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We spoke with two SoundCloud executives, Lauren Wirtzer Seawood and Tracy Chan, about the company’s overall direction in the creator economy.

Triller app on a smartphone. Triller is linking with SoundCloud on a new integration to showcase emerging SoundCloud artists on the short-form video app, the two companies announced Wednesday (May 5). A new monthly playlist featuring music from up-and-coming SoundCloud artists across genres will be added to Trillers Music Discovery page, which Triller creators can pluck songs from for use in their videos on the platform. The playlist will live on SoundCloud as well, and artists with accounts on...

Music Business Worldwide April 9, 2021 Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days. MBW’s round-up is supported by Centtrip, which helps over 500 of the world’s best-selling artists maximise their income and reduce their touring costs. This week, MBW revealed that BMG and investment giant KKR have jointly committed to spending over $1bn on music copyrights (for starters) ...

SoundCloud has announced the introduction of fan-powered royalties for indie artists to earn more money on the platform.  

SoundCloud is uniquely positioned to offer this transformative new model due to the powerful connection between artists and fans that takes place on our…

SoundCloud Introduces Fan-Powered Royalties FacebookTwitterEmail In what may be the first move of its kind in the music-streaming world, SoundCloud has introduced what it describes as “fan-powered royalties, a more equitable and transparent way for emerging and independent artists to earn money on SoundCloud.” In other words, each listener’s subscription or advertising revenue is distributed among the artists that they listen to, rather than their plays being piled into a collective pool....

SoundCloud is launching "fan-powered royalties," or a way to pay artists. These artists will receive a cut of the revenue from their actual listeners rather than from a pot split among all artists on the platform.

The ongoing beef between Pusha T and Drake has been one of the most notable in recent memory. Both sides traded lethal shots at each other and it doesn’t look like there’s going to be any reconciliation between both camps. Pusha’s good friend and longtime collaborator, Pharrell Williams, gave his thoughts on the beef saying it broke his heart during his visit to Drink Champs on Friday (December 18). “I hate to see what [Pusha] and Drake are going through, or what they went through,” ...

Image Credit: Soundcloud “Music is still a place where honesty and the true human emotion can be translated. So as long as we continue to create a safe space to voice what people see and feel, we have a chance of spreading information and thoughts that can push the world to a more understanding place.” – Kawan “KP” Prather, Head of Music, i am OTHER As 2020 comes to a close, SoundCloud is proud to announce “i am OTHER, Volume 2,” a compilation turned passion proj...