[UPDATED] Driving fans to an artist’s site only to redirect them elsewhere to purchase a download or t-shirt means lost revenue and a chance to capture valuable fan and marketing data. The reams of a growing number of major and indie artists are building their own __________________________ Guest post from…
Category archives: Apple Music
Apple Music Reveals 2018 Top Songs, Albums [Full Charts]
Apple Music unveiled its 2018 Top 100 songs and albums. Its Artist Of The Year Drake tops both lists and has 3 of the Top 5 songs. Juice WRLD was named Breakout Artist of the Year. Apple’s Best Music of 2018 Artist of the year: Drake Breakout Artist of the…
Streaming Services Hold Key To Music’s Diversity [Op-Ed]
Johan Svanberg of indie distributor Record Union looks at the need for music streaming services to become more diverse and egalitarian; not only where gender and ethnicity are concerned, but also in terms of creation and ownership. The answer, he believes, is to make streaming platforms a more hospitable and…
Apple Music Tops 56 Million Subscribers
Apple Music now has 56 million subscribers, according to a new report. That’s up 6 million since April, when CEO Tim Cook announced a 50 million milestone. Spotify, which has an estimated 90 million paid users, is adding subscribers at almost twice Apple’s rate. Apple’s past and current stats include…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Looking back at some key events in recent music industry news, we revisit the arrival of Apply Music to Amazon devices, DJ Khaled and Floyd Mayweather’s payment disclosure woes, how analytics are disrupting marketing and A&R, and much more. Apple Music Coming to Amazon Echo Devices DJ Khaled, Floyd Mayweather…
Apple Music Now Has 56 Million Subscribers
Apple Music has adopted an “aggressive” strategy to take on Spotify. Over the summer, Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed the company’s streaming music service had reached a new milestone. In addition to hitting 50 million paid subscriptions, Apple Music over…
Apple Music To Grow To 164M Users As iTunes Crashes [Morgan Stanley]
Apple Music will continue its growth trajectory, according analysts at Morgan Stanley. Over the next five years, Apple Music’s 5% market penetration will expand to 14%of a growing user base of Apple’s products, driving a 28% revenue growth. Apple Music is predicted to grow to 164 million users by 2023….
Apple Music Coming to Amazon Echo Devices
Apple Music will be available on Amazon’s Echo voice controlled devices beginning the week of December 17. Users will be able to ask Alexa to play songs, artists, albums and Apple. Users can also ask Alexa to stream Beats 1 one or curated radio stations centered on popular genres like…
Apple Music is coming to Amazon Echo devices
Apple Music to integrate with Amazon Echo devices starting from the week of December 17
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How Analytics Make All The Difference In A&R, Marketing
In this piece Chaz Jenkins explains why implementing a broader approach to analytics is key to an effective marketing strategy, and why only looking at past data simply doesn’t provide enough information. ____________________________ Guest post by Chaz Jenkins of ChartMetric On my first day in a new role a few…