Spotify Reaches 456M Total Monthly Users; Julian Lennon Releases AI-Inspired Music Video; The Fallout From SiriusXM Dropping CBC Radio 3

Spotify added more users on both its free and paid tiers in the third quarter than expected, with the company citing strength in Latin America on the premium side of the business.

To complete the visual artistry, Dutton and Lennon, first shot all the narrative action and dances on a green screen; from the Danza Azteca dance and Dia de Los Muertos candle walks to samba drummers marching.

SiriusXM’s decision to drop the eclectic digital station threatens one last viable sources of income for many independent artists and record labels.

Tech claimed to detect opportunities from UGC content trends across TikTok, YouTube Shorts.

Music companies are starting to pay closer attention to talent out of Israel. The latest entrant: Sony Music, which has entered into a joint venture with Josh and Sam Fluxgold's Oneway Records.

The music industry is a notoriously inequitable landscape for artists, but technology has changed its accessibility in the last decade. However, access to funding is still the number one problem standing in an artist’s way.

Kuaishou claims to have more than 1 billion Monthly Active Users worldwide…

Spotify launched audiobooks in the US recently, but the process of buying them is far too complicated and confusing - according to Spotify!

Spotify is offering expanded free tools to help artists make the most of their annual year-end Wrapped campaigns that include the addition of personalized short videos, merch sales, and fundraising.

Hideo Matsushita was determined to bring the warmth of analog music listening to the largest audience possible so he began staging “LP concerts” at Tokyo’s Bridgestone Museum of Art in the early 1960s at the urging of the museum’s director.

With their new campaign, Day 1 Club, they’ve built a dedicated standalone site that builds on the much-loved RAP UK playlist.

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