This week, MIDiA published its annual music subscriber market report which shows that, Apple Music is second with 15% worldwide market share…
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Music CD sales increased in 2021 for the first time in 17 years
Sales of music CDs increased from 40.16 million units in 2020 to 40.59 million in 2021, according to a yearly report from music data…
Spotify HiFi is still M.I.A. while Apple Music subscribers enjoy Lossless Audio for free
Apple Music delivered industry-leading sound quality to subscribers with the addition of high quality Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio with…
SiriusXM offers subscribers Apple Music free for 12 months
SiriusXM announced today a new benefit to deliver even more value to listeners with a special offer for Apple Music. New and existing…
Apple Music Replay 2021 reveals your top songs, artists, albums, and more
Apple Music Replay lets Apple Music users to see a review of their most listened-to songs, artists, albums, and more…
Apple, Travis Scott, Drake, Live Nation hit with $750 million lawsuit over Astroworld deaths
Lawsuits continue to be filed in the aftermath of November’s deadly crowd surge at Astroworld Festival. Apple, Travis Scott, Drake…
Tencent Music brings huge catalog of Chinese music to Apple Music users worldwide
Bringing TME’s premium music content from Chinese labels and creators to Apple Music users worldwide, will enable music lovers to explore…
Apple Music launches on Sony PS5
On Wednesday, Apple Music launched on Sony’s PlayStation 5 (PS5) game console. Subscribers can access a catalog of 90 million songs…
Apple introduces HomePod mini in new yellow, orange, and blue colors
Apple today introduced HomePod mini in three bold new colors — yellow, orange, and blue — giving users more ways to express their style…
Apple reportedly prepping Apple Music app for Sony PlayStation 5
Apple is reportedly prepping an Apple Music app for Sony’s PlayStation 5, delivering America’s number one streaming music service to PS5…
Apple offers six months free Apple Music to AirPods and Beats owners
Apple is now giving AirPods and Beats users who have updated to iOS 15 six months free use of the company’s Apple Music streaming service…
Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ sets 2021 Apple Music record with 60 million first-day U.S. streams
Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ studio album has set the 2021 Apple Music record with 60 million first-day U.S. streams…
Apple acquires classical music streaming service Primephonic
Apple today announced it has acquired Primephonic, the renowned classical music streaming service that offers an outstanding listening…
‘Carpool Karaoke: The Series’ renewed for Season 5, moving to Apple TV+
The Apple Music series, “Carpool Karaoke: The Series,” an offshoot from the viral segment on CBS’ “The Late Late Show With…
Apple features Billie Eilish in new Apple Music Spatial Audio promotion (video)
Apple has debuted promotion that touts Apple Music’s new Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos. The spot features Billie Eilish and cross-promotes…
iTunes Match users hit with widespread issues
Apple’s iTunes Match gives you access to all of your music on all of your devices, even songs that you’ve imported from other sources such as…
Producer Giles Martin: The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ in Spatial Audio on Apple Music doesn’t sound quite right; will be replaced
Producer Giles Martin, in a new interview, delves into the technical marvels and challenges of Apple Music’s Spatial Audio’s 3-D sound…
Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ listening party breaks Apple Music’s livestream record
Kanye West packed the Mercedes-Benz Stadium for his ‘DONDA’ listening party and smashed Apple Music’s global livestream record …
Apple Music Lossless and Spatial Audio coming soon to India
Apple, via the company’s Support page on Twitter, confirmed that Apple Music Lossless and Spatial Audio support is coming soon to India …
Apple debuts new ad introducing Spatial Audio on Apple Music
Apple Music last week began rolling ou Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos and, now, the company has a new ad promoting the feature…
Apple Music gives record labels their own feature pages
Ahead of its highly publicized rollout of Spatial and Lossless Audio to users on Tuesday,Apple Music also soft-launched record label pages…
How to listen to Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV
If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can listen to select songs in Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos, an innovative audio technology that…
Apple’s Eddy Cue: The future of music isn’t lossless, it’s Spatial Audio
Apple Music launched a major update to its service Monday, rolling out a lossless service offering high-fidelity music, enabling Spatial Audio…
Apple Music’s Zane Lowe: Spatial Audio will transform music
Music is about to change forever. Introducing Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos on Apple Music — high-resolution, three-dimensional Lossless…
Apple Music activates Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio content
Apple late Monday activated Spatial Audio and Lossless Audio content on Apple Music. The new tech is now live for select tracks and albums…
Apple Music to hold ‘Special Event’ today, immediately after WWDC keynote address
In a video posted on Apple Music, Apple is promoting a “Special Event” called “Introducing Spatial Audio” that will take place on June 7…
Mercedes-Benz adds Apple Music in EQS, C-Class, and S-Class vehicles
Mercedes-Benz has teamed up with Apple Music to provide the full integration of Apple Music into the Mercedes me connect service…
Signs of Apple Music Lossless, Spatial Audio, Dolby Atmos content showing up for some users
With Apple Music Lossless streaming set to arrive sometime in June, some users are reporting signs now that content is arriving…
Tidal releases Apple Watch app with streaming and offline playback
Tidal this week released an Apple Watch app that allows subscribers to stream music directly on their wrist. The app is available through…
AirPods Pro and AirPods Max do not support Apple Music Lossless
Apple Music subscribers will also be able to listen to more than 75 million songs in Lossless Audio, but not if they’re using AirPods Pro…
Apple Music announces Spatial Audio with Dolby Atmos; will bring Lossless Audio to entire catalog
Apple Music is bringing industry-leading sound quality to subscribers with the addition of Spatial Audio with support for Dolby Atmos …
Apple Music Hi-Fi: New beta confirms lossless audio streaming is on the way
Earlier this month, 9to5Mac reported that Apple Music would be gaining “Hi-Fi” streaming options, possibly as soon as the release…
iOS 14.6 may deliver Apple Music high-fidelity audio streaming
Apple Music will announce a new high-fidelity audio streaming tier in the coming weeks at the same $9.99-per-user price point, as label…
Apple faces EU antitrust complaint over Spotify as soon as this week
Apple faces a European Union antitrust complaint as soon as this week, escalating a probe into Spotify Technology SA’s allegations that App…
Spotify jacks up prices for many of its music subscription plans
Spotify is jacking up the prices of many of its music subscription plans this week in the U.K, and across parts of Europe, with the U.S…
Apple Music pays artists double what Spotify pays
Apple’s said it pays music rights holders a penny per Apple Music stream, “roughly double” Spotify’s rate, according to an Apple…
Apple releases macOS 11.3 beta 7 with new HomePod, Reminders, and Apple Music features
Apple today seeded developers with the seventh beta for macOS 11.3 Big Sur with new features for HomePod, Reminders, Apple Music, and more…
Apple invests in UnitedMasters music startup focused on independent artists
Apple is investing in a stake in UnitedMasters, a music-distribution company that is trying to undercut major record labels by offering…
EU antitrust regulators said ready with Apple charges on Spotify complaint
EU antitrust regulators are finalizing a charge sheet against Apple triggered by a complaint by Swedish music streaming service Spotify …
Leslie Jordan launching radio show on Apple Music
The 65-year-old Will & Grace actor will soon host his own show, Hunker Down Radio with Leslie Jordan, on Apple Music Country. The hour-long…
Apple TV+ announces ‘Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry’ live premiere event on February 25th
On Feb. 25th, fans are invited to take part in a global live event to mark the release of “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry”…
Apple Music pays $163.3M into MLC’s black box of unmatched music royalty payments
The MLC announced today that it has received a total of $424,384,787, $163,338,890 of which was paid by Apple Music, in accrued…
