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NMPA CEO Talks Spotify Podcast Takedowns, AI & More in Annual Address

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NMPA CEO Talks Spotify Podcast Takedowns, AI & More in Annual Address

National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) president/CEO David Israelite joined the Association of Independent Music Publishers (AIMP) to give his annual State of Music Publishing address on Wednesday (April 2) at Lawry’s in Beverly Hills. In his speech, Israelite discussed hot button issues for publishers, including Spotify bundling (“we are still at war”), AI concerns, PRO reform and more. Israelite started by sharing the NMPA’s data on the revenue sources for […]

todayApril 3, 2025 1

Spotify Makes Spiritbox’s Viral Grammy Moment Funnier

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Spotify Makes Spiritbox’s Viral Grammy Moment Funnier

Spotify found a way to get in on the fun of Spiritbox's Courtney LaPlante impersonating Poppy during a Grammy red carpet interview over the weekend.As it turns out, the streaming service just one-upped the already viral moment by making LaPlante the featured image on their Kickass Metal playlist for this week. But playing off LaPlante's hilarious move at the Grammys, they note of this week's playlist, "Poppy on top of […]

todayFebruary 4, 2025

Universal Music Group Stock Rises on Spotify Deal, Amazon Price Hike

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Universal Music Group Stock Rises on Spotify Deal, Amazon Price Hike

In a banner week for music stocks, record labels and music publishers posted gains after Universal Music Group (UMG) signed a new licensing deal with Spotify and Amazon announced further price increases for its music streaming service. UMG gained 11.2% to 26.94 euros ($27.91) after the company announced it renewed its licensing deal with Spotify for its record labels and music publishing. According to the company, the agreement will allow […]

todayFebruary 1, 2025 2

Spotify, Universal Music Strike New Deal Affecting Songwriter Payments

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Spotify, Universal Music Strike New Deal Affecting Songwriter Payments

Universal Music Group and Spotify have struck a new direct deal, impacting both the company’s recorded music and publishing royalty rates, the companies announced today (Jan. 26). In a statement, UMG chairman/CEO Lucian Grainge said that the deal is “precisely the kind of partnership development [UMG] envisioned” as part of its idea for “Streaming 2.0,” the company’s proposed changes to revamp streaming royalty rates and improve remuneration for its artists […]

todayJanuary 26, 2025 2

The Most Streamed New Rock/Metal Album of 2024 on Spotify

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The Most Streamed New Rock/Metal Album of 2024 on Spotify

Now that it's 2025, we wanted to give a shout out to the most-streamed new rock album of 2024 on Spotify — but there's a catch.To determine which new album garnered the most streams in 2024, we totaled up the number of Spotify streams for every song on some of the biggest records that came out during the year.Based on that metric alone, Falling in Reverse's Popular Monster was the most-streamed album […]

todayJanuary 2, 2025 2

New Jersey Politican Fakes Spotify Wrapped Results to Champion Bruce Springsteen

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New Jersey Politican Fakes Spotify Wrapped Results to Champion Bruce Springsteen

New Jersey Democratic representative Josh Gottheimer might be a born and bred Jerseyite, but his recent Spotify Wrapped results seemed to put his allegiences to the Garden State in question. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news According to NJ.com, Gottheimer was one of the countless millions around the world who took part in Spotify’s annual Wrapped feature, allowing them to reflect on […]

todayDecember 12, 2024

Spotify, Universal Music Strike New Deal Affecting Songwriter Payments

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Spotify Market Cap Hits $100B, HYBE Shares Fall & More Music Stocks

Spotify continued its remarkable run this week by briefly surpassing a $100 billion market capitalization before falling slightly by the close of trading on Friday (Dec. 6). The company’s shares rose 4.5% to $498.63, marking the music streamer’s second-best closing price ever. The best closing price of $502.38 came on Wednesday (Dec. 4) when Spotify reached a new intraday high of $506.47, valuing the Swedish company at approximately $100.8 billion.  […]

todayDecember 7, 2024

See the Spotify Wrapped Reports for Over 30 Rock + Metal Bands

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See the Spotify Wrapped Reports for Over 30 Rock + Metal Bands

Listeners aren't the only ones who get to look at their year-end Spotify report — the platform generates Spotify Wrapped stats for artists too!We already covered that 2024 Spotify Wrapped is officially here earlier today (Dec. 4), so if you're not sure how to find yours, you can check out our explanation here.Things look a little bit different on Spotify Wrapped for artists, though. While musicians can certainly see their […]

todayDecember 4, 2024

Biggest Music Publishing Stories 2024: TikTok, Spotify, ‘BBL Drizzy’

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Biggest Music Publishing Stories 2024: TikTok, Spotify, ‘BBL Drizzy’

As 2024 comes to a close, Billboard looks back at the most consequential music publishing stories of the year. Music Publishing Illustrated by Alexis Cook Music publishing has long been considered to be a slow and steady revenue stream for the industry — the business of rounding up pennies (or, rather, micro-pennies!) for the underlying musical work copyright. But anyone who works in the field will tell you that in […]

todayDecember 4, 2024

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