In response to the Travel Ban, Spotify paired musicians from the “banned” nations with American musicians to create collaborative songs— to show that even when people can’t travel, music will.
Awards:
Emmy Awards (x2 nominations)
Cannes Lions (x1)
One Show (x2)
Clio (x4)
In a year that seemed determined to pull us all apart, Spotify reminded us of what we have in common: we’re all a little bit weird.
Awards:
Cannes Lions (x4)
One Show (x2)
Art Director’s Club (x2)
D&AD (x1)
Creative Review (x1)
Webby (x1)
The most-shared ad of all time.
Awards:
One Show (x2)
Cardi’s class is in session, okurr.
In a year that everyone wanted to tune out, Spotify found bright spots in our data to show how music gave us a reason to keep listening.
Awards:
Cannes Lions (x6)
D&AD (x1)
Webby (x1)
OBIE (x3)
A machine-learning experience, powered by Google’s Cloud Vision API, to promote 21 Savage’s Issa Album by telling you what anything “issa.”
To launch Spotify’s free tier, we focused on how falling in love with a song is like falling in love for real, and how a music app is sorta like a dating app.
D&AD: Wood (x2)
The Gucci Mane “Everybody Licking” ice cream truck to promote his album Everybody Looking, and the 2 Chainz Trap Salon to promote his album Pretty Girls like Trap Music.
Calling out a Twitter user who was, quite frankly, full of shit.
Valentine’s Day cards…for the culture.