In just over a year, King Princess has gone from 10 Spotify playlists to more than 1,000 and 5,000 Twitter followers to more than 100,000. Now, they’re on Mark Ronson’s new track, “Pieces of Us.”
Mission
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Date
This is your Data Dump for Monday, June 24, 2019.
New Music Friday Monday: the Royal Rise of King Princess
In just a year, King Princess has gone from a humble 10 Spotify playlists to a star-powered 1K, and 5K Twitter followers to 100K+.
The 20-year-old, New York City-born singer-songwriter/producer now finds themselves on Mark Ronson’s June 17 release, “Pieces of Us,” which currently sits at the No. 5 spot on Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist.
How’d they get there so quickly?
Using the Analyze function on their artist page to compare their Spotify playlist evolution with their social follows, we can chart it.
On March 9, 2018, King Princess had just under 5K Twitter followers and was only on 10 Spotify playlists.
That’s great for a young indie artist, but clearly not on par with the metrics typical Mark Ronson collaborators (who include Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Adele, Miley Cyrus, and Amy Winehouse) usually boast.
By June 21, 2018, King Princess got closer with almost 30K Twitter followers and 237 Spotify playlists.
Mind you, that exponential jump was in a matter of just three measly months.
Fast forward to March 9, 2019, and King Princess hit just a bit more than 92K Twitter followers, 374K Instagram followers, and was on 1,000 Spotify playlists.
By then, they had also been booked to play this year’s Coachella, Lollapalooza, and Governors Ball festivals.
Today, the alternative pop star has some 111K Twitter followers, 450K+ Instagram followers, about 25K Facebook fans, and sits on more than 1K Spotify playlists.
In less than a year and a half, King Princess’ Spotify Popularity Index went from 0 to 75 out of 100.
But it’s not all out of thin air.
In February 2017, they became the first artist to sign to Mark Ronson’s Zelig Recordings, which is a Columbia Records imprint ultimately owned by Sony.
It’s only natural for them to be featured on Mark Ronson’s “Pieces of Us,” which was released on June 17, and currently sits in the No. 5 spot on Spotify’s New Music Friday playlist.
You might say, with a little help from Ronson, King Princess’ royal rise was written in the stars all along.
Outro
That’s it for your Daily Data Dump for Monday, June 24, 2019. This is Rutger from Chartmetric.