Apple Music, Deezer and Google Play activity added to Sales Estimates

Label Engine Updates

Good news for our Distributed partners hoping to get a better understanding of their streaming activity! For the last couple of weeks we have been working on adding activity from Apple Music, Deezer and Google Play to the “Sales Estimates” section under your Distribution menu. Streaming activity does not include revenue estimates, thats because partners currently don’t provide that on …

Label Engine Music Recommendations 2/26/16

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Hello World! Hope everybody had a great week and is ready for an even better weekend, we will do our part by providing you with amazing music recommendations to add to your playlists! Our number one this week is Plastician’s “Do What You Feel” from his new EP on Terrorhythm Recordings, an EP that clearly showcases the versatility of this …

JB Hi-Fi Now’s music streaming service to shut down March 17th

Label Engine Updates

JB Hi-Fi’s music team has officially announced it will be shutting down its music streaming service “JB Hi-Fi Now” on March 17, 2016. The music streaming space is turning out to be a very competitive one, JB Hi-Fi Now joins the likes of Rdio, Milk and Beats Music in closing its doors even though streaming, overall, continues to grow its …

Label Engine Music Recommendations 2/12/16

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Hello World! Can you believe it has been 80 degrees everyday for the last couple of weeks in Los Angeles? when they refer to California as “Sunny California” they definitely were not playing, beautiful time to be in the West coast! The good weather and awesome music available in the last 2 weeks have inspired us, we are very excited …

Digital Tunes and Simfy Africa added to our network of stores

Label Engine Updates

We are pleased to announce the addition of Digital Tunes and Simfy Africa to our network of stores. Digital Tunes is a digital download store based out of Finland that focuses on the best Underground Dance music from around the world, from Drum & Bass and Bass Music to House and Techno. DT allows users to purchase music a la …

SFX files for chapter 11 Bankruptcy, what does this mean for Beatport?

Label Engine News, Updates

The Dance Music universe woke up today to the news that SFX, parent company of Dance Music digital store Beatport, filed for chapter 11 Bankruptcy as part of a Restructuring Support Agreement that will eliminate more than $300 million in debt. Naturally comments and emails started pouring in from concerned record label owners and artists trying to get some clarity …

Soundcloud introduces Stations and Charts

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Soundcloud has been making progress in turning its site to appeal more to the normal everyday fan, recently adding “Stations” which will allow users of the SoundCloud app for iOS and Android to create radio stations based on what they are listening to, searching for or what is in their collections. Appealing to the masses and not just industry people …

Label Engine Music Recommendations 01/29/16

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Hello World! Happy Friday to everybody, we hope you are having/had a great week and are ready for an epic weekend. We will do our part by providing you with our top music recommendations for your playlists, we are positive you will enjoy our selections! Our number one this time around comes courtesy of rising star Jengi Beats and his …

Beatport clarifies the difference between Promotional Activity and Chart Cheating

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Every distributor and Beatport partner received this morning an email that looks to clarify the guidelines of what is an acceptable Promotional Campaign that encourages fans to buy tracks in exchange for something and what is considered an attempt to “game” the charts to unfairly gain a better ranking in the top 100. This has always been a controversial topic, …