Triller Passes 26.5M US Users, Adds Partners Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd, Marshmello, More
Triller, the rapidly growing music social video platform and TikTok rival has announced a mega-roster of new investors and partners. Triller’s new backers include Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd, Marshmello, Lil. Continue reading
Ten Years After: Music Consumers and the Decade of the Teens
As the decade comes to a close, analyst Russ Crupnick of MusicWatch looks back at how music and how we discover and consume it has changed over the last 10. Continue reading
How Authorless Music’s Rise Will Bring Authorful Music
While there is some concerns in the music industry that advancements in artificial intelligence will create a boom in ‘authorless music,’ we here look at why this could also trigger. Continue reading
Spotify Tests ‘Tastebuds’ To Bring Back Social Music Discovery
Remember the good old days of 2016 when music discovery meant listening to a friend’s recommendations instead of an algorithm? Spotify, the company that pioneered data-driven music recommendations, is testing. Continue reading
7 Ways For Producers To Make Money In 2020
Being successful as a music producer requires more dedication and hard work than a lot of jobs, but is nonetheless a very valuable skillset. Here we look at seven keys. Continue reading
YouTube Music Adds 3 Personalized Discovery Playlists
YouTube Music has added three personalized playlists: Discover Mix, New Release Mix, and Your Mix. Like Spotify’s Discover Weekly and Release Radar, these new playlists help “keep you up to. Continue reading
Spotify’s ‘Today’s Top Hits’ Passes 25M Followers, 30B Streams
Spotify playlist Today’s Top Hits has passed 25 Million followers and 20 billion streams. If Today’s Top Hits was an artist, it would be the third most-streamed artist on Spotify. Continue reading
The Orchard Adds Streaming Analytics App
Sony-owned indie music distributor The Orchard has launched the mobile app OrchardGo to give labels and artists access to data from Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming services. OrchardGo, which. Continue reading
Caribou’s Dan Snaith Talks New Music, Discovery, and Spotify’s Altar Playlist
Industry veteran and artist/DJ/producer Dain Snaith – most famously of Caribou – weighs in on the state of electronic music today, his creative process and an upcoming release. From Spotify. Continue reading
Deezer Let’s Users Ban Songs, Artists
If your brief obsession with “Dance Mokey” is over or the thought of listening to one more track from a known sex offender pushes you over the edge (which it. Continue reading
