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Spotify and PRS For Music and he has published a report that indicates that the total value from recorded music, publishing and royalties, as collected by Collective Management Organisations (CMOs), reached $45.5billion last year (£36billion), compared to a total cinema box office taking of $33.2billion (£26.4billion).That puts music as 38 per cent more valuable than its movie counterpart, a sharp swing compared with a year as recent as 2019, where the cinema intake was 33 per cent ahead of music.“If you had suggested when I first did this exercise in 2015 that music might overtake cinema, you would have been laughed out of the room,” said Page. “Back then, the silver screen towered over the likes of Spotify and Netflix”.The report continues that music copyright has risen by 11 per cent per year since 2021, with Page suggesting that by next year, the figure could have doubled from 2014’s $25billion (£20billion).“Make no mistake, it’s boom time,” Page said.He also notes that vinyl sales are growing faster than streaming – with an increase of 13.4 per cent compared with streaming’s 10.4 per cent – while he also estimates that vinyl will soon be outselling CDs globally.The report also notes that the split in distribution of music income remains constant, with 63 per cent going to labels and artists, while the remaining 37 per cent goes to songwriters, publishers and CMOs.Page also points to the growing importance of the live performance of music, in comparison to licensing.

Spotify’s list of most-streamed holiday tracks of all time and singer-songwriter José Feliciano — who recorded the hit in just 10 minutes in 1970 — told The Post he never imagined it would still be so popular. “I never would have dreamed that in a million years,” he said.Feliciano, now 79, credits the catchy tune’s lasting appeal to its simplicity and message of unity.“I think because it’s a simple little song meant to bring people together and bring them joy.

2 billion streams.“I was working on it by myself … on this little Casio keyboard and writing down words and thinking about, ‘What do I think of at Christmas? What do I love? What do I want? What do I dream of?'” Carey told ABC News about the inspiration behind the song. “And that’s what started it.

Drake’s claims that Spotify “artificially inflated” the streaming figures for Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’, the streaming platform has responded with an official statement.Last month, Drake accused Spotify and his label, Universal Music Group, of inflating the numbers for the track, in which Lamar takes aim at the rapper as part of their ongoing feud. He also accused UMG – who distribute Lamar’s music too – of defamation.As a result, Spotify has filed opposition papers, and a spokesperson said: “Spotify has no economic incentive for users to stream ‘Not Like Us’ over any of Drake’s tracks.

Spotify is filling listeners’ playlists with “ghost artists” to minimise royalty costs.Per Liz Pelly’s findings shared in Harper’s Magazine, popular playlists ranging from jazz and classical to lo-fi hip-hop are being padded out with material by ghost artists, effectively decreasing the amount of royalties Spotify pays genuine musicians while increasing their overall profit margins.Known as “Perfect Fit Content” (PFC), the practice was introduced to Spotify’s editors in 2017 and engineered to maximise profit by partnering with a collection of production companies, largely located outside the US.Pelly’s report noted that when the issue first came into public view earlier this year, a Spotify spokesperson claimed the allegations were “categorically untrue, full stop”, and denied the company was creating its own fake-artist tracks.NME has reached out to Spotify for a comment.“But,” she continued, “while Spotify may not have created them, it stopped short of denying that it had added them to its playlists.”The report also nodded to findings by music writer David Turner, who used analytics to show Spotify’s “Ambient Chill” playlist had been wiped of artists like Brian Eno, Bibio, and Jon Hopkins in favour of tracks from Epidemic Sound, a Swedish company that offers a subscription-based library of production music, including the kind of stock material largely used in the background of adverts and TV programmes.One former employee said of the practice: “Some of us really didn’t feel good about what was happening. We didn’t like that it was these two guys that normally write pop songs replacing swaths of artists across the board.

Spotify has claimed.Over the last couple of years, Drum ‘N’ Bass (or DnB) has experienced a resurgence – while the subgenre has always had a steady stream of dedicated fans, interest in it has boomed thanks to hits like Chase & Status‘ ‘BACKBONE’ featuring Stormzy, and their 2023 chart-topper ‘Baddadan’.In a new mini-documentary produced by Spotify titled DnB: In for Life, Charlie Tee, Flight, Kanine, S.P.Y. and more go through the genre’s oral history to discuss its impact and its roots.In the documentary, Spotify shares a statistic based on its user data that the “yearly average streams of the Drum ‘N’ Bass genre on Spotify have increased by 94 per cent since 2021”.Among Spotify’s Top 10 artists in the genre – per MixMag – are Chase & Status, Bou, Rudimental, goddard., Sub Focus, Charlotte Plank, Skepsis, Hybrid Minds, SHY FX and Nia Archives.According to Spotify’s data, 68 per cent of the genre’s listeners are below the age of 34, marking a significant interest from a younger crowd.

sent out their public Christmas card this week, featuring a montage of photos —with multiple shots of them hugging and holding hands with the good people of Nigeria during their “faux” royal tour earlier this year.They are humanitarians here to save the world, whether the world wants them or not.The message on the card exuded all the warmth of a Chat GPT robot, reading, “On behalf of the office of Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Archewell Productions and Archewell Foundation, We wish you a very happy Holiday Season and a Happy New Year.” Despite the collection of happy photos (reportedly a more personal one was sent to friends), the haughty Sussex corporation is a failing venture. Having been given a whopping $100 million deal with Netflix — the ultimate nepo-baby trophy — the couple still can’t read a room or an audience.Their latest offering, the docu-series “Polo,” is a resounding flop.“This series offers audiences an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes look into the passion and determination driving some of the world’s elite polo players, revealing the grit behind the glamour,” Prince Harry has said.Sounds great, Harry! I love sports. I love sports documentaries.

