Photo Credit: Spotify Songwriters Jessi Alexander, Amy Allen, Jessie Jo Dillon, and RAYE will not be attending Spotify’s Songwriter of the Year Grammy party on January 28. Songwriters are protesting Spotify’s treatment of their ilk, […]
Songwriters nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the 2025 Grammy Awards will be skipping Spotify’s Grammy party celebrating songwriters, with some citing the platform’s controversial royalty policy as the reason for their absence. Four […]
Reggaeton giant Don Omar has joined Spotify’s Billions Club, which includes songs that have surpassed one billion listens on the streaming service, with “Dile.” The song was released back in 2003, and was featured on […]
These tunes will have you Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree — Spotify’s Top 10 list of the most-streamed holiday tracks of all time. Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” is No. 1, […]
Full year-over-year data is revealing tepid US-based premium subscriber gains for Spotify, including near-zero growth and recent declines in the all-important Individual Premium subscriber category. . . You are trying to view our premium content. […]
Photo Credit: Daniel Ek by Stuart Isett / Fortune Brainstorm Tech / CC by 2.0 Spotify’s bundling pays off, but not for songwriters and publishers. The bundle move puts the company on course for its […]
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Spotify is rolling out the beta test of music videos to 85 additional markets globally, allowing Premium subscribers to watch a “limited catalog” of videos from artists like Charlie […]
The Joe Rogan Experience was toppled as the top podcast in the US by former Fox News host and JRE guest, Tucker Carlson. On July 25, The Tucker Carlson Show surged to the top spot […]
Where do streaming services like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music stand in the world’s largest music market? Here’s our detailed look at leading platforms’ subscriber stats as well as key streaming landscape takeaways, exclusively […]
Spotify’s upcoming plan changes will allow the streaming service to use a new royalty model that drastically impacts songwriter payouts. In a new Billboard report, music publishing reporter Kristin Robinson estimates songwriters will be paid […]
Beyoncé‘s new album is a hit on streaming services, including perhaps the most important one out there … snagging a day-of record for 2024 thus far, pretty darn impressive. The singer’s latest project, “Cowboy Carter,” […]
Name a badder duo Source: Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images All eyes were on Grammy-nominees Victoria Monét and Coco Jones who raised the R&Baddie bar at Spotify’s star-studded Best New Artist party at Paramount Studios […]
Projection of royalty collection changes for major industry players following Spotify’s 1,000-stream minimum payment transition (Image: Digital Music News) In our latest DMN Pro Weekly Report, guest author Jeff Price offers an exhaustive breakdown of […]
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. Taylor records more than 26.1 billion global streams on Spotify since January 1 MANILA, Philippines – Pop superstar […]
Kristin Graziani is the president of music distribution platform Stem. In this guest column, she argues that Spotify’s new royalty model is likely to benefit artists. The news broke last week that Spotify is preparing to […]
Spotify has announced some big changes in their royalty payout model to go into effect early 2024, in an effort to reallocate a total of $1 billion in royalty payments over the next five years […]
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge After 12 years, the price of Spotify Premium is increasing in the US. The subscription will now cost $10.99 a month, the company announced today. Spotify has charged […]
You might have heard of the TikTok-ification of music, with every new trend and buzzy artist seemingly originating from the addictive social media platform. Well, get ready for the TikTok-ification of music streaming, as Spotify has […]
Photo Credit: Jesus Eca Here’s a peek at the new Spotify vertically scrolling home screen that mimics TikTok’s setup. It severely limits everyday usability in favor of ‘discoverability.’ The move is intended to attract more […]
Photo Credit: Einaz Asadi More shakeups are headed for Spotify’s podcast division after Dawn Ostroff’s departure. Max Cutler, Head of Audio Talk Shows & partnerships is departing to start a new venture. According to a […]