Almost 24 hours to the minute before Apple Music is scheduled to launch, Spotify sent out a press release with the latest stats for their paid premium tier, "in case you are reviewing any new music services this week."

• Subscribers: Over 20 million
• Sound Quality: Up to 320 kbps
• Number of Songs: Over 30 million
• Number of Playlists: Over 1.5 billion
• Number of Markets: 58
• Revenue Paid to Rightsholders: $3 billion
• Music Discovery: Two billion times every month a listener discovers an artist they’ve never heard of before through Spotify

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