Talk:Spotify/Archive 2

Hey, I notice nobody has added anything about the Kakao M and Spotify conflict on this article. I'm planning on adding this to the article, especially because Spotify has come out with a statement on the matter. Here's the source ^[1] Juleesquared (talk) 21:27, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

Hey Juleesquared! I don't think there is anything outstandingly important in this specific dispute - content disputes are nothing new in the music industry. Instead, I think we should be merging all the separate mentions about content disputes and resolutions into one master section (maybe under Business ,odel > Industry relations), and just mentioning them like this: Spotify has been involved in a number of disputes with record labels surrounding financial deals for access to signed artists' music. Labels such as Kakao Entertainment, ...., have previously removed content from the platform, citing failed negotiations with Spotify. etc. Thoughts? ItsPugle (please ping on reply) 12:42, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

@ItsPugle:Yes! this sounds good. How about: Spotify has been involved in a number of disputes with record labels surrounding financial deals for access to signed artists' music. Labels such as Kakao Entertainment and Tidal have previously removed content from the platform, citing failed negotiations with Spotify. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Juleesquared (talk • contribs) 00:35, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

I believe that the features more geared towards artists should be included in the short paragraphs that talk about user facing features and updates. Examples of this would be the Marquee feature (full page advertisements) that is recently being rolled out to more creators and Canvas which allows a short clip to play behind songs. These could be cited from the Spotify for Artists page or articles about the features releases.

Koalalaugher (talk) 06:54, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

@Koalalaugher: I'm thinking that it's probably best to actually create a new article, Spotify for Artists, that has all artist related stuff. Also, just a note, but it'd be good to maybe get a secondary source if possible (although SfA isn't really unreliable). ItsPugle (please ping on reply) 03:10, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

Why is it not on here Yowwwk7391 (talk) 18:42, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

@Yowwwk7391: Hey! Since PlayStation Music is such a small part of the Spotify ecosystem, I don't think it has its own section etc. That being said, if we're missing a lot of notable things, feel free to create a subsection under Platforms. ItsPugle (please ping on reply) 22:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

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Change Other Developments to include a tab called Industry Relations which contains Spotify has been involved in a number of disputes with record labels surrounding financial deals for access to signed artists' music. Labels such as Kakao Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and Tidal have previously removed content from the platform, citing failed negotiations with Spotify.

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I’m afraid your proposed edit is not comprehensive enough to warrant a sub-section. Please feel free to edit your proposed text in your original request, for other editors to enrich and review. Ferkijel (talk) 12:17, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

Spotify Award by D'Argenta In 2020 for the first time, Spotify launched the Spotify Awards to recognize the artists most listened to by fans. Artists such as J Balvin, Bad Bunny, Banda MS, Julieta Venegas, Christian Nodal, Zoé, Los Ángeles Azules and Cazzu were invited. These awards reflect what users download from the internet and listen to, according to preference, customs and culture.

There are 12 main categories and they are emphatically focused on Mexican and Latin American artists, driven by Spotify’s data on streams, follows and playlist adds in the region. The Mexico focus is clear: the ‘Spotify Artist of the Year’ category was based on data from Mexican Spotify listeners. On top of those 12 categories, there will be 50 more categories that won’t be broadcast, and they really are granular. ‘Most-Streamed Song on Mexican Independence Day’; ‘Most-Streamed Male / Female Artist in Gaming Consoles’; ‘Most-Streamed Mariachi Artist’; ‘Most-Added to LGBTQIA+ Playlists Artists’ and so on, plus dedicated K-Pop categories.

Spotify first touched down on Mexico in 2013, since then Mexico City has become the music streaming capital of the world. The capital city boasts the most listeners on Spotify globally, with more listeners than New York City, London and Paris. “Thanks to streaming and the true audience size of Mexico, users are in the front seat like never before. We decided to celebrate this by recognizing what users love based entirely on their listening." Mia Nygren Managing Director of Spotify Latin America, said.[163]

The prize is a silver monolithic sculpture with the Spotify logo on the corner, it was commissioned to the Mexican company D'Argenta.

