Spotify for Artists app upgraded with a new design, a new Home tab and real time statistics and is available now for both iOS and Android. In addition to a new look, the new Home tab now gives access to resources and updates about your milestones and expanded real time statistics for new releases. Spotify for Artists new features New releases and milestones The app helps you keep track of your new release with real-time […]
Global engagement with music listening increasing according to a new report from IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. The Music Listening 2019 report has been published in previous years under its former title IFPI Music Consumer Insight Report. It examines the ways in which music consumers aged 16 – 64 engage with recorded music across 21 countries. Report highlights Music listening is up. Respondents typically spend 18 hours per week listening […]
Paid for views will no longer count in YouTube Music Charts and their 24-hour record debut policy to improve the credibility of their charts. In a YouTube blog posting, the company asserts that. ‘YouTube Music Charts have become an indispensable source for the industry and the most accurate place for measuring the popularity of music listening behaviour happening on the world’s largest music platform. In an effort to provide more transparency to the industry and […]
Spotify in India – the first six months of streaming data since Spotify’s launch in early March of this year shows that local music is becoming increasingly popular. At launch Spotify saw a surge in streams of pop hits from around the world. But after six months, Spotify’s listeners in India are showing plenty of love for music from home as well as abroad – plus a few other notable trends. Spotify commented in a […]
Streaming now accounts for 95% of US Latin music market with revenue growing 17% in the first half of 2019, according to the RIAA, the US recording industry association. Latin music revenues in the US grew 13.5% to $232 million versus the prior year, building on three consecutive years of growth at the end of 2018. Total streaming revenues grew 17% to $220 million, accounting for 95% of the Latin music market. In the first […]
Amazon Music launches in Brazil offering Amazon Music, Amazon Music Unlimited and Prime Music all with local playlists and content. Amazon Music Unlimited offers an ad-free service which includes chart-topping releases from Brazilian and International artists including Pabllo Vittar, Post Malone, Ivete Sangalo, Billie Eilish, Gustavo Mioto along with locally curated playlists and stations developed specifically for music fans in Brazil. Prime Music is also now available in Brazil, offering Prime members a selection of […]
YouTube Music launches in the Middle East and is available now in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman and Qatar. YouTube Music subscriptions start at SAR 19.99 and YouTube Premium at SAR 23.99. Regional director of marketing at Google MENA, Tarek Abdalla said, “For over a decade, millions of people in the Arab world have come to YouTube to watch, learn and listen. Music is the second most popular category on […]
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