Yesterday, Apple quietly updated Apple Music’s lyrics support for seven new countries across the globe. France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, and Spain now offer both song lyrics and lyric search. Song lyrics appear onscreen in t…
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Spice Girls’ Manager Simon Fuller Dismisses Streaming Music Numbers as ‘Meaningless’
Streaming numbers apparently don’t matter to Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller. And this isn’t just about a nostalgic tour. Last year, audio on-demand streams set a new record high in the US of 534.6 billion streams. Total on-demand streams also set a …
TIDAL Rolls Out MQA Option for Hi-Fi Subscribers on Android
TIDAL Hi-Fi subscribers will finally have access to MQA streaming. Two years ago, TIDAL, Jay-Z’s high-end streaming music service, quietly unveiled a new feature. Partnering with the British company, the service pushed MQA (Master Quality Authenticated…
Spotify Steps Up Its Advertising Customization – Starting With Microsoft
Microsoft will target Spotify ‘freemium’ users listening to Discovery Weekly with messages about how AI improves our lives. Over the past few years, Spotify has quietly amassed a huge following for its popular Discovery Weekly playlist. Three years ago…
Ebro Darden: Beats 1 Radio Will Become a Lot More Discoverable Within Apple Music
On January 2nd, Ebro Darden officially announced his addition to the Apple Music team as global editorial head of hip-hop. Darden says he wants to help jump-start the discovery of hip-hop music for fans. And part of Ebro’s appeal comes from his alread…
Just Days After MKM Says ‘Buy,’ Spotify Jumps 10% In NYSE Trading
Spotify’s ‘non-IPO’ may have caused an exaggerated fall. After a deliriously bad December, shares of SPOT are actually bouncing back. And MKM Partners analyst Rob Sanderson may have called the comeback. Of course, there’s always next week. And the we…
BTS’s Jimin Breaks SoundCloud’s 24 Hour Streaming Record
Park Jimin of BTS fame released his first solo composition on SoundCloud on December 31st. Since then, the solo song, called ‘Promise,’ has broken the record for most streams in a 24-hour period. SoundCloud says ‘Promise’ received over 8.5 million stre…
NetEase Cloud Music Confirms Partnership with South Korea’s CUBE Entertainment
NetEase Cloud Music continues to make strategic partnerships with major South Korean firms. Several months ago, and ahead of Tencent Music’s fabled IPO, NetEase Cloud Music revealed a major milestone. The Chinese streaming music giant had raised $600 m…
Apple Music Taps Hot 97 Host Ebro Darden as Head of Hip Hop
Hot 97 and Apple Music Beats 1 host Ebro Darden has a new gig at Apple Music. Apple has appointed Darden global editorial head of hip hop and R&B. The well-known deejay will take on the role starting today (Wednesday) alongside a team of editors. …
Is Spotify Now a Great Bargain? Why One Wall Street Analyst Is Screaming ‘Buy!’
This could go one of two ways… Spotify’s stock has been brutalized of late, with a near-50% plunge ahead of the New Year. After flirting with $200 over the summer, SPOT was just points away from dropping below $100 in late December. But maybe SPOT has…