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Artsyst, your constant spamming of your family's business should have gotten you blocked by now. You are clearly not here to make an encyclopedia. Please desist.--Quisqualis (talk) 04:35, 17 July 2021 (UTC)

https://spotify-kids.fandom.com/wiki/Spotify_Kids This app exist — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trangmai150809 (talk • contribs) 02:11, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

Spotify changed the share listening activity to most of its users to off as part of a new privacy update implemented in November 2021 that caused a major backlash from the users in the Spotify community

It should be in the introduction section. Agree/disagree? JSFarman (talk) 18:49, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

Disagree - perhaps reduce the Rogan affair to one or two paragraphs; just saying. Flibbertigibbets (talk) 02:59, 21 October 2022 (UTC)

On September 20th, 2022 Spotify launched its audiobook service, offering more than 300,000 titles on a pay-per-book model. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/books/spotify-audiobooks.html Prebiula (talk) 01:41, 10 October 2022 (UTC)

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The percentage of artists paid above $50k is calculated wrong. 13,000 is 0.19% of 7,000,000, not .0019%. 67.170.164.183 (talk) 12:07, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

 Done Jiltedsquirrel (talk) 14:51, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

hello 194.249.94.167 (talk) 12:59, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

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I propose merging Criticism of Spotify into Spotify. "Criticism of Spotify" is arguably biased, and the merger is supported by the fact that WP:CRITS states "Articles dedicated to controversies about a topic are generally discouraged". Tbf69 14:58, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Oppose, there is signficant coverage of criticism against Spotify, and though the article may contain biased language, it can be cleaned up without resorting to an unnecessary merge. Theknine2 (talk) 18:44, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

WP:CRITS - "Articles dedicated to controversies about a topic are generally discouraged" --Tbf69 12:56, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

Support per WP:CRITS and the fact that splitting articles is generally not a great strategy. Popcornfud (talk) 18:54, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Oppose article has enough media coverage to keep it separate. War Wounded (talk) 12:38, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

WP:CRITS - "Articles dedicated to controversies about a topic are generally discouraged" --Tbf69 12:55, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

We can refer to WP:CORG, though. Adding the content of the spin-off into the main article would extend it substantially and thus put undue weight on the "Reception" section, which would also be overwhelmed with content pertaining to criticisms. Keeping it as a separate article with careful wording could be an easier way to achieve WP:NPOV in regards to the critiques leveled against the company. ASpacemanFalls (talk) 14:51, 30 January 2023 (UTC)

I'm fairly sure controversy sections within articles are even more reviled, as @ASpacemanFalls hinted. Crusader1096 (message) 15:17, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

"Reviled"? They seem a standard WP feature, and a natural counterpart to an Accolades section. It's all part of a subject's history. This may be a long shot (and I pre-apologize if I'm being out of left field), but could some general aversion to disapproval be in play here? – AndyFielding (talk) 09:39, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

Generally, "controversy" sections should be avoided. See WP:CRITS. Popcornfud (talk) 11:24, 25 April 2024 (UTC)

@Wobuaichifan: I think your addition has merit, but wouldn't say it belongs in the intro. The criticism is extensively covered down in the article, so it may be better to add the bit about artists who support Spotify's model there, perhaps even extended with some quotes and prominent examples. For the intro, though, it's not essential to mention, I'd say. What do you think? ASpacemanFalls (talk) 08:57, 5 November 2023 (UTC)

please add a link to the second, or first appeareance of "label" or "record label" to the Record label article. The edit is locked. 151.71.24.72 (talk) 04:43, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

If this is the full extent of what can be written on Spotify and unions, then we should be able to handle the gist of this material (once removing the proseline) within Spotify § Corporate affairs. If it ever were to expand to become undue weight in the parent article, it can always split out again in summary style. czar 00:44, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

Support per rationale. Short article, doesn't need to be separate. Popcornfud (talk) 11:46, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

As author of Spotify and unions; I boldly merged. ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) 15:06, 2 October 2024 (UTC)

