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Play Apple Music with Alexa

Play Apple Music with Alexa on Amazon Echo and Fire TV in the US only. Apple Music subscribers can now ask Alexa to play songs, artists, playlists, and more from Apple Music or playlists from your Library. Here’s what you need An Apple Music subscription, an Amazon Echo or Fire TV device that you have already set up with the Amazon Alexa app on your iOS or Android device making sure that you have the latest […]

Boomplay and Warner Music Group Licensing deal
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Boomplay does licensing deal with Warner Music

Boomplay does licensing deal with Warner Music adding Warner Music’s extensive catalogue of more than one million songs to its users in ten countries – Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Boomplay currently has 5 million songs in its catalogue with 42 million users. Claiming to be Africa’s largest music and streaming and download service this deal follows on from Boomplay’s recent licensing arrangement with Universal Music Group in […]

IFPI Global Singles Chart 2018
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Havana by Camila Cabello is best-selling single of 2018

Havana by Camila Cabello (featuring Young Thug) is named best-selling digital single of 2018 by IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. Released in 2017, Havana is the lead track from Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello’s eponymous debut solo album. Drawing on influences from Cabello’s Cuban heritage, the track, and the subsequent remix version with Spanish lyrics from Daddy Yankee, reached number one in 95 countries, rocketing Cabello to global solo success. In […]

Tidal MQA on iOS
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TIDAL Masters now on iOS

TIDAL Masters now on mobile with an iOS app with built-in MQA decoder to allow HiRes streaming on the move. The eagerly awaited update to TIDAL’s iOS app follows the recent Android news announced at CES in January 2019. With TIDAL Masters playback now accessible on iPhones and Android smartphones, as well as desktop and connected devices, studio quality sound is now available on all major platforms. Using a process called ‘music origami’, MQA’s technology […]

The German Music Market 2018 - Shares in Revenue
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No growth for German music market in 2018

The BVMI, Germany’s recorded music industry association has reported no growth for the German music market in 2018 which achieved sales of €1.582 Bn – a small decline of 0.4% less than in 2017. Final figures for 2018 show that audio streaming, which continued to soar (+ 33.5%), now accounts for 46.4% of the market with CDs still the second strongest seller with a market share of 36.4% despite a decline of around 20%. Downloads contributed […]

Spotify - 5 Fast Facts about Spotify and Samsung's Partnership expansion
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Spotify expands Samsung partnership

Spotify expands Samsung partnership providing easy access to Spotify on Samsung mobile devices. Additionally new Spotify consumers in the US with select Samsung Galaxy mobile devices, including the just-launched Galaxy S10, may qualify for six months of free Spotify Premium, redeemable in app. Those devices include the soon-to-be-released Galaxy S10, S10+, S10e, S10 5G, Galaxy Fold and select Galaxy A Series phones. Starting on 8th March 2019 Spotify also will be pre-installed on millions of […]

SONOS range of speakers
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Qobuz now integrates with SONOS in the US

Qobuz now integrates with SONOS in the US giving Qobuz HiFi subscribers access to CD Quality (16bit/44.1 kHz) audio. Most SONOS users will be streaming at MP3 quality (320 kbps) but their SONOS devices are capable of full CD quality. US users who subscribe to Qobuz’s HiFi plan for $19.99/month will be able to stream full CD Quality music and push their SONOS gear to its maximum potential. SONOS also provide a number of additional […]