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While other streaming services, notably Amazon, Tidal and Qobuz, have long offered excellent hi-fidelity options, Spotify’s profile and playlisting options - not to mention its marketing skill - have helped it to remain remains the most popular paid streaming service in the world. Music Industry Moves: PARTYNEXTDOOR Collabs With Black Music Action Coalition EMPIRE Opens West Asia-North Africa Division Spotify Launches Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen Podcast

The company also announced that it will be launching in 85 new markets, making itself available to 1 billion new listeners, and amid much other music and podcast news, that it will be launching a Barack Obama-Bruce Springsteen podcast. CEO and cofounder Daniel Ek also said the company paid out $5 billion in royalties in 2020 and chief content officer Dawn Ostroff announced that over the last four years, the number of recording artists whose catalogs generated more than $1 million a year across recording and publishing is up over 82% to more than 800 artists, and the number generating more than $100,000 a year is up 79% to more than 7,500 artists. Higher-quality streaming has apparently been among the top requests from its customers as it stands today, Spotify tops out at 320kbps audio.As part of a long presentation called “Stream On,” Spotify announced that it will be introducing a hi-fi option later this year, among other benefits for fans and creators. Spotify HiFi will be available later this year and "will deliver music in CD-quality, lossless audio format to your device and Spotify Connect-enabled speakers, which means fans will be able to experience more depth and clarity while enjoying their favorite tracks." Spotify has done small tests of higher-quality streaming in the past, but now it's going to launch the feature more widely - with the caveat that it'll be available only "in select markets." Pricing is yet to be announced. The news came at the company's Spotify "Stream On" virtual event.

Well, "HiFi." It's taken longer than competitors like Tidal and Amazon Music, but today, the leading subscription music service announced a new lossless streaming tier that will allow listeners to get the most from their digital music library. An anonymous reader share a report: Spotify is going hi-fi.