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Music analytics: application and nuances
As much as we think the art of performance is unquantifiable, this is not the case. The success or failure of your art is usually determined by two things; how it affects people and how popular it is. Recently a lot of big, popular music media outlets are veering away from newer artists and going…
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HOW TO CHECK APPLE MUSIC STATS FOR ARTISTS?
Apple Music for Artists is a platform for musicians to learn more about their music data on the Apple Music streaming platform. Why are we focusing on Apple Music for Artists today? To convince you that you shouldn’t overlook any tool at your disposal to strengthen your music promotion strategy. It’s true, Apple Music isn’t the…
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What Music Streaming Services Pay Per Stream (And Why It Actually Doesn’t Matter)
Music streaming is now at the very center of the recording industry. The chances are that the recording artist will make most of the money on streaming, whether it’s an up-and-coming local act or an international superstar — although the second will make about a million times more. As A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie puts it: “we…
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Music Market Focus: Sizing Up the US Music Industry
The U.S. music market is not only the largest market in the world. The influence of the U.S. spreads far beyond the country’s borders, securing its place as a trendsetter of the global music industry. As of March 2019, over 70% of the songs on Spotify’s Global Top-50 playlist were recorded by US-based artists. American…
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Indian Music Industry Analysis: Streaming, Live Industry, Bollywood, 2022 Trends, and More
The Indian market is one of the hottest topics in the industry right now. The news of Spotify and Youtube Music entering the local market, the price war that followed — as we already mentioned, India will probably become the main battleground of the global streaming industry in the years to come. The local market will attract more and more interest in…
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Why Streaming Stats Don’t Define You as an Artist
Distributing your music online and making it available on Spotify and YouTube means being exposed to the number of times your songs have been listened to. While these stats can be helpful to you as an artist to some degree, they can also do a lot of harm. It’s natural to think that streams and views…
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It’s Raining Men – Statistics about The Gender Gap in Music
1/ How many women among artists? To be able to count female singers, musicians, producers or songwriters, it is required to have gender specific data describing them. However, here’s the first roadblock — there is little public gender-differentiated metadata describing artists. Most data providers don’t have this kind of information, and the most comprehensive dataset I found…
