Spotify In The News

TuneCore has paid out $3bn to self-releasing artists to date

TuneCore reported further that its music publishing division has paid artists close to $90 million to date

Hipgnosis Songs Fund revenues climb 7.5% YoY, streaming revenues up 15.8% YoY, in most recent half-year period

Positive signs for Merck Mercuriadis-led company in latest set of public figures

BMG acquires music interests of ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ singer-songwriter Chris Rea

Deal includes his royalty interests in 17 studio albums

From Bad Bunny’s 18.5bn Spotify streams to Universal acquiring a 49% stake in [PIAS]… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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Now Triller says it’s exploring revenue share deals with major labels (while being sued by Sony)

Triller spokesperson responds to news of labels' music being removed from service and reveals revenue share plans

In 2021, Bad Bunny was the world’s biggest artist on Spotify with 9bn streams. This year, he doubled that tally.

Bad Bunny received more than 18.5 billion streams this year

With more than 18.5bn streams in 2022, Bad Bunny is Spotify’s most-streamed artist globally for third straight year

Streaming giant unveils its Spotify Wrapped feature and stats for 2022

Tech start-up Logcast unveils Spotify integration that lets creators charge for talk content

Logcast investors include San Francisco-based VC firm Goodwater Capital