Billboard Japan caught up with Hadley, Spotify's Global Head of Music Partnerships & Audience, during his visit to Japan for ...

He explained that the market is “85-90% Japanese artists and the remaining 10-15% is for international artists, including classical music.” Spotify is optimistic about their presence in Japan.

As reported earlier, MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN is a brand-new award established ... by inviting votes from general music listeners via Spotify. In the album category, leading with Album of the Year ...

Ashizawa spoke about working to support up-and-coming artists as Spotify's Head of Music Planning and Operations in Japan. By Billboard Japan Billboard’s Women in Music event has celebrated ...

“We’re incredibly excited to launch Spotify with a uniquely Japanese music experience,” Spotify CEO and founder Daniel Ek said in a statement. “With Spotify’s revolutionary discovery and ...

The music video to Creepy Nuts’ “Bling ... For those curious about the other popular Japanese artists and songs on Spotify, here’s a list of what performed the best both in and outside ...

He will be based in Tokyo and report to Naoshi Fujikara, CEO, Universal Music Japan. Tamaki joins UMJ from Spotify, where he has served as General Manager & President, Spotify Japan since 2016 ...

Music in eight different languages generated more than $100 million last year, Spotify said: English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, French, Japanese, Korean and Italian. In 2017, it was only ...

As the next featured guest in this series, Ashizawa spoke about working to support up-and-coming artists as Spotify’s Head of Music Planning and Operations in Japan. She also shared the company ...