UPDATED: Following in the footsteps of its popular Discover Weekly, Release Radar and Your Summer Rewind playlists based on each user’s previous listening habits, Spotify today added two more into the mix: On Repeat and Repeat Rewind. "With these two new playlists, you can sit back, relax, and fall in…
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Stressed Out By Your Small Stats? Watch This Video Now
Analytics are more important than ever… but they don’t tell the whole story. In this video by ArtistPro founder Hisham Dahud, he explains why emerging artists should NOT be deterred by relatilvey small numbers, because their CORE fans may be silently growing under the radar. Words from Hisham: Do not…
Spotify For Artists App Gets A Makeover, Real-Time Stats
Spotify for Artists is releasing a revamped app for both iOS and Android today. The new app rolling out this week includes a refreshed design, a new “home” tab with access to resources, personalized artists milestone updates and expanded real-time stats for both current listeners and new releases. Spotify For…
5 Big Takeaways From IFPI’s Music Listening Report 2019
IFPI, the global recorded music trade organization, today released its Music Listening 2019 report, which surveys how music consumers 16-64 engage with recorded music across 21 countries. Here are 5 big takeaways. The IFPI Music Listening report has been published in previous years under the title IFPI Music Consumer Insight…
Musicians: Who Has Access To All Your Accounts? Do You?
It’s time to get control and access to everything related to your career, remind Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert on a new Music Biz Weekly podcast. They share a real story of an ex-manager who deleted a band’s CD Baby account and distribution for their recent album. This happened because…
YouTube Music Adds ‘Discover Mix’ Playlist
YouTube Music has added an algorithm delivered playlist called "Discover Mix" similar to Spotify’s "Discover Weekly" which helps users discover new songs and artists based on previous listening habits. YouTube Music’s Discover Mix playlist updates every Wednesday and contains 49 songs. A retro neon logo is much like YouTube Music…
Spotify Has Paid Hackers $120,000+
Spotify stepped up its efforts to thwart hackers by paying some of them more than $120,000.Since May of 2017 Spotify teamed with bug bounty platform HackerOne to offer rewards to hackers who find and report bugs and vulnerabilities. "365 valid and actionable reports" According to Forbes contributor Davey Winder: Spotify…
The Cars, Eddie Money Streaming, Sales Surge
Music from both Eddie Money and Cars frontman Ric Ocasek saw a significant bump in sales and streaming following the deaths of the two artists. Sales of albums by The Cars jumped in the days following Ocasek’s death, up by 3,700% (about 6,000 albums) with 2,300% of that coming on…
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‘It is time for a change in how we think about music,’ says MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan
The future of music lies beyond the constraints of its current formats, says top industry analyst Mark Mulligan. Answers to questions like the relevancy of the album format, how streaming informs music creation and the internet’s ability to blur the line between recorded and live music will fundamentally change music…