Every streaming service wants to be associated with the global growth of Afrobeats music. Spotify’s latest effort is ‘Afrobeats: Culture in Motion’ – a section of its news site dedicated to the […]
Tag: South Africa
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South Africa’s Wits University launches AI & African Music project
AI’s potential for music is being explored across the world, including in Africa. Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa has just launched a pilot project for example. It’s called ‘AI […]
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Music Ally Insight Report :: International Focus 2025
Welcome to our fifth annual Music Ally International Focus report – where we bring all of Music Ally’s Country Profiles published in the last 12 months into one place. Welcome […]
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South African artists have doubled their Spotify payouts since 2022
Spotify has been publishing some more country-specific figures from its ‘Loud & Clear’ payouts data. This time it’s South Africa.
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Audiomack picks African artists for ‘Keep The Beat Going’ campaign
Music-streaming service Audiomack has been popular in Africa for some time. Now it wants to help more African artists get popular around the world. The company has launched the latest […]
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Ticketmaster expands in Africa with acquisition of Quicket
Ticketmaster is buying Quicket, one of the largest ticketing companies in Africa. Founded in South Africa in 2011, the latter company has since expanded to countries including Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Zambia […]
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Country Profile – South Africa 2024
South African music is making ever bigger waves abroad – and the country’s music business is making hay.
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Spotify reveals stats for Spanish artists and amapiano music
Spotify has been dropping more stats in the last 24 hours. No, nothing to do with bundles. It has published new figures relating to Spanish artists’ payouts last year
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South Africans have streamed 1.2bn hours of Spotify since 2018
It’s five years since Spotify went live in South Africa, with the March 2018 launch representing the streaming service’s debut in Africa.
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Neighbouring rights: ‘We’re hitting the ground running…’
The infrastructure and enthusiasm around licensing and neighbouring rights varies a lot around the world. In a NY:LON Connect session chaired by Alison Wenham, COO, Blue Raincoat/Chrysalis Group, a panel […]
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Reports claim Joox is shutting down in South Africa
Tencent-owned music streaming service Joox appears to be shutting down in South Africa, although not quite yet. “As of 31 March 2022, the JOOX Music service will come to an end in South Africa,”
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South African music industry hopes for growth in 2021
The South African recorded music market looks set to return to growth in 2021, after enduring a difficult 2020. Recorded music income in South African shrank by some 2.8% last […]
