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Local music tops the Polish CD charts in 2022

Local music tops the Polish CD charts in 2022 with the top 8 tracks in the Top Ten being locally produced Polish music according to zpav, the Polish Association of Audio Video Producers. sanah – an artist who dominates the Polish music market, placed all four of her albums in the top ten of the OLiS* 2022 (Polish charts) list. In first place was her album Uczta, released in April 2022 with her other releases taking […]

43% of Black Americans are monthly podcast listeners
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43% of Black Americans are monthly podcast listeners

43% of Black Americans are monthly podcast listeners with 75% of listeners actively seeking out content that focuses on Black stories and perspectives. These findings are part of The Black Podcast Listener Report 2.0 from Edison Research in partnership with  SXM Media and Mindshare based on a survey of over 2,500 Black Americans age 18+. Key findings from the report 43% of the Black 18+ population in the US has listened to a podcast in the last month. That percentage is larger than the number […]

Sector Radio launches a ‘noughties’ channel
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Sector Radio launches a ‘noughties’ channel

Sector Radio launches a ‘noughties’ channel with both lossless FLAC and lossy streams available. SECTOR 00 (branded ‘Indigo’ on its URLs) joins its siblings Progressive, Space, Classical, 10s, 80s and 90s and is dedicated to music from 2000-2009. For the time being the channel is only available as direct stream links with webplayer links promised ‘soon’. According to their Facebook post (via Google Translate) they ‘have done a lot of work, painstakingly selecting the best […]

Taylor Swift is IFPI Artist of the Year for third time
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Taylor Swift is IFPI Artist of the Year for third time

Taylor Swift is IFPI Artist of the Year for third time according to IFPI’s recently published Top 20 Global Recording Artists 2022 chart. This confirms her place as most successful artist in the award’s 10-year history. The Global Recording Artist of the Year Award is calculated according to an artist’s or group’s worldwide performance across digital and physical music formats during the year, from streams to vinyl, and covers their entire body of work. This year […]

440Hz Radio
Radio

440Hz Radio

440Hz Radio is an internet radio station broadcasting an eclectic range of pop hits from the 60s to the current day including electronic music mix sets. It used to offer a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream but now it only has a 256kbps MP3, a 192kbps AAC and a 56kbps Opus stream. There is also some news and information programming and the schedule can be found here. The station has been around in one form […]

Xradio.nl
Radio

XRadio.nl

XRadio.nl has ceased broadcasting its CD Quality Lossless FLAC and AAC streams and now just offers a 192kbps MP3 via its webplayer and a 256kbps stream via a direct stream link. The station mainly broadcasts pop music. No information is available on the current website but a past statement from the station said “XRADIO is a worldwide online radio station playing a crisp, inspiring and mixed music arrangement for a worldwide crowd. XRADIO are an […]

Lucifer FM
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Lucifer FM

Lucifer FM was a Dutch internet radio station broadcasting a Lossless FLAC and a 128kbps AAC LC stream. According to the station it was, “Still completely experimental at the moment. 24-7 nonstop music with an emphasis on the “forgotten” songs from the 70s and 80s in particular. Keep an eye on this site! Fun things are going to happen here.” Its website and streams are all unavailable and the following URLs are kept here for […]