Apple adds more concert discovery features to Music and Maps apps
Apple is stepping up its efforts to help people discover upcoming music concerts in their locality, through guides and setlists. The post Apple adds more concert discovery features to Music and Maps apps appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally
More than 80% of Apple Music subscribers listen to spatial audio
Apple’s annual state-of-services post, this year written by services boss Eddy Cue, revealed new stats focused on its spatial audio feature. The post More than 80% of Apple Music subscribers listen to spatial audio appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally
Shazam offers predictions for breakthrough artists in 2023
After a flurry of 2023 predictions at the end of last year, Shazam has published its tips for emerging artists who could break through. The post Shazam offers predictions for breakthrough artists in 2023 appeared first on Music Ally. Source: Music ally
Shazam reveals that it now has 200m monthly active users
The last time we had a figure for how many users Apple’s music-identification app Shazam had, it was 478 million annual active users in 2018. It’s not the most satisfying of metrics for gauging an app’s popularity, but thankfully there’s now an update. According to Apple, Shazam now has 200 million monthly active users. The company completed […]
Shazam financials reveal it added 78m users in 2018
Shazam reached 478 million annual active users in 2018, which is 78 million more than in the previous year. The company’s revenues fell by 23% to £31.4m last year, but it swung from a loss of £17.7m in 2017 to a profit of just under £124m in 2018. That’s the benefit of being bought by […]
Apple Music’s Shazam Discovery Top 50 chart focuses on emerging artists
Apple Music is getting a new weekly chart, driven by data from Shazam, the music-identification app that Apple acquired in September 2018. The chart is called Shazam Discovery Top 50, and is a global chart ranking 50 “up-and-coming songs from breaking artists”, based on what Shazam’s users have been tagging that week. The chart will […]
Love Island was a big hit for music with more than 1m Shazams
A big chunk of the UK’s telly viewers have been engrossed by the daily ins and outs (literally) of ITV show Love Island. Apple’s Shazam has put out some stats this morning showing the impact on music discovery. Songs featured in Love Island’s latest series, which ended this week, have generated more than 1m tags […]
Apple Music used Shazam for extended-trial Grammys promotion
We’re getting a sense of how music-identification app Shazam, acquired by Apple in September 2018, will be used by the company to promote Apple Music. Last night, anyone tagging a track during the Grammys ceremony unlocked a ‘Grammy Awards experience’ listing the songs performed during the event. There was also a special offer: new subscribers (to Apple […]