Luminate Celebrates Women’s History Month: Behaviors of a Female Live Music Fan
The importance of live music is hard to overstate. Ask anyone what their first concert was, and they’ll recall the artist’s name and venue without hesitation (likely with a nostalgic look).
Regional Mexican Artists Are Going Global This Year
The continued growth of international music is one of the key trends reported in Luminate’s 2023 Midyear Music Report. The report highlights the success of genres like J-Pop, Afrobeats and Regional Mexican in the United States. In today’s Tuesday Takeaway, our resident Regional Mexican fans James Guerra (Customer Success Associate) and Saskia Allan (Sr. Research Analyst) discuss the rise and rise of the genre.
Eurovision – the Ultimate Experiment in Making a Global Hit?
On Saturday 13th May, Sweden won the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, represented by Loreen who made history as the second contestant to win the contest twice. While streaming is not always the predictor of success at a contest where the visual element is a large part, Loreen’s “Tattoo” was the most streamed song in the week prior to Eurovision. This year Blanka from Poland was the only outlier, not performing as well with the juries and the public as her streaming numbers would suggest.