Month: July 2024

Analysis and updates from the world of high‑resolution and digital audio.

Apple Music Classical launches Top 100 chart
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Apple Music Classical launches Top 100 chart

23/07/2024
Apple Music Classical launches Top 100 chart ranking the most popular classical albums globally.  The weekly chart combines five data sources to form a complete view of what’s happening in classical music. The top five albums this week are: Bach: Keyboard Concertos by Jonathan Bloxham & Tianqi Du, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Brahms: Symphonies – by Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Chamber Orchestra of Europe Cinema – EP by Plínio Fernandes Sommernachtskonzert 2024 (Summer Night […]
Global streaming volumes grew 15.1% in first half of 2024
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Global streaming volumes grew 15.1% in first half of 2024

19/07/2024
Global streaming volumes grew 15.1% in first half of 2024 according to a recent report from Luminate, the entertainment data and insights company that powers Billboard Charts. Growth in US streaming was up 8% on this time last year with growth in all core genres, led by Latin music. Physical music continued to be popular with key new releases from the likes of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Billie Eilish, the first half of 2024 saw an organic […]
Spotify brings AI DJ to Spanish speaking subscribers
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Spotify brings AI DJ to Spanish speaking subscribers

19/07/2024
Spotify brings AI DJ to Spanish speaking subscribers in Spain and most Latin American countries. (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela). DJ is a personalized AI guide that knows your musical tastes so well it can choose what to play for you. It combines a curated line-up of songs with an AI-powered voice that provides commentary about those recommendations. This […]
Deezer launches AI playlist creator
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Deezer launches AI playlist creator

19/07/2024
Deezer launches AI playlist creator in a global beta launch allowing subscribers to create custom playlists with a simple text prompt. 5% of Deezer’s paying subscribers, selected at random, will now be able to let their imagination run free and create new playlists from text prompts that describe desired moods, genres, decades, activities and anything else that comes to mind. Alexandra Leloup, VP Product at Deezer said, “We’re excited to bring this AI-powered feature to […]
La Pop'ulaire
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La Pop’ulaire

10/07/2024
La Pop’ulaire is a French internet radio station broadcasting pop music – ‘the best of the French and international scene’ It has a CD Quality Lossless FLAC stream, 128kbps and 320kbps MP3 and 256kbps Vorbis streams. All of these streams can be listened to via their webplayer and via direct stream links. Their website is currently ‘under construction’ but contains webplayer links, a recently played list of music and the ability to request a song. […]
TIDAL drops Samsung TV support
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TIDAL drops Samsung TV support

01/07/2024
TIDAL drops Samsung TV support and its music streaming app will no longer be available on Samsung TVs. The change will affect TVs running Tizen OS starting from 8th July 2024. Users have been informed of upcoming alterations via email. The message from TIDAL reads, ‘After July 8, 2024, Tidal will no longer be available on Samsung SmartTVs. To keep listening to your favourite tunes, log in to Tidal from your computer, download the mobile app, or […]