Is Exclusivity In Streaming Music Going To Start Seriously Hurting Spotify?

One of the most contentious topics within the streaming music world these days is that of exclusivity.

Some feel that companies signing deals with artists and withholding new songs and albums from rival streaming platforms is just business, while others believe that in the end, fans are losing out.

Tidal, Apple, and even Pandora (very recently) have all entered the race to partner with pop stars and hip-hop moguls before their new music drops, but Spotify has not. In fact, the company has made it very clear that securing the streaming rights for certain releases is something that it is wholeheartedly against, and that it is firmly disagrees with the idea entirely.

Source: Forbes