Drei Raña Is The New OPM Artist To Watch Out For

It has been a while that we had fresh new faces for OPM. Not that we have a shortage of it, but they are just waiting to be discovered by music labels because of their talent, and with a lot of great talent out there it is indeed a competition. Finally PolyEast Records is now introducing their newest talent Drei Raña.

Though he looks like a simple guy with his guitar, his musical talent is charming and soothing that is what many love with OPM right now. He started with posting acoustic covers that gained millions of views, he also writes his own music.

Drei is a graduate BS Travel Management at the University of Santo Tomas and also won Mr. Tourism and Mr. UST in the year 2016. Aside from writing songs or singing with his guitar, he also enjoys cooking, beatboxing and dancing. 

16-year-old rapper Shanti Dope releases “Materyal” EP; Debut single “Nadarang” zooms to #1 on Spotify PH’s Top 50 Viral Chart!

Shanti Dope is a 16-year-old rapper from Manila, who started writing verses in 2013 following the footsteps of local rappers who use songwriting as a way to tell stories. Influenced by the idea of storytelling through rap, his first long verse got him into rapper Smugglaz 2015 album Walking Distance. 2017 marks the year he comes out with his own EP with Universal Records.

Along with Smugglaz, he counts as influences Loonie, Ron Henley, and Gloc-9, whose wordplay, context, rhymes, and narratives he aspires for in his own work. The name Shanti Dope meanwhile is borne of the influence of his father, who was a practitioner of Krishna Consciousness. Shanti is the sanskrit word for “peace,” which, alongside “dope” could mean “Peace is my natural drug.” This call for peace, given songs that actually speak of injustice and inequality, that insists on discussing the state of the nation, is what sets him apart from many rappers his age.

Spotify teams up with Manila Broadcasting Company

Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, has collaborated with Manila Broadcasting Company (MBC) for an exclusive partnership to boost local entertainment experience in the Philippines.

MBC FM radio stations and radio DJs can now connect with Pinoy music lovers in a more meaningful way by leveraging on Spotify’s depth of insights on local and global listening habits and trends. This will enable MBC’s radio stations, to introduce new music playlists, charts and superior programming content that would resonate better amongst listeners.

Discover Weekly Reaches Nearly 5 Billion Tracks Streamed Since Launch

Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, shares that over 40 million users love Discover Weekly, with nearly 5 billion tracks streamed since it launched in June 2015

Updated every Monday morning, Discover Weekly gives users the best-ever music recommendations, tailored specifically to what users listen to, and delivered as a weekly mixtape of awesome, completely personalized music. Now everyone has a reason to look forward to Mondays!

Here’s a look at how Spotify users are keeping their listening fresh with Discover Weekly:

* More than half of all Discover Weekly listeners come back the following week.

* More than half of all Discover Weekly listeners stream at least 10 tracks from each week.

Spotify Family Plan Now Available for only P194

Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, shares that starting today, Spotify Family Plan now provides families with up to six individual Spotify Premium accounts for only P194 per month!

Already on Family Plan? Don’t worry! The Family plan still includes separate accounts, individual playlists, personal recommendations and offline listening per user now at a better price, which will be updated on the next payment date. This also enables the head of the family to add more members.

The upgraded Spotify Family Plan offers the same world-class music experience as before, giving access to each family member to over 30 million songs for just one low price payable on a single bill.

Listen: Relax Tayo playlist on Spotify

Are you having a hard time deciding on who you should be voting for during this year’s Presidential elections?

Let Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, be your companion this May 9! In the midst of all the frenzy, tune in to the Relax Tayo on Spotify.

Stay calm and cast your vote conscientiously! The Relax Tayo playlist includes well-loved OPM song from late 90s, Cool Ka Lang by Prettier Than Pink, the ever popular Tadhana by Up Dharma Down and Ready Ka Na Ba? by Kito Romualdez.

Say Hello to Spotify Fresh Finds

Following the success of Discover Weekly, the personalized playlist that brings you two hours of custom-made music recommendations every week, Spotify, the most popular music streaming service, provides another way for listeners to discover new music and expand their music taste.

Starting today, and updated every Wednesday, Fresh Finds surfaces the latest songs from undiscovered artists that are capturing the world’s interest before the tunes become widely known. Through a combination of man + machine, the playlists within Fresh Finds are automated curations of bound to break songs across five genres, powered by an analysis of Spotify tastemakers. Playlists include:

Happy Valentine’s Day from Spotify

Left it too late to buy a Valentine’s Day card this year? Spotify has the perfect solution. Today, Spotify launches Love Notes, a tool that lets anyone compile the perfect playlist for anyone you love, complete with a hidden message.

