Music Services Top 10

[Mick Mac]

I was surprised they were so different. What do the Top 10s say about their services and users?

Soundcloud?s 10 most played artists of the year

1. Drake

2. Major Lazer

3. G-Eazy

4. Future

5. Kygo

6. PARTYNEXTDOOR

7. Chris Brown

8. Kid Ink

9. The Weeknd

10. Chance The Rapper

Spotify?s most-streamed artists

1. Calvin Harris

2. Chris Brown

3. Drake

4. Ed Sheeran

5. Pitbull

6. Sam Smith

7. David Guetta

8. Wiz Khalifa

9. Nicki Minaj

10. Ellie Goulding

YouTube?s most popular official pages

1. Maroon 5

2. Katy Perry

3. Rihanna

4. Nicky Jam

5. Ariana Grande

6. Ed Sheeran

7. Enrique Iglesias

8. Beyonc?

9. David Guetta

10. Meghan Trainor

Read more at http://m.inthemix.com.au/news/61129/Soundcloud_names_its_10_most_played_artists_of_2015#mBlIoqZ55Ulam4Sf.99

[Otta]

The fact the Meghan Trainer has made it in to the youtube top 10 tells us that lots of men appreciate the bass.

[Parkdrive]

What do the Top 10s say about their services and users? Not a lot going by those lists. Awful beyond belief.

[Blah Blah]

What no Kanye West in there? I thought he was the greatest rock star ever?

Seems the yoof of today beg to differ :D

[steveo]

Is that Charlie Drake? I've heard of him.

[Jeremy]

Hardly heard of any of the first list, but that's not a surprise.

Maroon 5 being number 1 on YouTube IS a big surprise though. It's the kind of MOR music my Dad would listen to(probably).

[Mick Mac]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> Hardly heard of any of the first list, but that's

> not a surprise.

I was wondering what that said about Soundcloud and its direction/user group as compared to Spotify for example

[miga]

They're the "most popular official pages" on YouTube though...not the 10 artists with most hits on their videos. I bet "Gangnam Style" has had more views in the past year than all of Maroon 5 videos combined (will doubtless eat my words shortly).

[Otta]

I'd not heard of people on the first list, but that's probably because soundcloud has a lot of independent artists.

[Jeremy]

Mick Mac Wrote:

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> I was wondering what that said about Soundcloud

> and its direction/user group as compared to Spotify for example

Otta Wrote: probably because soundcloud has a lot of independent artists.

This. Soundcloud is conventionally a service for those at the "grassroots" level of music, whereas Spotify is more geared towards the relatively mainstream.

[ruffers]

steveo Wrote:

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> Is that Charlie Drake? I've heard of him.

Me too, he's in Simply Red.

[titch juicy]

Drake is huge.

[steveo]

I just sampled thirty seconds of Drake's oeuvre. The lyric starts 'I gotta lotta enemies...'

I can't say I find that surprising

[Jeremy]

These people are only "huge" if you listen to certain radio stations, certain TV channels/shows, etc. To the rest of us they barely exist.

[*Bob*]

Coincidentally PRS announced they're launching legal action against Soundcloud today.

[Otta]

http://www.factmag.com/2015/08/27/prs-for-music-takes-legal-action-against-soundcloud/

I don't really understand their point. Surely artists decide to put their music on soundcloud or not, and choose whether or not it's for public consumption, and whether or not people can download it.

So what are PRS suggesting that Soundcloud should be doing differently?

[*Bob*]

I'm sure most of the copyright infringing on SC is down to DJ mixes.

I think PRS are suggesting they need to get a licence if they allow their members' music to be streamed..

[Mick Mac]

We believe this approach does not serve the best interests of any of the parties involved, in particular the members of the PRS, many of whom are active users of our platform and who rely on it to share their work and communicate with their fanbase.?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

ruffers:

steveo Wrote:

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> Is that Charlie Drake? I've heard of him.

Me too, he's in Simply Red.

Priceless!

[titch juicy]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> These people are only "huge" if you listen to

> certain radio stations, certain TV channels/shows,

> etc. To the rest of us they barely exist.

Was directed at the 'soundcloud is for grass roots artists' comment.

Huge in terms of record sales.

Not my cup of tea, but clearly plenty of people's.

[Jeremy]

Well... I said it is "conventionally" used at the grass roots level. But it has changed over the years and there's now loads of remix/bootleg/etc type stuff on there.