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2025 was a record-setting year for music industry payouts with $11B in one year. Nearly $70B all time. This is the biggest payout to the music industry in a year by any single retailer ever.

Spotify Australia's new platform 'Turn Up Aus' spotlights local music - Mi3 ift.tt/T2PLhQ4

For another year, Spotify set the record for the highest annual payment to the music industry - $10B. For context, in 2014 total global recorded music revenues were just $13B, and Spotify’s pay out at the time was around $1B. Bringing listeners to paid streaming is precisely what has increased our payouts (tenfold) over the past decade, and is enabling more room for more artists to find success. It’s a real change across the music business and one that we’re proud to be a part of.

Happy Wrapped! This is obviously a special moment for us and it’s still pretty wild to me how big it’s gotten year over year. In fact, after about the third year we did this, I specifically remember thinking that we had reached the peak and couldn’t go bigger. 10ish years later I was obviously very wrong. Here are some fun highlights over the last decade on how Wrapped has evolved. Thanks to all the fans, artists and creators for making this year what it was. And congrats to the hundreds of Spotifiers who work year-round to bring Wrapped to life.

What’s on your Spotify Wrapped?

Special delivery: WRAPPED IS HERE. We preview all the things you’ll unwrap this year 🎁 spoti.fi/3BfIBz5

Last week - the Spotify team in Australia joined Tones And I to visit the Australian Parliament House. We shared some data on how Australian music has become a huge global export - like that 80% of all royalties generated by Australian artists on Spotify in 2023 were from listeners outside of Australia. Thanks to @tonesandimusic for celebrating the amazing growth with us! PS - for those unaware - Tones And I was the first woman to reach three billion streams for a single track on Spotify earlier this year. 🍾

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What an honour to meet the one and only Tones And I at Parliament House yesterday.

And the winner of the @spotifyaunz Te Tino Waiata o te Tau | Single of the Year Tūī is @avantdalebowlingclub ‘Friday Night @ The Liquor Store’ 💚

The final award of the night... @spotifyaunz Te Tino Pukaemi o te Tau | Album of the Year goes to @thebeths for ‘Expert In Dying Field’ Massive congratulations to all finalists & winners tonight! Keep an eye on our socials for lots of great content from the night 🏆

Vivid #Sydney and musician #ThelmaPlum were spellbinding this evening! Wonderful set at @SydOperaHouse bravo Thelma! 👏🏾🌹

Spotify its published the latest edition of their annual Loud & Clear report, and the Australian data looks mighty promising: local artists generated nearly $275 million in royalties in 2023, with approximately half brought in by independent artists. themusic.com.au/industry/spoti…

Few players in the music game perform at Spotify’s level. At a media masterclass event last week, Spotify broke down all the ways it is changing the game, from curated listening experiences to unprecedented opportunities for artists to connect with fans. bandt.com.au/spotify-delive…

New insights in 2023's report reveal Australian artists were discovered by 1st time listeners more than 2.7B times globally. Australia is a music export powerhouse! And for some Thursday tunes, here's our Fresh Finds AUNZ playlist: open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9d…

@SpotifyAU released its local Loud & Clear music economics report today. Streaming has been a key factor in the AU music industry becoming bigger than it has ever been - royalties generated by AU artists from Spotify in 2023 reached nearly 275M AUD, up almost 10% since 2022.

Australian Alt-pop powerhouse + EQUAL Ambassador @Miawray was in the house! We hosted our first ever media masterclass on how we're building tools to help artists elevate their careers & shine on the global stage. Tune into EQUAL AU&NZ spotify.link/Gzmtd64WhJb

We are so excited to reveal @Spotify’s May the 4th celebration for Star Wars fans! Fans can now dive into a Lightsaber Scavenger Hunt in the Best of Star Wars playlist! As specific songs are played, listeners will get a message from characters saying they have unlocked a lightsaber. Once you’ve gotten all five, check back later for a surprise special message coming from a galaxy far, far away! Check it out here: open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9d…

Celebrate May the 4th With Special ‘Star Wars’ Playlists, Audiobooks, and More newsroom.spotify.com/2024-05-01/may…

Catch you in the club @romper 😎 Read more: bit.ly/3QbEfgr