{"id":53417,"date":"2014-01-24T11:18:46","date_gmt":"2014-01-24T03:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=53417"},"modified":"2014-01-24T11:18:46","modified_gmt":"2014-01-24T03:18:46","slug":"spotify-predicts-grammy-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/24\/spotify-predicts-grammy-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotify Predicts GRAMMY Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grammy is round the corner (actually this Sunday 26th January 2014). Spotify has done their predictions based on Spotify&#8217;s users and their streams. What is your predictions?<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"53419\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/24\/spotify-predicts-grammy-winners\/spotify-grammy-predictions\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/spotify-grammy-predictions.jpg?fit=600%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,404\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"spotify-grammy-predictions\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/spotify-grammy-predictions.jpg?fit=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/spotify-grammy-predictions.jpg?fit=600%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53419\" alt=\"spotify-grammy-predictions\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/spotify-grammy-predictions.jpg?resize=600%2C404\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/spotify-grammy-predictions.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/techielobang.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/spotify-grammy-predictions.jpg?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\nListen to the full playlist here:<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/open.spotify.com\/user\/spotify\/playlist\/61jtSXJjhP0zOL3XgyQZHx\" target=\"_blank\">Grammy Nominations<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.spotify.com\/?uri=spotify:user:spotify:playlist:61jtSXJjhP0zOL3XgyQZHx\" height=\"380\" width=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Press Release<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Spotify Predicts GRAMMY Winners<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><i>Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis, Imagine Dragons<\/i> and <i>Lorde<\/i> expected to take home top prizes, according to Spotify streaming data<\/li>\n<li>Spotify correctly predicted winners of the coveted Record of the Year and Album of the Year awards in 2013<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Recording Academy, listen up: Spotify\u2019s users have spoken and their streams have been tallied. The digital music service analyzed data on its top song and album streams to predict which nominees will win big at this Sunday\u2019s highly anticipated GRAMMY Awards.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Key predictions include:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Record of the Year: <\/b><i>Radioactive<\/i> (Imagine Dragons)\n<ul>\n<li>There were no blurred lines in this category \u2013 the hit from Imagine Dragons has one-third more streams than Robin Thicke\u2019s summer smash, which came in second on Spotify.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Album of the Year: <\/b><i>The Heist<\/i> (Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis)\n<ul>\n<li><i>The Heist <\/i>has over 40 percent more streams than Daft Punk\u2019s <i>Random Access Memories<\/i>, and more than three times as many as the other three nominees combined.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Best New Artist: <\/b>Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis\n<ul>\n<li>This pair is the clear favorite, beating Kendrick Lamar by 70 percent and fellow newcomer Ed Sheeran by nearly triple the number of streams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Best Pop Solo Performance: <\/b><i>Royals<\/i> (Lorde)\n<ul>\n<li>The race for Best Pop Solo is close, with Justin Timberlake\u2019s <i>Mirrors<\/i> and Katy Perry\u2019s <i>Roar<\/i> duking it out for second place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance: <\/b><i>Get Lucky<\/i>, Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams &amp; Nile Rodgers\n<ul>\n<li><i>Daft Punk <\/i>did get lucky with 20 percent more streams of this hit than runner-up <i>Blurred Lines<\/i>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>The numbers don\u2019t lie: in 2013, Spotify accurately projected that Gotye\u2019s \u201cSomebody That I Used to Know\u201d would win the gilded gramophone for Record of the Year and that Mumford &amp; Sons would take home the Album of the Year prize for \u201cBabel.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>-Ends-<\/b><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Predicted winners by GRAMMY category, in order of most to least streams on Spotify<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Record of the Year<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Imagine Dragons, Radioactive<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Locked out of Heaven, Bruno Mars<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Royals, Lorde<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Get Lucky, Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams &amp; Nile Rodgers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Album of the Year<\/span> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">The Heist, Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Random Access Memories, Daft Punk<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City, Kendrick Lamar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Red, Taylor Swift<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">The Blessed Unrest, Sara Bareilles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Best New Artist<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Macklemore &amp; Ryan Lewis<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Kendrick Lamar<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Ed Sheeran<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">James Blake<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Kacey Musgraves<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Best Pop Solo Performance<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Royals, Lorde<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Mirrors, Justin Timberlake<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Roar, Katy Perry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">When I Was Your Man, Bruno Mars<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Brave, Sara Bareilles<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Best Pop Duo\/Group Performance<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Get Lucky, Daft Punk Feat. Pharrell Williams &amp; Nile Rodgers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Blurred Lines, Robin Thicke feat. T.I. and Pharrell<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Just Give Me a Reason, Pink feat. Nate Ruess<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Suit &amp; Tie, Justin Timberlake &amp; Jay-Z<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Stay, Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About Spotify<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Spotify is an award-winning digital music service that gives you on-demand access to over 20 million tracks. Our dream is to make all the world\u2019s music available instantly to everyone, wherever and whenever they want it. Spotify makes it easier than ever to discover, manage and share music with your friends, while making sure that artists get a fair deal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Spotify is now available in 55 countries: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Denmark, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan, with more than 24 million active users, and over 6 million paying subscribers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: medium;\">Since its launch in Sweden in 2008, Spotify has driven more than half a billion US dollars to rights holders, and aims to drive another half a billion US dollars to rights holders during 2013. 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