News Sir Lucian Grainge’s interview with Spotify’s Alex Norström at Brilliant Minds: 5 things we learned… Universal Music Group's Chairman and CEO sat down for a fireside chat with Spotify's Co-President, Chief Business Officer at the Brilliant Minds conference last week
News Spotify raises Premium prices in France for second time in 13 months France last saw a price rise from Spotify in May 2024 following the country’s implementation of a music streaming tax
Analysis News EU artists generated more than $1.8 billion on Spotify in 2024, up 15% YoY Spotify has published Loud & Clear stats for the EU
News Spotify has reached 100m paying subscribers in Europe, Daniel Ek confirms Spotify reported on April 29 that it grew its global Premium Subscriber base to 268m paying users in Q1
Analysis News From HYBE’s reported expansion plans to Martin Lorentzon’s Spotify stock cash-outs… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…
News Italian-language music now part of the ‘$100M+ club’ on Spotify Spanish-language music is also growing rapidly, the streaming platform says in the latest addition to its 'Loud & Clear' report
News Martin Lorentzon just cashed out $666m worth of Spotify stock in less than a week ...across two transactions from Lorentzon and his holding company, Rosello Co. Ltd
News Spotify says iOS payment rule change boosted Premium subscriptions Spotify said iOS conversion rates jumped substantially within two weeks of the update’s launch
Analysis News Royalties generated by German artists on Spotify reached $520m in 2024, up 17% Germany is among the leading countries in Europe in the popularity of local-language music
News Bruno Crolot to leave Spotify for a role at Believe Exec originally joined Spotify as General Manager for France and Benelux in 2016
News UK artists generated more than $1bn on Spotify in 2024, up 8% from a year earlier Spotify says the total royalty haul from UK artists has more than doubled since 2018
News Spotify expands AI DJ feature with voice-based music requests for Premium users Premium subscribers will be able to verbally customize their listening sessions
News Early Spotify investor TCV offloads nearly $190m worth of shares TCV is part of a consortium that plans to acquire the remaining shares of digital music company Believe from public shareholders
News Daniel Ek has now cashed out $800m+ in Spotify stock, with his latest transaction banking $28.8m Ek offloaded 50,000 shares on Wednesday at $576.94 per share, according to an SEC filing
News YouTube is testing a Spotify Duo-like subscription tier in India, France, Taiwan and Hong Kong (report) The video giant is reportedly testing a new “two-person” subscription tier targeting couples, roommates, or any two individuals in a household