Music

Spotify Dominates Apple, Amazon With 124M Premium Subscribers
Spotify Dominates Apple, Amazon With 124M Premium Subscribers
February 05, 2020  |  Retail

As Spotify took on Amazon and Apple by launching promotions, the music streaming company registered a higher-than-expected 29 percent jump in premium subscribers in Q4...

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India’s Gaana Streaming Service Far Surpasses Apple, Spotify
India’s Gaana Streaming Service Far Surpasses Apple, Spotify
February 02, 2020  |  International

India has access to the well-known music streaming sites Spotify and Apple Music, but it’s the country’s homegrown Gaana that is getting the majority of...

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Amazon Music Hits 55M Streaming Subscribers
Amazon Music Hits 55M Streaming Subscribers
January 22, 2020  |  Amazon Entertainment

Amazon Music has been steadily gaining in popularity despite only being around since 2016, a full two years after Apple debuted its own music service....

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Mastercard Debuts Music Single
Mastercard Debuts Music Single
January 07, 2020  |  Mastercard

Mastercard has released its first sonic-integrated music single, the company announced in a release  Tuesday (Jan. 7). “As experiences increasingly define the brand in the...

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ByteDance To Roll Out Music Streaming Service
ByteDance To Roll Out Music Streaming Service
November 18, 2019  |  Retail

With the rollout of its own competing service, the Chinese firm behind the popular TikTok video app is set to rival players such as Apple...

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Apple TV Users Can Now Stream Amazon Music
Apple TV Users Can Now Stream Amazon Music
October 10, 2019  |  Amazon Entertainment

Amazon Music is now available on Apple TV in 13 countries, including the U.S., U.K., Canada and Australia, as reported on Thursday (Oct. 10). Supporting one...

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Putting Vinyl Back On Track With eCommerce
Putting Vinyl Back On Track With eCommerce
September 17, 2019  |  Retail

Streaming has become a trend as consumers shift from paying for music ownership to paying for music access. It has changed the way people listen,...

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Money-Inspired Music And Why Hip Hop Tops The Charts
Money-Inspired Music And Why Hip Hop Tops The Charts
August 10, 2019  |  Digital Payments

It used to be all about the Benjamins, all about the cold hard cash – in this case, U.S. $100 bills, as expressed in a...

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Etsy Spends $275M To Expand Into Music Instrument Market
Etsy Spends $275M To Expand Into Music Instrument Market
July 22, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Etsy announced that it is acquiring Reverb Holdings, a marketplace for new, used and vintage music gear. The deal is for $275 million in cash,...

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