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13th October 2018 is UK ‘National Album Day’

The 13th October 2018 is to be the UK’s ‘National Album Day’, celebrating the 70th anniversary of the album. National Album Day will mark the culmination of a week-long series of events and activity around the country that will celebrate all aspects of the UK’s love of the album. Supported by the BPI and BBC Music with backing across the music community, at 3.33(r)pm on Saturday, 13th October the British public are encouraged to play […]

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Apple Music rolls out Top 100 Charts

Apple Music has rolled out 116 ‘Top 100’ Charts, one for every country where it is available plus a Global Top 100. Every chart will be updated on a daily basis at 12am PST (US time). The format is similar to that of playlists or albums and can be found on the Browse page with top Songs and Playlists. With instant and free access not only to the Chart listings but also the tracks themselves, […]

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DEEZER app now available on Garmin wearables

DEEZER’s music streaming service is now available on six new wearables from Garmin. Available on the Vivoactive 3 Music, Forerunner 645 Music and Fenix 5 Plus Series models, the DEEZER app offers the following features: Store more than 100 tracks right on your watch Sync your favourite playlists to your watch Get a daily refresh of songs with DEEZER Flow Choose from a variety of curated workout playlists Garmin users in the US will also […]

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EU approves Apple’s acquisition of Shazam

The European Commission has approved the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission concluded that the merger would not adversely affect competition in the European Economic Area or any substantial part of it. Commissioner Margrethe Vestager, in charge of competition policy, said: ‘Data is key in the digital economy. We must therefore carefully review transactions which lead to the acquisition of important sets of data, including potentially commercially sensitive […]

Amazon Music Unlimited Offer 2018
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UK students can try Amazon Music Unlimited for 3 months free

Amazon have announced a special offer for UK students who can try Amazon Music Unlimited for 3 months free after which the usual student price of £4.99 will apply with the option to cancel anytime. The offer is good till 18th October 2018. Amazon Music Unlimited offers over 50 million tracks with thousands of expert-programmed playlists and stations on any device.   Best music streaming deals for students   Amazon Music Review Recently added albums […]

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Streaming hits 74% of music sales in Spain

Streaming music hits 74% of music sales in Spain during the first half of 2018 according to Promusicae, the Spanish record industry association. Sales of all music generated revenues of Euro 107.6 million during this period up only 0.4% on the same period in 2017. In common with the US and most western European countries, the growth in streaming has been accompanied by a growth in paid for subscription services which have increased by 53%. […]

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Spotify upgrades Premium deal for US students

Spotify has upgraded its Premium deal for US students by offering unrestricted and on-demand access to all its music and podcasts for $4.99/month, as well as a subscription to Hulu’s streaming library of current and fan-favourite TV and movie hits. And if that wasn’t a must have deal the streamer has added SHOWTIME to the plan. SHOWTIME’s premium entertainment content includes Emmy® nominated Shameless, seven-season strong Homeland, Sacha Baron-Cohen’s Who Is America, Lena Waithe’s much […]