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Spotify For Artists

What Spotify For Artists is building in 2026 as payouts top $11B

Spotify For Artists has kicked off 2026 with a state-of-the-union announcement from Charlie Hellman, the platform’s Head of Music. The update reflects on a record-breaking 2025 while outlining a strategic. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/28/2026 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify Prompted Playlists

Spotify Introduces ‘Prompted Playlists’ — Driven By Your Algorithm and Your Feels

This AI-driven Beta service is being rolled out to Premium users in the US and Canada starting on January 22, allowing users to generate playlists with more creative control.

Jeremy Young on 01/22/2026 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (0)
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106,000-a-Day Deluge: 88% of Tracks Starve for Streams

According to Luminate’s 2025 Year-End Music Report, the global streaming landscape is becoming increasingly saturated. 106,000 new tracks are delivered to digital service providers (DSPs) every single day. This represents a 7% increase over the 2024 daily average of 99,000.

Bruce Houghton on 01/20/2026 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify raises Premium subscription price in U.S.

Spotify raises Premium subscription price in U.S.

Spotify has raised the price of its individual Premium subscription in the U.S. The last U.S. price hike iwas in July 2024. During that increase, the Premium Individual plan rose from $10.99 to $11.99.

Bruce Houghton on 01/15/2026 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How to Get Your Song to 1,000 Streams [Marketing Plan]

Artists, here’s a breakdown of exactly how to spend your time and budget to make the biggest impact, and get your track to 1k streams.

Jeremy Young on 01/13/2026 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Spotify Data Scrape Scandal

What the Spotify Data Scrape Means for Independent Artists

A shadow-library called Anna’s Archive has scraped nearly all of Spotify’s music metadata (almost 300TB of data). Here’s what that means.

Jeremy Young on 01/08/2026 in Copyright Law | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Overanalyzing Our 2025 Spotify Wrapped: What MIDiA’s Stats Say About the Industry

MIDiA’s researchers and staffers take a look at their own Spotify Wrapped data to reveal broader trends in the music streaming ecosystem.

Jeremy Young on 01/05/2026 in Streaming | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Music Industry News Last Week: Most Read Posts

Top New Music Industry News Last Week

Top new music industry news last week includes predictions for 2026 from experts, how musicians will get discovered in 2026, Songcards, the Measure of Music Conference, France honoring EDM and more.

Bruce Houghton on 12/27/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Music Industry News Last Week: Most Read Posts

Top Music Business News Last Week

Top music business news last week includes a Facebook test and shifts in music discovery that are upending music marketing, the release of Bandsintown’s year end High Notes, 2026 predictions and much more.

Bruce Houghton on 12/20/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS and LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY UPDATES

We search the web so you don’t have to. Find the latest Music Business News under BUSINESS NEWS & Live Music Industry News under LIVE INDUSTRY NEWS tabs above.

Bruce Houghton on 12/17/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Music Industry News Last Week: Most Read Posts

TOP MUSIC BUSINESS NEWS LAST WEEK

Top music business news last week includes a playbook for small venues, a K-Pop scandal, new mechanical royalty rates, Audiomack, why fans by merch, and much more.

Bruce Houghton on 12/13/2025 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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