Quarter of US adults own a smart speaker according to a report from NPR and Edison Research which found that 60 million US adults (24% of the 18+ population) own at least one smart speaker device. The Winter 2019 Smart Audio Report confirmed continued growth in the smart speaker market with the average smart speaker household now having 2.6 devices, up from 2.3 devices per household at the same time last year. The research also […]
US Music streaming tops 1 Trillion in 2019 according to BuzzAngle Music’s 2019 report on US music consumption. For the third year in a row, total consumption growth was up double-digits. The 13.5% growth in 2019 in total consumption was fuelled by the continued growth of on-demand streams. In 2018, there was a 16.2% growth in total consumption and an increase of 12.8% in 2017 over 2016. As a result of consumers continuing to move […]
The US record industry over the past decade (2010-2019) is charted by the RIAA in a series of infographics published on their Twitter feed. US Decade’s Top Ten awarded albums According the RIAA only Adele has a diamond album this decade and she has not 1 but 2 of them. Taylor Swift and Drake each have 3 of the top ten albums of the decade. Vinyl albums make a comeback Once considered a passed over […]
8tracks is to close at year end (2019) according to a recent announcement by the company. Launched on 8th August 2008 the streamer initially offered a globally available streaming service which in 2016 was restricted to the US and Canada due to licensing concerns. The reasons given for the closure are that because of its relatively small scale compared to the likes of Spotify it cannot charge enough in advertising to fund its advertising sponsored […]
US Spotify users can now play podcasts through Amazon Alexa and is available on both Spotify Free and Spotify Premium according to a recent blog posting. Until recently Spotify users have been able to ask Amazon Alexa to play music, like their Discover Weekly or Today’s Top Hits playlists, but not podcasts. But for US Amazon Alexa customers Spotify Free and Premium users can now ask Alexa to play their favourite podcasts as well. First […]
SiriusXM and Pandora predict the Breakout Artists of 2020 and produce an Artists to Watch 2020 playlist plus Latin, Country and Christian genre playlists. In a blog posting the streamer has produced bio’s of all the artists featured in the playlists which can be found here. Pandora and Next Big Sound have collaborated to select the 24 singers, rappers, DJs and bands they believe are poised for greatness in the coming year. Whether you’re into […]
Half of Americans can’t name a classical composer but a third say they like to listen to classical music according to a recent survey* commissioned by Primephonic and conducted by YouGov. The survey results published in a recent blog posting show that although Americans know very little about classical music, they like to listen to it. Of those that do, more than half of those who listen do not do so regularly. In the US […]
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