News #42

Here is the latest news from the past few weeks

1001 Tracklist showcase annual report ‘A State Of Dance Music’ for 2021

1001 Tracklsists recently released their annual report ‘A State Of Dance Music’ for 2021. They are known as the biggest DJ tracklist platform. Like this, they have a plethora of data when it comes to who has played a track, how many times has it been played and more. This in turn has provided the information in this report that highlights some of the biggest releases over the 12 months in 2021.

What is refreshing with this report is nothing is fan-voted and is 100% data-driven. Some of the key stats highlighted from the report are that despite the ongoing pandemic there has been a record 6.8 million people using their platform. Over 69,000 individual tracklists were uploaded a 31% increase compared to the previous year.

The main stats that are showcased throughout the report are Top Genres, Top Tracks & Top Labels. Rising to the top of the genre chart was Tech House with 22% for the most DJ supported tracks, closely followed by Dance with 18%, then-House at 15% and Trance 9%.

Taking the top spot with the most supported track of 2021 was the viral smash ‘Do It To It’ by Acraze. This was helped by the viral Squid Games on Netflix. Moving onto the labels this was once again topped by Spinnin Records followed by Armada Music & Musical Freedom.

There are a wealth of other statistics available from most listened to the radio show and most viewed set. This is a real insight into the popular trends of 2021 and true insight if you are a dance music fan.

Want to read the full report you can click on the link here

Thomas Nan has signed to Heartfeldt

Thomas Nan an exciting talent hailing from The Netherlands recently announced that he has signed to the Heartfeldt artist family. Heartfeldt is the brainchild of DJ & producer Sam Feldt and is now signing artists to the label and not just singles. This is a chance to work with the artist more closely in marketing, release scheduling and much more.

Thomas Nan had already been on the radar of Sam Feldt and will be familiar to people with releases such as ‘Heaven Without No Hell’ & ‘Been A While’ on the Hearfeldt label and a remix for Sam Feldt himself.

An exciting talent and one we will be keeping a lookout for. Excited to see what the future will hold.

Soave Records announces award voting is open for 2021

Soave Records is an independent label from The Netherlands that specialises in releasing melodic, dance-pop inspired house music. One of the best out there and is growing year on year. They just announced that you can now vote for your favourite artists and releases from the label in 2021. Make sure you go and vote.

You can cast your vote on the link here