If the results for 15- to 34-year-olds do not make sense, then what price the rest of the listenership survey?

Music streaming platform denies it fell victim to a security breach

In My Opinion will be released in both video and audio formats as subscribers increasingly want to watch as well as listen to podcasts

‘Wembley of the North’ funding structure likely to be influenced by credit markets, government money...and, of course, results on the pitch

Money is paid to rightsholders, rather than directly to artists, and is based on their percentage of total streams over the year

Company has long drawn ire from musicians who say streaming model does not remunerate them enough

Total active monthly users increased to 675 million

When so many of us are listening to music made to order by pseudonymous human musicians on an algorithmic production line, will we even notice when AI takes over?

The sinking of the Belgrano in the Falklands War, the true story of the Free Willy orca and a conspiracy theory surrounding Avril Lavigne also feature

Plus: How many Spotify streams did Taylor Swift accrue this year?

No surprises as the singer tops the streamer’s global charts after a savvy release strategy for her April album

Your Spotify Unwrapped for 2024 is due: Best to fess up to the Sabrina Carpenter

Drummer Benante discusses how the music industry rips off bands, rumours of a new Anthrax album and his love for U2

The popularity of ‘Diddy’ has been steady or even increased on Spotify and Apple Music

The music industry isn’t the biggest fan of the platform’s ad-supported tier. Might the labels push for a change?

After years of flying under the radar, the British soul-funk-electro-dance collective are riding on a wave of international success

If the makers of its new ad were trying to come up with a neat metaphor for Silicon Valley’s destructive presence in the culture industry, they could hardly have come up with anything better

Euronext Dublin up just over 1% at close of business on ‘strong day’ for the market, traders say

Her new album arrived on Friday and is currently being listened to by millions across the world

US singer is now on the Forbes list of the world’s richest people. Will that be enough to convince her sceptics that she’s a force to be reckoned with?