Music streaming big Spotify on Wednesday introduced it will be posting music movies on its platform in “select markets”, getting into an area lengthy dominated by YouTube.
“The beta version of music videos on Spotify begins rolling out today…,” the corporate stated in a press release.
It would launch restricted catalogue of hits from world artists resembling Ed Sheeran, Doja Cat, and Ice Spice, in addition to native favorites, it added.
Initially, the music movies will solely be obtainable to paying subscribers within the UK, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Brazil, Colombia,the Philippines, Indonesia, and Kenya.
In early February, Spotify introduced it had handed 600 million month-to-month customers, of which 236 million have been paying subscribers.
Google’s streaming behemoth YouTube has lengthy dominated music movies on-line, with a lot of the platform’s most-viewed content material being music movies.
Songs like Luis Fonsi’s “Despacito,” Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” and Okay-pop star Psy’s viral hit “Gangnam Style” every gathered a number of billion views.
Spotify has invested closely since its launch to gasoline development with expansions into new markets and, most just lately, unique content material resembling podcasts.
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