July 2021

83% of French album sales are locally produced

30/07/2021

83% of French album sales are locally produced with 166 French productions out of the 200 best-selling albums in the first half of 2021 according to SNEP, the French music industry association. Topping the list was Les Enfoirés with 350,000 album sales followed by SCH and Damso. Young talent figured prominently alongside established artists with 31 young artists achieving a first album in the Top 200, 26 of which were produced in France. This pattern was also reflected […]

Spotify updates What’s New feed

27/07/2021

Spotify updates What’s New feed so you can keep track of up-and-coming artists in your Discover Weekly or a podcast that’s piqued your interest or one of your tried and tested favourites. As shared at Stream On in February, there are 50,000+ hours of content uploaded to Spotify every day. The new What’s New feed is another way to discover new music and podcasts gathering all the new releases from the artists and shows you […]

‘360 By Deezer’ can now cast to Sony speakers

22/07/2021

‘360 By Deezer’ can now cast to Sony speakers giving music fans a chance to experience spatial music at home with their new ‘360 by Deezer’ cast feature. Deezer HiFi subscribers can play their favourite tunes in full surround sound with Sony’s SRS-RA5000 or RA3000 wireless speakers. HiFi users just need to open the ‘360 by Deezer’ app, pick their favourite track, and select the ‘cast’ button in the top right hand corner to begin. […]

Radio Kemonia

22/07/2021

Radio Kemonia is an Italian local internet radio station based in the Naples region of southern Italy broadcasting a CD Quality Lossless and a 128kbps MP3 stream. The station is largely music based playing 80s and 90s hits. Started as a conventional broadcaster as Radio Studio 105 in 1984 and rebranded as Radio Kemonia in 1986 it ceased broadcasting in 1990 due to a change in Italian broadcasting laws. With the advent of internet radio […]

UK MPs call for a ‘complete reset’ of music streaming

16/07/2021

UK MPs call for a ‘complete reset’ of music streaming to fairly reward performers and creators according to a report of the DCMS Committee into the Economics of Music Streaming. The inquiry was launched in October 2020 and received from than 300 pieces of written evidence from artists, songwriters, producers, record labels and streamers including Spotify, Amazon, Spotify and YouTube. The committee found that successful artists see ‘pitiful returns’ from streaming while some performers are frozen out […]

Podcast listening up 44% amongst US Latinos

15/07/2021

Podcast listening up 44% amongst US Latinos and one third listen to podcasts in Spanish. These findings are from an Edison Research report and show the results of a representative survey of 2500 Hispanic/Latino adults age 18+. conducted in May 2021. The US Latino Podcast Listener Report 2021 found that 36% of US Latinos age 18+ (16 million people) have listened to a podcast in the last month, which is a 44% increase over 2020 (25%). This is […]

63% of Deezer users listen to ASMR content

15/07/2021

63% of Deezer users listen to ASMR content and 18% of these on a daily basis according to a global survey of 12,000 people commissioned by the streamer. The study explores how a wide range of factors including age, gender and nationality can influence ASMR listening. ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response) is the tingly sensory reaction that some people experience when listening to gentle voices and subtle sounds. Nigel Harding, Deezer’s VP of Global Artist Marketing […]