Last summer, I quit Spotify, and wrote about it with the rather unsubtle headline “Why I quit Spotify.” My reasons remain sound: The software had become clunky, the ads relentless, and the ...

In related news, Kanye West voiced his clear frustration, almost annoyance, with Kendrick Lamar’s significant presence on Playboi Carti’s highly anticipated 30-track album. Gotta love Ye.

On Friday, the same day the rapper dropped his long-awaited third studio album, he also broke a Spotify record. The audio streaming giant shared on Saturday that Music became Spotify’s most ...

Following its release on Friday (March 14), the Atlanta rapper’s long-awaited third studio album, MUSIC, became Spotify‘s most-streamed album in a single day in 2025 so far. “Carti’s MUSIC ...

Spotify announced in late January that it had paid out a record $10 billion US in royalties in 2024, the largest payout to the music industry in a single year. This amounts to a tenfold jump from ...

Is the piper finally getting paid? Spotify Technology S.A. SPOT said Wednesday that it paid a record $10 billion in royalties last year, but it remains unclear how much musical artists are really ...

Spotify announced earlier this year that it paid out a record $10 billion-plus to the music industry in 2024, bringing its total to nearly $60 billion since its inception in 2006. The company ...