Tag Archives: artists

Spotify will let artists and labels promote songs in recommendations

Posted on by
Spotify will soon test a way for artists and labels to promote songs in your recommendations. They’ll be able to flag music they want to spread the word about to Spotify's algorithms. The service suggests artists could use the option to spotlight a n...

The Grammy Museum built a streaming service to share its archives

Posted on by
Since the Grammy Museum closed at the beginning of the pandemic, most of the filmed interviews and performances in its archives have remained locked behind its downtown LA doors. The museum is working to change that with a new subscription-based stre...

Amazon Music adds artist Twitch streams

Posted on by
Amazon Music and Twitch are teaming up to bring live streaming to the Amazon Music app. Beginning today, artists can do things like stream live performances and charity events or host Q&As directly in the Amazon Music app. Fans will be able to fl...

YouTube’s personalized music playlists are available to all users

Posted on by
YouTube Music's new personalized playlists are now available to users worldwide. Today, YouTube introduced its Discover Mix, New Release Mix and Your Mix. The playlists will curate your favorite songs, new releases and unheard tracks by your favorite...

Zane Lowe’s new Beats 1 show is all about new music

Posted on by
This summer, Apple created New Music Daily, a curated playlist with the latest and most popular tracks from around the world. Today, it's launching a companion radio broadcast on Beats 1. The weekly show, "New Music Daily with Zane Lowe," will featur...

New music platform Audius plans to capitalize on SoundCloud’s faults

Posted on by
A new streaming service, Audius, wants to make up for SoundCloud's shortcomings. The free hosting service and music streaming platform launched today, and it's positioning itself as a blockchain-based SoundCloud alternative that lets artists upload s...

Deezer’s new royalty system could be a big deal for smaller artists

Posted on by
Deezer wants to launch a payment structure that more fairly rewards creators for their music. If the company can get the necessary rights holders on board, it intends to launch a user-centric payment system (UCPS) as a pilot in France early next year...

Spotify lets you add 15-second song clips to Facebook Stories

Posted on by
Beginning today, Spotify will let users share 15-second clips of Spotify songs on their Facebook Stories. If followers tap on the preview, they'll be transferred to Spotify, where they can listen to the rest of the track. The change is geared toward...