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KKCompany Announces the Spin-off and Establishment of KKCompany Technologies Group
2023/01/09
KKCompany Announces the Spin-off and Establishment of KKCompany Technologies Group
KKCompany Announces the Spin-off and Establishment of "KKCompany Technologies Group" New Group to Focus on Software Technology with Steve Wang Serving as Chairman and CEO KKCompany announced today that it would spin off its "software technology" businesses, to form the KKCompany Technologies Group. Steve Wang will serve as Group Chairman and CEO to lead the strategic layout, operations and business development of the newly formed group. KKCompany co-founder and CEO Chris Lin said, “Over the last 20 years, the company has gradually developed from a single music streaming product to a diversified business, ranging from ‘software technology’ to the ‘influencer economy’. Through this split, I am very confident in the leadership of KKCompany Technologies Group by Steve and his professional management team and I believe that under his leadership, the group will create the next peak of the business. I will also maintain the spirit of the founding of KKBOX and continue to work for creators through KKCulture Group.” KKCompany Technologies Group is a leading software service provider with a focus on Asia and global market expansion. Its three flagship brands include KKBOX, KKStream, and Going Cloud. With core technologies spanning music streaming, multimedia technologies, and cloud services, KKCompany Technologies offers a wide portfolio of products and services that continue to empower customers to create compelling commercial value. The Group also offers software services and solutions to tens of millions of customers, with corporate clients across Asia covering various industries such as telecommunications, entertainment and multimedia, media, education, and fitness centers, and envisages the launch of an IPO in Taiwan this year. "We have always believed that technology can inspire people and help resolve the pressing issues of various industries. From our base in Taiwan, we are working with our customers and partners to accelerate our business expansion in the Asian market and cultivate multinational talents, the most important core operation strategy in the next three years. " said Steve Wang, Chairman and CEO of KKCompany Technologies Group. KKCompany shall be renamed KKCulture Group, and focus on the "Influencer Economy" as its core with Chris Lin as CEO unaltered. KKCulture is a content innovation company that is dedicated to empowering creators and shaping culture through access to opportunities, resources, and technology. It consists of three main divisions: KKFARM, KKLIVE, and KKTV, is committed to helping music artists and brands share their music with audiences on streaming platforms globally.
Microsoft and KKBOX Group Launch Global Strategic Partnership
2019/12/18
Microsoft and KKBOX Group Launch Global Strategic Partnership
Microsoft and KKBOX Group Launch Global Strategic Partnership Microsoft Taiwan and Asia’s leading media technology company KKBOX Group jointly announced today the launch of a global strategic partnership that will migrate the group’s subsidiary KKBOX’s streaming services to the Microsoft Azure cloud platform. Additionally, KKBOX Group subsidiary KKStream has joined Microsoft’s global partner network to release BlendVision™, a next-generation commercial video streaming solution that will harness data and AI to effectively reduce operating costs of over-the-top (OTT) platform operators. Microsoft and KKBOX Group will also jointly use data and AI to optimize its music creation system and explore new music-listening possibilities for consumers. This cooperation is a milestone for KKBOX Group's internationalization initiative and opens up more possibilities for the digital entertainment industry. “The media and entertainment industries are going through a transformation, as studios, broadcasters and other rich media content creators, such as over-the-top (OTT) service providers are facing pressure to innovate on how they deliver content to their audiences while getting smarter on using data to their advantage,” said Bob De Haven, general manager, Worldwide Media & Communications Industries, Microsoft. “KKBOX has been at the forefront of the entertainment industry in Asia, providing world-class entertainment to users and continuing to experiment and innovate with technology.  We are thrilled that KKBOX has chosen Azure to provide the company with intelligent platforms that unlock creativity and collaboration, bring content to market faster and engage audiences.” Serving the Asian market for over 15 years, KKBOX Group is now expanding globally. It integrates big data – including music, video, show ticketing and e-commerce – and leverages AI to provide users with better experiences and artists, creators and concert organizers with business insights. "KKBOX Group offers consumers a wide range of entertainment experiences in Asia,” said Co-founder and CEO Chris Lin, “We are pleased to partner with Microsoft, to migrate KKBOX music to Azure, address streaming technology challenges by co-sell BlendVision globally, and develop AI music creation.” Key initiatives of the partnership include: 1. KKBOX Streaming Service migrates to Microsoft Azure: By partnering with Microsoft to fully migrate KKBOX streaming services on to Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform, KKBOX Group is meeting consumer demand for high-speed streaming services and highly differentiated entertainment experiences. The partnership will allow KKBOX to provide faster development, manage resource scheduling and flexibly adjust traffic to develop more meta services, aligned with the digital entertainment industry’s trend of accelerating digital services. Microsoft Azure has more regions than any other cloud provider, with 55 datacenter regions, to offer the scale needed to deploy services and applications on demand to enterprises around the world. This coverage helps enterprises deploy services on demand. With high-standard information security, KKBOX can rapidly deploy innovative services to international markets while ensuring that data is protected by comprehensive security measures. Microsoft is committed to promoting enterprise digital transformation with front-end technology, assisting customers and partners in various industries to adopt AI and the cloud to optimize enterprise resource deployment and operation processes, and to expand their global business territories through joint sales plans. This strategic cooperation with KKBOX Group is a milestone for Microsoft in the digital entertainment industry. 2. KKStream launches commercial video streaming technology solution – BlendVision:  BlendVision, launched by KKStream, is a next-generation commercial video streaming solution that empowers global streaming platform operators through a software as a service (SaaS) offering, reducing operating costs and improving user experiences while developing services that create new monetization models. BlendVision will launch "BlendVision Video Streaming" combined with "Per-Title Encoding (PTE)" to effectively reduce operating costs of OTT platform operators by using AI to identify different bitrates for video compression and transcoding, greatly reducing transmission bandwidth and saving storage space. An independently developed image enhancement technology called Perceptual Streaming Engine (PSE) will be added to enhance the visual performance of the original video and double the quality of low-resolution videos into high definition (HD) for optimal streaming image quality. These two technologies (PTE + PSE) together can further reduce platform operator transmission costs by 80 percent so users get the highest image quality with the lowest traffic. The cooperation between Microsoft and KKStream will be based on the SaaS model, with BlendVision’s service architecture built on Azure, helping to deliver new services to consumers. Meanwhile, Microsoft's global sales and service teams will assist in implementation. Microsoft and KKBOX already foresee 10 potential customers in the Asian region, symbolizing proof of endless global business opportunities as a result of this strategic alliance. 3. Both parties to jointly develop AI-enabled music production system for producers:  KKBOX will leverage Microsoft AI technology to build an AI-assisted music arrangement system and AI-assisted lyric generator. In addition, the group will create a predictive model that uses data and AI to forecast the commercial success of a song. KKBOX and Microsoft believe that the digital entertainment industry is facing a transformation and must use technology to make content faster and smoother for users and to use a data-driven approach to create personalized services.  AI will become the most important advancement in this transformation. KKBOX is one of the world's first legal music streaming platforms, providing services since 2005. It has successfully changed consumer listening behavior, and the music industry’s business model is changing accordingly.  KKBOX Group and Microsoft aim to leverage AI to explore new opportunities, create new trends and transform the entertainment market.
