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Spotify (; Swedish: [ˈspɔ̂tːɪfaj]) is a Swedish audio streaming and media service provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 615 million monthly active users, including 239 million paying subscribers, as of March 2024. Spotify is listed (through a Luxembourg City-domiciled holding company, Spotify Technology S.A.) on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts. Spotify offers digital copyright restricted recorded audio content, including more than 100 million songs and six million podcast titles, from record labels and media companies. As a freemium service, basic features are free with advertisements and limited control, while additional features, such as offline listening and commercial-free listening, are offered via paid subscriptions. Users can search for music based on artist, album, or genre, and can create, edit, and share playlists. Spotify is available in most of Europe, as well as Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania, with a total availability in 184 markets. Its users and subscribers are based largely in the US and Europe, jointly accounting for around 53% of users and 67% of revenue. It has no presence in mainland China where the market is dominated by QQ Music. The service is available on most devices, including Windows, macOS, and Linux computers, iOS and Android smartphones and tablets, smart home devices such as the Amazon Echo and Google Nest lines of products, and digital media players like Roku. As of December 2023, Spotify was the 47th most-visited website in the world with 24.78% of its traffic coming from the United States followed by Brazil with 6.51% according to data provided by Semrush. Unlike physical or download sales, which pay artists a fixed price per song or album sold, Spotify pays royalties based on the number of artist streams as a proportion of total songs streamed. It distributes approximately 70% of its total revenue to rights holders (often record labels), who then pay artists based on individual agreements. While certain musicians have voiced objections to Spotify's royalty structure and its effect on record sales, others laud the service for offering a lawful option to combat piracy and for remunerating artists each time their music is played. History Spotify was founded in 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden, by Daniel Ek, former CTO of Stardoll, and Martin Lorentzon, co-founder of Tradedoubler. According to Ek, the company's title was initially misheard from a name shouted by Lorentzon. Later they conceived a portmanteau of "spot" and "identify". Early international launches In February 2010, Spotify opened public registration for the free service tier in the United Kingdom. Registrations surged following the release of the mobile service, leading Spotify to halt registration for the free service in September, returning the UK to an invitation-only policy. Spotify launched in the United States in July 2011, and offered a six-month, ad-supported trial period, during which new users could listen to an unlimited amount of music for free. In January 2012, the free trial periods began to expire, limiting users to ten hours of streaming each month and five plays per song. Using PC streaming, a similar structure to the one used today allowed the listener to play songs freely, but with ads every 4–7 songs depending on listening duration. Later that same year, in March, Spotify removed all limits on the free service tier indefinitely, including mobile devices. In April 2016, Ek and Lorentzon wrote an open letter to Swedish politicians, demanding action in three areas that they claimed hindered the company's ability to recruit top talent as Spotify grew, including access to flexible housing, better education in the programming and development fields, and stock options. Ek and Lorentzon wrote that to continue competing in a global economy, politicians needed to respond with new policies, or thousands of Spotify jobs would be moved from Sweden to the United States. In February 2017, Spotify announced the expansion of its United States operations in Lower Manhattan, New York City, at 4 World Trade Center, adding approximately 1,000 new jobs and retaining 832 existing positions. The company's US headquarters are in New York City's Flatiron District. On 14 November 2018, the company announced 13 new markets in the MENA region, including the creation of a new Arabic hub and several playlists. Other developments Streaming records In October 2015, "Thinking Out Loud" by Ed Sheeran became the first song to pass 500 million streams. A month later, Spotify announced that "Lean On" by Major Lazer and DJ Snake featuring MØ was its most-streamed song of all time with over 525 million streams worldwide. In April 2016, Rihanna overtook Justin Bieber to become the biggest artist on Spotify, with 31.3 million monthly active listeners. In May 2016, Rihanna was overtaken by Drake with 31.85 million total streams. In December 2016, Drake's just-under 36 million monthly listeners were overtaken by the Weeknd's 36.068 million. Later that same month, Drake's song "One Dance" became the first song to hit one billion streams on Spotify. Upon its release in August 2017, the single "Look What You Made Me Do" by Taylor Swift earned over eight million streams within 24 hours, breaking the record for the most single-day streams for a track. On 19 June 2018, XXXTentacion's hit single "Sad!" broke Swift's single-day streaming record, amassing 10.4 million streams the day after he was fatally shot in Florida. User growth In March 2011, Spotify announced a customer base of 1 million paying subscribers across Europe, and by September 2011, the number of paying subscribers had doubled to two million. In August 2012, Time reported 15 million active users, four million being paying Spotify subscribers. User growth continued, reaching 20 million total active users, including five million paying customers globally and one million paying customers in the United States, in December 2012. By March 2013, the service had 24 million active users, six million being paying subscribers, which grew to 40 million users (including ten million paying) in May 2014, 60 million users (including 15 million paying) in December 2014, 75 million users (20 million paying) in June 2015, 30 million paying subscribers in March 2016, 40 million paying subscribers in September 2016, and 100 million total users in June 2016. In April 2020, Spotify reached 133 million premium users. In countries affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Spotify registered a fall in users in late February, but it has seen a recovery. In March 2022, Spotify had 182 million premium subscribers. At the end of Q2 2022, Spotify reported 188 million paying subscribers and 433 million total users. Premium-exclusive albums The Financial Times reported in March 2017 that, as part of its efforts to renegotia.... Discover the Spotify popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Spotify books.
