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# 2011 Was A Great Year For Spotify [By The Numbers]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/2011-was-a-great-year-for-spotify-by-the-numbers/
- Published: 2011-12-29T06:20:58.000Z
- Updated: 2011-12-29T06:20:58.000Z
- Description: Despite some legitimate concerns over the amount of revenue returned to artists and streaming music's impact on sales, Spotify had a breakthrough year. Here's it looked like based on official. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/12/2011-was-a-great-year-for-spotify-by-the-numbers.
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Despite some legitimate concerns over the amount of revenue returned to artists and streaming music's impact on sales, Spotify had a breakthrough year. Here's it looked like based on official company figures:

- Launched in 5 new countries, including (finally) the U.S., Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium

**MORE:**

- Major service improvements including Spotify Apps, a new Radio mode, a download store, Facebook and iPod integration, support for BlackBerry and Windows Phone as well as moving further into the home with Onkyo, Western Digital and Boxee
- Signing over 300,000 independent music labels to Spotify this year – including Sub Pop Records, Merge Records and SC Distribution.
- Adding approximately 20,000 tracks per day
- Adding 1.5 million subscribers to the service to take the total number of paying users to over 2.5 million