Month: December 2016

Baile Funk? Speed Garage? 10 Genres You’ve Never Heard Of Top Spotify’s Emerging Genre Chart

Witch House, World Meditation and Dangdut are among the ten that top the list of new genres emerging in 2016 on Spotify. The music streamer did not share stats, but. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Echo, Americas, Android (operating system), Apple Inc., Associated Press, Latin America, music, record label, Spotify, Taylor Swift, United States

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iHeart Puts New Spin On Pandora, Spotify w/Today’s Launch Of IHeartRadio Plus and All Access Powered by Napster

On Wednesday, iHeartMeida launched both the Pandora-like ad free iHeartRadio Plus and iHeartRadio All Access, a full service music streamer. Rather than build their own music service from scratch, the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Echo, Android (operating system), Apple Inc., Apple Music, Google Play Music, iHeartMedia, iHeartRadio, IPhone, iTunes, Spotify

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Spotify Discover Weekly Has Helped Fans Unearth 300 Billion Tracks

Included with Spotify's annual lists of artists, albums, tracks and trends that topped the service in 2016, was a note that the music streamer's Discover Weekly playlists had been streamed more. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2016 in Music Marketing | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Amazon Echo, Amazon Music, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Google, Google Play Music, iTunes, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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How We Listen To Music In Our Cars

While listening to music in the car has long been a tradition, the way in which we do it has changed significantly over the years, as technology has developed to. Continue reading

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Tags: Bette Midler, Broadway theatre, Class Action, Gavin Creel, Howard Kaylan, Mark Volman, San Francisco, Seth Rudetsky, Sirius XM Holdings, Sirius XM Radio

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Pandora Top Spins: Anne-Marie Rings ‘Alarm,’ New Taylor Swift Song

Here we take a look at the the tracks dominating Pandora this holiday season, from the Chainsmokers, to the rising star Rae Sremmurd, to a new throwback-esque country hit from. Continue reading

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Tags: American Music Award, Ariana Grande, European Union, Hillary Clinton, iHeartRadio, Instagram, Lady Gaga, Selena Gomez, Taylor Swift, United States

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Spotify Shares Most Streamed Artists, Albums, Songs,Trends of 2016

Spotify has shared its annual lists of artists, albums, tracks and trends that top streaming in 2016. “Drake has been unstoppable this year - he’s a true global superstar,” said Stefan. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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THU. BRIEF: Spotify’s Near Death Moment • New Music Media Titan? • Investments In Artists • PledgeMusic • More

Thursday 12.1.16 Music Business News From Around The Web It's December 1st. Let the year end wrap ups and 2017 predicitions begin! We want to hear yours. Updated continuously under. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2016 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)

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