REWIND: The new music industry’s last week in review

A busy week by any definition, the music industry was no exception, with Apple Music topping Spotify’s catalog, Iran arresting a musician for going viral, and more.

• Apple Music now hosts 100 million songs, 18 million more than Spotify
• Google takes on Dolby Atmos audio, and Vision video with free open formats
• Soundcloud connects with Session to simplify music & metadata transfer
• Iran arrests musician as a song with crowd-sourced lyrics goes viral
• Apple Music For Artists adds personalized Profiles, lyrics & more
• New music uploads jump 66% in 18 months to 100,000 tracks EVERY DAY