Best Seller Spotify Books of 2024
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Spotify
Jonas Leijonhufvud & Sven CarlssonLa historia completa de la plataforma de audio por streaming más grande del mundoEn 2011, Daniel Ek, el joven fundador de Spotify, por fin logró el lanzamiento de su compañía en Es...
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The Spotify Handbook - Everything You Need To Know About Spotify
Omar GardnerIn 'The Spotify Handbook', author Omar Gardner reveals the source of selflimiting Spotify related beliefs that rob us of growth and create needless setbacks. Based on twent...
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Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen“Writing about yourself is a funny business…But in a project like this, the writer has made one promise, to show the reader his mind. In these pages, I’ve tried to do this.” Bruce ...
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Appetite for Destruction
Mick Wall'APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION has the best of Wall's Kerrang! features, each bolstered by new, insightful postscripts. You won't read a funnier rock book' MOJO'Wall is firing on all cy...
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The Spotify Play
Sven Carlsson & Jonas LeijonhufvudTwo journalists chronicle the David versus many Goliaths story of the streaming music giant’s rise to success.The American edition of the revelatory Swedish book Spotify Untold, th...
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Spotify Teardown
Maria Eriksson, Rasmus Fleischer, Anna Johansson, Pelle Snickars & Patrick VonderauAn innovative investigation of the inner workings of Spotify that traces the transformation of audio files into streamed experience.Spotify provides a streaming service that has be...
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Starting Your Career as a Musician
Neil TortorellaWhether you dream about becoming a rock star or a soughtafter talent playing local gigs, Starting Your Career as a Musician will guide you along the path to success. Author Neil To...
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Why Managers Matter
Nicolai J. Foss & Peter G. KleinA manifesto on managers and hierarchy that bucks the trend of the lean, flat, leaderless organization As business struggles to adapt to a rapidly changing world, managers are bomba...
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Keith Urban
Jeff ApterIn this definitive biography of Keith Urban, music biographer Jeff Apter presents the legendary Australian country star turned international superstar whose career spans the Nashvi...
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Spotify
Sven Carlsson, Jonas Leijonhufvud & Sirje NiitepõldSuoratoiston maailmanvalloitus. Spotifyn koko tarina tukholmalaisesta lähiötoimistosta maailman suurimmaksi musiikin suoratoistopalveluksi. Vuonna 2008 perustettu Spotify oli musii...
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Like a Bat Out of Hell
Mick Wall'A passionate, pacey tome you should do anything for a copy of' Kerrang! "I never wanted to be a big star. I just wanted to be the biggest at what I do! Powerful, unstoppable, hea...
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How Music Works
David ByrneNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER David Byrne’s incisive and enthusiastic look at the musical art form, from its very inceptions to the influences that shape it, whether acoustical, econo...
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Spotify
Sven Carlsson>> „Kniha Spotify je příběhem o odvaze outsidera, který se nenechal zastrašit giganty ze Silicon Valley – a stal se králem. Měl by si ho přečíst každý ostýchavý podnikatel. U...
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Rockonomics
Alan B. KruegerAlan Krueger, a former chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, uses the music industry, from superstar artists to music executives, from managers to promoter...
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All You Need to Know About the Music Business
Donald S. PassmanDubbed “the industry bible” by the Los Angeles Times, All You Need to Know About the Music Business by veteran music lawyer Donald Passman is the goto guide for everyone in the mus...
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How to Grow as a Musician
Sheila E. AndersonA Friendly Guide to Launching and Maintaining Your Musical Career It’s tough to make a living from one’s love of music, but Sheila E. Anderson shows readers how to do just that in ...
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Spotify For Dummies
Kim GilmourThe ultimate beginner guide to the groundbreaking music service, Spotify! Spotify is a free online streaming music platform that allows users to listen to songs on demand over the...
