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Spotify,
the world's most popular music streaming and subscription service, officially
launched its new playlist named "The Philippines Discovers" based on
the listening trends of music fans across the country. It features tracks that
reflect some of the most discovered artists in the Philippines then and now
including fresh faces like ALLMO$T, This Band and JM De Guzman whose recent hits
have made a mark in the brewing local music scene.
Every
month, Spotify has been powering an average of 11 billion artist discoveries from
around the globe. Its listeners are beyond curious and always open in expanding
their taste in music by discovering their next new favorites from a vast range
of artists, songs and genres for them to explore. For users who are aged
between 18 and 24 years old, the service has uncovered that they have a unique
and somewhat unexpected taste for discovery. And with more than 50 million tracks
in customized and curated playlists and a well personalized user experience,
Spotify users around the world - both free listeners and subscribers alike -
can enjoy and indulge on more than just instant access to all the world's
music.
Based
on Spotify's data, millennials in Asia are bopping away to the hottest Korean
pop hits and some of the freshest K-pop idols and bands. The likes of rookie band
ITZY as well as Spotify's Early Noise 2019 feature TOMORROW X TOGETHER can be
found within the most discovered artists list across Singapore, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand. In the Philippines, more
than 85 percent of the artists being discovered on the service are OPM artists more
particularly ALLMO$T, This Band, I Belong To The Zoo and Ben&Ben.
Meanwhile,
JM De Guzman and Armi Millare have recently made the top ten list with their
respective songs featured in the 2019 blockbuster flick Alone/Together from
Black Sheep starring Enrique Gil and Liza Soberano. To anyone's surprise, also
being discovered on Spotify are iconic Filipino bands from the 90s and 2000s
such as Eraserheads, Parokya ni Edgar, Silent Sanctuary, Hale and Callalily. In
fact, here is the most recent list of the top 20 most discovered artists in the
Philippines with their respective songs being played for the first time by
users aged 18 to 24 years old in the past 60 days.
*
ALLMO$T
*
This Band
*
JM De Guzman
* Armi
Millare
* I
Belong To The Zoo
* December
Avenue
*
ITZY
* juan
karlos
*
Ben&Ben
*
Silent Sanctuary
* Chvrches
* Because
* Because
*
Hale
* Callalily
*
Tomorrow x Together
*
PDL
*
IV of Spades
*
Khel Pangilinan
*
Eraserheads
*
Parokya ni Edgar
Get
to know more of the artists discovered by the millennials by logging on to www.spotify.com or downloading the Spotify
mobile app from Google Play and iOS App Store, sign up for an account and enjoy
streaming The Philippines Discovers playlist.
