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Benson Boone’s Beautiful Things is Global Single of the Year

Benson Boone’s Beautiful Things is Global Single of the Year according to IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. The IFPI Global Single Award is presented to the artist with the world’s best-selling single of the year across all digital formats – including paid subscription streaming, ad-supported platforms, and single-track downloads. Benson Boone’s Beautiful Things took the #1 spot in this year’s IFPI Global Single Chart, his first appearance in an IFPI Global Chart Top […]

Thrash FM
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Thrash FM

Thrash FM is an internet radio station playing Thrash Metal, Crossover Thrash, Heavy Metal and Metal music broadcasting a CD Quality Lossless FLAC and a 192kbps MP3 stream. No other information was available at the time of writing. If anyone has any more information about this station or you are the owner please get in contact via the Contact Us form here. Website: ? Web player (all streams): ? Streaming URLs CD Quality Lossless FLAC: […]

Radio Club 80
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Radio Club 80

Radio Club 80 is an internet radio station based in Chile broadcasting nine channels of 70’s, 80’s,90’s Dance and Pop music in Lossless FLAC, Opus, Vorbis, AAC and MP3 streams at varying bitrates. FLAC streams are being streamed at a variety of bit rates and resolutions but there is no information regarding the source of the originals e.g. Vinyl, CD, HiRes downloads.  The website also has a webplayer and news about live events they will […]

Taylor Swift is IFPI Artist of the Year for fifth time
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Taylor Swift is IFPI Artist of the Year for fifth time

Taylor Swift is IFPI Artist of the Year for the fifth time according to IFPI’s recently published Top 20 Global Recording Artists 2024 chart. This is the 5th time that Taylor Swift has won the award – and the third consecutive year. In a record-breaking year across the board for the pop superstar, 2024 has also seen her scoop up four other major IFPI awards. This includes the Global Album Chart, Global Vinyl Album Chart, Global […]

Top 25 UK Podcasts for Q4 2024
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Top 25 UK Podcasts for Q4 2024 

The Top 25 UK podcasts for Q4 2024 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics UK, the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcasts and podcast networks in the UK. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top 25 UK Podcasts of Q4 2024 list is derived from data collected continuously during the fourth quarter of 2024, interviewing podcast consumers ages 15 and […]

German music sales continued to grow in 2024
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German music sales continued to grow in 2024

German music sales continued to grow in 2024 with revenue reaching €2.38 Bn – up 7.8% on 2023 according to the BVMI in recently released figures. The majority of sales, 84.1%, were generated from the digital business, which grew by 11.2%, driven by audio streaming (+12.6%), which now has a market share of 78.1%. The physical market (18.5%) declined by 7.4% despite vinyl growth of 9.4% generating €379 million in sales during the year. CD sales fell by 17.1% but still remains […]

Streaming now makes up 91% of Swiss music sales
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Streaming now makes up 91% of Swiss music sales

Streaming now makes up 91% of Swiss music sales with total sales of CHF 249 million in 2024, 7% more than in the previous year according to IFPI Switzerland. Music streaming services such as YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify grew to CHF 226 million (+10%) and now accounts for 91% of the overall market. Sales of downloads and physical recordings continue to decline. The moderate growth in vinyl that has continued since 2010 stagnated in 20244. Physical recordings […]