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The Weeknd wins IFPI Global Digital Single Award for second year running

28/02/2022

The Weeknd wins IFPI Global Digital Single Award for second year running according to IFPI’s recently published Top 10 Global Digital Singles of 2021 chart. The IFPI Global Digital Single Award is presented to the world’s best-selling single of the year across all digital formats – including paid subscription streaming, ad-supported platforms, and single-track downloads and streams. The Weeknd becomes the first ever artist ever to win the digital single award two years in a […]

Get 3 months of Amazon Music for free

25/02/2022

Get 3 months of Amazon Music for free. The offer is available for new subscribers only and after the free period will revert to the normal subscription rate of £9.99 per month (£7.99 per month for Prime Members). Amazon’s deal is available in most territories with equivalent local pricing. Your subscription will renew automatically after the introductory offer and you can cancel your renewal at any time. The offer is available now and runs until […]

Nordic audiobook subscriptions will increase in 2022

24/02/2022

Nordic audiobook subscriptions will increase in 2022 according to Mediavision, the Nordic independent analysis and consultancy firm. Their analysis based on a survey of stakeholders in the Nordic media industry is published in their Mediavision Industry Outlook 2022. The surveys covered all sections of the media industry including video, audio and print but the main takeaways for audio are: The industry expects diminishing growth for household spend on audio About half of all respondents believe that […]

Spotify Car Thing officially launched

23/02/2022

Spotify Car Thing officially launched and is only available in the US for $89.99 but will require you to have a Spotify Premium account to use it. Back in April 2021, Spotify announced its experiment with a smart player that could seamlessly fill your car with a world of music, news, entertainment, talk, and more. Then in October, it unveiled a limited release of Car Thing to Spotify Premium users. It is now fully available in the US and […]

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 […]