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Amazon Music subscribers to get one free audiobook a month

10/12/2024

Amazon Music subscribers to get one free audiobook a month in the UK, US and Canada from Audible’s catalogue of more than 800,000 of the most popular audiobooks in the world. A subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited now contains access to the Audible catalogue, more than 100 million songs in CD Quality and HiRes Lossless FLAC, the most top podcasts ad-free and music and audiobooks in spatial audio. Available now, Amazon Music Unlimited individual plan […]

SoundCloud releases ‘Your SoundCloud 2024’

09/12/2024

SoundCloud releases ‘Your SoundCloud 2024’ with personalised statistics of your most listened to artists, tracks, genres and moods. Your SoundCloud showcases Top 5 listened artists Top 5 listened tracks Top 5 listened genres Top 5 listened moods Total listening time Additionally, users will have a dedicated homepage module featuring their previous year’s Playback Playlist, allowing them to revisit their top 50 tracks and take a nostalgic trip down memory lane. To access Your SoundCloud make […]

Shazam hits 100 Bn song recognitions

09/12/2024

Shazam hits 100 Bn song recognitions since it launched which is equivalent to 12 songs identified for every person on Earth. Or to put it another way, a person would need to use Shazam to identify a song every second for 3,168 years to reach 100 Bn recognitions. Shazam’s top song ever, “Dance Monkey,” has over 45 million tags and Benson Boone’s “Beautiful Things” was the first track released this year to hit 10 million […]

Spotify rolls out new TikTok and Instagram integrations

23/11/2024

Spotify rolls out new TikTok and Instagram integrations making sharing and saving easier for music, podcasts and audiobooks. Share your favourite content to TikTok Spotify users can share their favourite music, podcasts, and audiobooks directly from Spotify to TikTok. With this new integration, there are two ways to do that: Users can post to the TikTok Feed (FYP or Stories) by sharing tracks, albums, playlists, podcasts, or audiobooks using TikTok’s popular green screen feature or Photo […]

Mother Earth Radio releases new Android app

17/11/2024

Mother Earth Radio releases new Android app offering full metadata display and up to 192kHz sampling rate in high resolution FLAC or AAC/mpeg4 format. You can choose from four channels – eclectic, instrumental, jazz and classical with Mother Earth’s unique 429Hz tuning for meditation, relaxing and sleep improvement. For a detailed explanation as to why 429Hz go here. New additions to the app include: Song history and song requests for mobile devices above Android 8.0 […]

Radio 1 Anthems launches on BBC Sounds

15/11/2024

BBC Radio 1 Anthems launches on BBC Sounds with a wide range of music and acts supported by Radio 1 in the 2000s and 2010s, available to stream 24×7. The new stream features a dynamic presenting line-up that combines favourite Radio 1 voices with fresh new talent who have emerged from the Student Radio Association (SRA). Joining Radio 1 Anthems are exciting new hosts Chrissy Cameron, Lauren Redfern and Tyler Selby, all of whom have made their […]

Spotify subscribers hit 252 million in Q3 2024

13/11/2024

Spotify subscribers hit 252 million in Q3 2024, a 12% increase year on year, according to its recently released Q3 2024 financial results. Monthly Active Users (MAU) increased 11% to 640 million. Key financial results in Q3 2024 Monthly Active Users grew 11% year on year to 640 million with net additions of 14 million which was 1 million ahead of guidance Subscribers grew 12% year on year to 252 million. Net additions of 6 million were […]