Streaming was up 23% in the Netherlands for 2019 contributing to the strongest growth in the Dutch music industry in five years according to NVPI, the Dutch music industry association. With a total turnover of more than €206.8 million in 2019, the Dutch music industry saw an increase of 13.2% – the strongest revenue growth in five years. In 2015, half of the revenue came from streaming, which has now grown to almost 80% making up […]
Deezer launches more DJ mixes from four big name DJs including Above & Beyond and Oliver Heldens with ten 1 hour sets. Deezer is ensuring that all the artists involved receive their fair share of revenues in these exclusive sets and continues the streamer’s commitment to making streaming fair. Each artist has created an hour-long set with a full tracklist straight after the mix in a playlist format so it’s easy to favoorite the individual […]
BMW Music service ‘Powered by Napster’ will be providing European BMW car owners a premium music audio experience which is integrated into their vehicle with no setup, login or extra devices required. BMW Music will bring its on-demand music and audio service to BMW owners in Germany, France, UK, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland and Spain. Drivers and passengers now have easy one-click access to more than 60 million songs and 20,000 audiobooks through the […]
Spotify refreshes its mobile app with 3 new icons to aid usability according to a new blog posting from the streamer. Available initially to iOS users with the Android version ‘promised soon’ both Free and Premium subscribers will benefit from a more streamlined, easy-to-use interface with fresh designs to actionable icons that will make playing your favourite song or playlist as simple as the tap of a button. Simpler and more universal Shuffle Play button […]
Germany increased streaming by 27% in 2019 with an overall increase in revenue for the year of 8.2% according to figures released by the BVMI, the German record industry association. Total revenue for the year came to €1.623 Bn. After two years of minimal decline in 2017 and 2018, the fourth largest music market in the world followed the positive global trend of the past few years in 2019. Several factors contributed to this growth […]
Streaming now accounts for 80% of music revenue in US growing 19.9% to $8.8 Bn in 2019 according to the RIAA’s 2019 year end report. Revenues from recorded music in the US grew 13% in 2019 from $9.8 billion to $11.1 billion representing the fourth year in a row of double digit growth. Growth was fuelled by paid subscription services which reached more than 60 million. Paid subscriptions to on-demand streaming services contributed by far […]
Spotify delivers 41 Bn K-Pop streams since January 2014 increasing the genre’s share of listening by more than 1800% according to a recent blog post by the streamer. K-Pop, which originated in South Korea, has taken on a life of its own thanks to East-meets-West collaborations from BTS and US singer-songwriter Halsey, whose ‘Boy With Luv’ track has over 380 million streams. The popularity of the genre continues to grow as more and more fans […]
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