For years, people have been hailing the opportunities that China can bring to artists and labels alike. News stories of ‘untapped potential’ that I was seeing five years ago have turned into regular reports of growth in users, royalties, and the like. More and more, people are trying to make Read more…
This is part two of the popular post here outlining China’s biggest DJ’s (according to DJ Mag :). Meet The Chinese Artists Ranked in the DJ Mag Top 100 DJs [Part 1] For further reading, check this awesome post from INF News about how DJs rank in the Top 100. Read more…
China has a storied past with the DJ Mag Top 100 list. Carta and DJ L were the first Chinese artists to enter the list in 2017, and the country has long been accused of relying too heavily on the list for bookings and a guide for what’s what in Read more…
SoundFeed is a B2B music licensing platform that connects labels, publishers, independent musicians, DJ’s and broadcasters, thus streamlining their existing licensing processes. Their regular newsletter Soundfeed Spotlight [click to subscribe] outlines a different segment of the complex world of the music industry. They interview leaders in the fields of management, licensing, labels, Read more…
It’s been a great year for NetEase Cloud Music, with growth in users, revenue, and a boatload of new features. At the end of 2020, they did a wrapup of their hottest, most popular, most shared, and most liked artists, tracks, and albums broken down by category. Chinese artists took Read more…
To my knowledge, nowhere in the world has more competing music streaming platforms than China does. There are the ‘big boys’ like QQ Music and NetEase Cloud Music, fan favorites such as Xiami, niche electronic music platforms like PYRO Music, and a range of others that specialize in video, or Read more…
NetEase Cloud Music, known in China as 网易云音乐 or “Wangyi” is one of the most powerful new platforms in the market, with an active and supportive user base eager to follow, comment, share, and interact in any way possible. A few years ago, nobody outside China would have even heard Read more…