A run down of what’s really happening in the global streaming market
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J Cole breaks both Apple Music and Spotify’s day one stream record in the US… with some surprising numbers
Spotify obtains 36.7m US streams from KOD on day one. Apple Music gets 64.5m.
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Latest Industry: J. Cole, Apple Music Nashville, BTS, Spotify, Live Nation, Tencent Music, PRS, Deezer, More…
Fans honor Avicii on Spotify. Following the Swedish DJ’s tragic death, Avicii streams have surged on Spotify. In Sweden, his music can be found in 20 spots on the streaming music service’s Top 50 list. In addition, Avicii’…
Tencent Music readies for $25bn IPO in the US – report
China-based streaming service said to be interviewing potential banks over the next month with plans to float in the US
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Latest Industry: Facebook + Indies, Spotify, YouTube, Live Nation, Gaon Charts, Kanye West, Bono, More…
Facebook inks Merlin, INgrooves, [PIAS] + Beggars. A lot has happened at Facebook since the social network inked massive deals with major label and publishers. But Facebook looks like it’s trying to get back to business: earlier today, the …
Why Can’t Artists Link to Their Websites on Spotify?
Artists can now put social media profiles, tour dates, and image galleries into Spotify. But why no website links? Spotify has an extremely intuitive user-interface. It’s easy to use, effective, and extraordinarily simple. Additionally, fans are …
Latest Industry: UMG’s IPO, A$CAP, Festival Plastic Ban, Spotify, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Amazon, More…
Vivendi isn’t ‘pulling a Sony’ — but UMG might be going public. Vivendi CEO Arnaud de Puyfontaine stated that his group is a “strategic partner of Spotify.” He clarified that Vivendi has no intentions of selling…
I’m an Award-Winning Cellist and Composer. Want to See My Royalties?
So, how much does Zoe Keating make from streaming? Every now and then, Digital Music News covers what real artists make from streaming platforms. One artist last year, for example, made just €403.27, or $470.47, on Spotify from 122,364 total play…
Latest Industry: Live Nation, SoundCloud, Apple Music, Amazon Alexa, YouTube, Guitar Center
A neural network on what you love to listen to. Music Audience Exchange (MAX) has unveiled its Artist Matching Engine. The platform’s data model uses neural networks to map music tastes onto the demographic, psychographic, geographic and be…
Windowing on Spotify is finally happening – but is it worth it for the labels?
Spotify gained over $350m from its new deals with labels last year
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