Spotify delivers ‘2018 wrapped’ feature
Christmas truly has come early for Spotify users with the world's most popular streaming service giving their users the gift of 'Spotify wrapped', the yearly breakdown of all listening habits, including your most played song, most played artists, which genre you grooved to the most, and even how many exact minutes you spent on the app this year. The incredible '2018
Spotify to allow artists to upload for free
The King of music streaming services, Spotify, is beginning to open uploading to artists directly – and they’re doing it for free. At the moment, the feature is an invite-only beta for users of its Spotify For Artists platform. Roughly 200,000 artists are counted in the platform at this time. Music Business Worldwide makes the necessary comparison to SoundCloud, which has reigned king
Armin van Buuren drops nostalgic BBC Radio 1 Residency special set
Listeners of BBC Radio 1 know for years already that DJs who are invited to spin a set for the radio station's Residency Special always deliver something extra. Last Thursday, it was Dutch trance magician Armin van Buuren's turn to hit the decks for a highly nostalgic two-hour set, just fresh off the back of his magnificent sets at Creamfields
Mixcloud signs licensing deal with Warner Music
One of SoundCloud's rivals in the lucrative music streaming business, Mixcloud, has signed a licensing deal with Warner Music. The main outcome of the remarkable deal allows the streaming platform to start a subscription business, now offering music of Warner artists. At the same time, the deal will offer listeners a more on-demand service. Mixcloud is also still negotiating similar