Melon to Launch a Music World on Roblox; Inside the Business of Beatmaking; New Shazam Charts Launch in 17 Countries

Melon is one of the creative agencies helping artists and labels create experiences and perform within Roblox.

Spotify’s feeder style playlists are nothing new, but they’re often overlooked and misunderstood by artists and their teams when pitching for wider editorial playlist inclusion.

Streaming service Audiomack is launching a new feature that will enable the keenest fans of artists to hear their new music first.

Before Abe Batshon started BeatStars in 2008, a handful of superproducers had a quasi-monopoly on selling beats, charging hundreds of thousands of dollars per song.

Shazam was acquired by Apple for $400 million in 2018.

Nicki Minaj returns to No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart for the first time since 2014, as “Super Freaky Girl” bows atop the latest survey.

The parent company of Chinese streaming service NetEase Cloud Music has filed its latest financial results.

The AI-powered music creation app emerged in 2021, helping people to create tracks with their singing plus custom-made backing tracks.

Music lyric NFT collection is called An Electro Revival, in collaboration with Ghanaian visual artist.

Apple has launched two new charts tracking the popularity of paid shows on its Apple Podcasts service.

Aiming to reach the forefront of NFT innovation, Vibin’ Ape Society is a cutting-edge collection aiming to converge the blockchain realms and music streaming via the decentralized application Vibed.

I made Apple Music my primary music streaming app for the better part of a few weeks. Here's why I ended up going back to Spotify.

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