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Spotify celebrates one year in South Korea

23/02/2022

Spotify celebrates one year in South Korea and now delivers an average of over 7.97 Bn K-Pop streams globally per month, a 27% increase compared to the year before. Across Spotify’s 184 markets, the top 10 countries whose listeners had discovered Korean artists during the last year were the US, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Germany, UK, Philippines, Japan, and France. Listeners from these countries also went to the K-Pop hub in droves to discover new […]

YouTube publishes its plans for 2022

21/02/2022

YouTube publishes its plans for 2022 which are centred around ‘Community, Collaboration and Commerce’. In a recent blog posting, YouTube’s Chief Product Officer Neal Mohan offers an inside look at this year’s new products, tools, and features for its creators, viewers, and partners. As can be imagined this focusses mainly on YouTube and how creators and partners can promote their work and monetize their efforts. As far as YouTube Music is concerned there are no […]

Gen Z consumers plan to stream more music in 2022

21/02/2022

Gen Z consumers plan to stream more music in 2022 according to YouGov’s recently released Global Media Outlook Report 2022. Across the 17 international markets surveyed, a higher proportion of consumers plan to stream more music in the next 12 months (22%) compared to listening to more radio (17%) and more podcasts (16%). Younger generations are set to boost the popularity of streaming music as well as podcasts. About two in five (38%) Gen Z […]

Swedish music subscriptions grew 7% in 2021

17/02/2022

Swedish music subscriptions grew 7% in 2021 reaching a total of £196 million according to Mediavision, the Nordic independent analysis and consultancy firm. Sweden’s music streaming market grew by SEK 170 million (£13.3 million) which was caused mainly by an increase in the price of subscriptions as the number of paying households remained largely the same. Mediavision noted that several of the services available on the Swedish market increased prices last year – including Spotify, Amazon […]

Deezer now has 90 million tracks

10/02/2022

Deezer now has 90 million tracks up from 70 million previously announced with almost 100% of its music catalogue available in CD Quality lossless FLAC (16-bit/44.1kHz). The streamer said, “Deezer works closely with major and independent labels all over the world to make sure that our listeners can find any music they want, no matter how big or niche.” Deezer offers the following subscription plans. Deezer Free Standard Plans Deezer Premium £11.99/month 1 month free […]

Spotify subscribers hit 180 million in Q4 2021

03/02/2022

Spotify subscribers hit 180 million in Q4 2021, a 16% increase year on year, according to its recently released Q4 2021 financial results. Monthly Active Users (MAU) increased 18% to 406 million. Revenue of €2,689 million was up 24% year on year in the quarter despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The streamer also showed strong growth in its advertising revenue of €394 million up 40% from a year before. The company posted a […]

Spotify clarifies its approach to COVID-19

01/02/2022

Spotify clarifies its approach to COVID-19 explaining its Platform Rules and the work it has done to promote informational awareness during the pandemic. In a blog posting Daniel Ek, CEO and Founder of Spotify sets out its platform policies in the wake of the disagreements over Joe Rogan’s podcasts which led to Neil Young removing his music from the streamer. Ek goes on to say that, “You’ve had a lot of questions over the last […]