The Weeknd helps Apple music top Spotify in streams

YouTube is about to launch a paid music subscription service. It's trying to steal listeners from Spotify and Apple Music.

Bloomberg Deals reporter Alex Barinka breaks down the beats of Spotify's direct listing.

Bloomberg's Drew Singer, and Mike Holland, founder and chairman at Holland & Co., discuss the nature of Spotify's first day of trading.

The Weeknd Helps Apple Music Top Spotify in Streams The lead song of the Toronto singer'snew My Dear Melancholy album, Call Out My Name, tallied 6 million streams during its first 24 hours on Apple Music.

J. Cole bests Drake for first-day streaming record on Apple Music and Spotify Cole’s new album, ‘KOD,’ topped the Canadian’s ‘Views’ over the weekend. ‘KOD’ was streamed a total of 64.5 million times on Apple Music, beating ‘Views’ by nearly one million streams.

Streaming music service Spotify reported 75 million premium users in the first quarter, leaving investors disappointed.

The music of embattled R&B singer R. Kelly has been removed from Spotify’s owned and operated playlists after the company announced a new hate content policy.

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, Spotify compiled a list of the most popular songs and artists of all time on the platform. Drake claimed the spot as the most-streamed artist of all time

Drake was named Spotify's top-streamed artist in 2015, 2016, 2017 and is holding on to the title in 2018. He also held the top-streamed album with 'Scorpion' and claimed the title of the top-streamed song with "God's Plan."

Tencent Music is set to begin trading in the U.S. Wednesday after pricing one share at $13 - toward the lower end of its midpoint range. China's music-streaming service is pinning its fortunes on a rising tide of listeners but challenges abound.

Mitchell Green, Lead Edge Capital partner, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman discuss Spotify Technology SA's big bet on podcasts with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."

Spotify Technology SA said Apple Inc. should be probed by the European Union’s antitrust agency over how it allegedly squeezes rival music streaming services.