Listen to TikTok songs in your music app
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Listen to TikTok songs in your music app

Listen to TikTok songs in your music app with their new feature ‘Add to Music App’ which saves the songs you discover in TikTok to the music streaming service of your choice. The Add to Music App is launching for users in the US and UK in partnership with the major music streaming services, including Amazon Music and Spotify. The feature will appear as a button that says Add Song next to a track name at the bottom of a TikTok […]

UK music exports generated £4 Bn in 2022
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UK music exports generated £4 Bn in 2022

UK music exports generated £4 Bn in 2022 according to UK Music, the collective voice of the UK music industry representing all sectors of the industry. In their annual economic report, This is Music 2023, they set out the contribution made by the music industry to the UK economy. Their key findings were: UK music exports generated £4 Bn in 2022 – a figure aided by growth in recording and music publishing, as well as […]

Deezer’s most streamed albums in 2023 so far
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Deezer’s most streamed albums in 2023 so far

Statistics on Deezer’s most streamed albums in 2023 so far were published yesterday to support National Album Day in the UK which was on the 14th October this year. The data shows a generational divide between those who consume albums, and those who cherry-pick their songs and stick to playlists – is narrowing in 2023. Based on this year’s listening habits (up to 14/09/2023), the highlights are: Beyonce’s Renaissance holds the record as the year’s […]

Spotify Premium users to get Audiobook access
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Spotify Premium users to get Audiobook access

Spotify Premium users are to get Audiobook access for up to 15 hours per month as part of their subscription plan. The offer is slightly caveated as only Premium subscribers as well as plan managers for Family and Duo accounts will be eligible and only for users in the UK and Australia. Subscribers in the US are expected to be added later this year. Over 150,000 audiobooks will be available in this offering. 10-hour top […]

Joy Hits
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Joy Hits

Joy Hits is a UK radio station broadcasting a mix of pop and dance. The station had a lossless CD Quality Lossless CD FLAC stream which went off air in late spring but this October has returned.  It also has 128 and 256kbps MP3 and 128 kbps AAC streams all of which are available either as direct stream links or via their webplayer. Their website has a downloadable Android app and links to their social […]

Top 25 UK podcasts for Q2 2023
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Top 25 UK podcasts for Q2 2023

The Top 25 UK podcasts for Q2 2023 chart according to Edison Podcast Metrics has been published by Edison Research. Edison Podcast Metrics UK, the only podcast measurement service that measures the relative audience size and demographics of all podcasts and podcast networks in the UK. The Edison Podcast Metrics Top 25 UK Podcasts of Q2 2023 list is derived from data collected continuously during the second quarter of 2023, interviewing 2,273 weekly podcast consumers ages 15 and […]

60North Radio
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60North Radio

60North Radio is an internet radio station broadcasting mainly indie music based in the Shetland Islands way up in the north of the UK. Started in 2004 as a local information station it had 6 low power FM transmitters by 2005 but by 2014 the harsh local weather had destroyed them all. Now the station is internet radio only and broadcasts a CD Quality lossless FLAC stream, 48kbps and 256kbps AAC streams and a 320kbps […]