The Hollywood Reporter <\/em>in an interview. \u201cThere\u2019s the superstars here, but also the emerging artists and the layer up that can earn a living, and there\u2019s also the globalization of music that has happened alongside it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\tAlso reflecting the widening number of global genres reaching critical mass, Spotify said songs in 16 different languages reached the platform\u2019s Global Top 50 chart, double the number of languages on the chart back in 2020. Brazilian funk was the fastest-growing genre to make at least $100 million on the platform last year, followed by K-Pop. <\/p>\n
\n\tMusic is more global than ever,\u201d Hadley says. \u201cWe had Bad Bunny, an independent, Spanish-language artist performing at the Super Bowl. K-Pop is no longer niche. Afrobeat is global music, Mexicana is exploding. Brazilian funk is one of the fastest growing genres on Spotify. 20 years ago, that would have been really hard to imagine. I think the takeaway here is that music has become increasingly borderless.\u201d <\/p>\n
\n\tWhile Spotify\u2019s Loud and Clear report often shares stats reflecting the changing nature of music consumption on the platform, at its core, Spotify started the initiative in 2021 as an effort to clear up misconceptions about the streaming economy and give music creators more transparency about how the streaming service pays out. Low pay for streams has been many musicians\u2019 biggest critique toward Spotify for years, and while the new data Spotify released likely won\u2019t dispel those concerns, it does suggest more artists are finding audiences. <\/p>\n
Spotify\u2019s payouts to the industry surpassed $11 billion in 2025, a $1 billion increase from the year prior, and the number of artists who made at least $100,000 last year increased by 1,400 to a total of 13,800. Meanwhile, Spotify reported that a third of artists who made at least $10,000 last year were DIY or at least started off DIY. Still given that millions of songs on the platform don\u2019t get a single stream \u2014 let alone the 1,000 required to actually get paid out at all \u2014 the business still reflects a system where very few break artists break through, even if the number is growing. <\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cBuilding a career in music has never been easy,\u201d Hadley says. \u201cOne thing we always go back to is that nearly 70 percent of our music revenue goes back to the industry. In other words, our incentives are aligned. When the artists grow, we grow, and we grow when they earn more. What we\u2019re seeing in the data is that more and more artists are earning meaningful income than before.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tBeyond recording, Spotify said Tuesday that last year represented the largest annual music publishing payout in Spotify\u2019s history,\u201d a notable claim given the feud the streaming service got into with music publishers in 2024 over its move to cut royalties to songwriters based on a controversial bundling strategy. Spotify didn\u2019t disclose how much the company paid to music publishers last year but said it\u2019s paid out $5 billion over the past two years. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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