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Taylor Swift Is Dethroned on Global Streaming List

Bad Bunny is back on top for 2025 with nearly 20B streams worldwide

(Newser) - Bad Bunny has reclaimed his crown as Spotify's most-streamed artist globally, ending Taylor Swift's two-year reign . The Puerto Rican star, who previously dominated the charts in 2020, 2021, and 2022, once again leads the global list, racking up 19.8 billion streams in 2025, Rolling Stone reports. Though...

People Can't Tell if Their Music Is Made by AI

Survey highlights desire to have AI-generated music labeled, which it mostly isn't

(Newser) - A new survey suggests most people can't differentiate between artificial intelligence-generated music and tracks made by humans, and they're not happy about it. The poll, conducted by Ipsos for French streaming service Deezer, asked 9,000 participants across eight countries to distinguish between two AI-generated audio clips and...

Lily Allen Uncorks the 'Breakup Album of the Year'

Pop star mines her split with David Harbour in West End Girl

(Newser) - Lily Allen's new album West End Girl is making waves for its raw, unfiltered take on marital collapse—think of it as the "scorched earth breakup album of the year," as the headline on Elias Leight's take in the Wall Street Journal puts it. The work...

Neil Young Plans Move: 'Forget Amazon and Whole Foods'

Artist urges fans to support local businesses over big tech corporations

(Newser) - Neil Young is pulling his music from Amazon and urging a boycott of the tech giant, citing founder Jeff Bezos' backing of the Trump administration. The 79-year-old musician made the announcement on his website, singling out Amazon, Whole Foods, Meta, and the people who run them, USA Today reports....

Spotify Announces a Change at the Top
Spotify Announces
a Change at the Top
Sep 30, 2025 12:02 PM CDT

Spotify Announces a Change at the Top

Co-founder Daniel Ek to step down as CEO, though he will stay involved

(Newser) - Spotify's Daniel Ek is stepping aside as CEO after nearly 20 years, though he still plans to have a say in company business, reports the Wall Street Journal . The 42-year-old billionaire will become Spotify's executive chairman, weighing in on big-picture planning and capital moves. He will be...

His Album Hit No. 1 for a Week. The Success Was an Illusion

Wired digs into an alleged AI music fraud case

(Newser) - In an era where anyone can make music with a click, Mike Smith allegedly turned streams of AI-generated songs—and an army of bots—into $10 million. Now, he faces federal charges in the first major US music streaming fraud case fueled by artificial intelligence. In a lengthy piece...

Top Podcasts That Lit Up Spotify This Year

The Joe Rogan Experience, Alex Cooper's Call Her Daddy both interviewed presidential candidates

(Newser) - Spotify may have lost exclusivity rights for The Joe Rogan Experience this year, but that didn't stop the comedian's podcast from ascending to the No. 1 spot for the fourth year running on the streamer's annual "Wrapped" roundup . Variety notes that both Rogan's show and...

Most-Streamed Artists of Spotify in 2024

Ever heard of Taylor Swift?

(Newser) - It's time for a barrage of best-of-2024 lists, so get ready to see a lot of Taylor Swift. In this instance, it's Spotify's list of the artists who were most streamed globally this year, and Swift takes the No. 1 spot for a second year in a...

Tucker Carlson Has a Surprise for Joe Rogan

Ex-Fox News host's podcast steals top Spotify slot from comedian

(Newser) - Joe Rogan's podcast reigns supreme on Spotify, with "massive" numbers recorded back in March and a hefty paycheck to go with it. This week, however, the Joe Rogan Experience host was "dethroned," by none other than fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson, reports Mediaite . The Tucker ...

Joe Rogan's Podcast Numbers Are Massive

He has 14.5M Spotify followers, about 3 times as many as anyone else

(Newser) - Last month, Spotify agreed to pay Joe Rogan the princely sum of up to $250 million to keep his hit podcast. Now, Bloomberg reports that Spotify is revealing audience numbers for the first time that demonstrate just how big of a hit it is. Rogan's podcast has 14.5...

Guess Who's Coming Back to Spotify?
Guess Who's
Coming Back
to Spotify?
Mar 13, 2024 8:20 AM CDT

Guess Who's Coming Back to Spotify?

