"A lot of what streaming and Spotify has enabled is for artists to be in more control over how they want to navigate their ...

Spotify infamously pays artists fractions of a cent per stream. The actual amount of money that makes it back to the artists varies, depending on how much of a cut labels and distributors take.

For 2020, Spotify’s flagship annual Wrapped campaign aims to honour this struggle, and “recognise and celebrate the human stories of the year”. From artists to podcasters, families to frontline ...