Bruce Springsteen.The state’s Democratic representative Josh Gottheimer took his eagerness to support New Jersey legend Springsteen to the next level – posting his results from Spotify Wrapped 2024 online and showcasing his commitment to listening to The Boss.“No surprises here… Fun fact: My first ever concert was at Meadowlands to see The Boss!” he shared on social media, alongside an image which showed his top five songs of the past 12 months being the singer’s hits ‘Thunder Road’, ‘Because the Night’, ‘Glory Days’, ‘Badlands’, and ‘The Rising’.No surprises here…Fun fact: My first ever concert was at Meadowlands to see The Boss! pic.twitter.com/xuAcNn8si8— Josh Gottheimer (@Josh4Jersey) December 6, 2024Upon the results being shared, however, some viewers were quick to notice slight discrepancies between the politician’s results and the Wrapped results shared online by other Spotify users.In the screenshot Gottheimer shared on X/Twitter, there seemed to be a slightly different font choice for the song titles, and the spacing between the letters seemed slightly askew – leading to it being deemed a fake.After outlets like the New Jersey Monitor weighed in and asked him for comment, Gottheimer went on to reveal he had doctored the results to avoid including his children’s choice in music in the list.“This would be my Spotify Wrapped if I didn’t share my account with my 12 and 15-year-old kids,” Gottheimer said in a statement. “While it’s Springsteen all day for me — don’t get me wrong, I still love listening to Taylor Swift!”He continued: “To paraphrase the Boss: I wasn’t here for business baby, I was only here for fun.

Sabrina Carpenter has revealed some of the top artists mentioned in her Spotify Wrapped for 2024, and revealed the reason why she “can’t post” the results online.The 2024 edition of Spotify Wrapped arrived last week and, as ever, allowed users to reflect on their listening habits from the past 12 months in its ‘Celebration Of Your Year’ experience.Now, Sabrina Carpenter has opened up about the results she got for this year, and revealed that there is one reason why she won’t be sharing the post online: her own name is among her Top Five artists.Speaking in a new interview with Vogue, the pop star reflected on the milestone accomplishments she’s had since the year began, and discussed her mindset for going into 2025.At one point, the interviewer asked her if she had taken part in Wrapped for this year, to which she responded: “I did. It’s funny because when I first saw mine, my initial reaction was, ‘Oh, damn, I can’t post that, because I’m on my own [list].

dubbed the “Queen of Christmas,” addressed the viral video that caused a stir among fans. “Bad lighting and a red lip have you all thinking this is AI??” Carey, 55, declared on X. “There’s a reason I’m not a fan of either of those things!”The “All I Want for Christmas” shared her comments ahead of her Boston performance.

Chappell Roan has shared her Spotify Wrapped results, with Heart‘s 1977 hit ‘Barracuda’ her most listened track of the year.In an Instagram post shared yesterday (December 4), a younger Roan is seen posing next to a car decked out in camo decal and a mount of bull’s horns. “This pic kind of insane,” she wrote in its caption.The former NME Cover star also revealed her top five artists of the year, as tabulated by Spotify Wrapped.

Arctic Monkeys and Oasis are the UK’s top indie bands on Spotify Wrapped 2024, NME can exclusively reveal.The list of the most streamed indie acts on Spotify this year is largely comprised of long-standing names as fans have indulged their sense of nostalgia. Arctic Monkeys and the recently reformed Oasis have taken the top spots, with The Smiths following close behind at Number Three. Radiohead and Gorillaz round out the top five.Four out of the top five most streamed indie songs in the UK were Arctic Monkeys songs.

Spotify Wrapped is drooping soon and some music lovers are rigging their results so they can show off their most-listened tracks of 2024 — free of judgment.“Gonna hack Spotify HQ before Spotify Wrapped comes out because I would rather be in jail than have my top genre be country,” one person wrote on X (formerly Twitter). That was just one of the many tweets about the anticipation of the upcoming Spotify Wrapped 2024 drop.“Imagine hating me, a girl who is simply in her room trying to change the trajectory of her Spotify wrapped before it’s too late,” another Spotify user said.“Just realized Spotify wrapped is coming soon… I have amazing taste in music so I don’t need last-minute changes,” someone else said in a seemingly sarcastic message.A different X user confessed, “That time of year I’m putting certain songs on repeat to hack my Spotify wrapped.”“I think I need to rig my Spotify wrapped before it turns out to be the same exact thing as last year,” another person wrote.“Need to rig my Spotify wrapped now so I can make my most listened to song one that I didn’t fall asleep with on repeat accidentally,” another tweet read.

