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Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon developed and founded Spotify in Sweden. -
Spotify is publicly released in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, France and Spain. -
Spotify begins offering free, but limited, access to its services, starting in the United Kingdom. -
Spotify is valued at about US $242 million. -
Spotify extends its mobile reach with the release of an app for phones powered by the Nokia-led Symbian operating system. -
Spotify announces two different accounts; Premium and Unlimited.
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Spotify reports receiving another US $100 million in funding, supporting the service's launch in the United States. -
Spotify launched in the United States. -
Spotify throws its own “Music Hack Weekends“ to attract more app developers. -
Spotify losses $241.6 million, with sales reported at $2.014 billion. -
Spotify added podcasts to the app to attract more users that weren't only music listeners. -
Spotify Wrapped is a marketing campaign released annually, allowing users to view a compilation of data about their activity on the app over the year. -
Spotify acquires content recommendation service MightyTv, to expand its marketing and advertising. -
The California-based publishing company, Wixen Music Publishing, sued Spotify for using thousands of songs, allegedly without license and compensation. The publishing company sued at least $1.6 billion, plus injunctive relief. -
Spotify announced the removal of R. Kelly's music from its playlists, under a new public policy against "hate content and hateful conduct." This was due to controversy after allegations of sexual misconduct. -
Spotify first launched its audiobook business.