Industry

Musiio by SoundCloud: A look back at 2022

There are no two ways about it; 2022 has been a mammoth year for Musiio.…

Grow your audience using AI
5 ways artists can grow their audience with AI

With AI music tagging being so widely used, artists should understand how their music is being tagged, so they can focus their energy more effectively on their music as well as marketing and branding efforts.

Could AI power programme personalisation for festival-goers?

What if there was a way of curating your music festival experience based on the kind of music you like? What if you could see the genre, energy, or gender mix of a line-up at a glance? Well, Musiio’s AI-powered tagging system might be able to help.

6 innovative female music tech leaders you should know

This International Women’s Day, we’re celebrating impressive female founders, CEOs and GMs who are innovating in music data, licensing, streaming, events and more.

Watch: Could better music metadata influence sync decisions?

Commercial Director Mack Hampson outlines Musiio’s approach to tagging music and how AI can be an assistive technology for understanding sync on a per-project basis and across the industry.

Adam Driver in Burberry Hero campaign with FKA Twigs "Two Weeks" playing.
6 of the best syncs of 2021, chosen by industry experts

Trends this year included hope, home recording and hearty nostalgia.

Middle East North Africa Artists with Hit Potential
12 Artists from the Middle East and North Africa with global Hit Potential

Dialect barriers, western influence and evolving local traditions take centre stage in our dive into the emergent music scenes of the region.

Granular Analysis Of Mondo.NYC Song Submissions With Musiio’s Hit Potential Algorithm

We partnered with Mondo 2021 to showcase our Hit Potential technology and a second-by-second analysis of the top artist submissions.

Do Music Tastes In The UK Differ From Global Preferences?

What does 2 years of Spotify Top 200 charts from the UK and Global tell us about the difference in music preferences?

Viral Music versus Billboard Hits – What’s The Difference, Really?

Musicians today measure success by virality or streaming numbers. Ideally, of course, you’d have both, but the truth is that only a small proportion of songs “make it” on both counts. What can we learn by using our Tag API to analyze viral hits, billboard hits, and the rare songs that manage to do both?

To answer this question, we looked at 104 weeks of 2 separate charts over the last 2 years (July 2019 to July 2021): the Spotify Weekly Top 200, and the Spotify Weekly Viral 50.