{"id":2323194,"date":"2026-03-11T15:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2323194"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:16:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T15:16:34","slug":"spotify-is-the-highest-paying-retailer-globally-paying-the-music-industry-more-than-11-billion-in-2025-spotify-reveals-how-much-it-actually-pays-out-to-musicians-in-its-new-loud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/spotify-is-the-highest-paying-retailer-globally-paying-the-music-industry-more-than-11-billion-in-2025-spotify-reveals-how-much-it-actually-pays-out-to-musicians-in-its-new-loud\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSpotify is the highest-paying retailer globally – paying the music industry more than $11 billion in 2025\u201d: Spotify reveals how much it actually pays out to musicians in its new Loud & Clear report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s perhaps the most criticised player in the modern music ecosystem, but also its most central. Today, the world’s biggest streaming platform, Spotify<\/a> has redoubled its efforts to dampen claims that its payouts to artists have been unsustainably small.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the latest Loud & Clear report<\/a>, the streaming giant has emphasised a few key areas where it, you might be surprised to learn, has massively increased the proportion of royalties paid out to a wider array of artists and rights-holders.<\/p>\n

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