$Spotify(SPOT)$ Following on the news that the music industry generated some $9 billion on Spotify in 2023, the streaming giant has revealed that half of that total went to independent labels and artists — $4.5 billion.

Streaming has leveled the playing field in many ways since it became the main platform for music around a decade ago, and the fact that independent artists — which Spotify defines as artists signed to a non-major labels or self-releasing — now account for half of that total, for the first time, is evidence.

2020年的时候，Major Labels依然占Spotify的播放总量的68.9%，3年后，这个数字已经降到了50%。。。滚滚洪流不可逆