Worldwide Apple Music subscribers count over 36m – a figure half that of Spotify’s equivalent premium audience (more than 70m). …
Free analytics for artists by Apple Music too
Apple launches its beta “Apple Music for Artists”, an analytics dashboard that offers data about artists’ streaming performance and iTunes sales. Apple is behind in the game compared…
Spotify has exceeded the 70m mark in paying customers
More than 10m subscribers have been added to Spotify’s service over the past five months – resulting in a milestone of over 70m in paying customers. In March 2017 Spotify’s customer base h…
Universal, Sony, and Warner Music Group have closed Licensing Deals with YouTube
Warner Music Group is not alone in signing new multi-year global licensing agreements with YouTube, now also Universal and Sony. This move means smooth sailing for Google and YouTube to launch a new p…
YouTube’s got a new music streaming service in the works
In March 2018 YouTube plans on introducing a new music streaming service so as to not be left in the dust by rivals Spotify and Apple, as reported by Bloomberg. Spotify-like, on-demand streaming is ex…
The music recognition app Shazam is being acquired by Apple
Apple is the new owner of Shazam, the music and audio recognition App which they purchased for $400 million, as TechCrunch reports. Whatever it is that Apple might integrate into its own business post…
Tencent, the Chinese colossal and Spotify
It appears the Chinese colossal Tencent and Spotify are seriously bent on investing in each other’s businesses, as quoted in a recent Wall Street Journal report. The deal includes one major bonus for …
Spotify, SoundCloud and Deezer launch Digital Music Europe
Spotify, SoundCloud and Deezer has founded a new European lobbying organization, Digital Music Europe (DME), its aim being to “advocate for policies that shape a favourable business environment for di…
Spotify comes to Thailand
Spotify comes to Thailand offering both a free ad-supported music service and an upgraded ad-free subscription service. Users can listen for free or alternatively upgrade to Spotify Premium for only 1…
Why is it Important for Artists to Sell Music on Spotify
Amongst cut-throat competition in the music streaming segment of the digital music market, two names clearly stand out in terms of popularity. These are Spotify and Apple Music with their par excellence services and widespread reach. This commonly known fact makes it very important for the artist to get their music uploaded on Spotify.
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Spotify services offer tremendously user friendly interface on desktop, as well as mobile interfaces whether Android or iOS. Being one of the earliest inventors of on-demand streaming services, Spotify offers free, advertisement based desktop interface, and with increasing popularity for streaming services, listeners are increasingly opting in for paid subscription. Benefits of choosing to be a paid subscriber not only helps you get rid of the ads it also enables you to select on demand music through you mobile phone devices.
In the highly competitive streaming industry, Spotify holds the position of being the industry leader, making it an inevitable choice for artists as well as labels to release their music on this platform. While its competitors offer some unique, hard-to-say-no-to features, Spotify is the best and most complete, natural, and hassle-free service that is available. And, Beatrising music distribution partners with Spotify to make your music available to the masses and helping you access a large fan base in a short span.