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Amazon Music brings spatial audio to Alexa Cast devices

20/10/2021

Amazon Music brings spatial audio to Alexa Cast devices as well as iOS and Android devices with their existing headphones. Originally introduced to Amazon Music subscribers in 2019, spatial audio provides an immersive, multidimensional audio experience with new releases from artists including FINNEAS, Lil Nas X, and Remi Wolf. You will also be able to hear Alicia Keys’ full catalogue in 360 Reality Audio, including classic albums like Songs in A Minor and Girl on Fire. In November, Amazon Music will exclusively release Mercury – […]

Spotify releases new version of Car Thing

18/10/2021

Spotify releases new version of Car Thing which is only available in the US and has both a limited availability and a wait list. Car Thing was initially released in April this year as a smart player that fills your car with music, news, entertainment, talk, and more. Available for just the price of shipping, Spotify are now expanding this limited US release of Car Thing to users who are interested in purchasing the device. Spotify […]

Pandora launches ‘The Lookout by SoundCloud’

17/10/2021

Pandora launches ‘The Lookout by SoundCloud’, the trendsetting playlist spotlighting the next wave of hip hop superstars. The Pandora station will feature songs heard on the SiriusXM show of the same name, which airs on SiriusXM’s Hip-Hop Nation (Ch. 44) and is hosted by music journalist Sowmya Krishnamurthy. ‘The Lookout by SoundCloud’ on Pandora will feature new artists weekly like Toosii, Sheff G, Metro Marrs, Young Devyn, $NOT, Dro Kenjo, Cico P, Flo Milli, Nevi, SoFaygo, Isaiah Rashad, Sleepy Rose, and […]

Deezer hosts Amsterdam Dance Event 2021 channel

11/10/2021

Deezer hosts the Amsterdam Dance Event 2021 channel offering playlists including Trance & Progressive and House & Disco. The streamer is the official partner to ‘ADE 2021’ and contains curated content and tracks that mirror the sounds you’d find at the festival, alongside a few new surprises. Available now, the ADE website will host a Deezer music widget with an exclusive ‘Sounds of ADE’ playlist. The new playlist includes tracks from the likes of Charlotte de […]

Music sales in Spain grew by 12.4% in first half of 2022

Music sales in Spain increase by 22% in first half of 2021

09/10/2021

Music sales in Spain increase by 22% in first half of 2021 with physical sales recovering but not to pre-pandemic levels according to Promusicae, the Spanish record industry association. Spaniards spent almost 169.2 million euros in consuming music, both in digital and physical formats that represents a 22.3% increase compared to the same period of 2020 (138.3 million euros) – a time marked by the start of the pandemic, the preventive closure of non-essential shops […]

Deezer rolls out an Emotional Jukebox

08/10/2021

Deezer rolls out an Emotional Jukebox with an extension to its signature Flow feature letting you get in touch with your feelings. Flow now has a brand new smart Flow Moods wheel which takes personalization to the next level. Each ‘mood’ is uniquely matched to your taste and listening preferences using data, smart algorithms and suggestions from Deezer’s editors around the world to create the right mood mix for you. Flow Moods includes artists you […]

Qobuz expands into Japan

08/10/2021

Qobuz expands into Japan by acquiring e-onkyo music, a high-resolution music download platform, from Onkyo Corporation, the Japanese high-end electronics manufacturer. The purchase by Xandrie SA, the parent company of Qobuz, represents a new major strategic step forward for Qobuz, which intends to continue its international expansion. It follows the launch of the service last April in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland), as well as in Australia and New Zealand. Other opening plans […]