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 […]
Photo Credit: Sara Kurfeß Spotify’s ‘Preferred Distributor’ List now includes 23 companies — up from only five just a few years ago. Since 2018, Spotify has enabled artists to upload their tracks onto the platform […]
Photo Credit: Emily Vu Twitter A woman who landed a job with Spotify thanks to her Spotify-themed resume has been laid off by Spotify. Emily Vu posted a screenshot of her Spotify-themed resume in 2021. […]
Spotify will launch its first-ever bilingual podcast, La Cabina Telefónica, an audio novela about Latino immigrants‘ deep connections with their families. Colombian singer, songwriter, and actress Fanny Lu, who has 2.2M monthly listeners on the […]
For the third year in a row, Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist worldwide. As revealed by the streaming platform in its annual Spotify Wrapped, Bad Bunny held onto the top spot after he was […]
Spotify just unveiled its 2022 Wrapped list! The new campaign and personalized user experience reveal the top artists, songs, albums, and podcasts that make up the vibrant kaleidoscope of the platform’s 456M listeners worldwide. For […]
Photo Credit: Spotify A new report says Spotify is facing issues getting Apple to approve an App Store update featuring audiobooks. The New York Times reports that Spotify’s latest update has been rejected at least […]
Photo Credit: Ashley Graham / CC by 3.0 Spotify releases its latest celebrity podcast, this time from Kim Kardashian. Spotify has released the first two episodes of its latest celebrity podcast, “Kim Kardashian’s The System: The Case […]
Photo Credit: Thibault Penin Pirates are using Spotify’s video podcasts to stream movies on the platform illegally. The phenomenon has been blowing up on TikTok as users post videos showing full movies on Spotify. Some […]
Photo Credit: Kobalt Music A federal judge has officially denied Spotify’s early motion for summary judgement against Kobalt as part of a long-running legal battle centering on allegedly unpaid royalties for billions of Eminem streams. […]
As August draws to a close, most of the summer may be in the rearview mirror – but Spotify’s official 2022 Songs of Summer are here to keep the party going. It’s time to reveal […]