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WMG’s latest label Maati will focus on Indian folk music
Warner Music India has announced the launch of a “language-agnostic” label called Maati, which will “aim to provide a national platform for Indian folk music, its purest forms and its artists”. The...
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India moves up the global music-rights collections rankings
Indian royalty collection society the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS) banked Rs172.6 crore (around $23.2m) in the financial year ended March 2020. This was good enough to place India at number...
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Gaana’s tumultuous year: unchanged MAUs, leaps in user retention – and an...
It’s been a tumultuous year for Indian music streaming service Gaana. First their CEO of five years, Prashan Agarwal quit in March. Next, it changed its entire top management. Entrepreneur […] The...
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Outdustry talks essential ingredients for success in India
For an international act to break through in India, where over 85% of the music consumed is domestic repertoire, the key is “localising the content pieces”, says Roochay Shukla, senior […] The post is...
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Indian DSP Gaana publishes some end-of-year stats for 2021
Consumption of podcasts grew over 40% over the last year, with ‘music’, ‘motivation’, ‘stories’ and ‘devotional’ being the top categories. The post is from Music Ally.
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SyncMama targets creators with ‘royalty-included’ music licensing service
With its plethora of short-video apps, and a huge audience on YouTube and other social media platforms, India is home to hundreds of thousands of content creators. The post is from Music Ally.
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22 stats to help you understand India’s music industry in 2022
Facts and figures about India’s music industry are hard to come by, and when they are shared, the numbers are most often self-proclaimed. The post is from Music Ally.
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Indian artists to benefit from agreement between industry bodies IMI and ISRA
A new agreement between Indian music bodies IMI and ISRA will see performance rights revenues flowing to the latter's artist members. The post is from Music Ally.
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India internet penetration at 52% – with room for much more growth
News from our India correspondent, Amit Gurbaxani, on the country’s rapidly-developing internet adoption. The post is from Music Ally.
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Interview – Believe CEO Denis Ladegaillerie: “India is the perfect market”
This exclusive interview is taken from our recent Quarterly Report – the 2023 International Report – which Music Ally subscribers can access here in full. Distributor Believe is focusing strongly on...
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Spotify adds listening restrictions for its free users in India
Nearly five years after it launched in India, Spotify is adding a layer of restrictions for its free users there. The post is from Music Ally.
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India’s music industry in 2023: seven big takeaways
The annual All About Music conference in Mumbai is India’s largest music industry conference, and journalist Amit Gurbaxani was there on Music Ally’s behalf – here, he rounds up the key talking points...
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EY report quantifies India’s music publishing economy
Professional services company EY has released what it’s calling the “first-ever comprehensive report on the music publishing industry in India”. Like its annual Media and Entertainment report for the...
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Global interest in MENA artists growing fast, says Spotify
Since it launched in the Middle East and North Africa towards the end of 2018, streams generated by acts from the region in other parts of the world have grown […] The post is from Music Ally.
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Superfandom in India: merch, brands, meet’n’greets and more
This month: Amit explores superfandom in India’s unique music fan environment – and finds some possibilities that touring artists may be missing out on… At last year’s edition of All About […] The...
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Apple Music becoming integral to release strategies in India
This month: Amit looks into the impact of Apple Music in India, as the streaming platform slowly becomes a more important part of release and marketing strategies – in a […] The post is from Music Ally.
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Behind the Single: Sanju Rathod – Gulabi Sadi
In this Behind the Single, our India correspondent Amit Gurbaxani looks into Indian artist Sanju Rathod, who recently achieved what no singer performing in Marathi – the regional language of […] The...
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Coke Studio Pakistan’s “Artist-led music” crosses over to India
There are few things Indians will admit their north-western neighbours do better. Coke Studio is among these rare exceptions. The Indian version of the global music television series has produced a...
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24 insights for India’s industry in 2024
At every subsequent edition, the increase in the number of delegates at India’s largest music conference, the Mumbai-based All About Music, seems inversely proportional to the average age of the […]...
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India in 2024: streaming looks local while live goes global
This is the first of a two-part look from Amit into the Indian music landscape today – first looking at the streaming and live landscape in 2024, and in the next […] The post is from Music Ally.
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