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After five years, the legal battle between Spotify and Eminem‘s publishing company Eight Mile Style has concluded — and due to a legal loophole, the streaming giant has been let off the hook. In 2019, Eight Mile Style sued Spotify, accusing the service of acting “deceptively” by pretending to have …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Spotify represents nearly a third of the music streaming market share, making it by far the most popular app for listening to music. With more than 100 million …

With Chappell Roan in the midst of her pop superstar breakthrough this summer, streams on her debut album The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess have doubled over the past two months, according to data from Spotify. From June 1, the album’s streams rose 100 percent in the U.S., …

The National Music Publishers Association (NMPA) has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Spotify over the streaming giant’s controversial audiobook bundle offering. The premium subscription tier bundle has led to decreased royalties for songwriters, with the trade group calling the strategy “a scheme to increase profits by …

For a fifth year in a row, Spotify House proved to be the go-to spot for special guests and surprises during CMA Fest weekend in Nashville. The streaming platform’s Hot Country playlist took over Blake Shelton‘s Ole Red bar on Broadway for three days, and along with featuring a dozen …

Before she sat down to listen to Taylor Swift’s surprise double album The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology, Samantha Roberts, of Portland, Oregon,felt open to the idea of a 31-song album. But two hours and two minutes later, she changed her mind. “TTPD absolutely did not need to be that …

The annual showcase Spotify House will return to the Ole Red honky-tonk in Nashville for CMA Fest 2024. Marking its fifth year, the event will pack dozens of performances into its schedule across three days from Thursday, June 6, through Saturday, June 8. This year’s lineup includes appearances from Luke …

Music publishers are escalating their battle with Spotify, with the National Music Publishers Association sending a letter to the Senate and House of Representatives’ Judiciary Committee advocating a change that, if enacted, could significantly alter the way publishers and songwriters negotiate with the streaming service to determine their payments. The …

The National Music Publishers Association sent a cease-and-desist letter to Spotify on Wednesday over allegations that the streaming giant is infringing their members’ musical works through lyrics, music videos and podcasts on the platform. “NMPA demands that unlicensed lyrics, music videos, and podcasts be removed from the platform or Spotify …

Taylor Swift‘s Tortured Poets Department is on pace for a massive opening, and in under 24 hours, the album already beat the record for most streams in a single day on Spotify, the service confirmed on Friday. The record has over 200 million streams already, Spotify said, and Swift now …