Playlists are the new radio. Or at least that’s the party line at Spotify, Apple Music and other streamers experimenting with how help users navigate 30 million track playlists and make their music services stickier. Spotify is upping its play for playlist supremacy with a new video spot that for…
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UPDATE: 85 Million Streams (50M On Spotify) Push Kayne West’s "Life Of Pablo" To #1
Kayne West’s Life of Pablo took the top spot of the BuzzAngle album chart last week with over 82,000 album project units. It accumulated 85M streams, meaning 70% of consumption came from streaming, a first for the format. The top 10 albums together totaled 240M streams, with Pablo accounting for…
The Beatles Rock Their First 100 Days On Spotfy
Fans waited a long time for The Beatles to arrive on streaming. Now, 100 days after their addition to Spotify, 6.5 million monthly listeners have streamed 2,793 years’ worth globally. The Beatles by the numbers: 6.5m monthly listeners worldwide 67% of listeners globally are under the age of 35 The…
The Inevitable Unbundling Of Streaming Music Platforms
One of the obstacles to successfully monetizing streaming stems from the challenge of getting a more casual music listener to shell out $10 a month for extra music they don’t especially want, but by offering a greater variety of payment tiers, more fans might be willing to pay for streaming….
Is YouTube’s Domination Of Music Nearing Its End?
YouTube’s dominant position in the industry has long allowed it take a "my way or the highway" approach with artists, but there are some signs the service may lose its iron grip on the music industry, as it starts to see increasing competition from other platforms, and should make an…
Rhapsody, Napster Launch The Listener Network Designed To Make Music More Social
Improving music discovery on a virtual jukebox with millions of songs, is a major focus for all streaming services. Those that get it right, like Spotify has with Discover Weekly, stand the best chance of attracting and retaining users. Rhapsody/Napster has unveiled its effort which cleverly combines machine learning with…
Streaming Won’t Kill Downloading, Here’s Why
While many may be under the impression that illegal downloading has fallen by the wayside with the rapid rise in popularity of streaming, the reality is something quite different, and while most in the industry continue to demonize this practice, the people at Muzit see it as an opportunity. _______________________________…
Is The Record Industry Really At War With Free Music?
Although some claim that the record industry is opposed to alternative music distribution services like streaming, a cursory look at the RIAA’s data from 2015 reveals that this may not be the case, and that traditional music platforms such as radio could deserve more industry ire. ______________________________ Guest post by…
T-Mobile Adds Amazon Prime Music To Music Freedom, Binge On Free Streaming, Shares Music Stats
Amazon Prime Music has become the latest streaming service to become a part of T-Mobile’s Binge On and Music Freedom offerings. Like Apple Music, Google, Pandora, Rhapsody and Spotify, along with video services like Netflix, Hulu and YouTube, content streamed from Amazon Prime Music will not count towards the T-Mobile…
3 Major Players That Could Disrupt The Streaming Music Industry
While the streaming industry may seem too crowded for any new competitors to have much of fighting chance, companies like Amazon, Samsung, and Soundcloud have enough leverage and resources to potentially be considered viable challengers. ___________________________ Guest Post by Hugh McIntyre on Forbes While it might still be young, the…