Spotify Hits 83 Million Paid Subscribers and 180 Million Total Users
Spotify rapidly grows, going toe-to-toe with Apple Music to be the top global music streaming service. Spotify's latest quarterly earnings have come in, showing...
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Report Accuses TIDAL of Faking Streaming Figures For Kanye West & Beyoncé Albums
Among the big music streaming services, TIDAL has usually been the most controversial. The Jay-Z-backed service has been losing money, gone through several CEOs...
Google Play Music Reportedly Being Replaced by YouTube Remix
Spotify and Apple Music may be the music streaming giants, but other services remain popular. One of those popular services is Google Play Music, Google's own m...
Spotify Announces Remixers Will Now Receive More Credit for Their Remixes
Up until now, the rules of how remixers receive credit for their remixes on Spotify have been murky. Spotify partially addressed the issue by listing remixes un...
Apple Reportedly Removing Music Downloads From iTunes in 2019
With the growth of streaming services, the end of traditional music downloads seems inevitable. Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL, SoundCloud, YouTube and other platf...
Only One EDM Act Named In Amazon Music’s Top Streamed Songs And Artists for 2017 [UK ONLY]
EDIT: This list pertains to Amazon Music Unlimited in the UK -- we will follow up with the the service's U.S. results for 2017.
As 2017 comes to a close,...
Gareth Emery Announces Blockchain-Based Streaming Service
Cryptocurrency such as Bitcoin is all the rage these days. Even beyond finance, the music industry has begun to embrace it. Gramatik recently unveiled his own c...
Spotify Announces First 4 Artists for RISE, its New Emerging Artists Program
The streaming service wars remain a heated conflict, but Spotify has made several moves to differentiate itself from the pack. Its newest initiative focuses on ...
Spotify Denies Allegations of Creating Its Own Songs for its Playlists
Yesterday we ran a story that went viral over the weekend: publication Music Business Worldwide accused Spotify of creating its own songs to fill out its playli...
Soundcloud Offers Three-Month Premium Service For $1
Streaming service Soundcloud announced today it will temporarily offer a $1 deal on three months of premium access, coming as an unprecedented and startlingly c...
New Online Music Store Launches Fresh Way To Own Your Favorite Songs
Voltra, an online music streaming and purchasing startup company, has just launched a new way for users to pay for the songs they love.
Much like the iTunes ...
Spotify Reduces Royalty Rate 14% In New Offer To Labels
While streaming services like Youtube engage in ongoing negotiations with major record labels, Spotify carries the heaviest weight on its shoulders. As the most...