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DistroKid is a software-as-a-service platform designed to assist independent musicians and record labels with music distribution and monetization. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the company provides tools for artists to upload unlimited music to various online stores and services for a single low fee. Its offerings include royalty collection, earnings splitting among collaborators, metadata customization, and promotion, as well as features for publishing credits and lyrics, backing up music files, and obtaining cover song licenses. DistroKid supports a wide range of platforms, allowing musicians to distribute their work globally, while also enabling participation in programs like YouTube ContentID. The service caters to solo musicians, bands, DJs, producers, and content creators, facilitating their engagement with fans and maximizing their reach in the digital music landscape.

Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) is the largest online music entertainment platform in China, operating the top four music mobile apps in terms of mobile MAUs. Our platform comprises our online music, online karaoke and music-centric live streaming services, supported by our content offerings, technology and data. Our platform is an all-in-one music entertainment destination that allows users to seamlessly engage with music in many ways, including discovering, listening, singing, watching and socializing. On our platform, social interactions, such as sharing, liking, commenting, following and virtual gifting, are deeply integrated in our products and highly complementary to the core music experience, thereby enhancing our user experience, engagement and retention. We had over 800 million total unique MAUs in the second quarter of 2018, covering the full spectrum of user demographics in China.

Niland SAS is a music technology company based in Paris, France, founded in 2013. It specializes in developing application programming interfaces (APIs) for music search and discovery, enabling music companies to enhance customer engagement. Niland's technology extracts meaningful information from audio tracks, transforming it into actionable data that captures musical and emotional characteristics. The company's offerings include the Niland API, which allows users to enrich their music tracks with descriptive tags, curate content, generate playlists, and create personalized music experiences. Additionally, it provides a REST API that integrates music search and discovery capabilities into various applications. Niland serves a diverse range of clients, including licensing companies, production music libraries, publishers, distributors, creative agencies, and music streaming services. As of May 2017, Niland operates as a subsidiary of Spotify USA Inc.

Mediachain is an open media library designed to automatically link media content to its creators and relevant information. The platform serves as a protocol for registering, identifying, and tracking creative works online, utilizing content identification technology to clarify who created a piece of media, its subject matter, and its origin. It facilitates collaboration among creators, media organizations, and developers on metadata within a universal media library, while enabling participants to maintain control over their data. Founded in 2016 and based in Brooklyn, New York, Mediachain operates under the ownership of Spotify USA Inc. as of April 2017.

Sonalytic Ltd., founded in 2016 and based in London, specializes in audio detection technology aimed at identifying, monitoring, and discovering music. The company has developed a patented, web-based audio identification system that excels in recognizing individual songs, mixed content, and short audio clips with remarkable speed and accuracy. By leveraging machine learning techniques, Sonalytic's technology offers significant advantages over existing identification methods, particularly in its resilience to obfuscations. The effectiveness of their technology has been validated through large-scale trials with several major online platforms, which have confirmed its superior performance. As a subsidiary of Spotify AB, Sonalytic plays a crucial role in connecting content creators and rights holders with monetization opportunities in the evolving music landscape.

Soundwave Analytics Limited is a music discovery application that enables users to view in real-time the songs being played by others around them. Founded in 2012 in Dublin, Ireland, by Brendan O’Driscoll, Aidan Sliney, and Craig Watson, the app allows users to create charts based on specific locations, social circles, and preferences while filtering by time and genre. Before its acquisition by Spotify in January 2016, Soundwave attracted over 1.5 million users across 190 countries and tracked more than 150 million song plays. The app has received recognition for its innovation, being named "Best Innovation in Music" by Apple and featured in Google’s Android "Editors Choice" section. Soundwave's unique capability to track music listening habits in real-time has positioned it as a notable player in the music streaming industry.

Soundtrack Your Brand is a Spotify joint venture and the exclusive provider of Spotify Business and Spotify Enterprise. We connect brands and fans, and our vision is to grow the music market and thereby support artists, so that they can give the world more great music

The Echo Nest is a music intelligence company that offers music services to developers and media companies. The company’s services enable high-scale music platforms to help fans better discover, share, and interact with the music they love. Their customer base reaches over 100 million every month through more than 400 applications and sites powered by The Echo Nest. The Echo Nest was founded by Brian Whitman and Tristan Jehan in July 2005 and is based in Somerville, Massachusetts.

Tunigo offers the easiest and most fun way to find, create, and share new music and playlists on Spotify. With Tunigo you will discover specific music for all occasions, grouped by the real events of your life. Plus you will also be keeping track of the latest releases, charts, reviews and current music news.