Andre Yoskowitz
11 Dec 2013 11:36
As part of its press event today, Spotify has also announced it will be expanding to 20 new markets, its largest expansion ever.
After the rollout is complete, the streaming giant will be available in 55 markets and the new additions are mainly in South and Central America.
The new markets include Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Malta, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Slovakia and Uruguay.
CEO Daniel Elk also noted that this year users have streamed 4.5 billion hours of music, with 1.5 million new playlists being created every day.