News Record labels and Spotify seek $322M default judgment from pirate group Anna’s Archive A motion for default judgment and an accompanying memorandum of law were filed on March 25.
News Spotify launches SongDNA in beta for Premium subscribers, tracing how songs connect through shared producers, samples and covers SongDNA lets subscribers trace how one song connects to another through shared producers, samples and covers.
News Amid rise of AI deepfakes, Spotify to let artists vet releases before they appear on their profiles Artist Profile Protection offers artists a proactive layer of control on top of existing reporting tools.
News Spotify to let users edit the algorithm behind their personalized recommendations with ‘Taste Profile’ Taste Profile will initially be available in beta for Premium users in New Zealand in the coming weeks.
Analysis News 80 artists generated $10M+ each from Spotify last year. Over 1,500 generated $1M+. Here’s the full breakdown. Spotify published its annual Loud & Clear report today (March 11), which includes bundles of fresh data on what artists generated from its service in 2025.
News beatBread makes run of new appointments, including ex-Spotify and CD Baby execs New hires from CD Baby, Spotify and Countsy bring finance, operations and AI expertise to the music funding company’s leadership team.
News HYBE and Spotify strike global content partnership for K-pop video podcasts HYBE will produce original podcast content through its in-house studio, with the first show launching later this month.
News Spotify says it paid out $213M to Australian music rightsholders in 2025, up 7% YoY Australian listeners streamed domestic artists 223 million more times in 2025 than the year prior.
News Spotify says it has ‘helped artists generate’ $1bn+ in ticket sales to date. Now it’s teaming up with SeatGeek to drive even more SeatGeek becomes the latest ticketing platform to join Spotify's growing live events ecosystem.
News From UMG’s approved Downtown deal to Spotify’s AI ambitions… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
News The Empire Strikes Back: The majors and Merlin gained (a bit) of market share on Spotify last year. Spotify's new annual report updates a crucial yearly stat – with a surprise new number
Analysis News Songs are reaching 1bn Spotify streams 14x faster than a decade ago, and other stats from Chartmetric’s 2025 Year in Music report The report highlights several notable shifts shaping the music economy.
News Spotify eyes AI ‘derivatives’ as new revenue stream for artists – says its tech to let fans make remixes and covers is ready Spotify says it wants to enable listeners to interact with their favorite artists' music through AI
Analysis News Spotify hits 290m paid subscribers in Q4, as streaming giant posts $2.5bn annual operating profit for 2025 Spotify published its Q4 and FY 2025 results today (February 10).
News Taylor Swift to premiere ‘Opalite’ music video on Spotify and Apple Music – with YouTube release delayed by two days The video will not be available on YouTube until Super Bowl Sunday (February 8)