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AI Music Generator Boomy Inks Distribution Deal With Warner Music’s ADA as Spotify Preps Fake-Stream Fines

November 29, 2023

Harpist and artist Katirha, one of the Boomy users whose work is set to be distributed by Warner Music's ADA. Photo Credit: Boomy As Spotify prepares to begin slapping distributors with fines for alleged arti... Read More...

Who’s the Number 1 Artist on Spotify in 2023?

Ashley King

November 29, 2023

Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify Wrapped 2023 reveals the most-played artist in 2023 — Taylor Swift dethrones Bad Bunny after his three-year consecutive reign, but he still secures the most-streamed album for a ... Read More...

Spotify Wrapped 2023 Is Here—Taylor Swift Dethrones Bad Bunny

Ashley King

November 29, 2023

Photo Credit: Spotify Spotify Wrapped 2023 is here—and Taylor Swift has dethroned Bad Bunny after three years. With more than 574 million people listening to music on Spotify—here’s a peek at some of the top ... Read More...

Spotify toggle personalized recommendations off

Spotify May Soon Offer a Personalized Recommendations Toggle

Ashley King

November 27, 2023

Photo Credit: Christian Lambert Spotify appears to be prepping a way for personalized recommendations to be turned off—though we’re unclear how it would work. A toggle that turns off personalized recommendat... Read More...

Who Will Be Hurt by Spotify’s New Payment Threshold?

Caleb J. Murphy

November 27, 2023

Photo credit: Alexander Grey Spotify is making a few changes to the way it pays artists, and these changes are expected to take effect in Q1 2024. But the one change we’re going to talk about is its new pay... Read More...

Google sweetheart deal for Spotify was no fees on the Play Store

Google’s Sweetheart Deal With Spotify Included 4% Fees on the Play Store

Ashley King

November 21, 2023

Photo Credit: Mitchell Luo Last week Digital Music News reported on a ‘sweetheart deal’ between Google and Spotify. This week we get a peek at the terms of that deal—4% fees on payments processed with Google.... Read More...

Spotify Officially Reveals Revamped Royalties System — With a Minimum Annual Stream Threshold for Payments, Fraud Penalties, and ‘Noise Recording’ Changes

Dylan Smith

November 21, 2023

A heavily discussed Spotify royalties revamp has been confirmed. Photo Credit: Thibault Penin Following much speculation as well as payment pivots at Deezer and Apple Music, Spotify has officially unveiled a ... Read More...

Spotify Didn’t Quite Think Its ‘Royalty Modernizing’ Plan Through — But That’s a Problem for the Accountants

Paul Resnikoff

November 21, 2023

Photo: Vlad Spotify overlooked a few details in its much-ballyhooed 'royalty modernizing' plan — including the illegal parts. What else is about to blow? On paper, it all seemed so simple. A well-considered,... Read More...

Spotify Announces Uruguay Exit Over Copyright Law Overhaul: ‘Additional Payments Would Make Our Business Untenable’

Dylan Smith

November 20, 2023

Punta del Este, Uruguay. Photo Credit: Leandro Hernández Early last month, Spotify threatened to exit Uruguay unless lawmakers modified a planned copyright law overhaul. Now, in the absence of these changes, ... Read More...

Olivia Rodrigo & Spotify Feature Heavily in New ‘The Hunger Games’ Rollout

Ashley King

November 19, 2023

Photo Credit: Spotify Olivia Rodrigo has created original music for the upcoming ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ movie—joining Taylor Swift and Lorde in creating music for the series.... Read More...

Spotify to Enhance Recommendations, Target ‘Potentially Harmful Content’ With Expanded Google AI Deal

Dylan Smith

November 17, 2023

Spotify and Google have announced an expanded partnership deal extending to artificial intelligence as well as 'engineering to engineering collaboration.' Photo Credit: Dylan Carr Spotify is officially set to... Read More...

Warner Music CEO Says More ‘Artist-Centric’ Agreements Are Forthcoming — But ‘Nothing of Note’ To Announce About a New Spotify Deal

Dylan Smith

November 16, 2023

Robert Kyncl. Photo Credit: Warner Music Group After partnering with Deezer on its “artist-centric” model – and as Spotify reportedly prepares to implement sweeping compensation changes of its own – Warner Mu... Read More...