Spotify reveals its 2022 Wrapped podcasts

Drake named Global Recording Artist of 2018 by IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. Drake has been named the world’s best-selling recording artist of 2018, following the global success of his fifth album Scorpion, including tracks God’s Plan, Nice for What and In My Feelings. Drake is the only artist to ever hold this title multiple times, with his first being in 2016. Released in June 2018, Drake’s 25-track double album […]

Listening to music is good for your health is the conclusion of a study commissioned by Deezer which established a ‘Recommended Daily Allowance’ (RDA) for music. The study conducted by the British Academy of Sound Therapy (BAST) looked at how different music styles affect our mental and physical well-being and concluded that we should listen to music for at least 78 minutes a day. The global study of over 7500 people looked at the relationship […]

More UK artists reap the rewards of streaming with 1,800 artists achieving more than 10 million streams in the UK alone in the past 12 months according to data compiled by the BPI. This is 72% more than the total of 1,048 artists who achieved the equivalent 10,000 album sales in the CD, LP and download market of 2007.  Streaming has also made the market more ‘democratic’ – the top 10 artists dominated less of […]