October 2019

Local music dominates listening in India

11/10/2019

Local music dominates listening in India according to a joint study published by IFPI and the IMI, the Indian recorded music industry association. IFPI designed and ran the Music Consumer Study, 2019 across 21 of the world’s major music markets, exploring the music habits of consumers worldwide. India was a key part of the study and the Digital Music Study, 2019 explores in greater depth some of the insights taken from the responses of the […]

Deezer adds five new podcast partners

10/10/2019

Deezer adds five new podcast partners raising its game against rival streamers, such as Spotify and Pandora, who have recently increased their podcasting content. The demand for podcasting has rapidly increased as almost a quarter of internet users in Europe listened to a podcast in Q1 2019, including 44% in MENA and 34% in Latam. Deezer has been part of this increase and monthly podcast usage has increased by 250% including quadrupling the amount of […]

Music listening is above average in Spain

09/10/2019

Music listening is above average in Spain with Spaniards listening to 20 hours of music a week, two more than the world average. Half of the Spanish population declares themselves to be a ‘fan’ of music and mostly listens to it on streaming platforms according to an analysis of data from IFPI’s Music Listening Report 2019 by Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. The complete IFPI report can be downloaded in either English or […]

Alexa and Amazon Echo now available in Brazil

08/10/2019

Alexa and Amazon Echo now available in Brazil after the recent release of Amazon Prime and Music Unlimited services in the country last month. Alexa has been upgraded to speak in Brazilian Portuguese together with the availability of Alexa skills tailored for Brazilian customers, including Show do Milhão, Porta dos Fundos, UOL Esporte, iFood, Leite Ninho, Cinemark, Uber etc. Toni Reid, Vice President, Amazon Alexa, said, “We’re excited to introduce Alexa to customers in Brazil, […]

Paid for music listening is increasing in Germany

07/10/2019

Paid for music listening is increasing in Germany with users increasingly willing to pay for both live and recorded music according to a recent long-term study, Music Usage in Germany. According to the study respondents are willing to spend more money on a physical album (+4%) or a digital album (+12%) of an artist than a year ago. The appreciation of live concerts has also increased (+9%) and this is especially true for people with musical […]

SoundCloud Go+ launches in Austria

06/10/2019

SoundCloud Go+ launches in Austria giving listeners in that country access to SoundCloud’s premium subscription service giving them full access to SoundCloud’s catalogue, offline sync, no advertising and better quality audio streaming. Subscriptions are €9.99 (Web/Android) or €12.99 (iOS) per month and users can sign up via SoundCloud’s apps in the iOS App Store and Google Play Store, or by visiting soundcloud.com/go. Anthony Gabriele, Senior Vice President, Subscriptions & Marketing, SoundCloud, said “SoundCloud is the […]

Add podcasts to your Spotify playlists

06/10/2019

Spotify subscribers can now add podcasts to their Spotify playlists either as a podcast playlist or a mixed music and podcast playlist according to a recent blog posting by the streamer. There are now over 3 billion user-generated music playlists on Spotify and now with Spotify’s recent upgrade and in keeping with their Audio First strategy users can now combine music and podcasts on the same playlists. With this frequently requested functionality, users can build […]