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You Only Have to Be Right Once
Randall LaneThe ultimate insider look at the newest titans of techand what you can learn from their successIn 2007, twentyoneyear old David Karp launched Tumblr, a simple microblogging platfor...
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Free
Chris AndersonThe online economy offers challenges to traditional businesses as well as incredible opportunities. Chris Anderson makes the compelling case that in many instances businesses can s...
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Spotify
50MinutosEl rey de la música en streaming Este libro es una guía práctica y accesible para descubrirlo todo sobre Spotify, que le aportará la información esencial y le permitirá ganar ...
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Getcha Rocks Off
Mick Wall'Packed with war stories from a golden age of rock, and insights into the stars that made that music' CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE'On reading Getcha Rocks Off you realise just how drastic...
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The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
Gucci ManeThe New York Times bestselling memoir from the legendary Gucci Mane spares no detail in this “cautionary tale that ends in triumph” (GQ). For the first time Gucci Mane tells his ex...
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Prince
Mick WallThis is the powerful, detailed and enlightening biography of the iconic composer, singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist the inimitable Prince.Prince was an icon. A man who d...
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The Gucci Mane Guide to Greatness
Gucci ManeFrom the platinum selling recording artist and New York Times bestselling author of The Autobiography of Gucci Mane comes THE GUCCI MANE GUIDE TO GREATNESSan unprecedented look at ...
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John Peel
Mick Wall'Excellent ... paints an affectionate portrait of this unpretentious, humorous presenter who seems to have been loved by everyone who met him' SUNDAY TIMES'A leisurely stroll throu...
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Outlaw Pete
Bruce Springsteen & Frank CarusoOutlaw Pete is a modern legend of a criminal who starts out in diapers and confronts the roughest edges of adulthood. It’s one of the most ambitious and original story songs Spring...
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Definitely Hispanic
LeJuan JamesPerfect for fans of Jane the Virgin’s celebration of Latinidad and Fresh Off the Boat’s situational humor, Definitely Hispanic is a collection of introspective and witty essays by ...
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Voice-Overs for Podcasting
Elaine A. ClarkA Creative Performance Approach to Producing Podcasts that Showcase and Monetize Your Skills, Knowledge, and PersonalityVoiceOvers for Podcasting is exactly what podcasters of all ...
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Masters of Scale
Reid Hoffman, June Cohen & Deron TriffWhat can you learn from a Silicon Valley legend and a pantheon of iconic leaders? The key to scaling a successful business isn’t talent, network, or strategy. It’s an entrepreneuri...
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No Regrets
Rob YoungA colourful collection of pieces on the enigmatic genius of Scott Walker from THE WIRE.Scott Walker has travelled from teen idol to the outer limits of music. From 'The Sun Ain't G...
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Profit from Your Podcast
Dave JacksonMethods and Advice for Making the Most of Your PodcastPricing, Sponsors, Crowdfunding, and More Pick up any book on podcast monetization, and you will find 90 percent of it only co...
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Spotify Profits - How I Got 100,000 Followers and 12 Million Streams Marketing My Music On Spotify
Chris GreenwoodThis book shows artists and musicians how to get more streams on Spotify plus featured in Spotify Editorial playlists.Billboard charting rock and hip hop artists Manafest shows you...
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Billie Eilish
Billie EilishLegendary recording artist Billie Eilish shares an intimate inside look at her lifeboth on and off the stagein this stunning, photofilled book.Billie Eilish is a phenomenon. With d...
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Lemmy
Mick Wall'Unflinching, forthright and full of wry humour as the man himself, and there's little praise greater than that' CLASSIC ROCK'Wall's vision of Lemmy as a Rock'n'Roll stalwart who m...
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The Ends Game
Marco Bertini & Oded KoenigsbergHow companies like Dollar Shave Club and Rent the Runway rewrite the rules of commerce by pursuing outcomes rather than products and services.The seventh book in the Management on ...
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Tarzan Economics
Will PageTaking the lessons learned from his years studying the rise and fall of the modern music industry, Spotify's Chief Economist has crafted “a compelling and generous read...
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Lou Reed
Mick Wall'This "sincere speedwritten, bloodspattered tribute" strings together the raciest anecdotes...and does it rather well' SUNDAY TIMES'Mick Wall has written in a rough and unsentiment...
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Spotify Profits 2.0
Chris GreenwoodSpotify has changed the way we listen to and share music in a dynamic, profound and irreversible way. Fans across the world can access songs, albums and entire back catalogs at the...