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Under a prior multimillion-dollar deal, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” had been a Spotify exclusive since 2020

The cuts follow pledges by executives of Google and its parent company Alphabet to reduce costs. A year ago, the company said it would lay off 12,000 employees

Many of the leading acts in contemporary indie rock pull from the South or hail from there, like soloists Angel Olsen and Waxahatchee, or groups like Plains, Wednesday and two-thirds of the Grammy-nominated band boygenius

Miley Cyrus’ empowerment anthem ‘Flowers’ is Spotify’s most-streamed song of the year with 1.6 million streams globally

Wallen’s ‘Last Night’ stayed atop the Billboard Hot 100 for 16 weeks this year, beating Harry Styles’ ‘As It Was’ for the record of longest No. 1 run for a non-collaboration

The Londoner, who revived pop symphonism with his band Porcupine Tree and was responsible for improving the sound of King Crimson’s catalog, has released a new album while embodying the opposite of our current hectic times

In an interview with the BBC, Daniel Ek explained in a diplomatic tone that the company thought there would be ‘more innovation’ in the royal couple’s interviews — a far cry from earlier criticism that they were ‘grifters’

The composer, who has written hits for Beyoncé, Adele, Taylor Swift or his own group, the massive OneRepublic, admits that he doesn’t like the gears of the business, but he must adapt

Researchers have used AI to evaluate brain responses to music. According to their findings, this model can accurately determine which tracks trigger an emotional response and are more likely to be chart-toppers

Global streams are also up 30.8% from last year, reflective of an increasingly international music marketplace

The young American is the host of ‘Call Her Daddy’, one of the most listened to podcasts worldwide, where celebrities regularly appear to talk about their sex lives, and which Spotify acquired for an estimated $60 million in 2021

The prince and his wife signed a contract of more than 20 million dollars with the platform that has recently been broken. One of the audio bosses has called them ‘fucking grifters’

The Mexican singer is vying to capitalize on his success in recent months with the release of 14 songs, some recorded on his own and others featuring regular collaborators

After years on the rise, the digital audio sector has been marked by layoffs and cutbacks by production companies

The podcast premiered in August last year with tennis great Serena Williams in pursuit of it’s mission of investigating “the labels that try to hold women back” and it was an instant hit

Here is a look at how the bot has grown compared to other pioneering platforms such as YouTube, Spotify and Instagram

With influences from trap and reggaeton, at the age of 18 he started the ‘corridos tumbados,’ an invention that has renewed the genre and catapulted it into the world charts. Today, at age 22, Cano fills Mexico’s National Auditorium

Spotify has deleted tens of thousands of tracks where bots were posing as listeners to increase the number of streams and raise royalty revenues

The so-called regional genre is reaching historic heights of popularity and is gaining international fame thanks to a new generation of young artists

A study of 130,150 songs finds that slow instrumentals are good antidotes for insomnia, but surprisingly, so are some faster-paced tunes

The singer of ‘Candle in the Wind,’ who performed at Princess Diana’s funeral, has not been included in the list of songs to celebrate the event

CEO Daniel Ek announced the restructuring in a message to employees that was also posted online

The carmaker’s official Twitter account plays with the Colombian star’s new song, in which she disparages her ex Gerard Piqué and his new girlfriend Clara Chía

The platform’s campaign packages users’ most listened-to songs of the year, producing yet another chance to talk about ourselves on social media