UPDATED: Amazon is in talks with the major labels to launch an ad-supported music streaming service in direct competition to Spotify and Pandora according to a new report. The free music service could launch as early as next week. Currently, Spotify is the only major music service to have a…
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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this roundup of the past week’s music industry news, we look back in on Amazon rapid growth in the battle for supreme streaming domination, major news outlets’ protesting of Ariana Grande’s photo agreement, Spotify test run of it’s premium duo discount subscription, and more! Amazon Music To Be 2019’s…
Amazon Music To Be 2019’s Fastest Growing Music Streamer
Amazon Music will be the fastest growing music service in the US this year, according to a new analysis, crossing 35 million monthly listeners in 2019. That trend will continue through 2023. eMarketer predicts a growth rate for Amazon of 17.7% year over year. Earlier this week, eMarketer’s data dive…
How Jason Aldean’s Rearview Town racked up over half a billion streams – and helped change country music’s digital profile
How the likes of Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music and YouTube boosted the country’s superstar worldwide
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Amazon Music’s ‘Reimagined’ Exclusives Roll On — This Time With Mumford & Sons
Amazon continues to roll out ‘exclusives,’ a strategy the music industry clearly despises. But maybe this twist gets a pass. Following the launch of the fledgling streaming music service, former Global Head of Apple Music, Jimmy Iovine, unveiled a con…
Amazon Music Adds Mexico As Anderson.Paak, Future Kick Off Major US, UK Marketing Campaign [VIDEO]
Amazon Music, has begun its first ever marketing campaign in the US, UK and Germany along with a platform launch today in Mexico. Often considered the wild card in the streaming music wars, Amazon Music spots from Future and Anderson.Paak were released this week With "tens of millions of users"…
Amazon Music, Alexa and Echo smart speakers are now available in Mexico
Eligible customers in Mexico can sign up for a free, three-month trial of Amazon Music Unlimited
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Amazon Music Adds ‘Produced By’ Exclusives From Al Green, Margo Price, John Prine, More
Amazon Music jumps into the streaming exclusives game with a new "Produced By" series. The legendary Al Green’s first new recording in more than a decade was released yesterday as part of the series produced Matt Ross-Span. _______________________ Memphis based producer Matt Ross-Span has helped launch Amazon Music’s new "Produced…
Amazon is recording and releasing exclusive new music (but labels keep the rights)
Amazon Original music arrives via Produced By… series, including track with Al Green
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Amazon Music unleashes major ad campaign, A Voice is All You Need
Campaign features Ariana Grande, Kendrick Lamar, SZA, Queen, and Kane Brown
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