TikTok Has Changed Music; Amazon Music Unveils Gen Mex; Spotify ‘Blending’ Your Playlists with K-pop Stars

TikTok has flipped the script on the music industry, and everyone from artists to analysts and even marketing bosses at the top labels are trying to catch up.

Amazon Music has launched its new Gen Mex initiative to spotlight the booming regional Mexican genre with new music programming and content.

After introducing Blend playlists earlier this year, Spotify is expanding the feature to include K-pop bands like BTS, Stray Kids, ENHYPEN, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, Nmixx, and AB6IX.

Nearly all Audi vehicles 2022 and newer are getting Apple Music integration natively in the infotainment system without need for CarPlay or Bluetooth. Apple has been expanding onto more platforms to challenge rival Spotify.

You already know about Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, and the like, but here are 6 emerging DSP’s from other regions you may not have heard of.

On Xposure, hundreds of carefully vetted pros offer concrete mentoring and consultation to emerging artists.

ImmerSphere is a new virtual realm where curators and performers can create novel combinations of musical virtuosity and inspiring settings.

Endel uses AI technology to generate soundscapes and music tracks to help your brain do its best work, to help you focus deeper, sleep more easily or relax you

Coca-Cola has partnered with Universal Music to expand its Coke Studio emerging talent programme worldwide. To get the new partnership going, seven artists from around the world have delivered their own take on Queen’s ‘I Want To Break Free’.

Jamiroquai is now set to arrive in The Sandbox, which has finalized an agreement with Universal Music Group and its Bravado merch division.