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Three million-selling albums by three different artists… According to Nielsen Music’s mid-year report, three albums have sold over 1 million units so far this year – Adele: 25; Drake: Views; and Beyonce: Lemonade. At this time last year, the music industry only had one album reach this milestone – Taylor Swift’s 1989. In fact, in the whole of 2015 only two […]
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Three million-selling albums by three different artists… According to Nielsen Music’s mid-year report, three albums have sold over 1 million units so far this year – Adele: 25; Drake: Views; and Beyonce: Lemonade. At this time last year, the music industry only had one album reach this milestone – Taylor Swift’s 1989. In fact, in the whole of 2015 only two […]
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What is the real difference between SoundCloud and SoundCloud Go? Prior to SoundCloud launching its paid subscription service – SoundCloud Go, the platform offered a catalog of over 100 million songs ad-free, and for free. SoundCloud has always been notorious for being a free, easy-to-use platform which provides unique content, and allows up-and-coming artists and DJs […]
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But, is this enough to convert its 175 million users to its paid subscription service ‘SoundCloud Go’? Earlier in the year SoundCloud announced the addition of a stations feature. Now, the streaming service has announced an update to this feature which allow users to discover music in what SoundCloud calls ”a lean back, seamless listening experience”. […]
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Spotify stays ahead of competition… According to a report by MBW, Spotify has hit 37 million paying subscribers, adding approximately 2 million paying users a month in the last quarter alone. If these figures are correct, it means that June was the fastest growth period for the streaming service since launching in 2008. It would also represent […]
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Stat means that Spotify currently has more than double Apple Music’s subs worldwide
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Apple Music will never catch up to Spotify if people keep cancelling their subscriptions… Last week, Cowen’s John Blackledge and Tim Arcuri shared some information in a recent report, on the rate of which Spotify and Apple Music lose subscribers on a monthly basis. According to Cowen, Apple Music have a subscriber churn rate of 6.4% […]
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New BuzzAngle stats show that audio platforms are now dominating streaming
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Could Jimmy Iovine’s team acquire Kanye and Beyonce’s favoured platform?
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Spotify has had enough of Apple’s anti-competitive strategies… Spotify has previously thanked Apple for increasing the rate of growth in their subscriber numbers, and for helping the service reach 100 million active users. Spotify’s Vice President Jonathan Forster previously said… ”Since Apple Music started we’ve been growing quicker and adding more users than before. It’s great that […]
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