Streams Power Ariana Grande to a 1-2-3 US Chart Success
We knew that Ariana Grande’s new album ‘thank u, next’ had broken records on Apple Music, but now we’ve got a sense of its wider streaming performance in the US.
SoundCloud Will Now Distribute Music to Other Streaming Services
Musicians have always been able to upload their tracks directly to SoundCloud without needing a distributor or label. Now the company is adding a new feature: distribution of those tracks
Music Bodies Hail ‘Balanced’ Article 13 Final Text
Even with a final text approved for the proposed new European copyright directive, nobody on either side of the lobbying debate around it is taking it for granted that the
European Copyright Directive Agreed – Now For More Votes
The three main European political bodies – the European Parliament, the Council of the EU, and the European Commission – have agreed a final text for the proposed modernisation of
US iPhone Owners’ Music Spending Grew by 22% Last Year
Mobile-analytics firm Sensor Tower is publishing a new report this week that quantifies app-spending in 2018 by iPhone owners in the US. The headline is that this spending increased by 36% year-on-year
How Pirated TV Shows On YouTube Made Dinosaur Jr. a Hit in Japan
Congratulations to Dinosaur Jr. for topping Japan’s video-streaming chart with nearly 8.1m weekly views for a 25-year-old song called ‘Over Your Shoulder’. Wait, what?! Yes, the definitely-not-at-all-J-Poppy grunge veterans suddenly
Childish Gambino Dances His Way Onto Google Pixel Smartphones
One of the points we’ve been making about augmented-reality (AR) technology over the past year is that the biggest impact for artists from it will come from campaigns using the Ariana Grande Breaks Apple Music Day-One Streaming Records
After a very-public row with the organisers of the Grammys, it’s back to business as usual for Ariana Grande: breaking records on music-streaming services. Apple Music announced that Grande’s new