Billboard Japan caught up with Hadley, Spotify's Global Head of Music Partnerships & Audience, during his visit to Japan for ...

ZAIKO is led by CEO Kazuhiro Shimada, the former Chief Operating Officer of Warner Music Japan. The new integration was ...

Spotify is optimistic about their presence in Japan. "We expect Spotify and music streaming in general to have a positive impact on the industry and also music fans, who’ll have instant access ...

Spotify came late to the party as Apple Music, Line and local service Rakuten have already been supplying Japanese music aficionados with tunes for quite some time now.

Spotify is now available in a total of 60 markets worldwide, as it has finally been made available in Japan via an invite-only beta. Skip to main content Menu ...

Afters years of waiting, Spotify has finally launched its music streaming service in Japan. We reported earlier this month that the launch would happen before September is out, and the company ...

As evidence of this, PR Times has announced which Japanese songs and artists performed the best on Spotify both within Japan and abroad. For 2024, the same song was at the top of both lists, truly ...

Noriko Ashizawa of Spotify Japan on the Past & Future of the Music Industry: Billboard Japan Women in Music Interview. Ashizawa spoke about working to support up-and-coming artists as Spotify's ...

Music in eight different languages generated more than $100 million last year, Spotify said: English, Spanish, German, Portuguese, French, Japanese, Korean and Italian. In 2017, it was only ...

Spotify’s Joe Hadley on Why Japanese Music’s Global Moment Is Just Beginning & How MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN Sets the Stage. Billboard Japan. Thu, June 12, 2025 at 5:55 PM UTC. 6 min read.