With the end of the year fast approaching, streaming services have begun releasing their 2020 year-end wrap-ups. SoundCloud revealed in their 2020 Playback that Pop Smoke brought in the most streams for the year. The late Brooklyn drill rapper was spun more than 191 million times across the 65 tracks …
Read More »SoundCloud & Twitch Are Teaming Up To Ensure Artists Are Paid Faster During Coronavirus Pandemic
Indie artist streaming giant SoundCloud has teamed up with Twitch to help independent musicians who have been affected financially due to the coronavirus pandemic. The partnership allows SoundCloud artists the opportunity to fast-track new Twitch accounts to Affiliate status, which then unlocks Twitch’s monetization tools such as ads and subscriptions. …
Read More »Did Chance the Rapper Singlehandedly Save SoundCloud?
Amid reports that SoundCloud’s days were limited, three-time Grammy winner Chance the Rapper took to twitter to reveal he’s “working on the SoundCloud thing.” The unsettling reports that the music-streaming platform only had funding to last roughly 50 days left social media users in an uproar. The company …
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