Spotify and Apple Music Outage: Thousands of Users Report Issues
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At a glance
- The simultaneous release of three albums by Drake on May 15, 2026, coincided with technical disruptions across major music streaming platforms.
- Reporting from NDTV indicates that the surge in streaming activity following the artist's multi-album drop led to glitches for users on both Spotify and Apple Music.
- According to data from outage trackers, Spotify experienced a significant spike in user difficulties.
The simultaneous release of three albums by Drake on May 15, 2026, coincided with technical disruptions across major music streaming platforms.
Reporting from NDTV indicates that the surge in streaming activity following the artist’s multi-album drop led to glitches for users on both Spotify and Apple Music.
According to data from outage trackers, Spotify experienced a significant spike in user difficulties. More than 5,000 users reported issues with the service at the peak of the outage.
Apple Music was also affected by the streaming surge, with over 500 complaints logged by users during the same period.