Results
- Spotify was launched. The most-streamed song for October was “Viva La Vida” by Coldplay, while the most-streamed song for the whole of 2008 was “Human” by The Killers. Ten years later, the company reported 180 million active users and more than 40 million tracks.
- Spotify won a legal dispute brought by publisher Eight Mile Style over Eminem’s songs. The publisher claimed Spotify had used the rapper’s music without a proper license since 2019 and sought £30 million. The court found that Spotify did not have a proper license to stream the songs, but did not order the company to pay the claimed lost licensing revenue.