Spotify Lets You See Weekly Listening Stats; The Future of Music Marketing Is No Marketing at All
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Spotify now lets you see weekly listening stats
Spotify has rarely given its users much visibility into their listening habits. So far, users either had to link their account to services like Last.fm to track their music, or wait until the end of the year for Spotify to release its personalized year-in-review, Wrapped, to find out what they listened to.
The Future of Music Marketing Is No Marketing at All
The car videos asking people to pre-save no longer work.
Luminate partners with Tencent Music to add sales metrics from China to its global data set for the first time
Luminate, Billboard’s longtime official Charts partner, will track streaming and sales metrics from TME platforms.
Miquido for Creatives | Pilot Graveyard: AI Pilots that lived (and died)
AI is everywhere in the creative industries but here’s the reality: 95% of AI projects fail. Most never get beyond the pilot stage, leaving businesses stuck between hype and execution.
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Dune: a New Music Startup Letting Fans Own Stakes in Artists
A new UK-based app, Dune, is raising seed funding to build a marketplace where artists and fans can connect with revenue-generating opportunities modelled after stocks.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame partnership brings music tech program to Cleveland middle school
The initiative will bring state-of-the-art technology into schools, including Wilbur Wright Pre-K-8 School in Cleveland. The program includes Hall of Fame inductees coming to classrooms to mentor students in the hope of keeping music instruction and study a central part of a complete education.
BeatStars has paid creators over $400m to date. CEO Abe Batshon wants 1 million musicians to earn a living from his platform
1.5 million tracks are downloaded monthly from BeatStars’ marketplace of 11 million-plus beats.
Spotify Sessions Launch in Latin America, Handing Creative Control to Artist-Led Trios
The world is listening to Latin America. The region’s artists are consistently setting the tempo for global music culture, and to celebrate this creative influence, we’re launching Spotify Sessions, a new video project that puts artistry first.
Alexa+ now redefines music intelligence in the Amazon Music app
Generative AI brings a whole new way to discover, search, and enjoy your favorite music with Alexa+ in the Amazon Music app.
Sounds Right made Nature an artist – and now a distributor too
Sounds Right is the organisation behind the project making ‘Nature’ an artist on streaming services, creating a flow of royalties to climate-emergency projects when artists use nature sounds in their tracks.
Virgin Music Group extends partnership with Brazilian label GR6
With artists such as Perera DJ, Nilo, MC PH and DJay W, GR6 was placed in the Top 10 of Brazilian independent labels by IFPI earlier this year. It had one of the Top 10 songs of 2024 in Brazil with Let’s Go 4.
Podcasts, not music streaming, are Indians’ preferred audio platform, finds survey
Interactive media and gaming-focused venture capital firm Lumikai has published a report tiled ‘Swipe Before Type’, which examines ‘How Indians watch, listen, play and pay’.
Taylor Swift breaks streaming records with help of Stationhead app
Stationhead is a fan-powered platform that links directly to Spotify and Apple Music, turning listening parties into measurable impact.
Fatboy Slim Is Using Therapeutic DJ Workshops to Tackle Mental Illness
Fatboy Slim’s personally funded DJ workshop series in Sussex, England, for people suffering from severe mental illness, blend music therapy with hands-on DJ training.
Vevo report reveals impact of fandom on music engagement
Nearly all respondents (96%) identify as part of a fandom, with nine in ten music fans saying it is central to who they are.
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