Spotify paid $10 billion to the music industry last year, with $4.5 billion to publishers across 2023-24. So why are songwriters still struggling?

STORY: Spotify says it paid a record $10 billion in royalties to artists in 2024.The streaming giant said that was the largest ever payout to the music industry in a single year. Of that total, nearly 1,

Taylor Swift’s earlier concerns about streaming royalties take a turn as Spotify announces record-breaking payouts

Spotify has released its Loud & Clear breakdown for 2024, when 1,450 artists are said to have generated (but not necessarily pocketed) over $1 million in combined recording and publishing royalties from on-platform streams.