For what it's worth, Young is not receiving payment from Amazon for sharing news of the deal.Īfter a tumultuous few days Spotify initially lost $2 billion from its market worth. The service is usually priced at £7.99 ($7.99, AU$9.99) per month if you're already a Prime member, or £9.99 ($9.99, AU$11.99) or non-Prime members, and is typically free for 30 days to new customers - however, the service is currently offering four months of free music (opens in new tab).

Subscribers can also stream more than 7 million songs in 'Ultra HD' (better than CD quality, also known as hi-res music), with a bit depth of up to 24-bit/192 kHz. So what of Young's recommended alternatives? Amazon Music Unlimited offers more than 75 million songs in 16-bit/44.1kHz (CD quality, which it calls 'HD'). The company said that it 'regrets' Young's actions and hopes he will return to the platform soon. The programme is the number one podcast on Spotify with episodes getting an average of 11 million listens.

Spotify reportedly paid $100m (£75m) for distribution rights to The Joe Rogan Experience podcast in 2020.

Neil young spotify streaming numbers