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Ek was born
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Napster sharing ended
Napster, the controversial file-sharing network, stopped working in Kazaa. -
Spotify founded
Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon developed and founded Spotify in Stockholm, Sweden -
Spotify Launch
Spotify was publicly released (by invitation only) in Scandinavia, the United kingdom, France and Spain. -
U.S. Funding
Spotify reports having received another US$ 100 million of funding. This would be used to support the service launch in the United States. -
International Expand
Spotify launches in the U.S. with a free and unlimited accounts. -
Spotify on Facebook
Spotify and Facebook formalize their relationship with a feature for Facebook users in countries where Spotify is already available. The tool would make possible for users to set up listening rooms where Facebook users can listen to the same music together at the same time and talk about it. -
Artists Remove Music from Streaming Services
Neil Young removes his music from Spotify and other streaming services stating he finds the sound quality to be sub-standard. Taylor Swift and Prince remove their music from streaming services because the low pay. -
Spotify warpped
Spotify Wrapped is a viral marketing campaign by Spotify. Released annually in early December since 2016, the campaign allows Spotify users to view a compilation of data about their activity on the platform over the past year and invites them to share it on social media. Pinterest gained more users from this campaign. -
Daniel Ek gets married
Daniel Ek marry's his wife Sofia Levander, his longtime partner, at Lake Como. At the wedding Bruno Mars preformed and Chris rock officiated. -
155 Million Subscibers
At the end of 2020, the company had 155 million premium subscribers, Midia research suggests that in Q1 2020, Spotify claimed a market share of global music streaming subscriptions of 32%, nearly double that of the nearest rival Apple Music (18%)