Absolute / EVA Records and Spotify presents ABSOLUTE Spotify App – No.1 for hit music!

ABSOLUTE, Scandinavia´s leading brand for compilations and playlists, are proud to present the brand new ABSOLUTE Spotify App - No.1 for hit music!

For over 25 years Absolute has been the top brand for hit music and compilations, selling over 22 million albums. Absolute has been awarded 276 Gold, 116 Platinum, 21 Double Platinum and 6 Triple Platinum Records.  Absolute are now available on cd, download and streaming.

The Absolute Spotify App presents many features:

First of all, the great new Radio feature,  where Absolute has programmed exclusive hit radio stations in different target groups and music genres; Absolute Hits Radio, Absolute Dance Radio, Absolute R&B/HipHop Radio, Absolute Rock Radio, Absolute House Radio, Absolute 80´s Radio and more.

Among the many other app features you can find the very popular Absolute Playlists, plus the full back catalogue with every Absolute Albums released since 1986. There is also a Top 20 feature and a great social Party feature.

- Niklas Ehring CEO of Absolute / EVA Records; “Absolute just turned Appsolute! We want to be the No.1 location for hit music and we will serve the Spotify users with the biggest hits, the best new music and the most popular classics. We are proud of the brand new Absolute Radio Stations. With the radio feature we are giving the user a brand new way to listen to Spotify. It´s like playlists 2.0 and radio 2.0. More variety than the playlists plus more and hotter music than the FM stations. And, if you´re paying subscriber to Spotify, without any commercials. And if you don´t like a song, just skip to the next. We have programmed over 10 hit radio stations in different formats. I think this will be a great new way of listening to Spotify and will be a huge hit with music lovers in Sweden. Add to this all the other great app features like our popular Absolute Playlists, the full legacy catalogue with every Absolute Album/Compilation ever released, Top 20 charts and a great Social Party feature, where you can invite your Facebook-friends to your join your own Absolute party”.

- Paul Sonkamble, Head of EMI Nordics Innovation Lab; “EMI is committed to both the Absolute brand and the fans that have loved it for 25 years. Myself and my development team, were thrilled to work on such an exciting project and look forward to working with Absolute in the future, bringing fans, new and old, to the No.1 app for hit music.”

Yashar Moradbakthi, Product Owner of the Spotify Platform; "Spotify apps are exciting music experiences that curate Spotify´s huge catalogue of songs in innovative and interesting ways. The new Absolute App contains the complete collection of all Absolute albums, and – as one of the best known music compilation and playlists brandsin Sweden – the app will help music lovers to discover a whole new world of music and share it with their friends.”  

The Absolute Spotify App will launch in Sweden, Monday August 6, 2012. 

About ABSOLUTE and EVA Records
ABSOLUTE is one of the strongest music brands in Scandinavia with over 22 million sold compilations.
Last year ABSOLUTE celebrated its 25 th Anniversary. The brand was established 1986 when the first Absolute Music compilation was released. The Absolute brand is a registered trademark of EMI Music under exclusive license, in Sweden, to EVA Records. EVA Records is a joint venture of Universal Music, Sony Music, Warner Music and EMI Music.

For more info – check us out on Facebook (Absolute) or our website http://absolute.se 

Contact:
Niklas Ehring, CEO of EVA Records/Absolute    
niklas.ehring@evarecords.se +46 733-630000