Spotify Offers the Mute Button; Cardi B, (Streaming) Queen of Rap; Foo Fighters Announce Super Saturday Webcast

Spotify is making it easier to mute R. Kelly. Or any other artist for that matter. The music streaming service has quietly gone wide with a feature that makes it easy to block a particular artist from automatically playing in personal and curated playlists as well as charts, radio or a user's personal library.

The "Bodak Yellow" rapper had the seventh-most streamed song of 2018 in the United States.

Foo Fighters have announced a free live stream of their Super Saturday Night concert with a slightly NSFW football-themed sketch video staring them as the San Jose Jackolopes.

Streaming means it pays to keep your songs short. Our analysis shows that the biggest rappers and country stars are changing their song lengths to fit the format.

The label will promote the work of Spitfire-affiliated artists and composers. “It will function as a key marketing asset for the business,” says label manager Harriet Pittard.

“For the library to step in as a respected curator, that’s a big deal” — looking at HUM, the library's locally focused streaming music service.

Last October, Digital Music News broke the news that Spotify had selected 5 preferred distributors: CD Baby, Distrokid, EmuBands, FUGA, and The Orchard. 

Streaming in Germany grew by over 40 percent in 2018 with a record 79.5 billion streams, according to year-end figures from the German Music Association (BVMI).

Domestic consumer spending on video and music streaming services is projected to increase 25% to $26 billion in 2019.

Nearly 15m plays of 7 Rings.

Bands and indie artists using Bandcamp to sell their music and merchandise might soon see their creations sold in the service's first brick-and-mortar location....