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Quarterly figures Spotify: 124 million paying subscribers

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Spotify has this week Numbers was announced for the fourth quarter of 2019. The streaming service had 124 million paying users in that period, a growth of 29 percent compared to the last quarter of 2018.

The number of monthly active users also increased in the past year. In the last quarter of 2019, Spotify had 271 million users who were active on the platform every month. That is an increase of 31 percent compared to 2018. The number of active users is expected to be between 279 and 289 million this year. The number of paying subscribers is expected to exceed 2020 million in 150.

Do you also want to make your music available on Spotify and more than 30 other platforms? Then you are at the right place at WM Digital Services. Create an account here, or mail to info@wmdigitalservices.nl For more information.

Distribution to Tencent available immediately

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General news, New stores

WM Digital Services also helps you make your music as widely available as possible in the new year. After we added two Chinese streaming services to our package in 2019, Tencent is now also available.

Tencent is one of the largest internet companies in the world. By adding this option to our distribution package you get access to three Chinese platforms in one go:
– QQ Music: this service has been active for ten years and reaches around 700 million listeners, of which 120 million are paying subscribers.
– KuGou: a streaming service and download platform with an estimated 800 million users and a market share of 28% of the Chinese music market
– Kuwo: the fourth largest streaming service in China

China is a huge growth market for Western artists and with the addition of Tencent, in addition to the previously added platforms Xiami Music and NetEase Cloud Music, you too can benefit from this growth.

Do you want to make existing releases available on Tencent? Mail to info@wmdigitalservices.nl and we arrange it for you, of course without extra costs.

Accessibility during the holidays

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General news, Digital distribution

From Monday, December 23, 2019 to Wednesday, January 1, 2020, WM Digital Services will not be available by phone. Of course you can upload releases via our website during this period and urgent support questions by mail will be dealt with as quickly as possible.

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Do you have plans for a release in December, or the first week of January? Then keep in mind that it is currently extra busy with the various online platforms and that during the holidays the checking and processing of releases is largely stopped.

Do you have any questions? Look at our "help" page or mail to info@wmdigitalservices.nl.

Happy Holidays!

Tip: Sign up for Spotify Canvas

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General news, Digital distribution, Spotify

"Album artwork, for the streaming age". This is how Spotify describes the Canvas option: the super short films that you occasionally see in the mobile Spotify app with a few larger artists. It is still a beta test, but the ability to add these 'looping visuals' has been made more widely available through a few weeks via Spotify for Artists.

Spotify Canvas

If you want to be one of the first to use Canvas, you can sign up for a place on the waiting list via this link: https://canvas.spotify.com

[Update] The sign up link has since been removed by Spotify. It is not yet known when Spotify Canvas can be used by all artists.

Processing times around the holidays

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General news, Digital distribution

It is already November, and that means that the end of the year is coming. It also means that, in addition to a larger amount of regular releases, many seasonal releases will be released, from Santa Claus and Christmas albums to new sing-alongs for the carnival season.

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Do you have plans for a release in November, December, or the first week of January? Keep in mind that it will be extra busy with the various in the coming weeks online platforms. So plan your release data a bit wider than usual and if in doubt, contact us so that we can see if your schedule is feasible.

WM Digital Services cannot be reached by phone from Monday 23 December 2019 to Wednesday 1 January 2020. Of course you can upload releases via our website during this period and urgent support questions by email will be answered as usual.

Do you have any questions? Look at our "help" page or mail to info@wmdigitalservices.nl. We are happy to help you!

Medammecour songs and buutten now also on Spotify

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Digital distribution, New releases

Songs from the popular carnival revue “Medammecour on Tour”Can now also be heard on Spotify and the other well-known platforms. The songs can be found online from today, the 11de of the 11de. For Limburgers and for Limburgers with homesickness anywhere in the world.

Medammecour on Tour - L1VE

The regional broadcaster L1 is pleased that Joost Meijs and Marc Hermans, spiritual fathers of the annual “Medammecour on Tour“, Have come up with the idea of arranging distribution via Spotify. The artists involved were also willing to cooperate. L1 has a rich archive with recordings of the annual event.

Joost Meijs, one of the initiators of "Medammecour on Tour": "These days everything is perfect studio work. We would like to show the unique live atmosphere of our performances. The songs from the shows from 2019 and 2018 are the first to be heard on Spotify. Our L1VE Medammecour archive will be expanded further in the near future. "

L1 editor-in-chief Leo Hauben: “As a regional broadcaster, we want to promote our role as a culture bearer everywhere. Making our archive accessible, in this case via a streaming service, is one of the ways in which we do that. The old ROZ live recordings of carnival sessions, world famous in their own province, will soon be made available via Spotify. As the oldest regional broadcaster, since 1945, you can safely call our archive cultural heritage. ”

The online distribution of the Medammecour recordings is provided by WM Digital Services.
Listen yourself via your favorite platform: https://album.link/i/1486760986

Now available: Facebook Rights Manager

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General news, Digital distribution, New stores

It is not a streaming service and it is not a download store, but it has recently been one of the most requested options: Facebook Rights Manager is now available via WM Digital Serivces.

You've undoubtedly seen them before: put the music stickers in 'stories' Instagram en Facebook. When you choose to add music to your story, you can choose from a large database of artists and tracks. You then have all kinds of 'edit' options to adjust the music clip and to add text, photos or video as you wish. When you use Facebook Rights Manager, your release can also be used in this way in Instagram Music and Facebook Music.

According to Instagram, the story function of the app is used daily by more than 500 million people. A perfect way to promote your new single or EP and to make your tracks findable for your fans.

Do you want to make your old releases available on this platform? Log in to your account, choose the 'distribute' option in the appropriate store on the 6 tab in your release and follow the further steps. Of course we can also activate this new service for you. In that case, send an email to info@wmdigitalservices.nl. Adding new stores or apps to your existing releases is of course free.

Conquer China with these new streaming services

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General news, New stores

In the context of our ten year anniversary, we are expanding this month distribution package quite well: after Anghami and KKBOX we are now adding the Chinese streaming services Xiami Music en NetEase Cloud Music to our package.

WM Digital Services distribution package - your music on Spotify

NetEase Cloud Music is the fastest growing music service in China, with more than 400 million users. More than 30% of all music that is listened to via this platform comes from the West.

Xiami Music is a streaming service that since 2013 is owned by the large internet company Alibaba. The service now has tens of millions of users, who can listen to music via apps on Android and iOS. Xiami also offers streams in CD quality.

With these stores you reach tens of millions of potential new listeners. There are of course no additional costs associated with making your music available on these platforms.

Check this page for the complete overview of all streaming services where we can place your music. In the meantime, keep our SOCIAL MEDIA , because we will soon be adding another nice, much-requested option to our platform!

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