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UK’s all-time favourite studio album is Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper

14/10/2018

The Beatles’ classic record Sgt. Pepper’s has been crowned the British public’s all-time favourite studio album, according to a new chart counted down in a special National Album Day edition of Pick Of The Pops hosted by Paul Gambaccini on BBC Radio 2 (Saturday, 13th October). The ground-breaking 1967 LP strides home with 5.34 million combined sales at the top of the all-time Official Studio Albums Chart, which has been compiled by the Official Charts […]

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Ministry of Sound playlists come to Apple Music

13/10/2018

Apple Music has signed an exclusive deal with the Ministry of Sound to stream its popular dance playlists such as Dance Nation and Rave Nation. As a consequence of the deal these playlists, some of which have hundreds of thousands of followers, will be removed from Spotify and other non-Apple services over the course of the next few days. This is likely to disappoint a considerable number of Spotify subscribers as the Dance Nation playlist […]

TIDAL now streaming to Samsung TVs

12/10/2018

Two months after Samsung announced its partnership with Spotify, the electronics giant has brought TIDAL streaming to its range of TVs. The Samsung TV TIDAL app is ‘just the beginning of the partnership,’ according to TIDAL, and the aim is that the app will enhance the streaming service’s visual content. This follows on from its recently launched apps for the Amazon Fire TV App and Android Auto service in March this year. To set up […]

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IDAGIO’s classical streaming now available in the US and Canada

11/10/2018

IDAGIO, the classical music streamer is now available in the US and Canada following an additional €10 million investment by its existing investors bringing the total investment to over €20 million since its foundation in 2015. IDAGIO has licensing rights to all the major labels and more than a thousand independent labels and rightsholders offering more than a million classical tracks. It is continuing to grow its catalogue with the addition of 20,000 new tracks […]

Capital Audiofest 2018 announces exhibitor lineup

10/10/2018

Capital Audiofest, the US East Coast’s premier audio show, announces its exhibitor lineup which will include Qobuz’s US HiRes offering. The show has been expanded to include more listening rooms on the 5th floor of the Rockville Hilton. The Capital Audiofest is now in its 8th year and will have a full schedule of seminars, guest presentations and live music on Friday and Saturday nights in the bar and in the Washington auditorium. The Atrium […]

Upload your music in Spotify for Artists beta

09/10/2018

Spotify has announced a new beta feature that enables independent artists to upload their music to Spotify – directly from Spotify for Artists. One of the top requested features since Spotify for Artists was launched is the ability to upload music directly onto Spotify. The company has been testing an upload tool within Spotify for Artists and is now inviting more artists to participate in a public beta. Spotify has worked with a handful of […]

Marshall adds Smart Speakers to its loudspeaker range

07/10/2018

Marshall, famous for its stage amps and loudspeakers, is launching a range of Smart Speakers with Marshall Voice combining the ‘legendary sound of Marshall’ with voice control of music, scheduling reminders and controlling smart home devices. Marshall Voice will initially come with Amazon Alexa followed by Google Assistant later this year. The first two Marshall Voice speakers launching are Acton II Voice with Amazon Alexa available from 2nd October and Stanmore II Voice with Amazon […]