Chappell Roan has celebrated the fact that her song ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ has reached one billion streams on Spotify.The single was first released in April this year, written by Roan alongside Justin Tranter and Dan Nigro. It became Roan’s breakout hit, hitting Number Two in the UK and Number Four in the US, and has been nominated for Song of the Year and Record of the Year at the Grammys.Roan has reacted the news that it has crossed the milestone, writing on Instagram: “Good Luck Babe hitting a billion streams on Spotify is cuckoo loco.

Drake and his team have filed a legal dispute against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify for allegedly “artificially inflating” Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Not Like Us’ streaming numbers. In the new filing – which can be viewed here – Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC has accused UMG and Spotify of “illegally” aiding and boosting ‘Not Like Us’ streams in favour of Kendrick Lamar – who earlier this year entered a viral rap feud with Drake.According to the legal document, UMG is accused of offering Spotify compensation to recommend the song to Spotify subscribers: “On information and belief, UMG charged Spotify licensing rates 30 per cent lower than its usual licensing rates for ‘Not Like Us’ in exchange for Spotify affirmatively recommending the song to users who are searching for other unrelated songs and artists.” UMG has said the allegations in the court document are untrue.The dispute also targets UMG more, and only names Spotify in a few instances.It also alleges that Spotify and UMG did not disclose the compensation, which the document claims was made through “wires or mails”.

Music Radar has examined the current state of the “music creation economy”, with one key finding being that each day sees more new tracks arriving on streaming services than were released “in the calendar year of 1989”.Will Page, former Chief Economist of Spotify and PRS For Music, added: “And more of that music is being done by artists themselves, meaning there’s even more demand for music production software.”The report also notes that there was a 12 per cent increase in the number of music creators between 2021 and 2022, with the number standing at 75.9 million.It also predicts the number will more than double by the end of the decade, with an estimated total of 198.2 million music creators by 2030.“Not only will casual music creation become mainstream, it will trigger an unprecedented widening of the music creator economy funnel,” the report said.It has previously been reported that in 2023, 120,000 tracks were being added to Spotify and other streaming services each day, for an annual total of over 43 million.This summer, Spotify revealed it had topped expectations with its profits and premium subscriber numbers, despite the controversies surrounding the platform.It had a 2024 second quarter revenue of £3.2billion, up 20 per cent on the previous quarter, and a net profit of £230million.These figures follow the service raising prices for most of its existing plans in early June, and cutting down 17 per cent of its workforce in order to save costs at the end of 2023.It is likely the profits also benefited from the streaming service officially demonetising all songs on the platform with fewer than 1,000 streams. That policy was launched on April 1, but had been planned by the platform for some time.

Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante has shared his thoughts on streaming within the music industry and why Spotify is “where music goes to die”.Benante, who has been with the thrash metal band for four decades, recently spoke to The Irish Times, where he was asked how much the music industry has changed over the last 40 years.The drummer replied: “There is no music industry. That’s what has changed. There is nothing any more.

Lily Allen has claimed that she now makes more money from her OnlyFans feet pics account than she does from Spotify.The singer launched the subscription account in July, which people can choose to join for a monthly fee of $10 (£8).

Coldplay and Spotify have teamed up to launch a brand new design of the FC Barcelona shirt.The design will feature a Coldplay logo inspired by their latest album ‘Moon Music‘, which just dropped this month (October 4). FC Barcelona and Coldplay have had a shared history for years, with Coldplay’s anthem ‘Viva La Vida’ becoming the club’s unofficial anthem during the 2008-09 season.There will only be 1899 jerseys available in honour of the club’s founding year, whilst there will be 22 special glow-in-the-dark shirts, half signed by the starting men’s team and the other half by the starting women’s.

Terrifier 3 has caused Ice Nine Kills streams to rocket.The band recently dropped their latest single, ‘A Work Of Art’, the official track for the new horror blockbuster, which you can listen to below.After the film claimed the top spot at the US box office after knocking off Joker: Folie à Deux last weekend, the song was streamed 645,390 times and received 453,000 views on YouTube within 24 hours.Speaking about the the success of the single, Ice Nine Kills frontman Spencer Charnas said: “This has been an unbelievable ride. Seeing both Terrifier 3 and our track reach these heights is something we never imagined, but at the same time, it’s what we dared to dream we could achieve.“‘A Work Of Art’ reflects everything we love about horror and music and to have it resonate so deeply with our fans – and the Terrifier fanbase – has been unreal.

Mets anthem “OMG,” performed by infielder Jose Iglesias, had a huge win of its own this week. The fan favorite pop hit enjoyed an increase of nearly 70% in streams on Wednesday, when the Mets defeated the Phillies in the NLDS, a rep from Spotify told The Post.Iglesias, 34, a native of Cuba, who doubles as Latin singer Candelito, performed the beloved tune on the field after their win — as his teammates cheered him on.A post shared by #1 Mets fan page (@metscontent1)Flushing, Queens native Jasmine Buzeta was at Wednesday’s game, which happened to fall on her birthday, and said the song stirs up a “unique set of emotions” for Amazins’ fans.