Spotify is the world’s most popular music streaming service, with over 400 million monthly active users and 172 million premium subscribers1. However, unlike some of its competitors such as Apple Music, Amazon Music Unlimited and YouTube Music, Spotify has not raised its subscription prices in the U.S. for its individual premium plan, which costs $9.99 per month
Universal Music Group has declared war on AI-generated music that it believes has been created using commercial music without a license. The major label has sent emails to music streaming services, asking them to stop giving access to their music catalogue to developers who use it to train AI technology, according to the Financial Times.
The BPI, which represents independent labels and major record companies in the UK, conducted new research on the success of streaming compared to the CD era. The research found that a larger number of artists are successful in the streaming era, compared to the CD era.
Tidal Live is the new name for Tidal’s music-sharing feature, which lets subscribers broadcast their personal stream to their friends in private, invite-only sessions....
There is a debate in the UK about how to fairly reward performers and creators for music streaming. Some MPs have called for a "complete reset" of the market and proposed that the government pass legislation to give performers the right to "equitable remuneration"
Earlier this year, Universal Music proposed an artist-centric model for streaming services. At the MENT music industry conference in Slovenia, CMU (Complete Music Update)...
