Anghami In The News

Spotify just added 10,000 new Arabic songs to its platform via a licensing deal with Rotana Music

Rotana is claimed to be the largest record label in the Middle East

After hosting a virtual Blackpink concert that attracted 15.7m viewers, PUBG MOBILE is launching its own label

PUBG already produces its own original music via a virtual band called POWER 4

From Anghami’s 200,000 AI-generated songs to the latest copyright infringement lawsuit against a US ISP… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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Another music streaming service is making its own AI-generated songs – and it’s on course to create over 200,000 of them.

MENA-focused Anghami claims that it will soon become the first platform to host over 200k songs generated by AI.

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IFPI launches Official MENA chart, with Rema’s ‘Calm Down’ named as first No.1

New singles chart includes music streaming data from Anghami, Apple, Deezer, Spotify and YouTube

Utopia Music makes layoffs as it downsizes global workforce

MBW understands that Utopia's global team numbers 1,200 people. That figure includes both contractors and around 800 employees.

Spotify rival Anghami reduces headcount by 22% as part of ‘sustained focus on profitability’

MENA-focused service has published its preliminary Q3 results

From Live Nation’s 44m concertgoers in Q3 to Sony’s $2.15bn revenues… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

Our biggest stories of the week, brought to you in association with Centtrip