“When we give more power to creators, we’re giving their art the freedom to shape the future,” said Spotify in a statement.
The streaming platform also celebrated the top-streamed women artists and podcast creators globally (based on streaming data from January 1-February 22, 2021). Taylor Swift takes the top spot with more than 2.3 billion streams. Ariana Grande is up next, followed by Dua Lipa. Additional top streamed women artists include Halsey, Karol G and Blackpink. Crime Junkie hosts Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat are the most popular women podcast creators globally, followed by Call Her Daddy’s Alex Cooper. Additional popular women podcast creators include Elise Hu, Host of Ted Talks Daily and Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, hosts of My Favorite Murder.
Spotify indicated that it takes its responsibility of highlighting and amplifying women voices seriously by curating top audio destinations for women artists with global playlists like Women of Electronic, Women of K-Pop, Women of Rock and Galdem - Queens to name a few. And also women-led podcasts like Where Should We Begin with Esther Perel, Science Vs and Supernatural with Ashley Flowers.