The music-streaming giant has long been the target of criticism from artists about paltry payments, but said it doled out record royalties last year.

Spotify on Wednesday released further details about its record $10 billion US in royalties in 2024 in its Loud & Clear report. The report comes amid the ongoing debate about how much money artists and songwriters actually receive in royalties and whether it is actually fair.

Spotify said on Wednesday it paid $10 billion in royalties in 2024, the largest payout to the music industry in a single year.

Spotify has released its annual Loud & Clear report, detailing information about the music streaming service's royalty payments.

The proliferation of new artists is a good thing, Spotify says, even if it means it’s harder to be discovered.

Spotify paid the music industry $10bn (£7.7bn) in 2024, which the streaming service said was the highest annual payment from any single retailer in history. But the figures come as a heated debate continues about how much money artists and songwriters receive in royalties.

Spotify just revealed its Annual Music Report and the streaming giant just had its best year ever, paying out $10 billion to rights holders with more musicians regularly earning their living through Spotify streams and more music millionaires being created than ever before.

Spotify said on Wednesday it paid $10 billion in royalties in 2024, the largest payout to the music industry in a single year. Julian Satterthwaite reports. The scientists trying to save the fewer tha

Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) said it paid $10B in royalties last year, the biggest single-year payout by a company in the history of the music industry, with its yearly payouts to the industry increasing tenfold over the past decade.