How SiriusXM is Dominating in the Spotify Era; Bandcamp Paid Musicians Over $270M in 2017

SiriusXM boasts less than half the subscribers as the most popular on-demand music streaming service, but SiriusXM is booming while Spotify continues to lose money. What’s going on here?

Whether a song becomes a hit will depend where people listen.

Online independent music marketplace Bandcamp saw double digit growth in every aspect of its business and paid out more than $270 million to artists in 2017, the company has announced.

YBN Nahmir is a hugely popular rapper with impressive Soundcloud streaming numbers, and now, due to fishy activity, so is another rapper named Comethazine, who has been able to piggyback off those numbers.

As the battle for voice supremacy continues to heat up on the back of the release of Apple's HomePod, many people are currently preoccupied with which device music is being played on, not which songs.

The offer has arrived in seventy-nine markets overnight and three markets will launch on Feb. 26th. Countries where Apple Music student memberships are now available include Israel, Malaysia, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal and Taiwan.

With Spotify reportedly preparing to launch their direct listing next month, it has found a surprisingly clever way to inflate its US subscriber metrics.

Steven Stone explains why he has a major crush on Tidal and Roon...

Three separate stories this morning come together into a strand illustrating 2018’s status as a continued landgrab for new music-streaming subscribers.

Kenyan telco Safaricom has launched a brand new streaming service called Songa. Hailed as a game changer, the new app is expected to increase revenue sources for local, regional and international artists.

Spotify is vulnerable to competition from its better-funded rivals.

Donna Summers' 1982 hit State of Independence has experienced a resurgence on streaming websites after veteran music producer Quincy Jones claimed it was the basis for Michael Jackson's biggest hit.