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The History of Spotify

By julialangton

  • Spotify Founded

    Spotify was first founded in Sweden by Daniel Ek and Martin Loretzon. The development was originated in Daniel's home in hope of creating a new music platform to prevent music piracy.

  • First Public Beta Released

    The first ever Spotify Beta was launched in Europe as a program exclusively available to Swedish users

  • Hit By a Security Breach

    Spotify has warned of a security breach that may have exposed user passwords and other sensitive data.

  • Spotify Available On The App Store

    Spotify is finally added to the Apple App Store in the UK, Sweden, France, Finland, Norway and Spain

  • Spotify Released on Mobile

    In October 2010, Spotify was released to certain cell phones under specific phone carriers.

  • Spotify Released in the U.S

    Spotify is released throughout the U.S with thousands upon thousands of users registering in the first day alone

  • "Private Listening" Feature

    After some users complain (and some executives argue), Spotify adds a “private listening” feature that lets you play stuff without telling the world about it.

  • 2 Billion Dollars Worth Of Music

    Spotify has paid over 2 billion dollars to artists and companies to hold the rights to the music. This accounts for many millions of songs and albums.

  • Coca Cola Collaboration

    Spotify teams up with Coke to partner in an advertising campaign. Coke helped Spotify unveil a redesigned app at the London 2012 Olympics

  • Spotify Released in Australia and NZ

    The demand of Spotify from the UK and the US had finally arrived in Australia. The demand for music streaming in Australia was extremely high.

  • Spotify Launched on Android

    Spotify is made available to Android users all around the globe.

  • Lawsuit Filed Against Spotify

    British dance music label Ministry of Sound (MoS) has filed a lawsuit against Spotify. MoS claims that by hosting playlists that mimic tracklists on its collections, Spotify has violated UK copyright law.

  • Spotify Update

    Spotify undergoes a large update. Music videos and clips have been added to Spotify. Spotify has over 25 billion hours of songs available.