Spotify Spotlight Lifts Avicii on Dance/Electronic Charts — billboard.com

Avicii earns multiple streaming gains following his New Year's Eve Spotify event, One World Party. His exclusive playlist was touted by the streaming service as the perfect soundtrack to party into 2015 with, and it yields chart results for the superstar DJ. On Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, "The Nights" moves to within one spot of becoming Avicii's fifth top 10 (12-11). According to Nielsen Music, "Nights" netted 1 million U.S. streams in the week ending Jan. 4 (up 91 percent), of which 74 percent came from Spotify, where it increased by 148 percent. Clearly, the playlist promo worked.

Read More