Spotify celebrating Lauryn Hill’s iconic ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’

Spotify has set up a microsite for fans to express their love

Spotify, in conjunction with Sony Music’s Certified Classics, is celebrating Lauryn Hill’s iconic The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill through a campaign dedicated to Hill and the impact her record has made on the music industry. The album will be the topic of this season’s Dissect on the streaming platform.

Spotify is giving fans a chance to reflect on what the The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill means to them through the Dear Ms. Hill microsite, a customized experience to write a letter to Ms. Hill.

As people from all walks of life were inspired by Ms. Hill’s music, Spotify will turn these digital letters into a two day gallery installation featuring the letters and dedicated to Ms. Hill’s contribution to music and culture.

The mini-series, Dissect, is a serialized music Spotify Original Podcast that dissects one album per season, one song per episode. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, the Dissect podcast will create a four to five episode mini-series that dives deep into the musical and lyrical content of the historic album. The podcast is slated to launch in November.

The landmark album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, which is certified 8x platinum was released twenty years ago this week. The only solo studio album from the incomparable Lauryn Hill, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and spent 81 weeks total on the chart and has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. Ms. Hill’s pioneering lyrics and soulful sounds on The Miseducation showed her visionary talents and broke barriers for female African-American music artists. Singles including “Doo Wop (That Thing)” and “Everything Is Everything” catapulted her to superstardom, ultimately lauding her with ten GRAMMY nominations and five GRAMMY Award wins. This included Album of the Year, which she was the first female hip-hop artist to win as well as Best New Artist and more. It is highly regarded by critics and fans as one of the most influential records of its time and has made a profound impression on generations of artists.

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn

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