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New Shazam update gets better Spotify and Apple Music syncing

06/03/2025

New Shazam update gets better Spotify and Apple Music syncing with Apple’s latest version 18.9 release. The latest version adds songs tagged from outside the app to the Shazam playlist in Spotify and Apple Music. New features in Shazam v18.9 We’ve made syncing songs to Apple Music and Spotify better than ever! Shazam will now include songs found via Music Recognition in Control Centre, Siri, and Shortcuts to your “My Shazam Tracks” playlist in Apple […]

Spanish streaming increased by 14.01% in 2024

27/02/2025

Spanish streaming increased by 14.01% in 2024 helping music sales grow by 9.19% compared to 2023 according to Promusicae, the Spanish recorded music industry association. Recorded music had total revenues of €568.8 million in 2024 representing an increase of 9.42% compared to the €520 million achieved in 2023. The digital market already accounts for more than 89% of the music consumed in Spain (€454.5 million) in a year in which physical sales have decreased by […]

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

25/02/2025

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 […]

Taylor Swift is IFPI Artist of the Year for fifth time

25/02/2025

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 […]

German music sales continued to grow in 2024

24/02/2025

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

17/02/2025

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 […]

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q4 2024

06/02/2025

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q4 2024 with 644 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes in the quarter October to December 2024. This is up 22 million plays on the previous quarter and an increase of more than 3% from the same period last year, as digital listening continues to grow. This quarter also saw the launch of two new music streams, Radio 3 Unwind and Radio 1 Anthems, giving listeners on […]