<![CDATA[ Latest from MusicRadar in Spotify ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/tag/spotify Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:31:16 +0000 en <![CDATA[ Anna’s Archive ordered to pay Spotify over $300M in damages after illegally scraping 86 million files for “the largest truly open library in human history” ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/annas-archive-ordered-to-pay-spotify-over-usd300m-in-damages-after-illegally-scraping-86-million-files-for-the-largest-truly-open-library-in-human-history 6B7vzFLhNJDY4ASRkiRiqX Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:31:16 +0000 Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:36:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “What’s the worst part about being dead? You can’t listen to music”: Liquid Death and Spotify have come up with a solution - The Eternal Playlist Urn ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/whats-the-worst-part-about-being-dead-you-cant-listen-to-music-liquid-death-and-spotify-have-come-up-with-a-solution-the-eternal-playlist-urn tmNMg59fMkTnHAur7qWuYF Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:06:22 +0000 Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:13:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Since day one, we have stood with the artist community against piracy”: Spotify and the three major labels sue Anna’s Archive for $13.4 trillion over illegal scraping ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/since-day-one-we-have-stood-with-the-artist-community-against-piracy-spotify-and-the-three-major-labels-sue-annas-archive-for-usd13-4-trillion-over-illegal-scraping jfF4BAngY6nHUuAevpRdTM Fri, 30 Jan 2026 14:50:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A substantial, non-trivial percentage appear to be the work of a sprawling network of Bot Accounts": Class action lawsuit claims Spotify claims has overlooked billions of fraudulent streams of Drake's music ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/a-class-action-lawsuit-claims-spotify-claims-has-overlooked-billions-of-fraudulent-streams-of-drakes-music T2cgeq4ubDG545TLNuAvq4 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:22:52 +0000 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 09:23:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ How To: Get prepped and make the most of Spotify Wrapped ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/how-to-get-prepped-and-make-the-most-of-spotify-wrapped Br3qL8hdnfqv7yDGR8dLtg Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:18:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Something that matches every moment” or Robot Rock? Spotify teams up with ChatGPT to make personal recommendations ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/something-that-matches-every-moment-or-robot-rock-spotify-teams-up-with-chat-gpt-to-make-personal-recommendations RNcHxuiFP6qvVaRTr9Sh2B Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:09:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:18:17 +0000 <![CDATA[ “A significant cost to incur in a liberal democracy": Why listeners now have to upload biometric data to access certain Spotify songs ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-tech/a-significant-cost-to-incur-in-a-liberal-democracy-why-listeners-now-have-to-upload-biometric-data-to-access-certain-spotify-songs 7ndEzckejHitXp5DswRxxB Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:37:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ Spotify fights back: Think that artists aren’t getting enough cash? Spotify says there's a good reason for that ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/spotify-fights-back-think-that-artists-arent-getting-enough-cash-spotify-say-theres-a-good-reason-for-that jTVzwxAMfHc6CtBJaxuJYX Mon, 24 Feb 2025 11:20:19 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I owe it to my brethren in metal not to have a Spotify account because they don’t pay people”: Cradle Of Filth's Dani Filth amps up music’s increasingly anti-Spotify sentiment ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/i-owe-it-to-my-brethren-in-metal-not-to-have-a-spotify-account-because-they-dont-pay-people-cradle-of-filths-dani-filth-amps-up-musics-increasingly-anti-spotify-sentiment Gxd3CAH3QjdVFb5C3odmkm Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:59:21 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ "I’m not sure that journey is fully understood. And frankly, we probably haven’t done a very good job of explaining it": Spotify just posted their first-ever year of profit ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/im-not-sure-that-journey-is-fully-understood-and-frankly-we-probably-havent-done-a-very-good-job-of-explaining-it-spotify-just-posted-their-first-ever-year-of-profit wTfq5amwd89wLvmVZRasvg Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:18:29 +0000 Wed, 05 Feb 2025 11:23:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Spotify wins major court case, over controversial 'bundling' that lowered artist payments ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/spotify-win-major-court-case-allowing-them-to-pay-less-money-to-artists JREVVUqiecpbwWNpqNb3ZD Mon, 03 Feb 2025 15:35:20 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If you were surprised by the 'Top' songs in your Spotify Wrapped, it might be because the difference between your top 5 and top 100 streamed songs is just a tiny number of plays": Get more streams in 2025 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/if-you-were-surprised-by-the-top-songs-in-your-spotify-wrapped-it-might-be-because-the-difference-between-your-top-5-and-top-100-streamed-songs-is-tiny-get-more-streams-in-2025 qDCtbMFETkxwS9qkPFpBxT Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:38:00 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “If Spotify and UMG have nothing to hide then they should be perfectly fine complying with this basic discovery request”: Spotify responds to Drake’s claims of collusion in his diss track battle with Kendrick Lamar ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/if-spotify-and-umg-have-nothing-to-hide-then-they-should-be-perfectly-fine-complying-with-this-basic-discovery-request-spotify-responds-to-drakes-claims-of-collusion-in-his-diss-track-battle-with-kendrick-lamar Hvq97qsNmfutkQ6qQTY9nJ Mon, 23 Dec 2024 13:38:49 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “What I uncovered was an elaborate internal program”: Is Spotify creating fake artists to flood its editorial playlists? