Music piracy has been countered since alternative audio streaming like Spinnr started in the country. Free access with running ads can be enjoyed, however for exclusive no-ads playback, Smart subscribers can add P99 to your current subscription to get unlimited access.
Smart homegrown music app Spinnr which was launched in November last year did the first Spinnr Hitlist Awards on Wednesday night, December 17, 2014.
Song of the Year and Spinnr Album of the Year are among the other awards given. Taylor Swift got the Artist Award and “All of Me” by Jonh Legend was named as the Spinnr song of the Year.
SPINNR Team: (from left) Lucille Tang, Mellissa Limcaoco, Geoff del Rosario, Abby Sarte-Borja, Steph Ortiz.
“The digital downloading and streaming of songs have taken up a part of the music loving market and it’s growing. This is where Spinner Hitlist is coming from — to recoginize the kind of music that the public thrives on getting via digital downloading and streaming. With the Spinnr Hitlist Awards, we are also pushing the boundaries by bestowing appreciation of which songs, artists and albums performed well digitally. To us, this is a tangible representation of the Smart Life, which is the concentration of our Live More campaign over at Smart,” said Lucille Tang, SPINNR’s product manager.
The first winners of Spinnr Hitlist Awards includes:
Spinnr Song of the Year — All of Me by John Legend
Spinnr Album of the Year — Big Hero 6 OST
Spinnr Best Indie Artist of 2014 — Julie Ann San Jose
Spinnr OPM Artist of 2014 — Nikki Giel for “Babalikan Mo Rin Ako”.