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There is a typo in the AI generated music segment May 2003 should be May 2023 TOEMAH (talk) 09:55, 2 February 2024

 Done Tollens (talk) 10:09, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

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Not to be confused with Scopify

Spotify (/ˈspɒtɪfaɪ/; Swedish: [ˈspɔ̂tːɪfaj]) is a Swedish[6] audio streaming and media service provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.[7] As of September 2024, it is one of the largest providers of music streaming services, with over 640 million monthly active users comprising 252 million paying subscribers.[4][8] Spotify is listed (through a Luxembourg City-domiciled holding company, Spotify Technology S.A.[1]) on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts.

146.168.81.42 (talk) 12:34, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. The AP (talk) 16:18, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

I am very familiar with artist Paul Byrum and have noticed that many songs from Celtic Thunder no longer have his original voice. They have been re-recorded with another voice AND still list Mr. Byrom as the recording artist. Very disappointed that such a large company mishandled the recording artist and carries inaccurate documentation of artist. If I can tell the difference of this one artist, how many others are being mislead and misrepresented in the same manner?? Drbethus (talk) 11:27, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Please change

MAU

to

[[monthly active users|MAU]]

Thanks. Wishing everyone safe, happy, productive editing.

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change the line "As of December 2024" to "As of March 2025" in the following part of the article

Not to be Confused with Scopify — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.168.79.57 (talk) 11:39, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

"Spotify (/ˈspɒtɪfaɪ/; Swedish: [ˈspɔ̂tːɪfaj]) is a Swedish[4] audio streaming and media service provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon.[5] As of December 2024, it is one of the largest providers of music streaming services, with over 675 million monthly active users comprising 263 million paying subscribers.[1][6] Spotify is listed (through a Luxembourg City–domiciled holding company, Spotify Technology S.A.[1]) on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts." 84.124.220.209 (talk) 18:28, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Not done for now: The date is from the source provided at the end of the sentence. If you can find a newer source with updated usage statistics, then please provide it. Aydoh8^[contribs] 04:48, 27 March 2025 (UTC)

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Put (AAC) in brackets after Advanced Audio Coding in the Business Model section so that it is clearer what it is (AAC is the most popular name it is known as instead of full name) IETop (talk) 17:21, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

 Done meamemg (talk) 18:39, 11 April 2025 (UTC)

I don't believe Spotify is listed on NYSE through American Depository Receipts. It is directly listed and has always been? https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/03/spotify-spot-ipo-stock-starts-trading-on-the-nyse.html 62.92.77.162 (talk) 07:43, 6 August 2025 (UTC)

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Please add the following paragraph to the "Playlists and discovery" section, right after the sentence about the 'Daylist' playlist introduced in September 2023: In April 2025, Spotify expanded its AI Playlist beta feature to Premium listeners in over 40 new English-speaking markets, including countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean. The tool allows users to generate personalized playlists from text prompts describing genres, moods, artists, activities, or creative ideas like animals, movie characters, colors, or emojis. Users can refine playlists with additional instructions, such as "more upbeat" or "happier songs". As of April 24, 2025, the feature was available in markets including Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Burundi, Canada, Curaçao, Dominica, Eswatini, Fiji, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, Solomon Islands, Tanzania, Tonga, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Also, please add the following references to the "References" section: ^{[1] [2]} This update is based on recent announcements and expands on existing AI features in the article.

ErikPersson01 (talk) 11:25, 20 August 2025 (UTC)

 Not done: This reads as unduly promotional to me. I would suggest developing a consensus for more neutral language here first, then reopening the edit request. PianoDan (talk) 18:14, 28 August 2025 (UTC)

Spotify recently added the ability for premium members to use lossless, I feel this should be added to the article. 173.197.255.167 (talk) 15:00, 8 October 2025 (UTC)

I just edited it into the article itself. Jannaisback (talk) 18:13, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

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I think that this article should extend information about Spotify's social media presence, including about its Jams. Jannaisback (talk) 14:10, 9 October 2025 (UTC)