Country Music Boosts Streaming Share; Holiday Streaming Data Shows Newer Classics Rising; Ingrooves Expands Into Africa

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Led by Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs, Country Increases Its Streaming Share in 2020

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Combs and Wallen helped country music to a 19% increase in on-demand listening over the previous year.

Mariah Has Company: Holiday Streaming Data Shows Newer Classics Are Rising

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Eight takeaways from a holidays that saw new(er) songs by Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber climb in stature.

Spotify Stock Price Hits New All-Time High

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Spotify reached an all-time high of $354.60 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, and closed at $353.48.

Ingrooves expands into Africa with acquisition of South Africa-based distributor, Electromode

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Electromode’s roster includes more than 200 artists and associated labels…

David Bowie music now on TikTok

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TikTok has announced the music catalogue of David Bowie will be available on TikTok from today, the day which would have been his 74th birthday.

SiriusXM Warns of $1 Billion Impairment Charge for Pandora

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SiriusXM, the home of Howard Stern, said it expects to record a $1 billion non-cash impairment charge for its Pandora music streaming service, due mainly to the impact of per-play royalty payment costs.

Sony takes on Dolby Atmos with live spatial audio concerts for your smartphone

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Sony is expanding its spatial audio technology to a platform called Artist Connection on iOS and Android devices.

BTS Revealed As Spotify's Most-Streamed K-Pop Artist Of 2020

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BTS have been revealed as the most-streamed K-Pop artist on the global streaming platform Spotify during the 12 months of 2020.

Confirmed: Chinese music streaming service Xiami to shut down

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At the start of December 2020, rumours swirled about the future of Xiami, one of the established music streaming services in China.

Spotify’s CarPlay app will soon act more like Apple Music

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A new queue system is in the works.

Haim, Black Pumas and More 2021 Nominees Featured on Grammy Museum’s Streaming Service

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The Grammy Museum has released more than 20 programs involving 2021 Grammy nominees, including Black Pumas and Haim, to its streaming service, Collection:live.

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