All music lovers have to do is visit spotify-valentines.com to get started. The site first gives the option to choose a romantic mood level, from light and flirty to steamy and committed.

Female Artists Motivate Runners To Go The Extra Mile on Spotify

* Female artists dominate running playlists on Spotify, from Queen Bey hits to classics from Missy Elliott and TLC·

* New survey shows that over 60% of runners report that music helps them run faster and longer

* Spotify Running users covered 55 million kilo meters in the past seven months, equal to running around the world 1,386 times

Spotify reveals the world’s most-streamed running songs of 2015. “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyonce led the pack, followed closely with “Chandelier” by Sia and “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson. In fact, 7 of the 10 top tracks come from female artists, ranging from current chart toppers to Missy Elliott and TLC.

Spotify reveals Spotlight on 2016 artists

Spotify’s annual list of future stars in the Philippines includes homegrown artists The Ransom Collective and Lunar Lights

Following Spotify’s announcement on the biggest artists of 2015 this week, the popular music streaming service is now looking ahead at the brightest stars of 2016, as Spotlight on 2016 artists is revealed.

Spotlight is Spotify’s annual list of the best new artists that Pinoy music fans may love in the year to come. The Spotlight on 2016 list for the Philippines features artists including Charlie Puth, Troye Sivan, The Ransom Collective, Lunar Lights and LunchMoney Lewis, all of which Spotify is tipping for greatness over the coming year.

#AlDub: Happily Ever After playlist now on Spotify

Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, shares the newest addition to its Browse playlists, #AlDub: Happily Ever After!

Relive the #TamangPanahon feels last weekend with Alden, Yaya Dub and the Lolas’ favourite tunes. The #KiligPaMore-inducing playlist includes the ever famous entrance song of Lola Tidora, Mambo No. 5 by Lou Bega, Alden Richard’s Wish I May, and of course, the love bird’s theme song, God Gave Me You of Bryan White.

Want your own playlist? Spotify recommends with Discover Weekly

Spotify users can now enjoy a highly-intuitive feature that recommends music based on personal taste, and Globe customers get free access with a GoSURF subscription

Spotify continues to take the music streaming experience to the next level as it recently launched a new feature that generates a weekly playlist of recommended new tunes based on the type of music a user listens to in-app.

MUSIC LYF: Sheyee is The First Winner of Spotify Emerge in the Philippines!

After months of competition between the best upcoming OPM stars, Spotify and Globe have finally revealed the first winner of Spotify Emerge.  And it was a close fight between the two top artists, Sheyee and Marion. And who emerged vistorious?

Shehyee emerged as the ultimate winner of the talent hunt, besting other nine up-and-coming OPM artists including December Avenue, Jeric Medina, Kai Honasan, Kito Romualdez, Marion Aunor, Midnight Meetings, Paolo Valenciano, Save Me Hollywood, and The Ransom Collective. He joins the ranks of previous Spotify Emerge winners, including Bastille and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis.

Globe Telecom is undisputed leader in postpaid with revenue market share of 57.8%

Globe Telecom is the #1 postpaid brand in the country based on revenue market share, the global metric used in determining market leadership across telcos worldwide. 

Globe posted postpaid revenues of P7.8 billion in the first quarter of 2015 versus Smart’s P3.3 billion and Sun’s P2.4 billion. Globe postpaid revenues have grown by 11% versus Sun’s 10% growth from previous year’s levels. 

The revenue figures show Globe has cornered the mobile postpaid segment with revenue market share of 57.8%, leaving Smart with a 24.6% revenue share and Sun with a 17.6% revenue share. 

Globe Senior Advisor for Consumer Business Dan Horan pointed out that Globe has been consistently growing its postpaid business both in number of customers and ARPU (average revenue per user), an important indicator of customer preference and stickiness to the network. 

#MabuhaySpotify ! Spotify Now Available in the Philippines

Spotify, the world’s most popular music streaming service, launches today in the Philippines on mobile, tablet and desktop. Mabuhay! 

Available to all Filipinos today - Spotify gives you:

• An unbeatable music experience: listen to whatever music you want, whenever you want, on any device. Discover, organise and share. Offering amazing audio quality of up to 320kbps and with a brand new design, playing your favourite music never looked and felt this good.