Melon to Launch a Music World on Roblox; Inside the Business of Beatmaking; New Shazam Charts Launch in 17 Countries

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Melon is planning to launch a music world on Roblox

Melon is one of the creative agencies helping artists and labels create experiences and perform within Roblox.

Spotify’s feeder style playlists are nothing new, but they’re often overlooked and misunderstood by artists and their teams when pitching for wider editorial playlist inclusion.

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Audiomack adds 'Premiere Access' feature for early music

Streaming service Audiomack is launching a new feature that will enable the keenest fans of artists to hear their new music first.

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Inside the Business of Beatmaking

Before Abe Batshon started BeatStars in 2008, a handful of superproducers had a quasi-monopoly on selling beats, charging hundreds of thousands of dollars per song.

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As new Shazam charts launch in 17 countries including Nigeria and Ghana, Apple Music hails app’s role in discovery of African music globally

Shazam was acquired by Apple for $400 million in 2018.

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Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Freaky Girl’ Debuts Atop Streaming Songs Chart

Nicki Minaj returns to No. 1 on the Streaming Songs chart for the first time since 2014, as “Super Freaky Girl” bows atop the latest survey.

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NetEase Cloud Music now has 37.6m people paying for music

The parent company of Chinese streaming service NetEase Cloud Music has filed its latest financial results.

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Music-making app Starmony adds one of Drake's producers

The AI-powered music creation app emerged in 2021, helping people to create tracks with their singing plus custom-made backing tracks.

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Kobalt to launch NFT collection, becoming ‘first global music publisher to release a set of fully licensed direct-to-fan NFTs’

Music lyric NFT collection is called An Electro Revival, in collaboration with Ghanaian visual artist.

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Apple launches charts for subscription podcasts and channels

Apple has launched two new charts tracking the popularity of paid shows on its Apple Podcasts service.

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Converging NFTs & Music Streaming with Vibin’ Ape Society

Aiming to reach the forefront of NFT innovation, Vibin’ Ape Society is a cutting-edge collection aiming to converge the blockchain realms and music streaming via the decentralized application Vibed.

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I ditched Spotify for Apple Music for two weeks -- here's why I'm going back

I made Apple Music my primary music streaming app for the better part of a few weeks. Here’s why I ended up going back to Spotify.

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Shazam Marks 20th Anniversary; In the Streaming Era, Substack Helps Indie Rockers Pay the Bills

OneOf Breaks New 'Phygital' NFT: Artists Exploiting Lax Metadata Protections; TikTok Goes on AI Music-Making Spree

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