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YouTube Music releases 2021 Recap

10/12/2021

YouTube Music releases 2021 Recap a first-time experience that will bring you fun, shareable stats, and a personalized playlist to help you relive all your favourite music from the past year. Music fans can tap into their 2021 Recap landing page on the YouTube Music app and scroll through to see their personalized stats (top artists, songs, music videos, and playlists) from this year. There are also top playlists made by YouTube Music listeners, The 2021 Recap also highlights your […]

Your Spotify 2021 Wrapped becomes available

05/12/2021

Your Spotify 2021 Wrapped becomes available letting you relive the music and podcasts you listened to during the year. In addition Spotify have created playlists of the top music and podcasts streamed globally in 2021. Your Spotify Wrapped 2021 In addition to your top artists, genres, songs, and podcasts and the minutes listened, your personalized Wrapped experience includes several all-new features: 2021: The Movie – This feature pairs your top songs with classic scenes from a […]

Spotify Review

05/12/2021

History Launched in 2008 Spotify has 381 million active users with 172 million paying subscribers (as at Q3 2021) across 184 countries. Spotify has been the leader in the streaming field for some time and despite not having a CD Quality or HiRes service it has produced a service which has near ubiquitous availability across HiFi, mobile, PCs, tablets, smart TVs and speakers and In Car Entertainment (ICE) systems. That and its ease of use […]

SoundCloud announces ‘The SoundCloud Playback’ 2021

04/12/2021

SoundCloud announces ‘The SoundCloud Playback’ 2021 featuring fan-powered top picks plus a newly expanded ‘Your 2021 Playback’. The Playback (SoundCloud’s end of year review) spotlights the year’s top artists, tracks, biggest debuts, hardest hits and engaging artist-to-fan moments. Powered by fans and communities driving what’s next in music culture, ‘The SoundCloud Playback’ is rooted in music discovery from emerging and established creators, making it the antithesis of expected mainstream round-ups. The Top Artist spot goes to YoungBoy Never […]

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SoundCloud Review

03/12/2021

History SoundCloud was originally set up in 2008 as an online audio distribution platform that enabled its users to upload, record, promote and share their originally-created sounds. Recently it has split its subscriptions into a ‘listener’ Go channel which targets users who want music streaming and downloading and its ‘creator’ Pro channel which follows its original focus allowing the uploading of content, downloads for fans and reporting of interest in downloads and streamed tracks. A […]

90% of US adults believe enhanced audio quality is a ‘must have’

02/12/2021

90% of US adults believe enhanced audio quality is a ‘must have’ according to a recent survey commissioned by Dolby Laboratories into music listening behaviour. The survey of 2,000 adults in the US was commissioned by Dolby between 10-12 November 2021 and found that when choosing a music streaming plan, music fans prioritize quality above all – especially Gen Z. This insight coincides with broader industry trends around the increase among streaming services that offer subscribers enhanced audio through spatial […]

YouTube Music grows share of Dutch app market in Q3 2021

02/12/2021

YouTube Music grows share of Dutch app market in Q3 2021 according to Telecompaper’s Dutch Apps Market report for Q3 2021. The research by Telecompaper, an independent research and publishing company focussed on the telecommunications industry was based on a poll of 5000 respondents aged between 16 and 80 years of age in Q3 2021. Spotify’s streaming music app was installed on 43% of all Dutch smartphones in Q3 making it the market leader in the […]