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Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes

17/10/2022

Apple Music Spatial Audio comes to Mercedes vehicles with support for Dolby Atmos. Apple Music with Spatial Audio comes fully integrated through the MBUX infotainment system first in the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class, the EQS and EQS SUV, as well as the EQE, EQE SUV and the S-Class, equipping these vehicles with ‘studio-quality sound better than in any concert hall’, and giving drivers a fully immersive listening experience with unparalleled, multidimensional sound and clarity. Oliver Schusser, Apple’s […]

Music sales in Spain grew by 12.4% in first half of 2022

15/10/2022

Music sales in Spain grew by 12.4% in first half of 2022 with LPs now outselling CDs where physical format sales have stagnated according to Promusicae, the Spanish record industry association. Spaniards spent €191.5 million on music consumption, both in digital and physical formats that represents a 12.4% growth for the Spanish music industry, compared to the same period of 2021 (€170.5 million). Digital sales were the main contributor to the increase in sales with […]

US Latin music grew 23% in first half of 2022

09/10/2022

The US Latin music market grew 23% in first half of 2022 with streaming accounting for 97% of this market according to the RIAA, the US recording industry association. During this period revenues from Latin music in the US grew to $510 million and represents 6.6% of the total US music market. Paid music subscriptions made up the majority of Latin revenues, growing 25% to $350 million and accounting for 71% of streaming revenues (69% of […]

Apple Music now has 100 million songs

03/10/2022

Apple Music now has 100 million songs and has emphasised the importance on human curation and not algorithms. Announcing this milestone Apple said, “Twenty-one years on from the invention of iTunes and the debut of the original iPod, we’ve gone from 1,000 songs in your pocket to 100,000x that on Apple Music. It’s phenomenal growth by any metric. The entire history, present, and future of music is at your fingertips or voice command.” They continued, […]

Get 4 months of Amazon Music for free

30/09/2022

Get 4 months of Amazon Music for free. The offer is available for new subscribers only and after the free period will revert to the normal subscription rate of £9.99 per month (£8.99 per month for Prime Members). Amazon’s deal is available in most territories with equivalent local pricing. Your subscription will renew automatically after the introductory offer and you can cancel your renewal at any time. The offer is available now and runs until […]

Deezer’s SongCatcher adds ‘humming feature’

27/09/2022

Deezer’s SongCatcher adds ‘humming feature’ adding the option to identify a track by just humming, singing or whistling parts of it. Users can now figure out the name of songs stuck in their heads and add it directly to their Deezer playlists. Deezer is the only music streaming service in the world with a track recognition feature that includes humming, singing and whistling as a part of its in-app search functionality. Alexandra Leloup, VP Core […]

US recorded music revenues up 9% in first half of 2022

23/09/2022

US recorded music revenues up 9% in first half of 2022 generating $7.7 Bn at estimated retail value according to the RIAA, building on the strong growth experienced the prior year. The number of paid subscriptions grew to a record high of 90 million, with revenues up 10% to $5.0 Bn and comprising almost two-thirds of the first half total. At wholesale value, revenues grew 8% to $4.9 Bn. Streaming Revenues from streaming music grew […]