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# Spotify “A Few Weeks Away” From UMG Deal
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-a-few-weeks-away-from-umg-deal/
- Published: 2011-02-24T02:51:00.000Z
- Updated: 2011-02-24T02:51:00.000Z
- Description: Reports say that Spotify is "a few weeks away" from signing a U.S. distribution deal with Universal Music Group, the world's largest music label. If this happens, Spotify will have. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/02/spotify-a-few-weeks-away-from-umg-deal.html]
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[![image from www.last100.com](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e2014e8645ebab970d-250wi "image from www.last100.com")](https://storage.ghost.io/c/3a/95/3a957c06-c825-4057-9939-0a274cc16d23/content/images/www-last100-com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/umg-logo.jpg?ref=hypebot.com) Reports say that Spotify is "a few weeks away" from signing a U.S. distribution deal with Universal Music Group, the world's largest music label. If this happens, Spotify will have access to 68% of the market. Due to this, sources close to the deal [told](http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/23/spotify-idUSN2315436720110223?ref=hypebot.com) *Reuters*  that Spotify may launch without WMG on board. And given how much more favorably CEO Edgar Bronfman has [spoken](https://www.hypebot.com/wmg-changing-its-tune-about-spotify-deal/) about Spotify lately, it seems like U.S. music fans will be getting Spotify after all.It may launch in the summer. Thank goodness. Can't wait.