“We are delighted that our Korean listeners will now also be able to enjoy this local music alongside our 70 million+ songs and 4 billion+ playlists,” Spotify’s spokesperson said in a statement. Kakao was reportedly forced to return to discussions with Spotify after some of the affected K-pop artists and their outraged fans took to social media to complain. (previously Kakao M) has entered into an agreement with Spotify and will sequentially provide its music content to Spotify for service in and beyond Korea." Reaching an agreement: With the new terms not much different from those originally discussed, Spotify can now make Kakao Entertainment’s content available in countries around the world - including South Korea - for the first time.Īccording to a statement from Kakao, “Kakao Entertainment Corp. Spotify claimed that it tried to renew its global licensing agreement with the Korean company over the past year and a half. The artists affected by this suspension include Sistar, IU, Monsta X, Epik High, Zico and Apink. Singer DPR Live, the collective’s most-streamed artist, went from 300,000 Spotify plays per day before February 28, to around 107,000/day during the dispute, when his back catalog was. The deal suspension between Kakao Entertainment and Spotify was reportedly due to Spotify’s policy that involves worldwide content deals spanning local and international services, according to Variety.
Expired license: K-pop fans were left outraged after many of their favorite songs disappeared from the popular streaming platform on March 1, as NextShark previously reported. A fan account dedicated to SEVENTEEN’s Spotify statistics and updates said the group, who are signed to Pledis Entertainment, had lost nearly 1billion streams after their music was removed from Spotify.Hundreds of songs by K-pop artists from Kakao Entertainment (previously known as KakaoM) are returning to Spotify after the two companies finally settled on a new global licensing agreement. Spotify cited Blackpink, Exo, Twice and Red Velvet as other K-Pop artists who.
You can see their full thread of artists here and a sample below.Īrtists that had their stuff on spotify deleted, a threadĪrtists signed to SM, YG, JYP and BigHit Entertainment (excluding BigHit Labels) are unaffected by the removals.įans have reported artists losing massive amounts of streams on Spotify due to the removal. No surprises for guessing the top Korean group, either: having become the first Asian artist to reach the 5bn streams milestone on Spotify in April 2019, as of this month (February 2020) BTS now have more than 8bn streams nearly 20 of the post-2014 K-Pop total. Twitter user has compiled some of the artists affected by the issue, including IU, Cherry Bullet, Cravity, GFriend, Mamamoo, CL, Nu’est and many more. When Spotify launched in South Korea, a spokesperson for Kakao M told the Korea Herald: “We are still talking with Spotify.
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