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Spotify turns in record quarterly profits grows premium subscribers to 246million – despite controversies

The figures follow the streaming service introducing price hikes, laying off staff and demonetising songs with under 1,000 streams

Spotify removes Russian artists who support Ukraine war

The streaming platform previously suspended their services in the country

Deadmau5 considering removing music from Spotify after Daniel Ek’s comments: “Fucking vultures”

It comes after the Spotify CEO said “content” costs “close to zero” to make

Billie Eilish becomes third artist to reach 100million monthly Spotify listeners – and with just 82 songs

The singer has also become the youngest musician to reach the milestone

Rapper Julio Foolio shot dead at 26th birthday “ambush”

He was gunned down in the early hours of Sunday morning

The Glastonbury 2024 app has arrived with new features and personalised Spotify playlists

Festival goers can download the official app, provided by Vodafone, on iOS and Android now

Spotify announce new Premium price hike for the US

The streaming platform previously raised the price of their service last summer

Spotify’s Daniel Ek, Tidal and FAC respond to backlash of CEO saying “content” costs “close to zero” to make 

Music fans and artists were quick to criticise Ek as being “out of touch” following the comments

Music fans and artists hit back as Spotify CEO claims “the cost of creating content” is “close to zero”

His comments come after the streaming giant reported profits of over €1billion

Hoobastank’s ‘The Reason’ earns one billion streams on Spotify

The milestone comes during the track's 20th anniversary
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