Spotify partners with Universal Music to enhance AI features and sets ambitious growth targets through 2030
Spotify has partnered with Universal Music Group to introduce AI-generated music features for Premium subscribers. This initiative allows users to create covers and remixes of songs from participating UMG artists while ensuring proper compensation for the original creators. The partnership aims to address legal complexities surrounding AI-generated music and emphasizes consent, credit, and compensation for rights holders.
- ▪Spotify will allow Premium subscribers to create AI-generated covers and remixes of UMG artists' songs.
- ▪The partnership includes a compensation framework for artists whose music is used in AI-generated creations.
- ▪Both companies are treating this initiative as a core strategic focus rather than an experimental project.
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Spotify partners with Universal Music to enhance AI features and sets ambitious growth targets through 2030 Premium subscribers will soon be able to create AI-generated covers and remixes of songs from participating UMG artists, while Spotify targets mid-teens revenue CAGR and gross margins up to 40%. Share Add us on Google by Editorial Team May. 22, 2026 (function () { var s = document.currentScript; var wrapper = s && s.closest ? s.closest('.cb-sevioads-inarticle') : null; var inMobile = wrapper && wrapper.closest('#mobile-articles'); var inDesktop = wrapper && wrapper.closest('#desktop-articles'); if (inMobile || inDesktop) { var isDesktopVp = window.matchMedia('(min-width: 768px)').matches; var matches = (inMobile && !isDesktopVp) || (inDesktop && isDesktopVp); if (!matches) { var…
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