Head of International, Music @Spotify
Paris, France, mostly
Joined February 2011
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Bruno Crolot retweeted
It’s been one year since we launched Audiobooks for Spotify Premium users and it’s been really cool to watch the excitement from both listeners and authors grow. A few things to share:
💰 We’ve already paid hundreds of millions to publishers, and are excited about the all the new opportunities now available to authors.
📚 Our catalog has doubled to 300,000 titles. We know that our listeners are loving bestsellers, but they are also very excited to be discovering backlist titles too.
👂 Over 58% of audiobook listeners are 18-34 years old.
🌍 We’ve just expanded into non-English markets for the first time, including France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. (This is brand new, so check it out if you live in one of these markets!)
There’s still more to come as we’re continuously testing new features and ideas. Can’t wait to share more with you soon.
Bruno Crolot retweeted
The Amapiano genre has seen a crazy explosion over the last decade coming out of South Africa. In 2023 alone, the genre had 1.4 billion streams on Spotify - with 55% of that being played in markets outside of Africa. Very cool to see it taking the global stage! Check out more here - newsroom.spotify.com/amapian…
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Unie dans la diversité 🇪🇺🎶
À l'occasion de la #FetedelaMusique, découvrez nos playlists européennes sur le compte @Spotify de la
@EU_Commission → open.spotify.com/user/v7ra0a…
#MusicDay #UnitedInDiversity
Bruno Crolot retweeted
Welcome @ChristianLuiga!
Christian Luiga Named Spotify’s Chief Financial Officer. Read more here: newsroom.spotify.com/2024-04…
Loud&Clear is back louder.
The big picture?
"Streaming has continued to create more room for more artists to find success, demonstrating real change across the business."
Highlights below ⤵️
Check out the full report
loudandclear.byspotify.com
Spotify pays the majority of every dollar we generate from music back to your selected rights holders (record labels, publishers, PROs, collecting societies) and distributors 🎶
In 2023, that added up to more than $9 billion.
Today, we updated our annual Loud & Clear report, which shares the breakdown of where all that money comes from and where it’s going. For four consecutive years now, we’re still the only music streaming service to share how much money we’re paying to rights holders and exactly how many artists are generating different levels of revenue — from $1,000 through $10 million.
Read the thread below for the 2023 takeaways you need to know, then visit the link to explore the full report: loudandclear.byspotify.com
Tax and consequences.
Why we're unfortunately announcing that we'll soon have to raise our prices in France only, over the new tax on music streaming services.
Bruno Crolot retweeted
The @EU_Commission decided Apple's policies against music streaming services are illegal. Here are our thoughts: spoti.fi/3wEYZXg
The European Commission Confirms, Apple’s Anti-Competitive Behavior Is Illegal and Harms Consumers
newsroom.spotify.com/2024-03…
Not "just" half the revenues generated on Spotify in 2023, but "the highest amount indies have ever generated from a single retailer in one year" ⭐️
#spotify #spotifyloudandclear
Bruno Crolot retweeted
I had the pleasure of finally being back in Norway speaking at the annual @NHO_no conference today, where I shared the journey behind Spotify, the importance of always keeping an entrepreneurial mindset and the huge opportunities I see to build in Europe.
Thank you Oslo! 🙏🏻
Bruno Crolot retweeted
The nominations are in! Meet the #BestNewArtist class of 2024. ✨Congratulations on your biggest year yet. spotify.link/BestNewArtist
Bruno Crolot retweeted
Bringing AI DJ to life was a big team effort. It's so cool to see it selected as one of @TIME’s best inventions of 2023 👏🏻
time.com/collection/best-inv…
Bruno Crolot retweeted
If Spotify were starting today, it might not succeed. Why? Because of Apple's innovation barriers, says @eldsjal. Learn more: spoti.fi/46EIwzc
Bruno Crolot retweeted
Great to see my Duolingo Spanish lessons paying off! 😂 Only kidding – it’s is the magic of the new AI voice translation feature we’re piloting for podcasters on Spotify! This was me recently with @StevenBartlett. spoti.fi/3RW6HVh
Spanish speakers - would love to hear your thoughts.
Bruno Crolot retweeted
To all the songwriters who make these amazing beats, lyrics, and melodies that we all enjoy - we’ve updated our songwriting hub on Spotify For Artists. We have added lots of tools and resources. Hope this is helpful ... Let me know what you think!
artists.spotify.com/songwrit…
