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Drake becomes first artist to achieve 1 billion streams in one week

Drake shatters streaming record

17/07/2018

UPDATE 17/07/2018: Drake’s Scorpion album achieved another first when he confirmed on Instagram that his album was streamed over a billion times worldwide in its opening week. Spotify accounted for 573 million streams with Apple Music notching up 498 million streams. Streaming figures for the first week of release in the US were 321 million on Spotify and 401 million on Apple Music. On its first day of release, Drake’s Scorpion shattered both Spotify’s and Apple […]

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Apple Music previews web player

06/06/2018

Apple Music has previewed an embeddable music player which brings the prospect of listeners being able to play songs, albums and playlists in a browser instead of using iTunes. While the player does not offer full access to the Apple Music catalogue, it is the first time that subscribers can listen to their music from a computer without needing to install iTunes. The player features a pause and play button, a progress bar, and skip […]

Apple iOS 11.4 supports new HomePod music control

Apple delivers stereo and multi-room audio with iOS 11.4

01/06/2018

Apple’s latest iOS upgrade brings stereo pairs and multi-room audio to its HomePod wireless speaker. Using AirPlay 2, music can be played in any room, moved from one room to another or the same song can be played everywhere using any iOS device, HomePod, Apple TV or by asking Siri. HomePod stereo pairs With two HomePod speakers set up as a stereo pair each HomePod automatically adjusts the audio for optimum sound quality using a […]

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Bandsintown integrates Apple Music for seamless discovery experience

23/05/2018

Bandsintown, a specialist app for concert goers, has integrated Apple Music which will help Apple Music subscribers discover more artists by seamlessly listening to an artist’s catalogue and simultaneously browsing live events without ever having to switch between apps. The Bandsintown app uses Apple’s MusicKit integration technology to enable background listening and a seamless experience for uses. Bandsintown already has links to connect Spotify accounts to the Bandsintown app and a similar close integration would […]

EU competition regulators open ‘in-depth investigation’ into Apple’s Shazam takeover

27/04/2018

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into the proposed acquisition of Shazam by Apple under the EU Merger Regulation. The Commission is concerned that the merger could reduce choice for users of music streaming services. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said ‘The way people listen to music has changed significantly in recent years, with more and more Europeans using music streaming services. Our investigation aims to ensure that music fans will continue to enjoy […]