Chile might be not as well known for producing music as its Latin American neighbours but its music industry punches above its weight
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Chilean music downloads store PortalDisc moves into streaming
Apple Music and Amazon Music are far from the only streaming services whose origin stories involve music download stores. PortalDisc is the biggest downloads store in Chile, but it is […]
Spotify hails Santiago as the ‘streaming capital of reggaetón’
Nearly a year ago, Spotify dubbed Mexico City the ‘world’s music-streaming Mecca’. Now it’s branding another Latin American city, in a blog post claiming Santiago is the streaming service’s ‘capital of […]
Chile is blazing a trail for music-streaming in Latin America
Spotify has more than three million users in Chile, a country of around 18m people, according to local sources. In January 2019, Spotify’s Will Page told the FT claimed that […]
Country Profile – Chile 2019
Chile is South America’s leader in digital and telecommunications infrastructure and as such the country is blazing a trail for streaming in the region’s music industry with revenues up by 38%
Country Profile – Chile 2018
Chile’s recorded music industry reported its fourth straight year of double-digit growth last year with the country’s high level of mobile-phone penetration playing a key role
Music Ally Report 376 – Writing Wrongs: Music Publishing’s Biggest Challenges Laid Bare
Our cover feature nails down what the issues dominating the publishing industry currently are. Metadata is, by far, the biggest time bomb. Payments are being slowed down and discovery options being compromised because the metadata, as it stands, is simply not up to the job. On top of this, lyrics are rapidly increasing in importance […]
Rdio launches in seven new countries
Rdio went live in seven more territories yesterday: Malaysia, Hong Kong, Colombia, Chile, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Poland.
Music Ally Report: Apps Entertainment
Our lead looks at the apps that are trying to shake up what an album is…
In our feature NME.com editor Luke Lewis explains how social media is proving a powerful driver for sharing music content…
Our country focus is Chile where iTunes has recently launched.