Author archives: Bruce Houghton

Next Big Sound Adds Pandora Streams To Audience Map: Know Where Your Fans Are

Pandora owned analytics platform Next Big Sound has improved its Audience Map with adding an important metric – where an artist’s Pandora streams are coming from. Launched last last November, the chart had previously only highlighted the areas where an artist received Pandora Artist Station Adds over the last 28…

Major Labels Earn $800,000 A Hour From Streaming

The three major label groups, Universal, Sony and Warner, earned a combined $800,000 per hour or $19 million per day from streaming services in 2018. That’s up $1.6 billion from the $5.3 billion that they earned from streaming in 2017. The analysis and this graphic come via Music Business Worldwide.

Spotify Adds ‘Word’ Genre For Audiobooks, Meditations, Poetry, Language Learning and More

Spotify is aggressively re-positioning itself as a destination for all things audio. Following its recent purchase of podcasters Gimlet and Anchor Media for $340 million, the streamer has added a "Word" category to make it easier for users to find the growing collections of poetry, guided meditations, audiobooks, language lessons…

FRI. BRIEF: Majors Streaming Income Up $1.5B • No Pay Radio Bill • Spotify Adds ‘Word’ • Spotify India Near? • More

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AMLC Makes Case For A More Independent Mechanical Licensing Collective

The Music Modernization Act calls for the creation of a Mechanical Licensing Collective to oversee the blanket mechanical licenses that the new law established. So far, two groups ave applied to the Copyright Royalty Board, who will chose the new collective in July. One group has been spearheaded by the…

Spotify Is Widening Lead Against Apple Music [CHART]

Late last year the headlines were that Apple Music was gaining on Spotify. But while Apple Music does have real traction in the US, when looked at globally. Spotify is widening its lead. As this Statista chart illustrates, the gap between the two has gradually widened from 20 million when…

TIDAL Launches $1 Million Emerging Artists Grant Program ‘TIDAL Unplugged’

TIDAL and benefactors Mark Lampert and Robert Nelsen today announced the launch of TIDAL Unplugged, a million dollar grant program for emerging artists. Funded by a donation from Lampert and Nelsen, TIDAL Unplugged will launch in Detroit in March. Local artists will can submit their music through TIDAL to receive…

Spotify Game ‘Top Of The Spots’ Is Truly Addictive

Top Of The Spots has a simple premise: choose which of two randomly chosen tracks on Spotify got the most cumulative plays. Playing this free game is truly addictive, particularly for us music junkies, and far harder than you’d think.

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Brit Awards 2019 – Full List Of Winners

The UK music industry gathered at the O2 Arena on Wednesday for the annual Brit Awards, with The 1975 taking top honors, winning album of the year for their hit A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships. The 1975 also took home the 2019 Brit Award for British group. Other winners…