Daily News & Analysis Feeds - 2017
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February 21, 2017 – How Do People Use Virtual Assistants on Their Smartphones?
Many smartphone users are regularly searching for information through voice commands with virtual assistants such as Google Now, Siri, Cortana and Alexa. New research looked at how often US smartphone users are employing smartphone virtual assistants, why and when they’re using them, which services they’re using and what they’re commonly searching for. Read more here.
February 16, 2017 – The State of Live Video Streaming
When Twitter acquired Periscope in 2015, the possibility to stream live video from and to your phone was a real innovation. At the time of the acquisition, Periscope hadn’t even launched yet and when it did, it quickly trended among early adopters and the broader tech community. Having reportedly paid slightly less than $100 million,… Read More
February 16, 2017 – BuzzAngle Music’s 2017 GRAMMYs Impact Report
The 2017 GRAMMY Awards had plenty of intrigue with regard to the top awards and as usual provided the nominated and performing artists with a boost to their album and song sales. Read the highlights here…
February 15, 2017 – Are Sales or Streaming Data More Relevant to Your Station’s Music?
Even though on-demand streaming services such as Spotify are rapidly replacing paid digital downloads at online stores such as iTunes, song sales data is still a relevant metric for radio programmers to examine when considering new music for airplay. Read more here.
February 14, 2017 – GRAMMY Awards Drive More Than 200 Percent Sales Gain for Adele, Beyonce & More
The 2017 Grammy Awards generated instant sales gains for the songs performed on CBS’ Feb. 12 broadcast, according to Nielsen Music. The tunes performed on the show scored a 207 percent gain in download sales in the United States on the day of the show, according to initial sales reports by Nielsen. Combined, the tunes performed… Read More
February 14, 2017 – A2IM’s Richard James Burgess to Keynote ‘Indie Music Forum powered by Hypebot’ at Music Biz 2017 in Nashville
The Music Business Association (Music Biz) and co-organizer Hypebot have announced the full agenda for this year’s “Indie Music Forum powered by Hypebot,” which will be held on Thursday, May 18, as part of the Music Biz 2017 convention at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel in Nashville. The Forum will be led by a Keynote Conversation… Read More
February 14, 2017 – [WEEKLY SALES] Big Sean Scores Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘I Decided.’
James Donio, President of the Music Business Association (Music Biz), commented on this week’s sales numbers issued by Nielsen (published in Billboard) and BuzzAngle Music (published in HITS Daily Double). Big Sean rose to the top of the Nielsen and BuzzAngle Music charts this week, scoring his second #1 album and fourth Top 10 solo… Read More
February 10, 2017 – Earphones & Headphones Market to Surpass $19 Billion by 2022
Rising purchasing power of consumers, increasing penetration of online streaming services coupled with growing smartphone and other mobile device market to drive global earphones & headphones market through 2022, according to a TechSci Research Report. Read more here…
February 10, 2017 – Nearly Half of U.S. Music Sunscribers May Have Amazon Prime Music
“Nearly one-half of streaming music subscribers, the equivalent of 15% of all broadband households, indicate they have a subscription to Amazon Prime Music,” according to the research firm Parks Associates’ senior analyst Glenn Hower. Read more here…
February 9, 2017 – Country Strong: The Women of Country See Recognition at the GRAMMYS
Since the Best New Artist Grammy was first awarded in 1959, only a handful of winners have been country music artists. This year, not only are two of the nominees country artists, but they’re also women. Read more here…
