Surprising for an artist who isn’t exactly a household name, singer-songwriter Mat Kearney managed to surpass 1 billion streams on Pandora. Here we look at the set of circumstances which allowed an artist like Kearney to see such dramatic success on the internet radio service. _____________________________ Guest Post by Glenn…
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Teens Love Premium Music Streaming, But Many Aren’t Paying For It, Says New Music Biz Study
[UPDATED] "Music & Millennials," a study by the Music Biz and LOOP, looks at how teens are flocking to music streaming. The report also reveals that while teens like the mobile convenience of premium streaming, they’ll go to great lengths not pay for it. _____________________________________ 15-19 year olds increasingly consume…
Broadcast Radio Losing Influence As Teens Flock To Streaming And YouTube, Says New "Music And Millennials" Study
On demand streaming is now the format of choice for 15-19 year olds, according to a new study by the Music Business Association and LOOP, and most of those listeners are coming from broadcast radio. ______________________________________ 15-to-19 year olds have embraced on-demand streaming as their format of choice, accounting for…
Twice As Many People Listen To Music On Amazon Prime Than On Apple Music, Spotify Premium Combined
Amazon has always been an underappreciated player. First it became the only alternative to the iTunes download store. More recently, its quietly become a powerful player in streaming. But few would have predicted the dominate position revealed by a new survey. ___________________________________________________ 16% of respondents listened to music on Amazon…
Is This The End Of Freemium Music On Spotify? [Mark Mulligan]
New stats put Spotify paid users at more than 35 million. Even more impressively, the music streamer appears to be growing at 2 million subscribers per month. Much of that growth is coming via deep discounts, and those new users are converting much better to $9.99 paid users far better…
12 Songs Which Inspired Social Progress
Although assembling such a list is by no means an easy task, and one which is impossible to do in any comprehensive capacity, we here look at twelve songs which, in on way or another, inspired or precipitated some form of significant social progress. __________________________ Guest Post by Steve Baltin…
Pandora Says Some Accounts At Risk, Change Your Password Now
Pandora has informed some users that key information from their accounts were listed in a data dump that was recently publicly released. While different than a hack, it does still leave accounts vulnerable, so Pandora is recommending that users change their password immediately. Related articles BMI Beats Pandora: Courts Says…
Spotify Passes 35 Million Paid Subscribers As Apple Music Struggles To Catch Up
The race for streaming music dominance has heated up in recent months, with Apple Music and Spotify the clear leaders. Today’s report that Spotify has 35 million paid subscribers, coupled with yesterday’s analysis that shows the rate at which subscribers leave each service, puts Spotify clearly in the lead. ____________________________________________________…
Soundcloud Aims Straight At Spotify, Apple Music With "Artist Stations"
Soundcloud is looking and feeling more like a mainstream streaming music service every day. Earlier this year, they launched the ability to start a Station – a radio-like stream of similar content – from any track. Now they’ve expanded Stations to artists. _________________________________________________ Soundcloud users can now start Stations from…
Should Apple Really Buy Tidal? A Look At Paid Subscriber Stats For All Major Music Services [CHART]
If Apple is buying Tidal, its shouldn’t just be for its subscribers. After all, Tidal only has 3 million. But then again, given Apple Music’s horrible churn rate, it needs all the help in can get. Here’s a look at paid subscriber numbers at all of the major music streaming…