Spotify Newsletter #257

Your Weekly Dose of Spotify News

★ SPOTlight

⭐️ Spotify reaches 100 million paying subscribers across Europe

Spotify's latest Europe-wide data shows that EU artists generated over €1.7 billion in 2024 – a 15% year-on-year increase. It is nearly double the total of 2020 and more than triple that of 2017.

The news comes as Spotify’s founder and CEO, Daniel Ek, revealed that Spotify has reached 100 million paying subscribers across Europe (including the UK) at Spotify’s Open House.

⭐️ Android Auto will get Spotify Jam and support for video apps and web browsers

Google revealed in a video last week that the Spotify app for Android Auto is getting an overhaul through new media app templates the company is making available to developers. One feature the music service is adding to Android Auto is Spotify Jam, a feature that lets users share control of an audio source from their individual devices.

⭐️ Will Spotify be correct with its annual Songs of Summer predictions?

Despite arriving a whole month before summer begins on 21 June, Spotify is confident that its selection – made by analysing streaming data – will soundtrack your memories in the sun this year.

⭐️ Spotify launches Countdown Chart to further drive album pre-saves

The hub is powered by Countdown Pages, a feature introduced last year. It provides users with personalised recommendations based on their listening history.

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🗣 Podcasts

• Spotify adds a 'Following' feed and 'In this episode' section for podcasts

• Best Wellness and Self-improvement Podcasts on Spotify

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▶️ Playlists

• Do Spotify playlists still matter? Playlist Marketing in 2025

• New Spotify Upcoming Releases hub powered by Countdown Pages

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🎧 Streams

• Italian-language music now part of the ‘$100M+ club’ on Spotify

• "Avicii Forever" Collection Enters Spotify's Top 5 Most Streamed Albums of All-Time

• Lana Del Rey's 'West Coast' Joins Spotify's Billions Club

• BLACKPINK's JENNIE becomes the First K-pop Artist to have multiple songs spend at least 50 days on Spotify’s Global top 10

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💡 Tips

• Spotify is now much better for podcast fans – here are the 3 really useful new features you should try today

• How I Use Spotify to Craft the Perfect Travel Playlist

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🚨 Ek

• Spotify CEO slams Apple again after 100m Euro subscribers milestone

• AI to spur more music creativity, not a threat: Spotify CEO

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📢 Marketing

• Barcelona expect to generate €335 million through VIP seats at Spotify Camp Nou

• SB19 and Spotify team up to elevate the P-Pop fan experience for Simula at Wakas era

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🖌 Design

• A bird's eye view of the new Spotify Camp Nou

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🔥 News

• Is Streaming Killing Music—or Saving It? With a Top Spotify Exec.

• Gabriella Rose, Noeline Hofmann and More to Perform at the Fresh Finds Rooftop at Spotify House During CMA Fest 2025

• A Conversation With Spotify’s New Chief HR Officer, Anna Lundström

• Over 75% of UK artists’ Spotify royalties are international

• Adapting to shifting media consumption habits — with TikTok, Spotify, Global and BBC

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🎵 New Adventures

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Rick Derringer, Singer of ‘Hang on Sloopy,’ Writer of ‘Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo’ and ‘Real American’ Wrestling Theme, Dies at 77

Rick Derringer, whose six-decade career spanned teen stardom as lead singer of the ‘60s smash “Hang on Sloopy,” a ‘70s solo hit with “Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo,” session work with artists from Steely Dan to Barbra Streisand, and extensive work as a writer and producer of wrestling themes like Hulk Hogan’s seemingly ageless “Real American,” has died, his caretaker, Tony Wilson, confirms to Variety.

Wilson said Derringer died Monday evening in Ormond Beach, Fl. No cause of death was announced although Derringer had been in ill health in recent months; he was 77.

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