Analysis Spotify is embracing elements of Universal Music Group’s ‘artist-centric’ royalties model – following a new multi-year licensing deal between UMG and Daniel Ek’s platform Spotify's plans fit with the broad hopes of Sir Lucian Grainge's wishes as outlined at the start of 2023
News Spotify’s price hike didn’t hurt subscriptions, and 3 other things we learned on its latest earnings call MBW listened in to SPOT's Q3 earnings call. Here's what we learned...
News Spotify is changing its royalty model to crush streaming fraud and introduce a minimum payment threshold. Its plan? To shift $1 billion in payouts towards ‘working artists’ over the next 5 years. Exclusive: Music Business Worldwide has learned of Spotify's plan to introduce a number of new measures in Q1 2024 – and shift $1 billion away from bad actors
Analysis News Spotify added 6m Premium subscribers in Q3 – and posted a quarterly profit Spotify's global Premium Subscriber base grew to 226 million paying users in Q3
News Bad Bunny breaks Spotify record for most-streamed album in a single day in 2023 so far Nadie Sabe Lo Que Va A Pasar Mañana becomes most-streamed album on Spotify in a single day in 2023 so far
News Spotify rolls out personalized in-app ‘Merch Hub’ based on users’ listening habits With Merch Hub, all artist merchandise is consolidated in one place
Interviews News With the biggest jazz album debut in Spotify history, AWAL says Laufey is bringing ‘jazz to Gen Z’ Laufey's single 'From The Start' is currently the most streamed jazz song in the world
News Spotify is hiring for government affairs experts in multiple markets amid ongoing battle with Apple Streaming giant is bulking up its team of government affairs experts whose job is to liaise with regulators and government officials
Analysis News The Spotify Top 20 is a snapshot of a much bigger story about independents, majors, and artist ownership From Drake to Taylor Swift, KAROL G, and Bad Bunny – different types of 'independent artist' are operating at the top of the modern global business
News Spotify to restrict some features for free-tier users in India to encourage paid subscriptions (report) Spotify is introducing limitations on features available to free-tier users in the market
News Spotify gives Premium subscribers access to 150,000+ audiobooks, and 15 hours free listening per month New offer to launch in the UK and Australia on October 4, with a later rollout in the US
News Ex-Spotify exec Jacob Deshayes named Chief Content Officer at Reactional Music; gaming veteran Kelly Sumner appointed Chairman Reactional claims to be 'the world’s first rule-based music engine, music delivery platform and personalization engine.'
News Spotify has patented a ‘digital mixtape’ generator that compiles users’ voice recordings with songs New patent issued to Spotify describes 'a system for generating and distributing a digital mixtape'.
News Spotify threatens Uruguay exit amid proposed changes to music copyright law Parliament of Uruguay is voting on a budget bill that includes proposals around 'equitable remuneration' for performers
News Spotify launches Jam, a real-time collaborative playlist feature for up to 32 users 'Jam' lets up to 32 users collectively build a playlist in real-time