Spotify’s Most Streamed & Viral Tracks [US & UK]
Most streamed on Spotify April 15-21. UNITED STATES1. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, "Can't Hold Us" (Macklemore)2. Imagine Dragons, "Radioactive" (Interscope Records)3. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz,. Continue reading
Portugal. The Man Reaches Fans With Evil Friends Digital Sticker App For iOS
By David Chaitt (@chaitters), a SoundCtrl Board Member. Going to Ad Age Digital Conference, I had little or no understanding of photo app developer Aviary. Tobias Peggs, their CEO, was. Continue reading
Chirpify Adds $2 Million In Funding, Signs Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg & Puma For In-Stream Social Commerce
Today Chirpify, an instream social commerce app for Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, announced $2 million in new funding from Voyager Capital. That brings their investment total to date to $3.3. Continue reading
N.Y. Court Rules Against Grooveshark In Universal Music Battle
In a major blow to Grooveshark, a five judge panel of the New York Supreme Court’s appellate division ruled that music recorded prior to 1972 was not covered by safe. Continue reading
MusicGrid.me Relaunches, Partners With Criminal Records To Support Indie Record Stores
MusicGrid.me recently relaunched just in time for Record Store Day. It's basically a site where people can rate and review albums, as opposed to singles, and see what other people. Continue reading
CODEMKRS Announces Winners Of New Orleans’ First Music Hakathon
With festival season in full swing, New Orleans based non-profit CODEMKRS hosted the state’s first music hackathon in a 24 hour “code festival” held this weekend at the University of. Continue reading
Social Music Began With Napster’s Hot List
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. We like 8Tracks (web, iOS, Android) for mixtape sharing, because it makes it easy, and pretty. You simply upload songs from your computer (or. Continue reading
Dance Your Remixes With Crossfader Move & Mix
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Spacemen 3 released an album in 1994 called Taking Drugs To Make Music To Take Drugs To, which you can hear on YouTube, if. Continue reading
Hands On Grooveshark’s New Broadcast Feature: Exploring Your Inner DJ
Grooveshark continues its innovation streak with the launch of Broadcast, a new feature that turns any user into an online DJ. Grooveshark's Broadcast is much more than another playlist app.. Continue reading
Rhapsody Offers Sage Advice To Rival Upstarts
By Jon Maples of Rhapsody for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. One of the wonderful and humbling aspects of being in the streaming music business for over 10. Continue reading
