Your music not only has to sound good. It has to look good on SoundCloud, too. On SoundCloud, there are a plethora of ways for artists, labels, and curators to garner streams for their tracks. A few of those methods include being adde…
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Spotify Removes Bill Cosby and Louis C.K. from Top-Ranked Comedy Playlists
Spotify has now removed Bill Cosby and Louis C.K. from highly-trafficked comedic playlists, part of a growing campaign to penalize ‘harmful or hateful conduct’. Who’s next on Spotify’s blacklist? After stripping both R. Kelly an…
XXXTentacion Has Just One Question for Spotify
When contacted by the New York Times, a representative for XXXTentacion responded: “I don’t have a comment, just a question.” On Thursday morning, Spotify released its new policy designed to keep artists who engage in “hate spee…
Spotify Removes R. Kelly from Its Playlists — Singer ‘Doesn’t Reflect Our Values’
You can still find every R. Kelly song on Spotify. But the r&b singer’s music won’t be available on playlists, effective immediately. Spotify has just opened a huge can of worms with this one. But maybe that’s exactly …
Elon Musk Blasts Spotify for Its ‘Crazy Low Payouts’ to Artists
Elon Musk is suddenly getting a close-up look at what artists are getting paid by Spotify — as well as other streaming platforms. Artists have been screaming about this for years. Maybe even a decade. Now, Elon Musk is blasting Spotif…
TIDAL Accused of Fraudulently Inflating Kanye, Beyonce and Subscriber Numbers
How far did TIDAL go to promote Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo and Beyoncé’s Lemonade? Let’s face it. Jay-Z hasn’t had such a great time so far. First, his last 4:44 album didn’t appear on Billboard charts …
China’s NetEase Cloud Music To Launch BTS’ Entire Repertoire Of Songs
NetEase Cloud Music just made a serious Kpop content acquisition. We’ve been watching a jaw-dropping transformation in the Chinese digital music market over the past few years. We’ve even met — incredulously — with ambitio…
Post Malone Smashes Records Set by Drake, The Beatles & J. Cole — All In the Same Week
Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys is destroying records set by Drake, The Beatles, J. Cole, and even his previous album. Post Malone’s career was supposedly over after ‘White Iverson’. But it turns out that Post is a …
Grimes Streams Jump 2,400% After Elon Musk Romance Goes Public
Guess a lot of people are now getting acquainted — or reacquainted — with the music of Grimes. Apparently Grimes and Elon Musk have been secretly dating — or something like that. The pair ‘went public’…
Why Pandora Still Has a Long, Long Way to Go
Pandora Media’s Q1 2018 may look great at first. But, just look a little closer. Pandora Media has reported better-than-expected first quarter financial results. The company posted a lower quarterly loss thanks to higher subscription …