Alibaba and Tencent collaborate on music copyright

The Tencent Music and Entertainment Group (TME) and Ali Music Group are to collaborate on a copyright access swap that will enlarge the catalogs of bot…

Top 5 Chinese music apps in 2017

Last week, Spotify announced that it had reached 140 million monthly active users (MAU) worldwide. This number, however, fades in comparison to music s…

Tencent-backed music streaming services top most popular music apps

Tencent-backed music apps KuGou (酷狗 in Chinese), QQ Music (QQ音乐) and Kuwo (酷我) were the three most popular music apps in China in terms of monthly acti…

Tencent Just Became The Top Dog In China’s Online Music Market

Tencent has upped their stake in China's leading music streaming company, China Music Corp., giving them the controlling stake in a company worth appro…

One Of China’s Biggest Music Streaming Companies Plans U.S. IPO

Tencent-affiliated China Music Corp. (CMC), the company behind online music services Kugou and Kuwo, is planning a U.S. listing, possibly before the en…

China’s Top 5 Music Apps Have a Combined Market Share of 80%

Editors note: We've updated our list of top 5 music apps in China. Check here to see what the landscape looks like in 2017. KuGou, TTPOD (reportedly…