Daniel Ek In The News

Spotify to acquire AI voice platform Sonantic

Firm built the AI voice model for actor Val Kilmer used in Top Gun: Maverick

From Spotify’s 1bn user target to TuneCore’s pricing overhaul: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter

Music’s biggest companies are waiting for a Spotify price rise. For now, Spotify isn’t budging.

Daniel Ek is wondering if Netflix "didn't get ahead of itself" with its streaming price rises...

‘Music creation has changed, fan behavior has changed, and therefore, artists’ needs for digital music distribution have changed too.’

The following MBW op/ed comes from Andreea Gleeson, Chief Executive Officer of DIY distribution company TuneCore

Spotify says it can hit 1bn users globally by 2030. But its MAU growth is slowing in Latin America.

MBW analysis shows that Spotify's LatAm MAU growth was smaller in 2021 than it was in 2020

Streaming’s surprise growth in Sweden suggests that, for Spotify, the time for price rises is now

MBW turns a magnifying glass to Sweden and Brazil, and discovers some startling statistics about Daniel Ek's successes

Last week, Daniel Ek bought $50m in Spotify stock. Today, Spotify’s share price sunk to an all-time low.

Ek tweeted on Friday that he believed Spotify's "best days are ahead"

Bad Bunny is king of Spotify, setting new all-time record for streams in a single day

In 2021, Bad Bunny was the most-streamed artist in the world on Spotify for the second year in a row