Swedish streaming platform, Spotify, in the next coming days, would be extending its footprint to Nigeria, and 84 other countries.
“We launch in 80+ new markets over the next few days. See you soon Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nigeria #SpotifyStreamOn” a tweet from Spotify read.
This development however came after months of speculation and recruitment in the Nigerian music industry.
Below are the 84 other countries:
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Brunei Darussalam
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Chad
- Comoros
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Curaçao
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Niger
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Sri Lanka
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Tanzania
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
The 85 new Spotify markets represent more than a billion people, a massive new untapped audience for Spotify that has grown to more than 345 million monthly active users and over 155 million paid subscribers globally.
This is Spotify’s largest expansion to date. At the moment, the music streaming service is available in 93 countries.