Apple Music Per-Stream Royalties: $0.0080 Per Stream Apple Music is the third-biggest music streaming app behind Spotify and YouTube Music, but it also pays artists almost three times as much as ...

On January 29, 2025, the Southern District of New York dismissed a lawsuit filed against Spotify for allegedly failing to pay the appropriate royalties to songwriters. The Mechanical Licensing ...

The heat on Spotify for alleged underpayment of song royalties escalated late Thursday as the Nashville-based Mechanical Licensing Collective filed legal action against the streaming service in the ...

Spotify updated its annual Loud and Clear report on Wednesday, confirming that for a second consecutive year, the streaming giant paid out half of its royalties to independent artists. Of the $10 ...

Spotify paid the music industry $10bn (£7.7bn) in 2024, which the streaming service said was the highest annual payment from any single retailer in history. But the figures come as a heated debate ...

Spotify is cracking down on streaming fraud, announcing new rules today designed to help keep would-be fraudsters from gaming the various systems that ensure independent and underground artists get ...

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Spotify Wrapped has launched for 2025, showing music fans their most listened to artists, songs, albums and more. It also ...

Spotify Wrapped is here for 2025. Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny has reclaimed his spot as top global artist for 2025 after ...

Spotify Wrapped, the annual event gives listeners a summary of their listening habits over the last year, has started rolling ...