Big Blow Out between Funk Master Flex and Jay-Z. So now that #Hov97 is out the picture it looks like the “Beach is Better ” rapper has his eyes on streaming. According to reports Jay Z is buying Spotify Rival Tidal For $56 Million. Find out more after the jump.
Apple Updates DJay App , Lets You Mix Two Songs At The Same Damn Time !!
Thursday morning the popular Mac and iOS app djay released an update that could eliminate the need for a DJ at your next party. The app now allows you to stream and mix any two tracks at the same time using Spotify , your music library or both. The app doesn’t lag, its super fast , and you can multitask with no problem at all. Also it will come with a learning tool that matches songs with similar beats. Don’t want to constantly be at the turntable? You can hook up the app to the match and fate setting on your iPhone or iPad and let it DJ for you.
Like A Boss! Spotify Buys Company That Powers Internet Radio!!!
More than likely you never heard of ‘The Echo Nest’, shoot, I’m a super geek and I never thought to find out what’s the force behind(API) Internet Radio apps like Pandora(in the #1 position), Spotify, Rdio, Twitter Music, and I assume iTunes radio, Songza, and more, but now we know it’s the Echo Nest, and we now know it’s own by Spotify because they just acquired it! What does that mean for your fav radio app though?!
