Reports surfaced early Monday (Dec. 22) that a "pirate activist group" had scraped metadata from Spotify's music library and released it to the public. Billboard identified an open source search ...

Spotify suffers a massive data breach, as a group of pirates scrape 300 terabytes of music files and metadata from the ...

After a shadow library site claimed to have created a metadata archive of 99.6 percent of Spotify's music, the streaming service said it's shutting down accounts and creating safeguards to protect its ...

A hacker group claims to have scraped Spotify’s most popular music tracks and metadata, and is calling its booty the “world’s first preservation archive for music.” ...

Anna’s Archive” claimed it scraped 86 million songs from Spotify—revealing some wild things about people’s favorite music.

It is almost that time of the year. Most music fans who use Spotify eagerly await the release of Spotify Wrapped, a brilliant feature that creatively and accurately sums up users’ listening habits. It ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica is an entertainment reporter covering TV, film, and music. In Créteil, France, on September 29, 2025, the Spotify logo ...

Spotify, the global streaming service, released its popular Spotify Wrapped feature on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Spotify Wrapped has over the years become a cultural phenomenon and a fun way for users to ...

If you’re in the minority of people who haven’t yet jumped on the Spotify bandwagon and if you have a large MP3 collection, then you need Foobar2000. Foobar2000 is a simple and lightweight music ...

At the end of every year, your social media feed is likely filled with posts about people’s most listened to songs and artists thanks to the annual Spotify Wrapped and Apple Music Replay. Both ...

Spotify Wrapped 2025: Music streaming giant Spotify has officially rolled out its year-end recap on December 3. As the app loyalists await their annual analysis, social media is flooded with the ...