Spotify is quietly rolling out in India, despite a legal challenge from Warner Music Group that could keep major artists like Cardi B off the platform. A number of people in India say they’ve been able to download the app on Android and sign up for an account, though Spotify hasn’t formally announced the service’s availability.
Spotify first announced plans to expand into the Indian market back in March of 2018, but has faced repeated delays due to the unique nature of India’s music rights marketplace. Scores of local Indian labels and publishers make it challenging to pull all the rights together, there are multiple regional languages to contend with, and only a small percentage of Indians have a credit card.
But the biggest delay was a…
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