Shazam has announced a new partnership with Juno to expand its database of dance music tracks and to include vinyl only releases.
Juno will share its catalogue of four million dance music download tracks with Shazam and make all new vinyl releases available for identification through the service.
Thousands of new and exclusive dance music tracks will be added to the service every week as part of the partnership.
Will Mills, Shazam’s vice-president of Music and Content, said: ‘Juno has the world’s most comprehensive catalogue and widest source of genres in dance music and we are very excited to form this exclusive partnership with them, especially as it includes vinyl.
‘Vinyl music is seeing a resurgence in the industry, with sales at their highest for 15 years. Crucially some of the most important and exciting new music is released on vinyl first before later hitting digital. So this gives Shazam’s 420 million global users an even better experience with the world’s newest and most innovative music which is sometimes beyond the digital ecosystem.’
According to Juno, vinyl sales have seen growth in excess of 20 percent in the last year.
Juno was founded in 1997 and has become the largest independent dance music store in the world, selling records, CDs, downloads, and DJ and studio equipment.
Last year PRS for Music launched Amplify, a new initiative aimed at encouraging writers and producers of electronic music to register their works with the collecting society. Find out more about the project.
Juno will share its catalogue of four million dance music download tracks with Shazam and make all new vinyl releases available for identification through the service.
Thousands of new and exclusive dance music tracks will be added to the service every week as part of the partnership.
Will Mills, Shazam’s vice-president of Music and Content, said: ‘Juno has the world’s most comprehensive catalogue and widest source of genres in dance music and we are very excited to form this exclusive partnership with them, especially as it includes vinyl.
‘Vinyl music is seeing a resurgence in the industry, with sales at their highest for 15 years. Crucially some of the most important and exciting new music is released on vinyl first before later hitting digital. So this gives Shazam’s 420 million global users an even better experience with the world’s newest and most innovative music which is sometimes beyond the digital ecosystem.’
According to Juno, vinyl sales have seen growth in excess of 20 percent in the last year.
Juno was founded in 1997 and has become the largest independent dance music store in the world, selling records, CDs, downloads, and DJ and studio equipment.
Last year PRS for Music launched Amplify, a new initiative aimed at encouraging writers and producers of electronic music to register their works with the collecting society. Find out more about the project.
