Songs are reaching 1bn Spotify streams 14x faster than a decade ago, and other stats from Chartmetric’s 2025 Year in Music report
In 2015, it took an average of 2,729 days — roughly seven and a half years — for a song ...
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Billboard just made ‘free’ streams worth more on its US charts. YouTube is still not happy – and is pulling its data.
YouTube says it will soon stop providing data to Billboard for inclusion in the US charts, ending a partnership that ...
Drake Talks ‘Iceman’ Live Streams, Says The Finale “Will Be Our Best Work”
The rollout for Drake’s upcoming album Iceman was going very strong but has quieted down a little, to the surprise ...
Black Thought Hypes New Album ‘Streams Of Thought Vol. 4’: “It’s My Opus”
Black Thought‘s Streams of Thought Vol. 4 is an album you don’t want to sleep on — according to the ...
Drake Makes History As First Artist To Hit 120 Billion Spotify Streams
Drake may have suffered a very public L in his high-profile battle with Kendrick Lamar last year, but it doesn’t ...
TikTok’s ‘Add to Music App’ feature has fuelled ‘billions’ of streams. Now it’s linked up with YouTube Music.
TikTok has been very busy lately expanding the platforms that are integrated with its ‘Add to Music App’ feature, which ...
Deezer rolls out AI tagging system to fight streaming fraud; says up to 70% of streams from fully AI-generated tracks are fraudulent
One of the music industry’s biggest challenges today is the increasingly large volume of AI-generated content on streaming platforms.In April, ...
French-language music streams surge 192% on Spotify since 2019
French-language music consumption on Spotify has jumped 192% since 2019, driven by audiences far beyond traditional Francophone markets.That’s according to ...
Warner Music Group launches WMG Pulse app for artists and songwriters to track streams, earnings, and fan engagement
Warner Music Group has launched a new app called WMG Pulse, described as a “powerful new platform that puts clear, ...
Achieving analog warmth in the box: Avoure on mastering for millions of streams
What does “analog warmth” mean to you in the context of mastering, and why is it so desirable, yet difficult ...
