Spotify to Let Free Users Pick, Play Tracks; TikTok to Stream Lewis Capaldi O2 Arena Show via TikTok LIVE

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Sep 16, 2025

New Research Unveils Streaming & Spending Habits Of Americana Fans

Americana fans spend more than double on music annually than any other genre, with the average fan spending $837 on recorded music, live and merchandise compared to $400 in other genres. It was also revealed that Americana fans spend 24% more time listening than other genre fans. 71% of Americana fans also pay for an on-demand subscription, beating the 44% national average.

Spotify will now let free users pick and play tracks

Following its long-awaited launch of lossless streaming for paid subscribers, Spotify is upgrading its service for free users, too. On Monday, the company announced that free users globally will now be able to search and play any song they want or play a song shared by a friend or an artist they follow on social media.

TikTok to stream Lewis Capaldi O2 Arena show via TikTok LIVE

TikTok is to stream Lewis Capaldi’s sold-out headline show from the O2 Arena in London on TikTok LIVE on Thursday (September 18). Capaldi is playing three nights at the venue (September 16-18) as part of UK tour.

Serenade Launches New Platform, Announces Global Hires

Serenade has unveiled its new white-label platform alongside strategic appointments that position the chart-eligible Smart Formats company for significant expansion following its acquisition by ASX-listed Vinyl Group last September.

Tracy Maddux leads ‘multi-million dollar’ investment round into OpenPlay, joins rights management platform’s board

The investment in OpenPlay comes as the music rights market becomes more complex, with more than 120,000 new tracks entering streaming platforms daily, according to OpenPlay.

Spotify foregrounds its human curators in ‘The Drop Weekly’

Spotify’s rivals love to characterise its service as driven more by algorithms than humans, but the company has been pushing back in recent times by shining more of a spotlight on its human editors.

Bad Bunny: Stream his Puerto Rico residency on Prime Video and Amazon Music

The global superstar’s exclusive performance from his ‘No Me Quiero Ir de Aquí’ residency will be available to fans worldwide on the Amazon Music app, Prime Video, and Twitch, as part of a new collaboration with Amazon.

Record labels, Internet Archive settle vinyl-streaming copyright case

The labels and the Internet Archive said in a filing, opens new tab that they had resolved their dispute and asked the court to pause the case "while the performance of certain settlement terms is pending." Spokespeople for the Archive and the music-industry trade group Recording Industry Association of America said that the terms of the settlement were confidential.

Goldman Sachs Turns Up SuperFans & Emerging Markets To Reach $200 Billion In Music Revenues

Streaming once again takes center stage in Goldman Sachs latest ‘Music in the Air‘ report. The financial firm lays down a bold claim that the global music industry is on track to nearly double its revenues over the next decade, climbing from about $105 billion in 2024 to nearly $200 billion by 2035.

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