Spotify to let artistes post music without labels

(FILES) This file illustration picture taken on April 19, 2018 shows the logo of online streaming music service Spotify displayed on a tablet screen in Paris. Major music label Warner said August 7, 2018 it would give back $126 million to artists after it sold its stake in streaming leader Spotify.The Warner Music Group said the share sale from Spotify, which successfully listed on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this year, earned the company $504 million, or $317 million after paying taxes. / AFP PHOTO / Lionel BONAVENTURE

NEW YORK: In a move with the power to shake up the music industry, Spotify said Sept 20 that it will allow select artistes to upload songs directly without record labels or distributors. 

Spotify, by far the biggest player in the fast-growing format of streaming, said that the feature for now is only in the test phase for select US-based independent artistes who have secured their own copyrights.