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Japanese charts to include streams and downloads

27/12/2018

Japanese charts to include streams and downloads from 19th December 2018. Chart rankings from Oricon, Japan’s official chart organisation, will add the number of CD sales, digital downloads and streams to produce three new weekly charts: a combined single chart a combined album chart a streaming chart The combined singles chart will be calculated using a points system where a CD single will count for 1 point, 2.5 song downloads will equal 1 point and […]

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Rhapsody and Sony Music bring HiRes streaming to Japan

15/12/2018

Rhapsody and Sony Music bring HiRes streaming to Japan using Rhapsody’s ‘Powered by Napster’ platform. The new on demand music service christened ‘mora qualitas’ brings lossless FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) files at 24bit/44.1-96khz (HiRes) and 16bit/44.1khz (CD quality) music streaming to Japan for the first time. Rhapsody International is providing its complete ‘Powered By Napster’ platform including a unique set of systems, tools and APIs to allow Sony Music Entertainment Japan (SMEJ) to quickly […]