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UK music exports reach post millennium high

27/09/2018

UK music exports reached a post millennium high of £408.4m in 2017, the highest this century according to the BPI, the UK’s recording industry association. Overseas earnings by UK record labels increased by 12% in 2017 helping the UK economy to the tune of over £5 billion since 2000. This continuing growth, which follows an 11% rise to £364 million in 2016, underlines the enduring popularity of British music, with UK artists accounting for one […]

DEEZER updates Latin channels for ‘Music Meets AI’ campaign

22/09/2018

DEEZER is launching a ‘Music Meets AI’ marketing campaign in the US spotlighting its FLOW feature by tapping into the Latin market’s passion for music and introducing a competitive free trial. Some 60 million people of Hispanic origin live in the US and DEEZER aims to provide audiences with relevant local music and to work closely with the local artists that matter. The streamer has added a new free trial so that new users can discover […]

Streaming up by 35% in Australia for the first half of 2018

21/09/2018

Streaming in Australia grew by 35% during the first half of 2018 according to ARIA, the Australian Recording Industry Association. Australia’s music sales jumped 6% in the first half of 2018 continuing to show the market’s return to growth for a fourth year running. In 2017, Australia’s music industry recorded its highest annual growth in over 20 years, with recorded music industry tracking a 10.5% increase in value to A$391 million. For the first half of 2018 total […]

European Parliament approves new digital copyright rules

19/09/2018

The European Parliament agreed new legislation on digital copyright rules on 12th September 2018 which will now need to be signed off by the EU’s member states before local laws can be drafted to put them into effect. The legislation was approved by 438 votes to 226, with 39 abstentions and has some important changes to the EU Commission’s original June 2018 proposals adding safeguards to protect small firms and freedom of expression. The proposals […]

YouTube dominates music listening in Malta

17/09/2018

New research by PRS for Music, the performing rights society for songwriters and composers in Malta, shows that YouTube dominates music listening in Malta with 85% of people in Malta using YouTube in the last 3 months. Over a quarter of listeners (28%) used only YouTube to access music. By contrast, just 32% of people had used Google Play, while 28% had used Spotify. Only 14% of those surveyed had not used any digital music […]

Spotify raises download limit

16/09/2018

Spotify raises its download limit for offline listening from 3,333 songs on three devices to 10,000 songs on up to five devices. With a potential to store up to 50,000 songs this would give you over 100 solid days of offline listening. It would have to be a hellava wilderness trip to be out of internet access for longer than that and run out of music! How to download songs in Spotify for a desktop […]

Eagles soar to the top of All Time Album Charts

15/09/2018

The Eagles have soared to the top of the All Time Album Charts with the No. 1 and No. 3 top certified albums of all time according the RIAA, the US recorded music industry association. Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 is the best selling album of all time going 38 times Platinum with 38 million sales. Hotel California reached the No. 3 slot going Platinum 26 times with sales and streams of more than 26 million […]