

Her Album titled “SOUR” was also the most-streamed album of last year. Olivia Rodrigo had her single “ driver’s license” as the most-streamed track of 2021.With Taylor Swift, BTS, Drake, and Justin Beiber in 2nd to 5th position, respectively. Bad Bunny Was the most-streamed Artist on Spotify in 2021.Ed Sheeran is the artist with the most monthly listeners, with 80.75 Million audiences, 80,733,274 to be precise, as of September 2022.1,800,000 songs are uploaded on Spotify every month on average.256 million of Spotify’s monthly users are ad-supported.North America (USA + Canada) comes second with a 22% share.Europe accounts for 32% of Spotify’s monthly active listeners.out of which 188 million are premium subscribers. Spotify has 433 active monthly listeners as of 2022.It is estimated that Spotify currently has over 11 million artists and creators on its platform. (PS A total non sequitir- but I totally love “Renegades” by X Ambassadors.Spotify has 82 Million songs on its platform as of 2022. This was like having the 1927 Yankees make your record.Ĭan “Writings on the Wall” come back? Unlikely. Remember too that Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager wrote “Nobody Does it Better.” Carly Simon sang it. But Smith simply re-watered “Skyfall.” Also, after Adele’s giant anthem was such a hit, won an Oscar etc, it may have been time for something either more uptempo, rock song like “Live and Let Die,” or a big pop ballad by experts. Maybe they thought they’d get something with a gospel-feel.

I hate to say it but it’s important to remember that Smith’s most famous song so far– “Stay with Me”– was nicked from Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down.” He had to amend the credits and pay Petty.Ĭhoosing a very early songwriter with few credits was a gamble on the part of the Bond people. It sounds like the theme song for a movie called “Writing’s on the Wall.” Didn’t Smith like the word Spectre? And as I noted last Friday, this is the first Bond song I can recall in ages that doesn’t include the title of the movie. Your mind wanders before you get to the chorus.

It’s long winded, pedestrian, and boring. The single is also simply not radio friendly.
It’s a limp noodle version of “Skyfall,” a melodramatic dead end that forebodes no spectre of anything, certainly not excitement. Is the writing on the wall for “Spectre”? Let’s hope not.
