Spotify

The rapid growth of online music streaming services in recent years has been spearheaded by Swedish start-up Spotify. Launched in 2008, it now operates in markets across the globe, with a music catalogue of roughly 20 million songs and 1.5 billion user playlists. It has received heavy backing from the larger record labels, including Universal, […]

The rapid growth of online music streaming services in recent years has been spearheaded by Swedish start-up Spotify. Launched in 2008, it now operates in markets across the globe, with a music catalogue of roughly 20 million songs and 1.5 billion user playlists. It has received heavy backing from the larger record labels, including Universal, Warner Music and Sony BMG. Available across all computer and mobile platforms, Spotify now has over 24 million active users and more than
six million premium susbcribers.