Spotify launches Daily Drive personalized news and music playlist in Germany

Daily Drive playlist is now available in a second market following US launch
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Frank Briegmann at Universal Inside 2019: ‘We want the entire ecosystem of the music industry to grow with us’

Universal artists generated a total of 19.5bn streams in Germany in the first eight months of 2019
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Music WorX Startup Accelerator Opens Applications

Music WorX Accelerator 2019, the start-up funding program of the German Ministry of Culture and the Media and the Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft, is accepting applications. Music WorX Accelerator helps music and music tech founders from all over Europe. In this accelerator program, up to four start-up teams are supported for…

Germany’s streaming numbers increased by 33.5% in 2018 – but total recorded music revenues fell 0.4%

Audio streaming now accounts for 46.4% of the market
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German Music Streaming Up 40% In 2018

Germany streaming music grew by over 40% in 2018 to an all-time record high of 79.5 billion, according to German music industry association Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI).While CD sales saw a 23% decline in the last year – a first for the format in the German music market – there was…

UMG Signs Germany’s Top Streaming Artist 2018, Capital Bra

Universal Music has signed German hip-hop artist, Capital Bra. 2018 was a groundbreaking year for the rapper whose real name is Vladislav Balovatsky. Not only did he become Germany’s most streamed artist of 2018, but he is the first artist ever to have eight No.1 hits in one year in…

Superstar Helene Fischer scores top-selling album in Germany for 5th time in 6 years

The top 3 best-selling albums in Germany in 2018 were released by Universal-signed artists
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