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Taylor Swift already breaks Spotify record before release of new album

The pop star's 12th album is out next month but calendar release dates don't seem to apply when it comes to Taylor Swift...

02/09/2025

Business

Spotify announces 9% price hike for individual plan subscribers

The music streaming platform announced a €1 price increase for customers on its individual plan starting from September.

04/08/2025

Culture news

Explained: What's the ‘Panama Playlists’ leak and what does it expose?

Offshore bank accounts again? No – “onshore vibes” this time. An anonymous sleuth claims they have been ‘scraping’ Spotify accounts of celebrities, politicians and journalists since the summer of 2024. The results may surprise you.

31/07/2025

Culture news

Artists revolt against Spotify over CEO’s investment in AI warfare

Several artists, including King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Deerhoof, and Xiu Xiu, are pulling their music from Spotify in protest of CEO Daniel Ek’s investment in an AI-powered military tech firm.

30/07/2025

Tech News

Turkey investigates Spotify over 'insensitive' playlist names

Turkey has launched an investigation into Spotify following a social media backlash over playlist names deemed politically or religiously 'insensitive'.

11/07/2025

Culture news

Fake AI band scandal: The Velvet Sundown controversy explained

Explaining the controversy surrounding The Velvet Sundown - the rock band that lied about being generated by artificial intelligence. How has this empty 'provocation' highlighted Spotify’s alleged dubious practices – chiefly, avoiding paying royalties - and confirmed fears about generative AI?

08/07/2025

Culture news

Is Denmark killing the tradition of EU playlists?

As Denmark takes over the rotating EU Council presidency from Poland, it’s hitting pause on one beloved tradition: the national Spotify playlist.

04/07/2025

Culture news

Death of French rapper Werenoi sparks debate about music and Islam

The recent death of beloved French rapper Werenoi has created a dilemma for some of his fans: should they stop listening to his music, out of respect for his Muslim faith?

19/06/2025

Business

Sweden’s PM says Europe needs to do more to retain tech companies

European companies such as Spotify, Smurfit Kappa and Flutter Entertainment have left the continent to list in the US in recent years, with Klarna revealing plans to do the same soon too.

31/03/2025

The Big Question

The Big Question: Where is the biggest music market in the world?

The music recording industry is seeing growth that ‘many other sectors would be incredibly envious of’, but what’s driving it?

24/03/2025

Culture news

Is the $10bn Spotify gave artists enough to silence its critics?

Spotify paid out more money into the music industry last year than any other retailer in history.

12/03/2025

Culture news

Spotify celebrates Singles programme hitting 10bn streams

As the long-running recording sessions chalks up a major milestone, the Swedish music platform opens up its Stockholm studio to European artists.

19/02/2025

Culture news

UMG and Spotify sign new deal as Björk slams streaming economy

“Spotify is probably the worst thing that has happened to musicians.” Despite new agreements between the world’s largest music label and one of the largest providers of music streaming services, the Icelandic artist’s words continue to ring true.

27/01/2025

Culture news

Drake officially sues Universal Music over Kendrick Lamar diss track

When will it end? Just when you thought it was all over and that Drake would star focusing on music again, the derided Canadian rapper has doubled down – becoming less “Certified Lover Boy” and more “Certified Lawyer Boy”.

16/01/2025

Culture news

Drake drops legal action over Kendrick Lamar diss track ‘Not Like Us’

Drake has scrapped a legal case against Universal Music and Spotify, in which he accused the companies of conspiring to boost the streams of Kendrick Lamar's diss track against him.

15/01/2025

Culture news

Who is the new most popular French-language singer in Spotify history?

A song from 2010 is the most listened-to French-language track on Spotify. But who is the indie musician Patrick Watson behind the surprise hit?

16/12/2024

Culture news

Apple Music Classical shares biggest albums of 2024

From the popularity of Chopin to the proliferation of piano music, how are people in 2024 listening to classical music?

07/12/2024

Culture news

A quarter of musician revenue to be lost to AI by 2028, study finds

A new global economic study has underlined the threat AI poses to human musicians and artists over the next five years.

05/12/2024

Culture news

Spotify Wrapped 2024: Who tops the Global, US and UK lists?

TayTay, Sabrina, Billie... How many of your favourites made the lists?

04/12/2024

Culture news

Drake accuses Universal of manipulating popularity of Kendrick Lamar

The feud between Canadian rapper Drake and five-time Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar has taken a new turn, with Drake alleging that Universal schemed with Spotify to inflate the popularity of his rival’s beef-ending diss track ‘Not Like Us’.

26/11/2024