Jimi Hendrix, James Brown Honored for Spotify's Black History Month — rollingstone.com

In celebration of Black History Month, music streaming service Spotify will honor one iconic artist each week throughout February. Today, a week of Aretha Franklin-centric content will kick off a month that will also highlight Jimi Hendrix (week of February 9th), Diana Ross (week of February 16th) and James Brown (week of February 23rd). For each artist week, Spotify will be releasing a playlist featuring their top 20 streamed tracks in the U.S. as well as a new "Influence" tool showcasing how these artists' innovations have reverberated across the music industry.

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