YouTube Music adds another 13 European countries

Local music continues to top the album charts in France in the first half of 2023 according to figures released by SNEP, the French music industry association. In an analysis of the top 200 albums in the first six months of 2023: 17 of the Top 20 albums are French productions Three quarters of the Top 200 albums are French productions 33 first albums rank in the Top 200 with more than three quarters produced in France. […]

Neil Young streams back catalogue in HiRes making almost all  of his back catalogue going back to 1960 right up to the present day available for streaming in ‘Master Quality’, ranging from 44.1kHz/16bit (CD quality) to 192kHz/24bit. The site styled as the Neil Young Archive (NYA) contains everything Young has released as a soloist or bandleader, plus his work as a member of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. However unreleased albums and […]

Rolling Stone rolls out daily charts with five new charts available auto-populating in almost real-time on a daily basis, with finalized overviews available at the end of each week. The Rolling Stone Charts announced by the music magazine are powered by its independent analytics company Alpha Data, formerly known as BuzzAngle Music, which collects and processes data from dozens of major suppliers. The company aims ‘to reflect the true impact of music, celebrate the artists […]