Spotify to track music listening across 16 Indian cities with ‘Charts’

Mumbai:  Audio streaming platform Spotify will offer city-wise ‘Charts’ across 16 cities in India to track the most popular songs in each city individually. The idea behind ‘Charts’ is to create a destination for fans to see who is trending in their area, and to give artists the opportunity to go deep on all the data and see what music is moving listeners around the world, said Spotify in a statement.

Each week on Friday, the music streaming app will update the charts for Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Ernakulam, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Patna, and Pune based on activity from listeners in that city.

Spotify will also be launching ‘Local Pulse’ charts that rank the most uniquely popular songs each week in every city, compared to its popularity around the world to show the distinct taste of local listeners.