•Burna Boy, Davido and Wizkid Nigerian artistes generated more than N60 billion in revenue from music streaming on Spotify in 2025, according to new data released by the global streaming platform in its annual Loud & Clear report. The report, which provides insight into the economics of music streaming, revealed that earnings by Nigerian a...
•Daniel Ek Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek will step down as CEO on January 1 and become executive chairman, handing the reins to two of his deputies in a leadership shake-up, the music streaming giant said today. Spotify said Gustav Soderstrom, its chief product and technology officer, and chief business officer Alex Norstrom would take over [&h...
Spotify today unveiled several measures to encourage artistes and publishers to be more transparent about their use of artificial intelligence, as well as to limit certain abuses. The Swedish platform is recommending that musicians and producers comply with a new standard developed by the Digital Data Exchange (DDEX), a consortium of leading m...
•Asake and Wizkid Musical duo, Asake and Wizkid’s highly-anticipated collaboration “MMS” has made history by setting a new record for the biggest first-day streams on Spotify Nigeria with 870,000 streams. This feat has surpassed the previous record of 626,000 held by Wizkid’s “IDK” featuring Zlatan. This achievement further underscores the imm...
•Ayra Starr Global music streaming platform, Spotify, has announced Nigerian music sensations, Ayra Starr and Tems, as the most streamed Nigerian artistes globally. Spotify’s Head of Music, Sub- Saharan Africa, Phiona Okumu, announced this in Lagos today, reports NAN. Okumu said that the top 30 artistes who had gained the biggest global number...
Music streaming company, Spotify announced today that it would be cutting about 17 per cent of its workforce – about 1,500 workers – in an effort to save costs in the face of “dramatically” slower economic growth. The announcement follows a 26 per cent increase in active users to 574 million during the third quarter, […]
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