January 2025

IFPI launches Official Southeast Asia Charts hub

24/01/2025

IFPI launches Official Southeast Asia Charts hub housing the official weekly music charts for six countries – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The launch of the Official Philippines Chart and the Official Vietnam Chart mark the first time ever in these countries that official, industry-backed charts are available. The existing charts in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand will be rebranded as the Official Indonesia Chart, the Official Malaysia Chart, the Official Singapore […]

Deezer deploys cutting-edge AI detection tool

24/01/2025

Deezer deploys cutting-edge AI detection tool for music streaming with 10% of tracks submitted to the platform being AI generated. The new tool will enable Deezer to tag AI generated content to increase transparency for users and safeguard the rights of creators. The new tool has discovered that roughly 10,000 fully AI generated tracks are delivered to the platform every day, equating to around 10% of the daily content delivery. The company has stated that […]

How to discover new music on Spotify

23/01/2025

Spotify offers several different ways to unlock new music ranging from algorithmically personalised to expertly curated playlists by their team of editors. Every day millions of listeners are connected with their favourite artists, powering nearly 2 Bn music discoveries every 24 hours. Daily discovery To seamlessly blend your favourite tracks with new sounds, go to the Made for You hub and try out some personalized playlists like daylist or Mixes. daylist, which is available globally to both Free and Premium users, will […]

bee Radio

22/01/2025

bee Radio is an internet radio station based in The Netherlands having two channels of pop music: bee Radio playing 00s, 10s and 20s Pop and bee Classics playing 70s, 80s and 90s pop music. bee Radio’s CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream downgraded to a 320kbps MP3 stream in September 2024 briefly returned a few months later but is now no longer available. Both bee Radio and bee Classics are available as 320kbps MP3 and […]

Best music streaming deals for students

20/01/2025

High Resolution Audio’s guide to getting the best student deals for your musical entertainment. What are the best music streaming deals for students? Most of the major streaming platforms with the exception of Napster offer a student discount and premium subscriptions can be had for between £4.49 and £5.99 per month. You will need to be a registered student in a recognised University or College and may have to provide some form of proof like […]

Violent Forces Radio

20/01/2025

Violent Forces Radio is an internet radio station with two channels of Thrash Metal music – General Thrash and 80s Thrash. Both channels have a 64kbps AAC stream, a 192kbps MP3 stream and a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream. Their website has a webplayer for both channels, links to social media and a ‘just played’ list. Links to radio aggregators are also provided. According to the station, “Broadcasting for more than a decade, Violent Forces […]

Germany had 236 Bn streams in 2024

18/01/2025

Germany had 236 Bn streams in 2024 according to figures by the BVMI from data compiled by GfK Entertainment. This was 11% more than 2023 when 213 Bn streams were achieved. Within the last 6 years the number has more than doubled – in 2019 there were 108 Bn views. Current songs are particularly popular with music fans with songs from the 2020s increasing their streaming share from 52 to 56% from last year. German-speaking acts such as Ayliva, Luciano […]