News Spotify Rival Anghami partners with Amazon to give Prime members in Saudi Arabia and UAE 6 months Anghami Plus for free Prime members in Saudi Arabia and the UAE will receive a free six-month subscription to Anghami Plus
Analysis News Drake’s Certified Lover Boy had a huge first week on Spotify… but not as big as Scorpion’s The numbers are in.... and they show Drizzy's latest LP was around 60 million streams short of his record in week one
News Brands can now sponsor Spotify’s personalized Release Radar playlist Release Radar is the platform's third personalised playlist to be made available for sponsorship
Analysis News Drake’s Certified Lover Boy, Spotify, and the destruction of the all-dominant streaming superstar What the performance of Drizzy's new studio record tells us about a growing trend in the music business
News Kanye West hits 775m streams in Donda’s first week… as Drake smashes his own Spotify record A look at the streaming numbers from two blockbuster albums released last week
News Spotify is giving podcasters perks that will make independent music artists very jealous US podcasters can now charge subscriptions and download a database of email addresses
News From Spotify’s $1bn share buyback to Downtown’s big change: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up The biggest music biz headlines of the week - and why they matter
News Spotify is ready to buy back $1bn in stock from shareholders Does Spotify think the market is currently undervaluing its stock?
News Spotify rival Anghami to launch entertainment venues in Dubai, London, L.A. and more cities worldwide The first Anghami Lab venue will open in Dubai in early 2022
News 3 things we learned from Daniel Ek on Spotify’s Q2 investor call A wobble in active users, an ambitious plan for total creators on the platform... and a bullish attitude to ads
Analysis News From Universal’s massive Q2 to Spotify outpacing Netflix: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter
Analysis News Spotify subscriptions grew to 165m in Q2, up by 7m on the previous quarter Spotify published its financial results for Q2 2021 today (July 28)
News Maneskin end Olivia Rodrigo’s 7 week run at No.1 on Spotify’s Weekly Global Top 200 chart The band's Four Seasons cover Beggin' hit No.1 on Spotify's Weekly Top 200 Global Chart
News Spotify launches free Premium offer for TikTok users in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Poland and Turkey Eligible TikTok users can get three or four months free Spotify Premium, depending on the market
News Finneas O’Connell was the world’s No.1 songwriter on Spotify last year, says report Thomas Hull aka Kid Harpoon also did well on charts