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🎧Introducing @SpotifyPolicy — Spotify’s official voice on global policies that impact creators, listeners, and the future of streaming. For general news about Spotify, check out @Spotify and @SpotifyNews

Page Match has expanded to over 30 additional languages, giving book lovers more ways to consume the content they love. Since launching, listeners using Page Match have streamed an average of 55% more audiobook hours weekly than other listeners. newsroom.spotify.com/2026-04-15/aud…

Spotify hosted @SPSA_DC at our New York office this month for a fireside chat with Spotify Chief Public Affairs Office @DusteeJenkins and Head of Government Affairs @aprilsboyd. Both former Senate press secretaries, Dustee and April shared insights on their career journeys, lessons from Capitol Hill, and proven best practices for how Members of Congress can amplify their voices through Spotify.

FR: Ottawa a vibré la semaine dernière. Spotify a organisé un cinq à sept inspiré des cabanes à sucre à @LittleVicCoffee, célébrant la croissance continue de la musique canadienne — en 2025, les redevances générées par les artistes canadiens sur Spotify ont dépassé 544 millions de dollars canadiens, soit une hausse de 19 % en seulement un an.

Ottawa brought the energy last week. Spotify hosted a cabane à sucre-inspired cinq à sept at @LittleVicCoffee, celebrating the continued rise of Canadian music. In 2025, royalties generated by Canadian artists from Spotify alone reached over $544M CAD, a 19% jump in just one year.

.@ProtonPrivacy CEO @andyyen tells @Semafor’s @ReedAlbergotti China will win the AI race: “The mistake made in the U.S. is we failed to regulate the tech companies.”

The Government isn't the only one collecting #taxes today! If you're an Apple consumer you could be paying as much as 30% in App(le) Taxes!

We celebrated 5 years of the EQUAL Program across Latin America all March long with showcases and panels to further amplify and support women artists in the region 💚

Spotify is the economic engine of Canadian artists building global careers in music, and the data proves it. In 2025, they generated over $544M on Spotify, growing 19% year-over-year and outpacing the wider industry - powered largely by fans beyond Canada’s borders. The right policies can help keep that momentum going. #LoudAndClear

As a partner to the UK government and the National Literacy Trust on the UK’s National Year of Reading, our research shows over half of UK readers now switch between print and audio, and more than 4 in 5 say audiobooks help them finish books they wouldn’t otherwise have time for. We're committed to building more flexible, seamless reading experiences so that more people can benefit from great stories in their everyday lives.

Spotify hosted Hon. Minister Musawa and music sector leaders in our London office this week. We presented the impact of our work in Nigeria and shared our annual Loud and Clear report, which shows positive results. In 2025, first-time listeners globally discovered Nigerian artists 1.3 billion times, and Nigerian artists generated NGN60 billion — a 141% growth in the last two years. Spotify is committed to working with Hon. Minister Musawa to continue growing the local creator ecosystem and supporting the global reach of Nigerian artists.

Don’t miss out on the best of Spotify at @SXSW this weekend, and make sure to check out @GustavS’s conversation with @laineywilson and @friedberg tomorrow. newsroom.spotify.com/2026-03-03/spo…

Today, we updated our annual Loud & Clear report, designed to demystify how artists earn money through streaming, and highlight the evolving global music landscape. We believe in showing you the full picture. That's why we share a level of royalty data that no other streaming service publishes. Spotify pays the majority of every dollar we generate from music back to your selected rights holders (record labels, publishers, PROs, collecting societies and distributors). 🎶In 2025, that added up to more than $11 billion, the the largest annual payment to music from any retailer. And these payouts aren’t concentrated to a small number of superstar artists, either. Once again, roughly half of royalties were generated by independent artists and labels. Spotify alone has now paid out nearly $70 billion all-time to music rights holders to date. 🧵Here are the 2025 Takeaways you need to know.

Loud & Clear 2025 is here, and this year’s report powerfully illustrates how global, diverse, and interconnected music streaming is. In 2025, artists saw more than half of their royalties come from abroad just two years after their first release, songs in 16 languages reached Spotify’s Global Top 50, and artists from 75 countries have generated $500k/year each on Spotify alone. Explore the full report: loudandclear.byspotify.com

On March 3, @AprilSBoyd and @SpotifyKR took part in South Korea’s National Assembly roundtable on K-Pop’s sustainable growth, where they outlined how Spotify’s model expands global discovery and increases earnings for Korean artists. Since 2019, royalties paid to Korean artists have more than tripled. We're committed to working together to support a strong and sustainable future for K-Pop.

지난 3월 3일, @AprilSBoyd 스포티파이 글로벌 정부관계·공공정책 부문 부사장과 @SpotifyKR은 대한민국 국회에서 열린 ‘K-POP 다음 단계를 이야기하다: 글로벌 성장의 성과와 지속가능성의 과제’ 토론회에 참여했습니다. 이 자리에서 스포티파이가 어떻게 한국 아티스트의 글로벌 무대 진출과 실질적 수익 창출을 돕고 있는지 설명했습니다. 실제로 2019년 이후 한국 아티스트에게 지급된 로열티는 3배 이상 늘었습니다. 스포티파이는 앞으로도 K팝의 탄탄하고 지속 가능한 미래를 위해 함께 노력하겠습니다.

Ahead of the BRIT awards, we welcomed music industry leaders and policymakers to @SpotifyUK to celebrate the future of UK music and share our roadmap for growing the UK music industry, with an incredible performance from BRIT nominee Skye Newman. Spotify is driving real growth, with UK artists generating £860 million in royalties on Spotify in 2025 - up 6% from last year!

We closed out Q4 2025 with strong user growth and continued momentum. From our biggest Wrapped ever, to Prompted Playlist, and expanding audiobooks to new markets, we’re focused on delivering value for users, artists, creators and authors.

About the Song is live! 🎵🎉 This new feature helps listeners better understand artists’ creative process. Spotify listeners can take a deeper look at their favorite music, understanding the inspiration, stories behind the songs, and cultural impact💥newsroom.spotify.com/2026-02-06/abo…

Spotify is where artists ‘Come Up,’ break out, and fans find their next favorite.🎶Our Best New Artist Party celebrates the rising stars who found their moment — and grew big — on Spotify. Don’t miss exclusive performances from this year’s BNA nominees. #_=_" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9d…

Spotify met with Bapak Giring Ganesha Djumaryo, Vice Minister of Culture (@kemenbud), and Ibu Irene Umar, Vice Minister of Creative Economy (@ekraf_ri), to discuss our impact on Indonesian artists’ growth at home and abroad. We are proud to continue our collaboration with the Government of Indonesia to support the country's creative sector and expand global opportunities for local talent.