Lady Gaga’s Superbowl half time show on Sunday created a massive bounce, according to stats from Nielsen Music. Based on initial sales reports collected for Sunday, Gaga sold about 150,000 digital albums and songs in the U.S. that day – an increase of over 1,000% compared to the day before…
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Superbowl Spike: 24,000 Pandora Listeners Added A Lady Gaga Station On Sunday
Following her much lauded performance during last night’s Super Bowl half time show, Lady Gaga’s station adds spiked on Pandora almost 1,400% week over week. More than 24,000 listeners added her station to their Pandora account on Sunday.0 Lady Gaga Made $0.00 For Playing Superbowl, But Rewards Are Enormous [Watch…
TuneCore’s New Refer a Friend Program Helps Musicians Earn and Save
[UPDATED] TuneCore has launched a new “Refer A Friend” program. If you are a TuneCore Artist with an active distribution, each friend you refer gets 20% off of their first release, and you get your next single for free. To get started, go to TuneCore’s Refer A Friend page and…
Christopher Sabec Of Rightscorp On Tackling The Songwriter Royalty Mess [INTERVIEW]
In a continuation of the "address unknown" issue whereby streaming services where able to exploit songs for free. Here Chris Castle speaks with Rightscorp CEO Christopher Sabec, about how his company is working to sort this royalty mess out through the implementation of a proprietary database. _____________________________ Guest Post by…
Guide To Independent Radio Promotion: Why It Still Matters
The term radio has transcended the idea of terrestrial broadcast, and is now representative of connection through curation. That said, it remains an invaluable marketing tool, perhaps more now than ever before. ___________________ Guest Post by D. Grant Smith on Soundfly’s Flypaper What we mean when we talk about “radio”…
Thanks Alexa, Music Streamers See Lift From Amazon Echo
With more than 14 million consumers in the US now users of an Amazon Echo device, the conversation has once again shifted to music in the home, and whether Amazon will be able to make strides in the streaming market in 2017. ____________________________ Guest Post by Russ Crupnick on MusicWatch…
Spotify, Playlists and Profitability: On Playing The Long Game
Lucas Gonze shares his response to Mark Mulligan’s piece on why Spotify struggles with profitability, and takes a look at what the streaming service’s most logical path forward may be if it hopes to make money down the road. ___________________________ Guest Post by Lucas Gonze on Medium Mark Mulligan asks…
The Musician’s Guide To SoundCloud: Part 3 [CyberPR]
Welcome to the third and final installment of our Musician’s Guide to SoundCloud! Now that you have your brand-spankin’-new page all set up, it’s time to begin building a following. This is crucial if you want to garner music publicity in the future as a page with no plays or…
12 Playlist Ideas For Breathing Life Into Your Back Catalog
Thanks to the magic of playlists and things like Spotify’s discover weekly, musicians are now being given a chance to breath new life into their back-catalogues. Here we look at twelve ways artists can make this new trend work to their advantage. _____________________________ Guest Post by Chris Robley on DIY…
Which Genres Have The Most Engaged Fans?
Music preferences are personal, but the numbers don’t lie. AWAL took a look at 2016 engagement data from music streamers. The stats measured which fan bases listened to their own genre’s tracks the most, and which fanbases added more music to their libraries than others, Based on streams from tracks…