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]]>At the end of the year, Google detail the topics, events, and people who have trended the highest throughout the year. Here are the ten musicians which people have not been able to get enough of in 2018:
Demi Lovato came it at number one and after the roller-coaster of a year she has had, it is no surprise that people have been heading to Google to get the latest scoop on how she is doing.
Following Lovato, the Spice Girls come in second after their year of rumors and hype which amounted to the confirmed reunion tour that we have all been waiting for. Cardi B closely follows after she topped the headlines for her feud with Nicki Minaj and Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ music video is one of the most talked about releases of the year.
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]]>Google’s hope is that it can use Spotify’s structure to align its two existing brands better with the music market: YouTube and Google Music.
YouTube, in particular, has been struggling to build relationships with artists and labels who claim they are underpaid by Google. Spotify’s strong ties with the industry may help them reach a compromise that suits everyone.
A single stream on Spotify earns $0.00006543. For the 24 hour period during which the Google deal closes, that goes up to 1 cent per stream!
That’s 15,283 times more per stream! For big streamers, that could mean a bumper payday this quarter.
That sounds like good news, but the expectation is that the royalty method may be killed off as Google tries to harmonize Spotify with YouTube and pay on a “fractions of advertising revenue” model, instead. That could mean much lower payouts in future.
It’s too early to say what, exactly, this take over means for Spotify as a company, but the early signs are that Google has made a wise move but that the music industry may end up paying for it.
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]]>The post Google Have Revealed the Most Searched-for Musicians of 2018 appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>At the end of the year, Google detail the topics, events, and people who have trended the highest throughout the year. Here are the ten musicians which people have not been able to get enough of in 2018:
Demi Lovato came it at number one and after the roller-coaster of a year she has had, it is no surprise that people have been heading to Google to get the latest scoop on how she is doing.
Following Lovato, the Spice Girls come in second after their year of rumors and hype which amounted to the confirmed reunion tour that we have all been waiting for. Cardi B closely follows after she topped the headlines for her feud with Nicki Minaj and Childish Gambino’s ‘This Is America’ music video is one of the most talked about releases of the year.
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]]>The post Google Picks Up Spotify For $41.1 Billion appeared first on Hot Pop Today.
]]>Google’s hope is that it can use Spotify’s structure to align its two existing brands better with the music market: YouTube and Google Music.
YouTube, in particular, has been struggling to build relationships with artists and labels who claim they are underpaid by Google. Spotify’s strong ties with the industry may help them reach a compromise that suits everyone.
A single stream on Spotify earns $0.00006543. For the 24 hour period during which the Google deal closes, that goes up to 1 cent per stream!
That’s 15,283 times more per stream! For big streamers, that could mean a bumper payday this quarter.
That sounds like good news, but the expectation is that the royalty method may be killed off as Google tries to harmonize Spotify with YouTube and pay on a “fractions of advertising revenue” model, instead. That could mean much lower payouts in future.
It’s too early to say what, exactly, this take over means for Spotify as a company, but the early signs are that Google has made a wise move but that the music industry may end up paying for it.
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