Category archives: Amazon Music

Latest Industry: Martin Garrix, The RIAA, Amazon Music Brazil, Danny Wimmer Presents, LiveXLive Media, More…

Martin Garrix launches Apple Music mix featuring music from his label. Dutch DJ and producer Martin Garrix has released his STMPD RCRDS mix on Apple Music featuring music from his label. In an interview on Beats 1 with Zane Lowe, the Dutch DJ said, “I’…

Latest Industry: Festival Harassment, Jimmy Wopo, Fyre Festival, Vkontakte, Jay-Z+Puma, More…

Nearly half of all female festivalgoers are sexually harassed. According to a new study from YouGov, nearly half of all female festivalgoers faced unwanted sexual behavior at events.  Surveying 1,188 male and female festivalgoers in the UK, 22% faced a…

We Asked a Search Analytics Company to Tell Us the Most Popular Music Services

Spotify gets the most attention — and paying subscribers.  But if search analytics can predict the future, YouTube, Amazon and Apple are just getting started. YouTube Music hasn’t even launched yet.  And Spotify has more than 70 million paying su…

Latest Industry: Amazon Music, Disney, Fan Fair Alliance, Live Nation, PRS, Beatport, UTA, More…

Emma Banks will receive the 2018 Music Industry Trusts Award. The 2018 Music Industry Trust Awards will honor Creative Arts Agency London executive Emma Banks for her 25+ years in the music industry.  Banks’ clients include Katy Perry, Arcade Fire, Lor…

Can Amazon and Apple Music catch Spotify’s subscriber base by the end of 2018?

Apple is currently growing its subscriber base at around double the rate of Spotify’s
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Fair Warning: Amazon Music Will Delete All of Your MP3s on April 30th

A friendly reminder: unless you download and save all of your Amazon-stored MP3s, you can bid them farewell – for good. Underscoring the death of MP3 downloads, Amazon Music quietly scrapped MP3 imports several months ago.  The e-commerce gi…

Former WBR President Dan McCarroll joins Amazon Music

“As we continue to work closely with labels and artists to deliver music in new ways, Dan is bringing decades of experience both as a former musician, and a respected industry executive to our team”
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Underscoring Death of the Medium, Amazon Music Pulls Support for MP3s

MP3, how we shall miss thee. This year, revenue from streaming music platforms has pushed all three major labels’ financial reports to record highs. Sony Music has generated $1 billion from streaming.  Over the past four quarters, Warner Music Group co…