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2019

Music Industry 

Here’s your year-end report for music consumption in Canada in 2019 (There are a lot of fascinating facts here.)

January 10, 2020January 10, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019

Nielsen Music Canada has just released a summary of how we Canadians hoovered music in 2019. Here are the highlights:

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Music Industry 

Streaming consumption hit a new record in the US last year. These are BIG numbers.

January 10, 2020January 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019, Music Consumption

BuzzAngle, a company that keeps an eye on what we listen to and watch, has released their final report for

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Recommended Music 

All the big hits of the last decade in one mashup

December 14, 2019December 13, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2010s, 2019, DJ Earworm, Mashup

Not only has DJ Earworm continued his tradition of releasing a year-end mashup of the biggest hits over the last

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Music News 

Another end-of-the-year summary: Google’s Year in Search

December 13, 2019December 12, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019, Google, Search

For the 19th year in a row, Google has published a summary of what Canadians looked for online (on Google,

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Music News 

And the biggest musical acts on Twitter in 2019 were…

December 11, 2019December 10, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019, Twitter

Everyone is doing the year-end thing now, including Twitter. According to their new summary, #ThisHappen in 2019, these were the

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Music News 

It’s Spotify Wrap time again. What did you listen to in 2019?

December 8, 2019December 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019, Spotify, Wrapped

If you’re a premium subscriber to Spotify, you’ll have received your 2019 Wrapped email by now. It’s the cool/fun/a little

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Music News 

Year-end review time: 2019 according to YouTube

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019, YouTube

YouTube would like us to know what people watched in 2019 both in Canada and around the world. Here we

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Music News 

And the Highest Paid Hip Hop Star of 2019 is…

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments 2019, Forbes, Highest-Paid, Hip-hop

When you hear names like Cardi B, Drake, Eminem, Migos and Nicki Minaj, you can be forgiven for wondering which

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Music News 

Haviah Mighty wins the 2019 Polaris Music Prize

September 17, 2019September 18, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019, Haviah Mighty, Polaris Music Prize

A lot of people woke up today wondering who won the 2019 Polaris Music Prize. And when they saw the

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Music Industry 

Predicting the song of the summer of 2019 using Spotify data

June 13, 2019June 13, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019, Song of the Summer, Spotify

It’s that time when the zeitgeist takes over and starts searching for a song that will forevermore embody the song

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Music News 

Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 232: Live on location at CosmoFEST 2019

June 5, 2019June 5, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2019

Join Alan Cross and Michael Hainsworth and 14,000 of their friends, fans, and musicians live at CosmoFEST 2019! We’ll find

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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