‘Nigerian artistes raised N11b revenue from Spotify in 2022’

PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 06: In this photo illustration, the logo of the Swedish music streaming service Spotify is displayed on the screen of an iPhone on January 06, 2017 in Paris, France. Spotify announced, via a tweet published Thursday, that it now has 70 million paid subscribers. As a comparison, in September, Apple Music claimed 30 million subscribers and Deezer had fewer than 10 million subscribers. Spotify, the world's largest streaming music company, is expected to be listed on the Wall Street stock market in the first quarter of 2018. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

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An online streaming platform, Spotify, has revealed that Nigerian artistes made over N11 billion from the streaming platform in 2022.

Managing Director of the online platform for sub-Saharan Africa, Jocelyne Muhutu-Remy, disclosed this, yesterday, in Lagos.

According to her, artistes deserve clarity about the economics of music streaming.

“In 2022, revenues generated by Nigerian artistes from Spotify alone reached over N11 billion, while Nigerian music industry revenues overall have grown by 63 per cent from 2021 to 2022.

“Revenues generated by Nigerian artistes from Spotify alone grew 74 per cent over the same period.

“The number of Nigerian artistes that generated more than N5 million and N10 million in royalties from Spotify alone has increased by nearly 25 per cent in 2022,” she said.

“This figure represents revenue generated from Spotify alone, and does not take into account earnings from other services,” she said.

Muhutu-Remy said Spotify would be committed to ensuring African creators earn from their art, by exposing them to 550 million active users on the platform.

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