Neil Young announces return to streaming platform, still complaining about 'low-res' files

(Newser) - More than two years ago, Neil Young yanked his songs off of Spotify, a protest against what Young said was COVID vaccine misinformation being circulated by podcaster Joe Rogan. Now the singer-songwriter has announced he's coming back to the streaming music platform, though the Consequence of Sound describes his...

EU Fines Apple $2B for Move That Impacted 'Millions'

Tech giant is hit with antitrust penalty for favoring its own music streaming service over rivals'

(Newser) - The European Union leveled its first antitrust penalty against Apple on Monday, fining the US tech giant nearly $2 billion for breaking the bloc's competition laws by unfairly favoring its own music streaming service over rivals. Apple banned app developers from "fully informing iOS users about alternative and...

New Deal Will Let Rogan Podcast Air Elsewhere

Per 'WSJ,' controversial podcaster may make up to $250M under new Spotify contract

(Newser) - Not too long ago, after a series of missteps and controversies , Joe Rogan's relationship with the music platform Spotify seemed tenuous . But "for more than three years, The Joe Rogan Experience has consistently been the number-one podcast across the globe," noted a recent Spotify statement—which helps...

Spotify Staffers Walk Into Bad News on Monday

Company announces it's laying off 17% of its workers, the 3rd round of layoffs this year

(Newser) - Spotify is about to get smaller—17% smaller. The streaming music service announced its third round of layoffs this year in a Monday blog post from CEO Daniel Ek, who called the downsizing a "strategic reorientation," the AP reports. Ek noted that the new "leaner structure" would...

Taylor Swift Kicks a Male Off of Spotify's Throne

She was the most-streamed artist of 2023, ending Bad Bunny's run

(Newser) - It's her, hi—Taylor Swift is Spotify's 2023 most-played artist. According to Spotify Wrapped, Swift was 2023's most-streamed artist globally, raking in more than 26.1 billion streams since January 1. That means that the pop powerhouse has dethroned Puerto Rican reggaetón star Bad Bunny, who...

Music Is Made Differently Now That We're All Streaming It

The way streamers track success and pay artists has shaped songwriting

(Newser) - Streaming has revolutionized the music industry in countless ways, including how songs are penned, the Wall Street Journal says. Hit songs are being written to keep pace with how sites like Spotify track success and pay artists, resulting in shorter tracks. The Journal cites analysis from blogger Michael Tauberg, who...

Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Leave Spotify
Spotify Exec Slams Harry
and Meghan: 'F--- Them'
UPDATED
Jun 19, 2023 10:05 AM CDT

Spotify Exec Slams Harry and Meghan: 'F--- Them'

Bill Simmons calls royal couple 'grifters' after Spotify deal falls through

(Newser) - The joint statement that announced Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's $20 million deal with Spotify is kaput noted the entities were "proud of the series we made together." Now, new comments from a top Spotify exec suggest things may have been a little more ... tense. "The ...

Spotify Ditches a Wordle Cousin
Spotify Ditches
a Wordle Cousin
Apr 16, 2023 3:50 PM CDT

Spotify Ditches a Wordle Cousin

Platform drops Heardle, a song-guessing contest that uses a similar format

(Newser) - Heardle, the name-that-tune game inspired by the Wordle craze, is being dropped by Spotify less than a year after the music-streaming giant acquired it. “After careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to say goodbye to Heardle," Spotify said Saturday in a statement, per the AP . First...

Spotify Plans Layoffs, After Boss Concedes Miscalculation

Streaming platform will cut about 600 employees

(Newser) - Chief executive Daniel Ek told employees Monday that Spotify has been cutting costs for months. "It simply hasn't been enough," the staff memo said. So about 600 employees, 6% of the workforce, will lose their jobs, the New York Times reports. Government filings show the audio streaming...

Meghan Markle Dethrones Joe Rogan Atop Spotify

Her new podcast is No. 1 on the platform's charts

(Newser) - Joe Rogan has been king of the Spotify podcast charts for most of three years, but those charts now have a ruling queen instead. Meghan Markle was No. 1 on the platform's rankings Thursday, two days after the debut of her Archetypes podcast, reports The List . The Joe Rogan ...

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