The Weeknd’s big streaming milestone; ABBA Gold’s long chart run; Ready for friends to slide into your Spotify DMs?; Apple Music Radio expands; and Radiohead’s ‘Let Down’ gets a TikTok boost.Th
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Your weekly guide to the music biz and how it all works. In this week’s The Price of Music:
Steve takes over Big Number duties to reveal how many weeks ‘ABBA Gold’ has been in the UK’s album chart
The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Light’ hits 5bn Spotify streams – but what is he raising $1bn for?
Why has Spotify reintroduced messaging inside its app, and would Steve or Stuart use it?
Apple Music’s radio stations are expanding beyond their parent service
Sad TikTokers have given Radiohead a new chart hit in the US with an old song
Bandcamp is enlisting DJs and journalists to curate $13-a-month clubs for music and community.
More shade for The Smiths’ tracklisting skills.
Plus music speakers made out of rocket-fuel tanks, which we almost certainly can’t afford.
And in the special post-show lock-in section just for our Patreon Superfans, Steve and Stuart prop themselves at the bar to chat about:
Why Stuart never liked The Smiths – and Steve’s recommendation of the perfect song to explain that
How Steve and family arrived three hours early to queue for a Conan Grey gig – and still found hundreds of people ahead of them
The tale of Stuart accidentally queuing for a selfie with Grumpy Cat in the days of Peak YouTube Cat Videos
As ever, we welcome your feedback, emails and – in particular – any questions you might have about how the music biz works!
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