The Evolution Of 3rd Party Playlists
While a lot of airtime and marketing energy is put into landing a track on an official playlist, less attention is given to thriving sub-industry of third-party playlisting, and how. Continue reading
Tencent Music [TME] Ends First Trading Day Up 7.7%
After opening at $14.10, Tencent Music ended its first day of trading Wednesday up $1.00 at $14.00 or 7.69% above it's $13.00 target IPO asking price. At one point in. Continue reading
Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” Is Most Streamed Song Of The 20th Century
"Bohemian Rhapsody,” the iconic song by Queen, has became the world’s most-streamed song from the 20th Century, as well as the most-streamed Classic Rock song of all time more than. Continue reading
Qobuz Hi-Res Streaming Service US Launch Imminent
While consumer need for a hi-res streaming services seems to have cooled down of late and most listeners seemingly content with CD-quality music, Qobux close to imminent launching its hi-res. Continue reading
Dear Spotify, Please Build A ‘Followed Artists’ Feed
While the world's leading streaming service has taken great strides in empowering artists on its platform, it has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to users.. Continue reading
These 5 Music Genres Grew The Most On Spotify In 2018
Alongside the usual most streamed artists, songs and albums lists of 2018, Spotify added the 5 fastest growing music genres on the platform. Several of them barely existed just 12. Continue reading
Spotify’s 2018 Top Artists, Songs, Albums and Playlists
Spotify has revealed its 2018 lists of most streamed artists, tracks, playlists, podcasts and more of 2018. Sure, there's plenty of Drake and Ariana Grande. But there are also some. Continue reading
Apple Music Reveals 2018 Top Songs, Albums [Full Charts]
Apple Music unveiled its 2018 Top 100 songs and albums. Its Artist Of The Year Drake tops both lists and has 3 of the Top 5 songs. Juice WRLD was. Continue reading
Streaming Services Hold Key To Music’s Diversity [Op-Ed]
Johan Svanberg of indie distributor Record Union looks at the need for music streaming services to become more diverse and egalitarian; not only where gender and ethnicity are concerned, but. Continue reading
Qobuz Sets Early 2019 US Launch with Hi-Res Streams, Downloads, Additional Content
Qobuz, which bills itself as the world’s only certified hi-res streaming and download service, will launch in the US in early 2019. 40 million tracks will be available in “lossless”. Continue reading
