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How Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and business partner Martin Lorentzon revolutionized the music industry through free and legal music streaming when they launched Spotify.

1 Seasons
6 Episodes
Ended
Drama
Cast & Characters
episode image The Law
8.2/10 (559 votes)

#1 The Law

S1:E3

A promising young lawyer leaves her job at a top law firm to tackle Spotify’s complex legal issues and confront the major labels.

episode image The Industry
7.8/10 (532 votes)

#2 The Industry

S1:E2

During a copyright trial against Pirate Bay, music label head Per Sundin realizes his pushback against piracy might have the opposite effect.

episode image The Partner
7.8/10 (497 votes)

#3 The Partner

S1:E5

The eccentric entrepreneur and co-founder of Spotify, Martin Lorentzon, looks back on the first five years of "bankrolling Daniel's mistakes."

episode image The Vision
7.7/10 (572 votes)

#4 The Vision

S1:E1

After achieving an audacious start-up goal, self-taught coder Daniel Ek takes on the challenge of solving the music industry's piracy issue.

episode image The Coder
7.7/10 (502 votes)

#5 The Coder

S1:E4

Sick of his dead-end job, a gifted programmer sharing Daniel's vision of access and independence joins the team to solve their technical challenges.

episode image The Artist
5.2/10 (721 votes)

#6 The Artist

S1:E6

Arguing that Spotify's business model exploits artists, musician Bobbi T faces Daniel Ek in a congressional hearing that could destroy his company.

Cast & Chracters

character image Daniel Ek

Daniel Ek

Actor: Edvin Endre
character image Petra Hansson

Petra Hansson

Actor: Gizem Erdogan
character image Martin Lorentzon

Martin Lorentzon

Actor: Christian Hillborg
character image Per Sundin

Per Sundin

Actor: Ulf Stenberg
character image Maxine

Maxine

Actor: Severija Janušauskaitė
character image Lisa

Lisa

Actor: Hanna Ardéhn
character image Ann

Ann

Actor: Agnes Kittelsen
character image Sophia Bendz

Sophia Bendz

Actor: Ella Rappich
character image Andreas Ehn

Andreas Ehn

Actor: Joel Lützow

Gunnar Kreitz

Actor: Jonatan Bökman

Bobbie

Actor: Janice

Mattias Arrelid

Actor: Lucas Serby

Niklas Ivarsson

Actor: Eric Noren
character image Steffi

Steffi

Actor: Sofia Karemyr
character image Peter Sunde

Peter Sunde

Actor: Valter Skarsgård
character image Mats Lundhom

Mats Lundhom

Actor: Fredrik Wagner
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The highest rated episode of The Playlist is "The Law" (S1E3) with a rating of 8.20.

This episode received 559 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "The Artist" (S1E6) with a rating of 5.20.

This episode received 721 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The Law" (S1E3) with a rating of 8.20.

This episode received 559 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "The Artist" (S1E6) with a rating of 5.20.

This episode received 721 votes.

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