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TISM’s Entire Catalogue Is Now On Spotify

TISM – arguably Australia’s most iconic slice of the alternative underground – are on Spotify and Australians aged 35 to 45 are rejoicing!

Tagged as: 00s, 80s, 90s, Australia, Melbourne, Spotify, this is serious mum, TISM

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Jay-Z Returns To Spotify On His 50th Birthday

by Tim Cashmere

Hip hop superstar Jay-Z has made his back catalogue available to Spotify after two years away from the streaming giant.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, hip-hop, Jay-Z, rap, Spotify, Tidal

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Spotify Tells Cory Bernardi To Politely Go Fuck Himself

by Paul Cashmere

The backlash over extremist politician Cory Bernardi’s all-Australian Australia Day playlist continues. Even Spotify have washed their hands of it.

Tagged as: Australia, Australia Day, Cory Bernardi, Darren Hayes, Hilltop Hoods, Jimmy Barnes, Spotify

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Artists To Get Screwed Big Time In 2018 As Music Streaming Increases By 50% in 2017

by Paul Cashmere

Music streaming had a bumper year with listening increasing by 50% over 2016 in 2017 according to a report from BuzzAngle but don’t expect to see too many artists applauding it.

Tagged as: BuzzAngle, music industry, Spotify, streaming

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U.S. Senate Passes Legislation To Increase Artist Streaming Royalties

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Senate Judiciary Committee Member Orrin Hatch of Utah and Congressman Doug Collins (R-Ga.) of Georgia, the Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Courts and the Internet, introduced legislation to apply free market principles to music licensing and ensure songwriters are fairly compensated for their work.

Tagged as: music industry, Spotify, streaming, USA

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Australian Charts: James Arthur Spends Fourth Week On Top Of ARIA Singles Chart

by Gavin Ryan

“Say You Won’t Let Go” for James Arthur is atop the ARIA Singles Chart for a fourth straight week, becoming the equal fourth longest run at No.1 for 2016 (“Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber also spent the first four weeks of the year at the top).

Tagged as: 10s, Australian Charts: James Arthur Spends Fourth Week On Top Of ARIA Singles Chart, James Arthur, pop, Spotify, UK

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Australian Charts: The Weeknd Has The Most Streamed Song This Week

by Paul Cashmere

The Weeknd ‘Starboy’ remains the most streamed song in Australia this week.

Tagged as: 10s, Australian Charts: The Weeknd Has The Most Streamed Song This Week, James Arthur, pop, Spotify, The Weeknd, UK

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Australian Streams: The Chainsmokers Manages To Say Ahead Of New Competition

by Paul Cashmere

The Chainsmokers and Halsey ‘Closer’ still have the most streamed song n Australia but expect completion next week from Niall Horan and James Arthur.

Tagged as: 2016, Australia, Australian Streams: The Chainsmokers Manages To Say Ahead Of New Competition, Halsey, James Arthur, Niall Horan, pop, Spotify, streaming, The Chainsmokers

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Camper Van Beethoven and Cracker Sue Spotify For $150 Million

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Camper Van Beethoven and David Lowery of Cracker have brought a class action lawsuit against Spotify, alleging that they broadcast their music without obtaining mechanical licenses to broadcast the music.

Tagged as: Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker, music news, Spotify

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The Beatles Top 10 Streaming Hits

by Paul Cashmere

The Beatles allowed fans to hear their music via streaming services for the first time on Christmas Eve 2015 and already the first Beatles Streaming Top 10 has been compiled.

Tagged as: music news, Spotify, The Beatles

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Drake Is Spotify’s Most Streamed Artist Of 2015

by Music-News.com

Drake is Spotify’s most streamed artist of 2015.

Tagged as: Drake, Ed Sheeran, music news, Music News Drake is Spotify's most streamed artist of 2015, Spotify

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U2’s Larry Mullen Jr Says Streaming Services Need To Pay Artists More

by Paul Cashmere

U2’s Larry Mullen, Jr. may not have too much to worry about when it comes to the group’s income from streaming but he certainly sees it as a problem for younger and lesser known artists.

Tagged as: Apple, Larry Mullan Jr, music news, Spotify, streaming, U2

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Major Lazer ‘Lean On’ Was The No 1 UK Summer Hit

by Music-News.com

Spotify reveals the songs that came out on top for music lovers this summer, with Major Lazer’s ‘Lean On’ (feat. MÃ˜ and DJ Snake) taking the number 1 spot, globally. Ranking in second place globally is OMI’s ‘Cheerleader’, with Wiz Khalifa’s ‘See You Again’ rounding out the top three.

Tagged as: Lean On, Major Lazer, Major Lazer 'Lean On' Was The No 1 UK Summer Hit, music news, Spotify

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Ed Sheeran Is Most Influential Artist Under 25

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran has topped the list of the top 25 most influential young artists under the age of 25 who are taking the music industry by storm.

