Spotify’s payouts rose by more than 10% from 2024, outpacing the roughly 4% growth reported by other music services, according to the company. Independent artists and labels accounted for about half ...

WASHINGTON — The Department of Housing and Urban Development likely paid out more than $84 million in ineligible assistance to Minnesota during former President Joe Biden’s final year in office — ...

Spotify paid out $11 billion in royalties to the music industry in 2025, the streaming platform said on Wednesday, $1 billion more than Spotify reported to have paid out a year prior. The $11 billion ...

Last year, Spotify paid out more than $11 billion to the music industry, bringing the company’s total payouts since launch to nearly $70 billion. The milestone year reflected the "largest annual ...

Spotify head of music Charlie Hellman called payouts "the largest annual payment to music from any retailer in history." By Ethan Millman Music Editor Spotify paid out $11 billion in royalties to the ...

Spotify paid out yet another record sum to the music industry in 2025, according to a new announcement: $11 billion, topping its previous-year total by a billion for the second year in a row, making ...