"We learned a lot of good things from Zune, but we also realized that it was a brand, and it was a product, that was clearly focused ... myplaylist didn't go from my Zune device well, they weren't connected that well from the service as they should've been, " Johnson admitted.
Still there were a handful of interesting, high-profile, and sometimes great albums and singles that came out this past month, and some of that music made its way into my Spotify playlist for January 2013.