Spotify is out of contract with all three major music companies, MBW has learned, with a dispute over revenue splits bringing disharmony to negotiations. The Swedish streaming company has been out of …
Spotify’s most viral tracks US, UK and globally
These lists represent the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from 8/5-11/2016 via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify…
Spotify raids BBC Radio for talent to boost UK playlist team
Just over a year ago, MBW broke the news that Apple Music had poached no less than four BBC radio producers to join former Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe within its walls. The exodus quickly became known as the…
Apple: Music streaming should pay songwriters $910 every million plays
Apple has filed a new proposal with the US Copyright Royalty Board which it hopes will simplify songwriting royalties in the States. The Cupertino giant has suggested that all on-demand streaming serv…
At this rate, music downloads will be dead by 2020
Single-track download sales in the US have crashed by 42% since their peak just four years ago – sparking the real possibility that they could become a dead format within half a decade. In the first h…
How Apple hopes to win the streaming war
Drake’s “Hotline Bling” video, Taylor Swift’s tour movie and the Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face” have something in common: They’ve all been funded b…
SoundCloud, Amazon, Tidal: streaming’s other runners
Apple, Spotify and YouTube have all been grabbing the streaming headlines of late, albeit for different reasons. While these companies will continue to set the pace over the next couple of years (agai…
Spotify tops 100m active users – but can it keep up its conversion rate?
Spotify has confirmed that its platform now officially boasts more than 100 million active users. The last official confirmation we had from the Swedish service was that it had 89m active users at the…
Getting Your Music on Best Streaming Platform Worldwide
Over time, digital music has come a long way, and throughout its journey, trends have been volatile. While digital music downloads have been continuously facing a downfall as against the time when digital music distribution was relatively a newer concept, music streaming services have recently gained momentum and becoming more popular. Music streaming services allow you to stream your kind of music online, without having to wait it to get downloaded first. They charge a nominal amount in exchange for their services, or you can opt for free usage with a lot of advertisements in between. There are many streaming platforms competing in the market, led by Apple and Spotify, and it becomes very tricky when it comes to choose one out of many services. This is when the music distributor plays a crucial role.
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For an artist it is very important to get maximum visibility on popular streaming services in order to get attention from maximum listeners because trends suggest streaming services are increasingly grabbing all the desired market share. Beatrising music distribution partners up with most of the leading streaming platforms that are functioning all over the globe. It will not only help you to increase visibility over some of the top streaming platforms like Apple Music and Spotify, you’ll have a chance of being listed in the top playlists amongst the widespread libraries as well.