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Where can I listen to big songs from 2006?

Listen now only on Spotify: Rewind and rediscover big songs of 2006. Cover: Justin Timberlake.

How did Spotify get its name?

Spotify was founded in 2006 in Stockholm, Sweden, by Daniel Ek, former CTO of Stardoll, and Martin Lorentzon, co-founder of Tradedoubler. According to Ek, the company's title was initially misheard from a name shouted by Lorentzon. Later they conceived a portmanteau of "spot" and "identify".

How did Spotify solve the piracy problem?

The only way to solve the problem was to create a service that was better than piracy and at the same time compensates the music industry. That gave us Spotify.” July 2006: Having sold Advertigo, his adtech startup, and become a millionaire at 23, he had a quarter-life crisis, buying a red Ferrari and indulging in nightlife, but he hated it.

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