Spotify<\/a> paid out $11 billion in royalties to the music industry in 2025, the streaming platform said on Wednesday, $1 billion more than Spotify reported to have paid out a year prior.<\/p>\nThe $11 billion payout brings Spotify\u2019s all-time payments to the music industry to $70 billion, according to a post from Spotify\u2019s head of music, Charlie Hellman, who added that half of last year\u2019s $11 billion once again went to independent artists and labels, reflecting the indie music industry\u2019s continued growth in the streaming era. Hellman called last year\u2019s payout \u201cthe largest annual payment to music from any retailer in history.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hellman said in the post \u2014 available in full here \u2014 that Spotify\u2019s 10 percent year-over-year growth outpaced other income sources by about 6 percent, though he didn\u2019t specify what those other income sources were.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s the real shift and extraordinary progress that these numbers represent,\u201d Hellman said of Spotify\u2019s royalty payouts,…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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