Prince’s biggest songs are coming to music streaming services this Sunday in time for the Grammy Awards, multiple sources close to the situation have confirmed to Billboard. More
If you’ve ever wanted your playlist to take the weather into account, rejoice! Spotify and AccuWeather have joined forces to launch a new site called Climatune, which creates playlists based on weather and listening data. Information was compiled during a yearlong study that compared 85 billion anonymized streams on Spotify in over 900 cities. The platform draws conclusions based on the weather in specific cities, tracking listening patterns during various forecasts. Learn…
The buzz about Prince’s music being widely released to streaming services in time for the Grammys got louder on Monday morning, as a series of purple ads bearing the Spotify logo — and only the Spotify logo — appeared in New York’s Union Square subway station. More
The latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now podcast is now available. Listen and subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, Spotify or check it out below.
U2 is taking their 1987 masterpiece The Joshua Tree on tour in stadiums across America and Europe this year in honor of the…
Record labels are getting a better deal on streaming music royalties with Apple than major rival Spotify, according to a report, with Apple Music streaming rates claimed to be nearly double what is paid out by its main competition.
Research published by artist rights blog The Trichordist advises Apple paid out an average of $0.00735 per song stream in 2016, compared to Spotify’s $0.00437 per stream figure. More
Spotify has responded to Barack Obama’s quip about waiting for his job offer at the digital music service by creating a new position that seems fitting for the outgoing POTUS, that of President of Playlists. More
The latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now podcast is now available. Listen and…
Hey y’all! Feel like you’ve been listening to the same few songs over and over? It’s the worst. We’ve put together a few ways to find music so give them a whirl and hopefully you’ll put an end to that dry spell of new music. More
(AllHipHop News) This year saw the music industry make an even greater shift toward on-demand streaming, and as a result, the “streaming wars” continued.
Tidal attempted to separate itself from its competition like Spotify and Apple Music by offering a host of exclusive content.
The Jay Z-led service debuted 32 exclusive albums including Rihanna’s Anti, Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo, and Beyoncé’s…
The Weeknd has set the new record for most Spotify streams in a single day, the company confirmed. The achievement follows the release of his third studio album, Starboy, which features contributions from Daft Punk, Lana Del Rey, Kendrick Lamar, and more. The Weeknd unseats Justin Bieber, whose music was streamed…