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hey ryan! totally fair points. it's true — more artists are succeeding than ever before in music history, but barriers to entry to releasing music are lower than ever, so there are more artists trying to make it than ever before, too. it's the best time to be an artist, and also the hardest time to be an artist. in terms of the numbers of artists/rightsholders participating in the royalty pool, we're the only streaming service that shares transparent data on this front. i wish the other services would share too. click any revenue level here and you can see exactly how many artists generated that amount of $$ each of the last several years. (this is money paid to the artists' and songwriters' selected rightsholders ... we don't know what their deals are.) loudandclear.byspotify.com/p… the story of our payouts are clear — more and more artists are succeeding every year. more artists generated $100k in 2025 than generated $50k in 2020. and more artists generated $100k in 2025 on spotify alone than even could be stocked on the shelves on the largest record store in the world at the peak of the CD era — for even a chance at making a sale. at the same time, you're absolutely right that more artists are releasing music than ever before, as barriers to entry lower. there's nothing we can do about that. the best we can do is continue to grow the royalty pool, pay more than any other service, and make sure emerging and professional artists (like our new Verified by Spotify pool) are succeeding.

An update on ticket releases for Harry Styles Together, Together in NYC! We caught scalpers with tickets, took action and we are working with Harry and his team to get them back to fans at the original price. 🎫 Scroll for more info.

An update on ticket releases for Harry Styles Together, Together in NYC! We caught scalpers with tickets, took action and we are working with Harry and his team to get them back to fans at the original price. 🎫 Scroll for more info.

A jury has ruled that Live Nation and Ticketmaster held an illegal monopoly in the ticketing market. (nbcnews.com/business/consume…)

Live Nation admits it They squeeze artists into submission Criminal enterprise Two sets of books Racket #RapinoForPrison #LowerTicketPrices

New: Drake's manager showered Live Nation and Ticketmaster with praise at the antitrust trial. He also broke down these "Pound Cake" lyrics that named Live Nation's CEO: "Contract like ‘91 Dan Marino, I swear this guy Michael Rapino’s boosting my ego." courthousenews.com/drakes-ma…

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