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Beatport’s streaming service for DJs now offers lossless FLAC

15/10/2024

Beatport’s streaming service for DJs now offers lossless FLAC for Professional plan subscribers with access to over 12 million electronic music tracks. Support is available for a number of DJ hardware and software platforms such as djay Pro, VirtualDJ, DJ.Studio, Edjing Mix, Tribe XR and Serato DJ Pro for Macs with CDJ-3000, rekordbox, and Traktor ‘coming soon’. Beatport Streaming Professional subscribers can easily switch between streaming audio quality in their chosen DJ platform, or if […]

Spotify extends AI Playlist Beta to more countries

15/10/2024

Spotify extends AI Playlist Beta to more countries following on from its initial launch in April 2024 to Premium subscribers in the UK and Australia. AI Playlist combines Spotify’s personalization technology with generative AI so users can turn their most creative ideas into playlists. To date, users in the UK and Australia have created millions of playlists that they keep coming back to. To create a playlist with AI Playlist just enter a unique prompt […]

Music sales in Spain grew by 16.6% in first half of 2024

14/10/2024

Music sales in Spain grew by 16.6% in first half of 2024 with vinyl LPs continuing to outsell CDs according to Promusicae, the Spanish record industry association. Spaniards spent €249.8 million on music consumption, both in digital and physical formats that represents a 16.6% growth for the Spanish music industry, compared to the same period of 2023 (€214.3 million). Total music sales for the period were €224.15 million euros with digital consumption making up 89.7% of […]

US Latin music grew 7% in first half of 2024

14/10/2024

The US Latin music market grew 7% in first half of 2024 with 98.7% being digital according to the RIAA, the US recording industry association. During this period revenues from Latin music in the US grew to a record high of $685 million and represents 7.9% of the total US music market up from 7.5% in the first half of 2023. Paid streaming subscriptions contributed more than two-thirds of total revenues and added more value than […]

Qobuz adds DSD and DXD download catalogue

12/10/2024

Qobuz adds DSD and DXD download catalogue sourced from original studio files not SACDs to its hifi download store. Listeners can download more than 22,500 tracks mainly in DSD format, adding to the more than 100 million songs already available. Offering a unique approach to sound reproduction, DSD and DXD are high-resolution audio formats that are distinct from the traditional PCM system used in formats like WAV, FLAC, ALAC, and AIFF. DSD is used as […]

SoundCloud introduces Mood and Genre Filters

08/10/2024

SoundCloud introduces Mood and Genre Filters allowing users to filter tracks based on what you’re feeling in the moment. Navigate to your Liked tracks from the Library, select your mood or genre and your entire collection will be filtered by AI, serving up a perfect playlist to match it. Depending on the types of tracks you have liked, you will see different mood and genre filters. You can easily tap on any filter which will […]

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q2 2024

08/10/2024

BBC Sounds continues to grow in Q2 2024 with 608 million plays of all content across radio, podcasts and music mixes, an increase of almost 5% from the same period last year. Data shows there was a weekly audience average of 4.88 million with a peak of 5 million weekly users. The RAJAR figures for the same period show that podcast listening is at an all-time high with 12.3 million people in the UK (15+) […]