The line seems to indicate Drake's perceived importance to the label as Spotify's second most streamed artist behind Taylor Swift, whose Big Machine Records is also distributed by UMG. According ...

Drake has initiated legal proceedings against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify, alleging that they collaborated to artificially inflate the streams of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track ...

The court document explains that Drake met with representatives on Tuesday and Spotify, which had filed an opposition, had no objection to the withdrawal and discontinuance, while UMG, which hadn ...

By Bill Donahue Drake has initiated legal action against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify over allegations that the two companies conspired to artificially inflate the popularity of ...

Drake has withdrawn his legal petition against Universal Music Group (UMG) and Spotify after accusing the companies of colluding to discount the streaming licensing rates on Kendrick Lamar’s ...

The petition also accuses UMG of giving Spotify a lower licensing rate for “Not Like Us” in exchange for the streaming platform recommending the song to listeners. “UMG charged Spotify ...

Sources close to the UMG/Spotify deal say it offers better pay to UMPG and its songwriters, and it signals that Spotify might be ready to bury the hatchet with U.S. publishers overall. By Kristin ...

Drake surprises fans by withdrawing his legal petition against UMG and Spotify over chart manipulation allegations—but the fight isn’t over yet. In Drake’s complaint, he accused UMG and ...

UMG also referenced Streaming 2.0 when it signed an agreement with Amazon Music last month, as World Music Business pointed out when it broke news of the Spotify agreement prior to Sunday’s ...

Spotify has announced that Kenyan music star Njerae as the EQUAL Africa Artist for June 2025. She is known for her talent and ...

Musically speaking, I’d say Drake lost the tit-for-tat feud this year between himself and Kendrick Lamar, which culminated in Lamar’s hit song “Not Like Us.” But Drake (real name: Aubrey ...

Drake has taken legal action against Spotify and Universal Music Group ... Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC accused UMG of launching an illegal “scheme” via methods like bots and payola to ...