Spotify Newsletter #289
Your Weekly Dose of Spotify News
★ SPOTlight
⭐️ Spotify paid out $11bn to the music industry in 2025
Spotify now accounts for around 30% of the music industry’s revenues from recorded music, having paid out $11bn in royalties in 2025.
⭐️ Spotify rolls out group chats
Spotify users can now share the podcasts, playlists, and audiobooks they're listening to with up 10 people.
⭐️ Wondering How Spotify’s Best New Artist Party Became a Grammy Week Staple? We’ve Got the Details
Every year, the streaming platform throws its annual Best New Artist party in Los Angeles to honor each nominee and bring together movers and shakers from every corner of the industry. And, while it isn’t affiliated with the Recording Academy, Spotify’s Best New Artist party has quickly become a staple (and, rightfully, a hot spot) during Grammys Week.
⭐️ What Spotify For Artists is building in 2026 as payouts top $11B
Spotify For Artists has kicked off 2026 with a state-of-the-union announcement from Charlie Hellman, the platform’s Head of Music. The update reflects on a record-breaking 2025 while outlining a strategic.
⭐️ Record labels, Spotify sue pirate group Anna’s Archive over scraping and ‘brazen theft’ of millions of tracks
Pirate group accused of ‘brazen theft of millions of files containing nearly all of the world’s commercial sound recordings.’
🗣 Podcasts
▶️ Playlists
3 Easy Ways to Discover Music That Fits Your Moment on Spotify
Spotify's Prompted Playlists took over for me at a party - and didn't disappoint
🎧 Streams
Empire Of The Sun’s ‘We Are The People’ Joins Spotify’s Billions Club
Netón Vega’s Genre-Bending Sound Hits a Crossover Moment on Spotify’s RADAR
🖌 Design
🤖 AI
💻 Tech
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2025 Spotify FOSS Fund
Windows 11 will support resuming Spotify, web browsing, and other apps from Android
📢 Marketing
🎵 New Adventures
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