Tagged as: Ed Sheeran, music news, Spotify, top 25 most influential young artists

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What If Your Streaming Services Were Real People? Check Out This Hilarious Pisstake

by Paul Cashmere

Spotify is going through a painful breakup with Apple Music coming along and offering something that it can’t … Taylor Swift.

Tagged as: Apple Music, comedy, Hot Chocolate Party, music news, Pandora, Spotify, Tidal

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Prince Sends The Sheriff To Streaming Services

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Just as AC/DC and Dr. Dre embrace streaming, Prince has decided to scale back.

Tagged as: music news, Prince, Rdio, Spotify

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AC/DC Head To Streaming Services

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

AC/DC are putting more than a toe into the waters of the internet.

Tagged as: AC/DC, Apple Music, music news, Rdio, Spotify

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Spotify Reveals The UK Summer Hits Of 2015

by Music-News.com

Spotify reveals its picks for the top songs that are set to be the soundtrack of your summer, leading with three songs that are poised to be summer smashes in the UK.

Tagged as: Jamie XX, Maroon 5, music news, Spotify, The Weeknd

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Spotify Founder Reacts To Industry Criticism

by Music-News.com

‘I started this company to help the music industry, not get vilified by them,’ Spotify founder Daniel Ek tells Billboard in its latest cover story. He’s referring to the many outspoken critics of Spotify, including Taylor Swift.

Tagged as: Daniel Ek, music news, Spotify, Taylor Swift

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Pop Will Eat Itself …Streaming Crippled Music Sales In 2014

by Paul Cashmere

Evidence that streaming is crippling music sales in the past year has been revealed in the end of year report by Nielsen Music.

Tagged as: Daniel Ek, Nielsen Music, Spotify

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Pink Floyd Find Younger Fans With The Endless River

by Paul Cashmere

Pink Floyd are registering record streaming figures for Spotify but the surprise is the listeners are a lot younger than you would expect.

Tagged as: Pink Floyd, Spotify, The Endless River

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Ed Sheeran, Photo Image Ros O'Gorman, Noise11

Ed Sheeran Breaks Spotify UK Streaming Record

by Paul Cashmere

Ed Sheeran ‘x’ has broken Spotify records for first week streaming.

Tagged as: Ed Sheeran, Eminem, Lana Del Rey, Spotify

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Bette Midler Reveals How Pandora Screws With Artists Income

by Paul Cashmere

Bette Midler is the latest artist to accuse streaming services Spotify and Pandora of ripping off artists.

Tagged as: Bette Midler, Pandora, Spotify

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Ed Sheeran Tops Spotify Oscar Songs

by Music-News.com

Spotify rolls out the red carpet this Oscars’ weekend to reveal the most popular movie tracks from past 12 months.

Tagged as: Ed Sheeran, Spotify

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Spotify Registers Major Increases For Grammy Performers

by Paul Cashmere

Spotify plays in the 24 hours following the Grammy Awards have registered huge increases for the performers.

Tagged as: Chicago, Grammy Awards, Metallica, Spotify, Stevie Wonder

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Abba Happy New Year Most Streamed Song in UK For NYE

by Music-News.com

Abba gave England a Swedish flavoured soundtrack on New Year’s Eve.

Tagged as: Abba, Happy New Year, Spotify

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Wham Last Christmas Most Streamed Christmas Song

by Music-News.com

Wham’s classic ‘Last Christmas’ was the most streamed Christmas song of 2013 but Michael Buble owned the Top 10 with only Mariah Carey and The Pgues also getting a look-in.

Tagged as: Last Christmas, Michael Buble, Spotify, Wham

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Led Zeppelin To Stream On Spotify

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Led Zeopelin will stream on Spotify. Spotify has achieved something that no other streaming service has managed to do, obtain the rights to stream the music of Led Zeppelin.

Tagged as: Led Zeppelin, Spotify

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Flume And Lorde Are Two Of The Most Streamed Artists On Spotify For 2013

by Anthony Barton

Spotify have released their streaming data for 2013, showing the year’s most streamed artists in Australia and the rest of the world.

Tagged as: Daft Punk, Flume, Lorde, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Rihanna, Spotify

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Fans Rise To The Pink Floyd Spotify Challenge

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

It only took fans four days to get Pink Floyd’s entire catalogue on the Spotify service.

Tagged as: 1970s, 2010s, Ken Parks, Pink Floyd, Prog Rock, rock, Spotify, U.K.

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Todd Rundgren Adds 2nd Melbourne Show

The first Todd Rundgren Melbourne gig has sold out, and a second show has been added for Tuesday 30 October at the John Curtin Hotel.

August 4, 2018

Todd Rundgren, Trak, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Todd Rundgren And Todd-A-Roo Coming To Australia

Great news for fans of the uber-talented Todd Rundgren. In 2008, for a week on the glorious isle of Kauai, in Hawaii, about 300 fans from all over the world joined the Rundgrens at their incredible home to celebrate his 60th birthday. This became known as ToddStock; a week of camping, drinking, singing and celebrating.

July 4, 2018