Updated Apple Participants Requirements (November 2024)

Spotify has long required at least one lyricist and composer to be included in the track credits. But now, Apple Music is enhancing its platform by expanding this requirement to improve user experience and creator recognition. This new requirement…

Updates to Spotify Metrics in Regards to Artificial Streaming (November 2024)

On November 7th (effective for data on November 6th), Spotify will update our data systems to remove more artificial streams from tracks’ all-time stream counts and artists’ monthly listener counts on the Spotify app. They already catch…