Should Spotify Change The Way It Pays Artists?; Rhapsody, Sony Music Bring Streaming Service to Japan

Some in the industry claim that the streaming giant’s setup unfairly advantages A-list pop stars. Could a new payment system be the answer?

Rhapsody and Sony Music (Japan) today announced a partnership to launch the first on demand, high resolution streaming music service in Japan. The premier service allows Japanese music fans to have both the convenience of on-demand and the superior quality of high resolution music.

A lawyer, a computer scientist and China’s third-richest person are poised to create one of the year’s biggest hits in the music industry.

Spotify stock has potential opportunities ahead, in an area most investors haven’t focused on.

Experts at Spotify tell NBC News that the Emo rap, a music genre made famous by Soundcloud, didn’t just rise in popularity this year, it exploded. The streaming service dubbed it as the fastest-growing genre of 2018.

Hyper-efficient market share distributions are already causing some artists to like cutting the cord with big services--the only question is how to get their core fans to follow them.  

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The European Commission today publishes its inaugural list of non-EU websites and firms that they deem responsible for lingering piracy and counterfeiting abuse of European products, including music.

Music streaming service Audiomack is strategically positioning itself an integral part of an artist’s marketing strategy. Despite fierce competition from corporate entities like Spotify and Apple Music, Audiomack is relying on its simple value proposition to scale its freemium business model.

According to Das Kapital, musicians earn $3,800 after 1 million plays on Spotify, and $7,800 on Apple Music, and should expect to earn $200 per live show.

While artists now live in a time when they have more freedom than ever to create, market, and sell their music, the digital age has brought with it a unique set of challenges as well.

MTN has launched MusicTime!, a fully inclusive time-based music streaming service.