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Deezer’s most streamed albums in 2023 so far

15/10/2023

Statistics on Deezer’s most streamed albums in 2023 so far were published yesterday to support National Album Day in the UK which was on the 14th October this year. The data shows a generational divide between those who consume albums, and those who cherry-pick their songs and stick to playlists – is narrowing in 2023. Based on this year’s listening habits (up to 14/09/2023), the highlights are: Beyonce’s Renaissance holds the record as the year’s […]

95bFM

15/10/2023

95bFM is an independent radio station located on the University of Auckland city campus broadcasting a CD Quality Lossless FLAC and a 64kbps AAC webplayer stream. They have been broadcasting since 1969, making it New Zealand’s oldest corporate-free broadcaster. According to the station “We’re dedicated to providing a voice for alternative music and independent journalism from Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond.” 95bFM is primarily run by volunteers and for those that are interested there is more […]

Spotify Premium users to get Audiobook access

06/10/2023

Spotify Premium users are to get Audiobook access for up to 15 hours per month as part of their subscription plan. The offer is slightly caveated as only Premium subscribers as well as plan managers for Family and Duo accounts will be eligible and only for users in the UK and Australia. Subscribers in the US are expected to be added later this year. Over 150,000 audiobooks will be available in this offering. 10-hour top […]

SuperStereo 6 to go Quadraphonic

06/10/2023

In what is a world first, SuperStereo Radio Chile will be making its instrumental channel available in HiRes quadraphonic sound. Starting on the 13th October, SuperStereo 6 will be available in ‘QS’ quadraphonic sound in high resolution which can be played by anyone with a 5.1 sound card or who listens on a home cinema system. Erik Jegó, CEO SuperStereo Network said, “We have digitized a large number of vinyls from great orchestras such as […]

Mother Earth Radio adds a Jazz channel

05/10/2023

Mother Earth Radio adds a Jazz channel offering a Lossless FLAC stream plus AAC and MP3 streams with both direct streaming links and a webplayer. For jazz aficionados the links at the bottom of this post are jazz internet radio stations offering CD Quality Lossless FLAC programming. Additionally, the station made the switch to 192kHz for its Instrumental channel in July this year. In a blog posting the station’s founder Florian Reiterer said that the […]

Joy Hits

05/10/2023

Joy Hits is a UK radio station broadcasting a mix of pop and dance. The station had a lossless CD Quality Lossless CD FLAC stream which went off air in late spring but this October has returned. It also has 128 and 256kbps MP3 and 128 kbps AAC streams all of which are available either as direct stream links or via their webplayer. Their website has a downloadable Android app and links to their social […]

US Latin music grew 15% in first half of 2023

29/09/2023

The US Latin music market grew 15% in first half of 2023 with paid subscriptions accounting for two thirds of the streaming market according to the RIAA, the US recording industry association. During this period revenues from Latin music in the US grew to $627 million and represents 7.5% of the total US music market up from 7.1% in the first half of 2022. Paid subscriptions comprised more than two-thirds of total Latin music revenues, and […]