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Drake named Global Recording Artist of 2018

10/03/2019

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 […]

US recorded music revenues hit $9.8 Bn in 2018

09/03/2019

US recorded music revenues hit $9.8 Bn in 2018 up 12% on the previous year according to the RIAA, the US recorded music industry association. For the third year in a row growth was driven primarily by increased revenues from paid subscription services from Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, Amazon and others, achieving more than 50 million subscriptions in the US. Revenue growth from streaming formats continued to be offset by decreases from both digital downloads […]

Google Play/YouTube Music planning to add news in Australia

09/03/2019

Google Play/YouTube Music planning to add news in Australia which is likely to affect traditional media players according to a report from Roy Morgan, the Australian market research company. The conclusions from the report suggest that introducing news content into Google Play/YouTube Music streaming music services will present a significant challenge for TV, radio and traditional newspapers. Over 5.4 million Australians now use music streaming services with Spotify the clear industry leader used by nearly […]

SoundCloud Go+ for Students introduced

08/03/2019

SoundCloud Go+ for Students introduced giving full-time students all the benefits of SoundCloud’s premium listener subscription for half price. The new offering gives eligible college and university students access to SoundCloud Go+ at the discounted price of $4.99/€4.99 per month. SoundCloud Go+ for Students features SoundCloud’s full catalogue of over 200 million tracks including original tracks, DJ sets, remixes and more, from +20 million emerging and established creators Ad-free listening Track downloads for offline listening […]

Amarjit Batra, Managing Director - Spotify India

Spotify adds I million new users in India in one week

07/03/2019

Spotify adds I million new users in India in one week after its delayed launch on 27th February 2019 according to a company spokesperson. However, the company declined to say how may of these new listeners were paying subscribers or were using the ad-supported Spotify Free service. Spotify is up against strong competition in India with players like JioSaavn, Amazon Music, Xiaomi-backed Hungama and Gaana. Gaana, backed by Chinese tech giant Tencent has over 80 […]

Spotify launches in India

04/03/2019

Spotify launches in India, the world’s second most populated country where it is estimated there are over 400 million active internet users. Spotify’s has customised its offering to Indian music fans offering everything from Bollywood to Bhangra plus access to Spotify’s international music catalogue. At the services launch, Daniel Ek, Spotify founder and CEO, said, “As Spotify grows, our goal is to bring millions of artists and billions of fans together from every country and […]

Study of Spotify’s inner workings

28/02/2019

Spotify Teardown is a study of Spotify’s inner workings and provides an academic investigation into streaming music. The research was carried out by 5 Swedish academics to show the inner workings of Spotify that traces the transformation of audio files into the streamed experience. Published by MIT Press on the 19th March 2019, the team of five researchers borrowed the notion of ‘teardown from reverse-engineering processes and disassembled Spotify’s product and the way it is […]