Shanon Cook is the Spotify trends expert for TV, radio and digital, and is formerly a CNN music journalist who has interviewed many of the world’s top performers, including Sting, Annie Lennox, Lil Nas X, Kanye West, Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Peter Gabriel, R.E.M., Britney Spears, Mariah Carey, Pharrell Williams, Harry Connick Jr. and Yo-Yo Ma. For more than ten years at CNN, her reports and interviews broadcast worldwide in more than 200 countries on CNN International and in the U.S. on CNN and HLN.
As a member of Spotify's communications team, Shanon Ieads global efforts around telling data-driven stories that highlight the connection between culture and listening trends. As a Spotify spokesperson, she has appeared on programs like Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, CBS This Morning and Good Day New York, and has been quoted in publications like Billboard, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, TIME and Refinery29.
Shanon’s foray into entertainment journalism began when she was the producer and reporter for CNN International’s weekly program The Music Room, which featured popular bands and artists. Her ability to throw an alarm clock through a wall can be traced back to her days on morning television, when she served as the daily entertainment reporter on HLN’s Robin Meade program, now known as Morning Express with Robin Meade.
While she doesn’t own a compass, Shanon is a bit of a trailblazer; her candid conversations with musicians backstage and on set for CNN.com set the tone and blueprint for the site’s ongoing video coverage about music. She’s also developed a knack for highlighting emerging artists and has been credited for helping musicians Matisyahu, Esperanza Spalding and Melody Gardot get a leg up in the industry. South Korean rap phenomenon Psy cites Shanon’s CNN segment about his “Gangnam Style” video as the catalyst for the worldwide fame that followed in 2012 (Shanon is still waiting for a cut of Psy’s royalties).
As a member of Spotify's communications team, Shanon Ieads global efforts around telling data-driven stories that highlight the connection between culture and listening trends. As a Spotify spokesperson, she has appeared on programs like Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, MSNBC’s Morning Joe, CBS This Morning and Good Day New York, and has been quoted in publications like Billboard, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, TIME and Refinery29.
Shanon’s foray into entertainment journalism began when she was the producer and reporter for CNN International’s weekly program The Music Room, which featured popular bands and artists. Her ability to throw an alarm clock through a wall can be traced back to her days on morning television, when she served as the daily entertainment reporter on HLN’s Robin Meade program, now known as Morning Express with Robin Meade.
While she doesn’t own a compass, Shanon is a bit of a trailblazer; her candid conversations with musicians backstage and on set for CNN.com set the tone and blueprint for the site’s ongoing video coverage about music. She’s also developed a knack for highlighting emerging artists and has been credited for helping musicians Matisyahu, Esperanza Spalding and Melody Gardot get a leg up in the industry. South Korean rap phenomenon Psy cites Shanon’s CNN segment about his “Gangnam Style” video as the catalyst for the worldwide fame that followed in 2012 (Shanon is still waiting for a cut of Psy’s royalties).