Apple Music dethrones Spotify

aresayingthatintheUSAthesubscribercountsfor AppleMusic arehigherthan Spotifyandonlygrowing.Thiscomesafterarticlesearlierintheyearsayingitwasboundtohappensoon.

OntopthatSpotify’scampaignfor Drake’s newalbum Scorpion washeavilycriticisedforbeingsoaggressivetothepointitmadebrowsingSpotifyuncomfortable.TorubsaltinthatwoundAppleMusicwouldposthigherstreamnumbersforthealbumby30million,despitetheaggressivecampaignfromSpotify.

AppleMusicseemstobeseeingthemostsuccessintheRapgenre,whichisgoodforthembecauseaccordinga ,36.2percentallmusicstreamingisfrom“Hip-Hop/R&B.”

WhiletheglobalsubscribercountishigherforSpotify,(includingthefreeservice)iftrendskeepgoingthewaytheyareitseemsonlyamattertimebeforeAppleMusictakesovercompletely!

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