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/what-i-uncovered-was-an-elaborate-internal-program-is-spotify-creating-fake-artists-to-flood-its-editorial-playlists 332RzaMn7spJSApr8jdgeN Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:37:47 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Spotify says streams of drum 'n' bass are up 94% over the last three years ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/streaming-sharing/spotify-says-streams-of-drum-n-bass-are-up-94-percent-over-the-last-three-years Dnu3BMNptGHR4hqmUnmBBD Thu, 19 Dec 2024 11:28:47 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ What the Ek? Spotify founder is richer than any musical artist, ever ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/what-the-ek-spotify-founder-is-richer-than-any-musical-artist-ever BwYcgveLfuGjE3WwcSjyT3 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:53:00 +0000 Mon, 09 Dec 2024 09:54:38 +0000 <![CDATA[ Spotify Wrapped reveals top artists' favourites (and which ones love themselves perhaps a little too much) ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/spotify-wrapped-reveals-top-artists-favourites-and-which-ones-love-themselves-perhaps-a-little-too-much V8s5kmypuJ4ZMUVSFpzGxg Fri, 06 Dec 2024 13:04:46 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A standout year for female artists": But Taylor Swift didn’t bag Spotify Wrapped’s most streamed song of 2024 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/streaming-sharing/a-standout-year-for-female-artists-but-taylor-swift-didnt-bag-spotify-wrappeds-most-streamed-song-of-2024 AVVAUoXJYFKTWpuix9K8n7 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:11:16 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ "A campaign to manipulate and saturate the streaming services and airwaves": Drake starts legal action against Universal and Spotify over Kendrick diss tracks rumpus ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/a-campaign-to-manipulate-and-saturate-the-streaming-services-and-airwaves-drake-starts-legal-action-against-universal-and-spotify-over-kendrick-diss-tracks-rumpus zvBAhVFy9FLatda3yni6sG Tue, 26 Nov 2024 13:05:17 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ "If creators are using these technologies... we should let people listen to them": Spotify co-president says AI-generated music is welcome on the streaming platform ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/music-industry/streaming-sharing/its-cheap-content-right-spotify-co-president-says-other-streaming-services-could-fill-their-catalogues-with-ai-music-generated-in-house-at-the-expense-of-real-musicians x9wH7Pno2Eqnt6TWK3mCV8 Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:42:30 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Eight Mile’s story defies logic": Eminem loses out to Spotify in multi-million dollar streaming case ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/artists/eight-miles-story-defies-logic-eminem-loses-out-to-spotify-in-multi-million-dollar-streaming-case fxtpurpbnhHFxiYj97eip Sat, 07 Sep 2024 13:40:20 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is Spotify about to launch a live ‘share what you listen to’ feature on Instagram? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/is-spotify-about-to-launch-a-live-share-what-you-listen-to-feature-on-instagram f66453waWf5MZfqyPrpfY4 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 19:21:28 +0000 Thu, 29 Aug 2024 12:50:37 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We were told to stop making pop music and sent dance music playlists on Spotify and told ‘your music has to sit on here’”: How Clean Bandit fell out with Atlantic Records ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/we-were-told-to-stop-making-pop-music-and-sent-dance-music-playlists-on-spotify-and-told-your-music-has-to-sit-on-here-how-clean-bandit-fell-out-with-atlantic-records WQNLrHtUFpp2SRq6aT2rB7 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 16:26:03 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:33 +0000 <![CDATA[ Daniel Ek has made more money from Spotify in a year than Taylor Swift has, like, ever ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/daniel-ek-spotify-earnings uSoiGNXmftDFPC9zATnrm9 Mon, 05 Aug 2024 14:54:57 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ Spotify posts record profits for second quarter of 2024 ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/spotify-posts-record-profits-for-second-quarter-of-2024-regardless-of-recent-controversies z5GzQejgVQPFH8kVETrdtn Thu, 25 Jul 2024 08:31:01 +0000 Thu, 01 Aug 2024 08:31:11 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’m about to pull my catalog from these vultures, enough’s enough”: Is Deadmau5 about to delete Spotify? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/im-about-to-pull-my-catalog-from-these-vultures-enoughs-enough-is-deadmau5-about-to-delete-spotify t27staz4WhmtiVkbxb2fqe Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:45:10 +0000 Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:49:21 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’re going to do it in a way where it makes sense for us and for our listeners”: Spotify Supremium is on its way ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/were-going-to-do-it-in-a-way-where-it-makes-sense-for-us-and-for-our-listeners-spotify-supremium-is-on-its-way 22N8BdKHaTTgu2GZrfjXQg Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:14:46 +0000 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:14:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ "My original point was not to devalue the time, effort, or resources involved in creating meaningful works": Spotify CEO responds to backlash over comments on cost of making music ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/spotify-ceo-responds-content VP7psSTKbDGDMQpgLCSMzW Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:45:45 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Musicians outraged as Spotify CEO claims the "cost of creating content" is "close to zero": "Our albums took hundreds of hours of human effort, hard work and creativity" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/spotify-ceo-content-zero hdAf5vo3BEDXrixWXVv6sX Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:42:40 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ 71% of the top 100 Spotify artists in the UK are "self-taught", say researchers, but is that really so surprising? ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/self-taught-musicians-spotify GnPzmmu8QXMR5CgtBqyW7C Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:20:02 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ Is Spotify about to launch a set of built-in remixing tools? Reports suggest that you’ll soon be able to create sped-up and mashed-up songs from within the app ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/spotify-sped-up-songs-remixing B94ijwGTmZygkgSrSHEpJU Wed, 17 Apr 2024 13:44:20 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Neil Young returns to Spotify as other streaming services begin hosting "disinformation podcasts": "I cannot leave all those services because my music would have no outlet to music lovers at all" ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/neil-young-spotify cpbFt9A28hguFw9v2WhdvU Wed, 13 Mar 2024 10:31:02 +0000 Wed, 09 Apr 2025 10:39:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ Artists can now upload their music direct to Spotify for free ]]> https://www.musicradar.com/news/artists-can-now-upload-their-music-to-spotify-for-free 9z6wozyhaMz9Bc222pVDdk Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:01:32 +0000 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 09:02:59 +0000