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"Spotify chief Daniel Ek has claimed that the music streaming service helps boost sales. Speaking ahead of last night&amp;#039;s Grammy Awards ceremony, Ek insisted that there is no evidence to suggest online music streaming services decrease record sales. He told Grammy.com: &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s not a shred of data to suggest that. In fact, all the information available points to streaming services helping to drive sales.&amp;quot; The chief also criticised artists, including Paul McCartney, who have decided against allowing their material to be streamed on Spotify. Ek added: &amp;quot;You&amp;#039;re talking 10 million active users, 2.5 million subscribers - most of them paying $120 a year, which is double the amount of your average iTunes user.  &amp;quot;Do you really want to hold back your album from people who are finally paying for music again?  &amp;quot;If you think that by doing so you&amp;#039;re getting them to buy your album on a CD, or as an album download, again, there&amp;#039;s absolutely no evidence to back that theory up.&amp;quot; Despite Ek stating Spotify has 2.5m subscribers, the company&amp;#039;s chief content offer Ken Park recently announced that the service has topped 3m paying users. &amp;gt; Spotify revamps radio with &amp;#039;personalised&amp;#039; stations "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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