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Over 100 Billion Songs Streamed In 2019

More than 100bn tracks were played on audio streaming services for the first time in a single year in 2019, but fans still also love the enduring appeal of analogue and physical formats.

Tagged as: Lewis Capaldi, music industry, streaming, UK

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Jeff Goldblum Makes The World According To Jeff Goldblum For Disney

by Paul Cashmere

Jeff Goldblum has his own show on the new Disney + streaming network.

‘The World According to Jeff Goldblum’ is produced by Jeff Goldblum and stars Jeff Goldblum.

The show debuted with the launch of the new streaming service Disney + and will roll out a new episode every week. In episode 3, you’ll discover Jeff Goldblum Day and watch a Jeff Goldblum fan get a Jeff Goldblum tattoo from Jeff Goldblum himself.

Would you let Jeff Goldblum give you a tattoo? Watch Jeff surprise unsuspecting fans at his hometown tattoo parlor on Jeff Goldblum day in the new episode of #TheWorldAccordingtoJeffGoldblum, streaming now on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/N2B29ufKqQ
— Nat Geo Channel (@NatGeoChannel) November 22, 2019

Topics to be discussed on the show are all topics dear to the heart of Jeff Goldblum like Sneakers, Ice-Cream, Tattoos, Denim, BBQ and Gaming.

Earlier this month Jeff Goldblum also released his second album ‘I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This’.

And for those of you who can’t shake Jeff Goldblum from the big screen, lets go back to one of his most-loved characters, Seth Brundle in The Fly.

Tagged as: Disney, jazz, Jeff Goldblum, streaming, television, The World According to Jeff Goldblum, USA

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New Music was the Biggest Loser in Streaming during 2018

by Paul Cashmere

Streaming is not the friend of New Music in 2018, according to data from BuzzAngle.

Tagged as: BuzzAngle, Canada, music industry, new music, streaming, USA

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Tidal Execs Claim Fake Streaming Story Was A Competitor Attack

by Music-News.com

Executives at JAY-Z’s music streaming company Tidal have denied they inflated streaming figures for albums by Kanye West and Beyonce.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Kanye West, music industry, streaming, Todal, USA

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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 Streaming: The Chainsmokers and Halsey Still Have Most Streamed Song

by Paul Cashmere

The Chainsmokers and Halsey ‘Closer’ is not budging as the most streamed song in Australia.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Streaming: The Chainsmokers and Halsey Still Have Most Streamed Song, Closer, Halsey, pop, streaming, The Chainsmokers, Top 40

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Australian Streaming: The Chainsmokers and Halsey Stay At No 1

by Paul Cashmere

The Chainsmokers and Halsey ‘Closer’ has stayed Australia’s most streamed song while people who actually buy music have moved on.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian Streaming: The Chainsmokers and Halsey Stay At No 1, Closer, Halsey, pop, streaming, The Chainsmokers, Top 40

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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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Australian Streaming: The Chainsmokers ‘Closer’ Is Still Most Listened To Song

by Paul Cashmere

The Chainsmokers and Halsey ‘Closer’ is the song most Australias streamed last week.

Tagged as: Australian charts, Australian Streaming: The Chainsmokers ‘Closer’ Is Still Most Listened To Song, Closer, Halsey, streaming, The Chainsmokers

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Australian Streaming: Closer By The Chainsmokers Is Most Played Track Still

by Paul Cashmere

The Chainsmokers and Halsey’s hit ‘Closer’ continues to rule both the Australian download and streaming chart this week.

Tagged as: Australian singles, Australian Streaming: Closer By The Chainsmokers Is Most Played Track Still, Black Eyed Peas, Closer, Halsey, music news, streaming, The Chainsmokers

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Australian Singles: Once Again It’s the Chainsmokers and Halsey On Top

by Paul Cashmere

The Chainsmokers and Halsey hit ‘Closer’ has stayed at no 1 in Australia for another week as Black Eyed Peas all-star ‘#whereisthelove’ starts to already run out of steam.

Tagged as: Australian singles, Australian Singles: Once Again It's the Chainsmokers and Halsey On Top, Black Eyed Peas, Closer, Halsey, music news, streaming, The Chainsmokers

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Australian Singles: The Chainsmokers and Halsey Anchor At No 1

by Gavin Ryan

The Chainsmokers and Halsey retain the No.1 position on the ARIA Singles Chart for fourth straight week, also holding in the US and climbing to the top of the UK charts as of this weekend, helped by their performance together the MTV VMA’s last weekend.

