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X lifts search ban on Taylor Swift
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Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus lead Spotify 2023 Wrapped

Spotify has unveiled its yearly Wrapped campaign, which includes delivering individualized statistics for top-streamed artists, albums, songs, and podcasts for 2023. This year, Taylor Swift has surpassed Bad Bunny, who had held the title for the previous three years, to become the most streamed artist globally on Spotify. Alongside Drake, Morgan Wallen, The Weeknd, and […]

Spotify unveils 2023 Wrapped
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Spotify unveils 2023 Wrapped

Streaming platform, Spotify on Wednesday launches the Spotify Wrapped which gives every user the opportunity to relive the songs, albums, and performers that impacted them. Spotify Wrapped is still one of the most enjoyable products that the company has come up with, and now in its ninth year, it’s looked forward to with much anticipation. […]

Spotify pays $10bn in royalties to artists, others
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Spotify to boost musicians’ revenue by $1bn

The massive streaming service, Spotify has stated that it intends to generate an extra $1 billion in revenue for both professional and up-and-coming musicians on its platform over the next five years. This was announced by Spotify on Tuesday, November 21, in a blog post outlining the several measures in progress to improve its support for […]

Spotify pays $10bn in royalties to artists, others
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Nigeria is Africa’s second-largest podcast consumer – Spotify

Nigeria is Africa’s second-largest podcast consumer, according to global streaming service Spotify. According to The Times, in celebration of International Podcast Day,  Spotify’s podcast manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, Ncebakazi Manzi, made this declaration. He claimed that over the previous two years, the number of podcast listeners in Nigeria has grown exponentially, rising by 222% between 2021 and […]

Spotify pays $10bn to music industry in 2024
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Spotify explores AI-powered voice translation for podcasts

Spotify Technology is exploring a tool driven by AI that would translate podcasts into other languages, the audio-streaming platform said on Monday. The goal is the Swedish company’s most recent effort to capitalise on generative artificial intelligence, the technology that has become extremely popular since ChatGPT’s emergence, in order to get new customers and increase […]

Spotify introduces $9.99 audio subscription for free users
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Spotify launches Songwriter Promo Cards for upcoming artists

Spotify on Thursday introduced the “Songwriter Promo Cards,” a promotional tool for songwriters to advertise their songs and attract new listeners and possible collaborators. On promocards.byspotify.com, songwriters may build customisable social media assets known as songwriter promo cards. Songwriters look up their names, pick their profiles, and select backgrounds that match their style. The promotional […]

Spotify launches 'Concerts Near You' playlist for event discovery
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Spotify removes song lyrics option for free users

Streaming platform, Spotify has disclosed that it has begun testing a feature that prevents certain of its free customers, including Nigerians, from seeing song lyrics. To that end, some users of Spotify’s free tier received an email that read, “Enjoy lyrics on Spotify Premium.” According to Spotify PR executive, CJ Stanley, this adjustment is “just […]

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Nigerian artistes rake N11bn from Spotify in 2022 – Reports

Spotify, a music streaming service, reported that in 2022 Nigerian musicians earned over N11 billion on the company’s platform alone. This information was provided in the company’s most recent report on the expansion of Afrobeats, which was published on Thursday. Spotify reported that the revenue from streaming in 2022 will increase by 74% year over […]

Spotify AI DJ now available in Nigeria
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Spotify AI DJ now available in Nigeria

Spotify is now extending its artificial intelligence-driven personalised music function, “DJ,” to Nigeria and other countries, marking a significant expansion six months after its debut in North America. The AI-powered DJ makes personalised music recommendations to users and also provides spoken commentary in a robotic voice. The “music” feed section of the Spotify mobile app […]

Spotify introduces $9.99 audio subscription for free users
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Spotify to launch tool for software development teams

Spotify is launching “Confidence,” a new commercial tool for software development teams based on its in-house experimentation platform. “Spotify’s data scientists and engineers have been developing and honing our product testing methods for years,” Spotify said in a statement. Teams can easily set up, conduct, coordinate, and analyse their own user tests with the help […]

Spotify launches 'Concerts Near You' playlist for event discovery
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Spotify hits 220m premium subscribers

The number of paid subscribers to the mu Spotify, has reached 220 million. The streaming company disclosed in its Q2 2023 earnings call that its subscribers grew by 17% year-over-year. The company also disclosed that its monthly active users has reached 551 million. The disclosure is coming a day after Spotify increased the prices of […]

Spotify introduces $9.99 audio subscription for free users
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Spotify increases premium plan in US, UK others

Spotify Technology on Monday, increased the cost of its premium plans in a number of countries, including the US and the UK. This is being done as the music streaming service seeks to increase profitability in a shaky economic climate. Due to the change, Spotify’s U.S. plans will cost $1 more; the premium single now […]