Spotify Debuts Blend; How Streaming Has Transformed the Albums Chart; 'Donda' Breaks Apple Music Streaming Record

Spotify is officially rolling out its shared playlist feature called Blend to global users, with a few changes.

It’s a brave new world for the music industry in 2021 with the albums chart now a competition between not just artists but also formats - physical and streaming.

We’re excited to announce artist-to-fan subscriptions and BandLab Distribution, an important milestone for us to continue empowering creators on BandLab!

Investing in music as an ecosystem across education, industry development, health, public policy and infrastructure works. Look at South Korea.

Kanye West's new album Donda has reportedly broken the Apple Music streaming record, clocking 60 million plays on its first day.

Amazon is reportedly developing a live audio feature that would revolve around music, rather than simply copying Clubhouse.

This story is a bit odd, but someone should write it down for one reason or another. It begins when Spotify announced "Spotify HiFi" on February 22, 2021.

Music education firm Yousician is launching a series of ‘Spotlight’ courses featuring famous musicians, and Jason Mraz is kicking the new series off.

FMG’s music streaming APIs and SDKs benefit the music industry and help tech companies build their products on top of pre-cleared music and features.

The free-to-attend, three-month program will feature open discussions, panels and workshops on the music business, providing a foundation for young industry professionals to upskill alongside some of the biggest names in the business.

These apps for hosting streaming parties will help stans everywhere stream their favorite artists' music.

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