February 2021

Qobuz celebrates two years of HiRes in the US

20/02/2021

Qobuz celebrates two years of HiRes in the US on Valentines Day with its user base doubling in 2020. The streamer offers HiRes 24-bit 192 kHz audio, editorial content, liner notes, lyric booklets, and other music related content. The company has forged partnerships with all of the leading hardware brands to make it the clear choice for hardcore music lovers. They have also spearheaded the campaign against compressed music by ditching MP3s, winning the approval […]

Valentine’s Day music, podcasts and gifts

13/02/2021

Valentine’s Day music, podcasts and gifts are some of the offerings from streamers Spotify, Deezer and Qobuz this year. Tinder anthems and podcasts on Spotify Spotify and Tinder rounded up some of the top tracks that speak most to finding a match. Tinder found that adding an ‘anthem’ to your dating profile improves your swiping experience, leading to more matches. Since music is the number one ‘Passion’ that members include on their profiles globally, adding […]

Bowers & Wilkins upgrades its Formation app

12/02/2021

Bowers & Wilkins upgrades its Formation app significantly increasing the number of music streaming services accessible to owners of Formation enabled Bowers & Wilkins products. Available to both Android and iOS users, the app will initially offer support for Qobuz, TIDAL, TuneIn, Dash Radio, NTS Radio and SoundCloud, with more subscription services and streaming platforms to be added in the coming months. High-resolution (24bit/96kHz) performance is also available, via Qobuz. The app aggregates content from […]

Share music using Alexa on Echo devices

12/02/2021

Share music using Alexa on Echo devices helping your friends discover new artists or songs, relive old memories with family, or just share a musical experience with those you love. User can share songs with their Alexa contacts on their Echo devices by saying, “Alexa share this song with Claire” while you’re listening to the song you want to share and Alexa will send the song to your chosen contact. The recipient can listen to […]

Music powers the American economy

10/02/2021

Music powers the American economy according to a new report by economists Robert Stoner and Jéssica Dutra of Economists, Inc. Sponsored by the RIAA the report provides the latest look at the music industry’s contribution to the US economy. The report evaluates pre-pandemic data and documents music’s ability to drive job creation and economic growth, especially as the country’s pandemic recovery efforts gets underway. According to the report, the music industry contributes $170 billion to […]

Top 50 US podcasts of 2020

10/02/2021

Top 50 US podcasts of 2020 chart according to the Podcast Consumer Tracker has been published by Edison Research. The Podcast Consumer Tracker is the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcast networks. The Edison Research Top 50 Most Listened to US Podcasts of 2020 list is derived from data collected continuously throughout 2020 from surveying weekly podcast consumers ages 18 and older. The top ten shows […]

Deezer now offers 73 million tracks

09/02/2021

Deezer now offers 73 million tracks from all over the world, which is 17 million more than it used to have. Deezer now has 70 million tracks available in CD Quality Lossless FLAC. This means that 97% of its music catalogue is also available in its HiFi subscription. Deezer said it “works closely with major and independent labels all over the world to make sure that our listeners can find any music they want, no matter […]