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Spotify

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The world's best-known music and podcast streaming service, built by a Swedish company.

Spotify is a music and podcast streaming service created by Spotify AB, founded in 2006 and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. It gives listeners on-demand access to a vast catalogue of music, podcasts and audiobooks across phones, desktops, speakers and cars.

Spotify offers free ad-supported and paid Premium tiers, algorithmic and editorial playlists, offline downloads and cross-device playback. As a major Swedish-headquartered company, it is a fully European alternative to US-based streaming services such as Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube Music.

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