Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” Crosses One Billion Streams On Spotify
Many won't know this, but Avicii's "Wake Me Up" was the first song to hit 200 million streams on Spotify, where it held the streaming record for over a year be...
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SoundCloud Announces $75 Million Investment from Sirius XM
SoundCloud and SiriusXM Holdings Inc. announced today that the latter has invested $75 million in the online streaming platform. SoundCloud will use this additi...
Spotify Reveals Higher Than Expected Numbers for Paid & Free Users
One day after YouTube shared a rare earnings and subscriber report, Spotify has revealed better-than-expected growth in users. More investment in podcasts is a...
New Stats Prove YouTube Music Is Way More Popular Than You Might Think
YouTube has officially topped more than 20 million paid subscribers, Google revealed in a rare report on the service's revenue stats. The subscribers are a comb...
SoundCloud Posts Record Revenue After Years Of Consumer Uncertainty
For the past couple of years, posting theories about the downfall of SoundCloud has been on trend. And after a couple years of questionable business and constan...
Spotify Announces Custom Playlists For Pets – How To Get Yours
Spotify just announced bespoke playlists for pets, and you're about to see a lot of cute faces on the streaming platform in the coming days.
The feature allo...
Justin Bieber Begs Fans To Stream His New, Mediocre Song While They Sleep & Buy It Multiple Times
Justin Bieber dropped his newest song "Yummy" last week and the response has been mediocre to say the least, matching the mediocre song. Of course when your mos...
On-Demand Audio, Video Streams Pass 1 Trillion for First Time in US
For the first time ever, combined on-demand audio and video streams in the US have surpassed one trillion in a calendar year, with 1.002 trillion streams curre...
Spotify presents the inaugural Spotify Awards in Mexico City
Spotify is officially entering the awards game with the Spotify Awards, making its inaugural debut next year, March 5, 2020, in Mexico City. The streaming giant...
TikTok Making Huge Strides In Music Streaming & Creator Rights
TikTok is the new viral platform, and as much cringe content as there is on it, no one can deny the absolute viral potential of any video on the app. I made an ...
Apple Is Officially Killing iTunes, & It’s A Big Issue For DJs
The writing has been on the wall for a while now, but Apple's new macOS Catalina update is finally killing iTunes for real. Of course, it's been effectively de...
These Are The Top 10 Most Streamed Artists Of All Time On Spotify
There's no doubt that Spotify is the industry leader in streaming services. Though Apple Music, Amazon, and SoundCloud make up significant portions of the strea...