Spotify paid the music industry $10bn (£7.7bn) in 2024, which the streaming service said was the highest annual payment from any single retailer in history. But the figures come as a heated debate continues about how much money artists and songwriters receive in royalties.

Spotify paid $10 billion to the music industry last year, with $4.5 billion to publishers across 2023-24. So why are songwriters still struggling?

Nearly 1,500 artists generated more than $1 million in royalties from Spotify in 2024, the company said in its annual Loud and Clear Report. Spotify said more than 80% of the artists in that pool did not have a song reach the app's Global Daily Top 50 Chart.

Meghan Markle’s new podcast comes on the heels of her Netflix lifestyle series, “With Love, Meghan,” which received unfavorable reviews from critics.

The Duchess of Sussex's latest project, a podcast focusing on female founders, will be available next month as an eight-part series across platforms like Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts

Shortly after Meghan Markle debuted her new As Ever lifestyle brand, she announced she is getting back into the podcast space with Confessions of a Female Founder.