Tagged as: Australian Singles: The Chainsmokers and Halsey Anchor At No 1, Black Eyed Peas, Closer, Halsey, music news, streaming, The Chainsmokers

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Australian Streaming: The Chainsmokers and Halsey Closer Still Most Listened To Song

by Paul Cashmere

The Chainsmokers and Halsey’s hit ‘Closer’ is still the most streamed song in Australia with only one change this week in the top 10 for the week.

Tagged as: Australian Streaming: The Chainsmokers and Halsey Closer Still Most Listened To Song, Black Eyed Peas, Closer, Halsey, music news, streaming, The Chainsmokers

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Australian Singles The Chainsmokers and Halsey Own Streaming Again This Week

by Paul Cashmere

The Chainsmokers featuring Halsey hit ‘Closer’ has remained the most streamed song in Australia again this week.

Tagged as: Australian singles, Australian Singles The Chainsmokers and Halsey Own Streaming Again This Week, Closer, Hlsey, music news, streaming, The Chainsmokers

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Australian Singles: Major Lazer ‘Cold Water’ Still Top Streaming Song

by Paul Cashmere

Major Lazer has reversed position with The Chainsmokers as the most streamed song of the week, while Chainsmokers owns most downloaded song position.

Tagged as: Australian singles, Australian Singles: Major Lazer ‘Cold Water’ Still Top Streaming Song, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Major Lazer, music news, streaming, The Chainsmokers

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The Beatles Now Playing On Streaming Services

by Paul Cashmere

The Beatles catalogue is now streaming.

Tagged as: Apple, Google Spotify, music news, streaming, The Beatles

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The Beatles To Stream Before Christmas

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Billboard has a bit of a blockbuster rumor circulating this afternoon. According to the magazine, the Beatles catalog will begin to roll out on at least one, and most likely many, streaming services starting Christmas Eve.

Tagged as: music news, streaming, The Beatles, The Beatles To Stream Before Christmas

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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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George Harrison Catalogue Is Now Streaming

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

At one point, George Harrison’s catalog was available on a number of the streaming services but it was slowly withdrawn a few years ago.

Tagged as: George Harrison, George Harrison Catalogue Is Now Streaming, music news, streaming

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It’s Official, Streaming Slaughters Music Sales

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

The day of the physical consumption of music may be ending sooner than we thought.

Tagged as: music news, Music sales, RIAA, streaming

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It’s Now Illegal To Rip Your Own CD In The UK

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

A British high court has just killed a whole industry, at least if people pay attention to the letter of the law.

Tagged as: CD, collection, iPhone, ipod, iTunes, music, music collection, music news, Rip, streaming

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UK Stream 500 MIllion Streams Per Week

by Music-News.com

With audio streaming in the UK continuing to grow at an exponential rate, music body the BPI today reveals that, according to Official Charts Company data, the landmark of 500 million weekly streams has been breached for the first time.

Tagged as: BPI, Mark Ronson, music news, streaming, UK charts

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Neil Young & Crazy Horse, The Plenary, Melbourne, 2013, Ros O'Gorman, Noise11, Photo

Neil Young Pulls Catalogue From Streaming Sites

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

Neil Young has joined Prince in pulling his music from all streaming services.

Tagged as: music news, Neil Young, streaming

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James Taylor Wants Half of His Streaming Revenue

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

James Taylor has weighted in on the streaming revenue discussion and he says artists deserve half on the income.

Tagged as: James Taylor, music news, streaming, Taylor Swift

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Jay-Z Launches New Streaming Service Tidal

by Music-News.com

Jay-Z held a press conference on Monday to announce his new Tidal subscription music service.

Tagged as: Jay-Z, music news, music newsJay-Z, streaming, Tidal

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Streaming Doubled In UK In 2014

by Music-News.com

Figures released this week by the BPI show British artists and surge in streaming help to deliver another £1 billion-plus year for the UK recorded music business.

Tagged as: BPI, Clean Bandit, Official Charts, streaming, UK

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Streaming Becomes The New Airplay, 118.1 Billion Songs Streamed In 2013

by Paul Cashmere

Streaming has taken over from radio listening as the way people casually consume music in the USA. American’s streamed 118.1 billion songs in 2013.

Tagged as: BDS, Harlem Shake, Neilsen, streaming

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High Court Rejects Commercial Radio Streaming Application In Favour of Artists and Labels

by Paul Cashmere

The Australian High Court has ruled in favour of artists and recording labels and rejected an application by Commercial Radio Australia for a leave application that internet streaming simulcasts be covered by existing broadcast licences.

Tagged as: APRA, broadcast, Commercial Radio Australia, Dan Rosen, Federal court, High Court, PPCA, streaming

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Spotify Launches In Australia

by Andrew Tijs

Music streaming giant Spotify has officially launched in Australia.

Tagged as: Australia, launch, music, online, program, service, sharing, Spotify, streaming

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