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Spotify Technology Priced, NYSE: SPOT

World's largest music streaming subscription service.

Industry: Technology

First Day Return: +12.9%

Industry: Technology

We are the largest global music streaming subscription service. With a presence in 61 countries and territories and growing, our platform includes 159 million MAUs and 71 million Premium Subscribers as of December 31, 2017, which we believe is nearly double the scale of our closest competitor, Apple Music. Our Ad-Supported Service (10% of sales) serves as a funnel, driving more than 60% of our total gross added Premium Subscribers (90% of sales). When we launched our Service in 2008, music industry revenues had been in decline, with total global recorded music industry revenues falling from $23.8 billion in 1999 to $16.9 billion in 2008. Growth in piracy and digital distribution were disrupting the industry. People were listening to plenty of music, but the market needed a better way for artists to monetize their music and consumers needed a legal and simpler way to listen. We set out to reimagine the music industry and to provide a better way for both artists and consumers to benefit from the digital transformation of the music industry.
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Spotify Technology (SPOT) Performance