“Cementing Spotify as the ultimate destination for summer listening and proving we know music best”: Did Spotify really just pick the 30 tracks that are going to soundtrack your summer?

Spotify's summer stars 2025.

We’re all familiar with music charts and the fact that fortunes have been built and lost on getting gambles right - signing the right acts and promoting the right music.

And these days, the increasingly digital nature of music distribution enables bands, artists and labels to know even better what’s hot and what’s not and to avoid making or signing those ‘nots’ wherever possible…