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Spotify was first founded in Sweden by Daniel Ek and Martin Loretzon. The development was originated in Daniel's home in hope of creating a new music platform to prevent music piracy.
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The first ever Spotify Beta was launched in Europe as a program exclusively available to Swedish users
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Spotify has warned of a security breach that may have exposed user passwords and other sensitive data.
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Spotify is finally added to the Apple App Store in the UK, Sweden, France, Finland, Norway and Spain
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In October 2010, Spotify was released to certain cell phones under specific phone carriers.
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Spotify is released throughout the U.S with thousands upon thousands of users registering in the first day alone
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After some users complain (and some executives argue), Spotify adds a “private listening” feature that lets you play stuff without telling the world about it.
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Spotify has paid over 2 billion dollars to artists and companies to hold the rights to the music. This accounts for many millions of songs and albums.
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Spotify teams up with Coke to partner in an advertising campaign. Coke helped Spotify unveil a redesigned app at the London 2012 Olympics
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The demand of Spotify from the UK and the US had finally arrived in Australia. The demand for music streaming in Australia was extremely high.
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Spotify is made available to Android users all around the globe.
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British dance music label Ministry of Sound (MoS) has filed a lawsuit against Spotify. MoS claims that by hosting playlists that mimic tracklists on its collections, Spotify has violated UK copyright law.
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Spotify undergoes a large update. Music videos and clips have been added to Spotify. Spotify has over 25 billion hours of songs available.