{"id":232201,"date":"2025-05-21T19:49:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=232201"},"modified":"2025-05-21T19:49:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T18:49:37","slug":"royalties-generated-by-german-artists-on-spotify-reached-520m-in-2024-up-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/royalties-generated-by-german-artists-on-spotify-reached-520m-in-2024-up-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Royalties generated by German artists on Spotify reached $520m in 2024, up 17%"},"content":{"rendered":"MBW\u2019s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of the global music industry. Stat Of the Week is supported by\u00a0music data analytics firm\u00a0Chartmetric<\/a>.\r\n\r\n
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German music on Spotify is growing more lucrative at a rapid pace, new data from the music streaming giant shows.<\/p>\n

As part of its Loud & Clear<\/em> initiative<\/a>, which provides data on stream counts and earnings on its platform, Spotify has released Germany-specific numbers, which show that royalties paid on music from German artists jumped 17% YoY<\/strong><\/span> last year, to EUR \u20ac480 million<\/strong>, or USD $519.5 million<\/strong> at the average exchange rate for 2024.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s a considerably faster rate of growth than Germany\u2019s overall recorded music industry, which grew 7.8% YoY<\/strong><\/span> in 2024 to \u20ac2.38 billion<\/strong> ($2.58 billion<\/strong>), according to<\/a> German music industry trade group BVMI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMusic performed in German was one of the top performing languages on Spotify in 2024, with an 18% YOY<\/strong><\/span> increase in royalties generated globally on Spotify alone in 2024, and more than doubling since 2020,\u201d the streaming service noted in a fact sheet shared with MBW.<\/p>\n

Germany is among the countries where local-language music has been growing in popularity in recent years, even as music tastes globalize amid the mass availability of global music in the streaming era.<\/p>\n

A study last year<\/a> by Will Page<\/strong>, former chief economist at Spotify, and Chris Dalla Riva<\/strong> of Audiomack<\/strong> found that Germany had the highest number of local-language songs in its Top 10 among European countries.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, on Spotify, music from outside Germany remains popular in the country, accounting for more than 60%<\/strong> of the revenues generated in the country, Spotify said.<\/p>\n

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The data suggests that German artists have an audience abroad as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople around the world spent over 17 million<\/strong> hours listening to German artists in 2024,\u201d Spotify said, though the company didn\u2019t disclose how much of those hours were listened to outside the German-speaking world.<\/p>\n

Users in the US created the most playlists featuring German artists \u2013 302 million<\/strong> \u2013 exceeding even the number created by users in Germany (246 million<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

That was followed by the UK (106 million<\/strong>), Brazil (55 million<\/strong>), and Mexico (54 million<\/strong>), out of a total of 1.48 billion<\/strong> playlists that include German artists.<\/p>\n

\u201cMusic performed in German was one of the top performing languages on Spotify in 2024.”<\/p>\n

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Spotify also said that \u201cover half\u201d of the royalties generated by German artists were from indie artists or labels.<\/p>\n

As is often the case with its Loud & Clear<\/em> reports, the streaming service highlighted its growing role as a source of income for artists. The number of German artists generating more than \u20ac50,000<\/strong> in royalties on Spotify has grown fivefold since 2018, while the number earning over \u20ac100,000<\/strong> has grown fourfold since 2018, the streaming service said.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the number of German artists earning above \u20ac500,000<\/strong> has \u201cmore than doubled\u201d since 2019, Spotify said.<\/p>\n

The most streamed genres from Germany in 2024 were rap, German hip-hop, dance, pop and EDM.<\/p>\n

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While Spotify\u2019s numbers for Germany may be impressive, it\u2019s worth noting that they aren\u2019t a direct reflection of overall consumer demand for music; in part they reflect the shift to digital that\u2019s taking place worldwide.<\/p>\n

According to BVMI, the streaming market in Germany grew 12.6% YoY<\/strong><\/span> in 2024, and accounted for 78.1%<\/strong> of music revenue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe clear double-digit growth in streaming sales shows that more and more fans want to share in the benefits of this type of music consumption and are therefore taking out a subscription with one of the providers,\u201d BVMI Chairman and CEO Dr. Florian Drucke<\/strong> said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn this respect, the trend that we are also seeing worldwide is continuing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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