Lukáš Čambala Magazine Quartz recently analyzed Apple Music and its Beats 1 station to find out which artists are the most played ever and which songs are playing the most on global streaming radio. All data are taken for the month of July. The company collected data from a total of 12 songs and found that The Weeknd, Drake and Disclosure were the most played artists during that period.
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The Weeknd also dominated the most streamed song section with the hit "Can't Feel My Face." This song was played a total of 107 times in the month of July. He was joined by other artists with their songs such as Selena Gomez and "Good For You (feat. A$AP Rocky)", Beck and "Dreams" and more.
Among the most popular music genre then according to Quartz it includes hip-hop (1 plays), alternative music (726 plays) and electronic music (1 plays).
Other news within Apple Music also includes a separate section for the archive of shows that run daily on Beats 1. In Beats 1 Replay, in addition to the shows of the three main DJs, you will also find shows by Elton John and others. So if you don't catch them live (or after 12 hours in a replay), you can watch individual shows backwards, although not with all the advantages, such as saving the currently playing songs, etc.
The Beats 1 show archive can be found in the "New" section of Apple Music, and includes shows from headline DJs Zane Lowe, Julia Adenuga and Ebro Darden, as well as guest stars led by Dr. Dream or Ellie Goulding. It looks like Apple wants to play the biggest hits the next week after they air as "This Week's Replay".
Interestingly, if you try to search for "Beats 1 Replays" in the Apple Music search engine, you won't find anything. You need to search for specific show titles, which will then appear in the top results.
Looking at the statistics, I'm probably listening to music that's completely out. The only performer from the list I listen to is in the penultimate place..
I was also interested in the list. I can say that I like music very much, in all genres! I thought I had quite an overview. But as I found out I'm out! I also found only one artist that I listen to. And I know 2 names in total. But I take it sportingly according to the motto: "People don't know what they want until Apple shows them." :o)
Interesting, for how big of an Apple fan I am, the whole Beats with Apple Music and Apple Watch thing is completely beyond me.
In fact, the whole new Apple except for the MacBook and the new OS skins is completely beyond me.