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# Spotify stock bucks market, continues upward trajectory
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-stock-bucks-market-up-on-strong-loud-clear-royalty-report/
- Published: 2025-03-14T12:38:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-14T12:42:05.000Z
- Description: [NYSE: SPOT] Spotify stock beat the market Wednesday rising sharply after the release of it annual Loud & Clear royalty payment transparency report.
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Music Tech, music, music industry, musician, musicians, NYSE, Spotify, Spotify stock, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:15

Spotify stock \[NYSE: SPOT\] beat the markets both Wednesday and Thursday, rising sharply after the release of its annual Loud & Clear royalty payment transparency report.

On Wednesday, Spotify closed at $535.84, up $27.40 or 5.39%. In comparison, the DOW index was up just 0.20% and the tech heavy NASDAQ rose 1.22%

**By close of the markets on Thursday,** Spotify was up slightly to $537.91 up $2.07 or 0.39% despite the DOW closing down 1.3% and the tech heavy NASDAQ down 1.96% for the day.

Spotify’s [rise](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com/companies/news/1067815/spotify-shares-rise-on-record-royalty-payout-1067815.html?ref=hypebot.com) started after the new Loud & Clear report showed payments to the music industry of $10 billion in 2024, half of which went to Independents.

#### Read Hypebot’s full [analysis of Spotify’s Loud & Clear report here.](https://www.hypebot.com/spotify-loud-clear-10b-global-fandom-a-year-of-change/)

*Bruce Houghton*