June 2021

Sonos Radio HD now in 5 more countries

23/06/2021

Sonos Radio HD now in 5 more countries (Austria, Canada, France, Germany and The Netherlands) having launched in the US and UK in November 2020. As part of the availability in these new territories they have launched a new station from Brian Eno with three hundred tracks on The Lighthouse. A lifelong creator and innovator, Eno collaborated with Sonos Radio to design a new station format that explores his extensive archive of unreleased work. The Lighthouse will […]

Streaming tops the list of Discovery sources

22/06/2021

Streaming tops the list of Discovery sources replacing broadcast and digital radio as top source of new music according to a recent study by US consultancy MusicWatch. They surveyed 1000 music listeners in the US covering their music listening habits and other topics around the discovery experience. For generations, radio, retail and recommendations drove music discovery. These ‘3 R’s’ helped to create awareness of new music; curated by DJ’s, record store staff and our closest […]

Telefónica launches Movistar Música in Spain

22/06/2021

Telefónica launches Movistar Música in Spain a new music streaming service with more than 50 million songs in its catalogue. The service was first piloted in Latin America and comes with several subscription options. The streaming service is available both as a mobile and tablet app and also available on the Movistar Home device. The subscription services are: Lite – Costing € 4.99 / month, users can choose from more than 5,000 exclusive playlists selected […]

Americans paying for audio subscriptions double since 2015

21/06/2021

Americans paying for audio subscriptions double since 2015 according to Edison Research in its Share of Ear study. The portion of the American population that is paying for an audio subscription of some kind is now almost half of everyone (47%). This is a measure of people who have answered ‘yes’ to subscribing in their recent survey. The biggest factor in this is the shift from purchasing physical music product (CDs and Vinyl) which now goes to paid […]

Over a quarter of UK music comes from independent labels

21/06/2021

Over a quarter of UK music comes from independent labels according to figures released by the BPI and AIM. In addition, the data, which is drawn from the BPI’s yearbook All About The Music 2021 and based on Official Charts Company data, shows that: UK independent labels’ share of music consumption across streaming and physical formats combined rose for a third successive year in 2020 to reach just under 26% Independent music businesses’ share of Streaming Equivalent […]

Samsung devices to come with Spotify pre-installed

19/06/2021

Samsung devices to come with Spotify pre-installed on a range of mobile devices, tablets and Smart TVs as part of Spotify’s partnership deal. Spotify has been Samsung’s go-to music service since 2018. In 2019, Spotify strengthened that partnership when it announced that it would come preinstalled on the newest Samsung Galaxy mobile devices so music and podcast lovers could start listening as soon as they turned on their new phones. This arrangement has been extended to cover the newest range […]

UK music exports reach new high in 2020

18/06/2021

UK music exports reach new high in 2020 to over half a billion pounds driven by streaming according to new figures released by the BPI. Earnings increased 6% on 2019 to £519.7 million which makes the UK the largest exporter of music in the world after the US. Around 1 in 10 of all tracks streamed globally are now by a British artist. A BPI report earlier this year, All Around The World, found that with […]