Music Business News: France
News Founded in 1988 by José Da Silva, Paris-headquartered Lusafrica specializes in Portuguese-language African music and other world music genres News Platform has introduced what it claims to be the world’s first AI tagging system for music streaming News Animaj reports to have a monthly global audience of 242m unique viewers on YouTube News Exec was previously President of Label & Artist Solutions News French music listening now totals more than 64 million hours per month worldwide, according to Spotify’s latest Francophone Report for June 2025. News Upbeat Bidco increases the price of its take-private offer News France last saw a price rise from Spotify in May 2024 following the country’s implementation of a music streaming tax News Exec was previously Spotify’s Senior Director, Head of International Music