Billboard Japan caught up with Hadley, Spotify's Global Head of Music Partnerships & Audience, during his visit to Japan for ...

Spotify’s excesses — ghost artists, boring mood playlists, and AI — don’t indicate some evil inherent to streaming. They stem ...

ZAIKO is led by CEO Kazuhiro Shimada, the former Chief Operating Officer of Warner Music Japan. The new integration was ...

Spotify Technology SA (NYSE ... marking a 106.8% increase. In line with this growth, Japanese-language music is gaining global traction. Luminate's 2023 Year End report revealed that Japanese ...

“Revenues still skew heavily to the West but user growth is now consistently coming from elsewhere.” Trending on Billboard Related Spotify's Joe Hadley on Why Japanese Music's Global Moment Is ...

2023 was a record breaking year for subscriber growth at Spotify but with sluggish economic growth and the cost of living crisis, how will the music streaming giant continue its solid growth ...

This distribution highlights Spotify’s role in democratizing music industry revenue streams beyond traditional major label dominance. The company also reported significant growth in podcast ...

for growth, versus its core music offering, which faces competition from Amazon, Apple and Google’s YouTube. “Spotify is already so many people’s first choice for music, and if podcasting is ...

Spotify is looking for a new advertising agency while parting with its agency of six years. The company, with a $240 million estimated ad budget, has been moving beyond music streaming.

As reported earlier, MUSIC AWARDS ... Year powered by Spotify: An award given to the Best Global Song decided by general vote from Spotify users from both within and outside Japan, from among ...

WMG CEO Robert Kyncl told analysts during a morning call about the new Spotify deal: “We look forward to seeing the value of music increase as we drive growth through further innovation ...