KKBOX further unveils performers list—Superstar DJ Alan Walker, Japanese female idol group Nogizaka46, Korean-Taiwanese heartthrob Bii to perform at the 14th KKBOX Music Awards
2018/12/20
KKBOX further unveils performers list—Superstar DJ Alan Walker, Japanese female idol group Nogizaka46, Korean-Taiwanese heartthrob Bii to perform at the 14th KKBOX Music Awards
KKBOX further unveils performers list—Superstar DJ Alan Walker, Japanese female idol group Nogizaka46, Korean-Taiwanese heartthrob Bii to perform at the14th KKBOX Music Awards. SINGAPORE, 20 Dec 2018 Following the first lineup announcement consisting of Korean pop group, Super Junior, KKBOX further unveils the stellar list of performers for its 14th KKBOX Music Awards taking place on 26 January 2019. Held at Taipei Arena, this upcoming awards ceremony will be themed “Music Beyond Imagination” and has proudly appointed world-renowned Norwegian DJ, Alan Walker, as its awards ambassador. The 21 year-old EDM producer is set to pump up the crowd and also, viewers from around the world! More heavyweight performers include popular singer, Bii, Japanese female idol group, Nogizaka46, and Taiwanese rock band, 831. Tickets to the 14th KKBOX Music Awards can be raffled from now until 9 January 2019. The raffle is open to all Singapore and Malaysia KKBOX Premium members. To qualify, premium members have to take on a music challenge made up of Mandarin, International, Cantonese and Korean hit singles in 2018, save the stipulated playlist and fill in your personal details. For more details, please visit KKBOX Music Awards’ official website. Besides attending and performing at the 14th KKBOX Awards, the Norwegian chart-topping DJ, Alan Walker, will also take on the role of awards ambassador for his first foray into Taipei Arena, where the awards ceremony is held. Always dressed in his trademark black mask and hoodie now, Walker first shot to international fame with his track, Faded, when he was 18. The song is still one of the highest viewed videos in YouTube’s history, with a staggering 2.1 billion views to date. Since its release in 2015, Faded has also topped all the major charts on KKBOX and is currently still on the Top Ten International Singles Chart. This year, Walker collaborated with K-391 once again and released a new version of Ignite, lending vocals from BIGBANG’s Seungri. The song has garnered 137 million views on YouTube since. With the release of his new single, Darkside, Walker scored a haul-trick and topped 7 charts on KKBOX charts, including Pop New Release Daily Chart, Pop New Release Weekly Chart, Pop Singles Daily Chart, Pop Singles Weekly Chart, International Album Weekly Chart, Electronic/ Dance Singles Weekly Chart and Electronic/ Dance Album Weekly Chart. Following the immense success of his singles, Walker released a brand new album Different World, in mid December, which looks set to the dominate the charts for the rest of 2018 and well into 2019. Apart from Alan Walker, kawaii Japanese female pop idol group, Nogizaka46, has also been confirmed as one of the star performers for the 14th KKBOX Music Awards. The group has sold more than a million records and saw more than half a million fans attend their 10 sellout concerts this year, cementing their status as the top female pop idol group in Japan. Nogizaka46 has always paid close attention to the Taiwan market. Besides taking on endorsement projects for convenience stores and app games, core member, Asuka Saito, also fell in love with Taiwan when she starred in the Japanese remake of the wildly popular Taiwanese movie, You Are The Apple of My Eye, which was partly filmed in Pingxi. Nogizaka46 has recently kicked off their world tour, and the first stop in Shanghai’s Mercedes-Benz Arena on 1 December was sold out. KKBOX fans will get to catch Nogizaka46 ‘live’ exclusively at KKBOX Music Awards, one day before their concert on 27 January 2019 at Taipei Arena. When the first lineup announcement for the 14th KKBOX Music Awards was made, many were surprised that Super Junior won the ARTIST OF THE YEAR, an award typically given to singers of Mandarin songs. Following their Singapore concert stop in January this year, Super Junior released their 8th studio album, Replay. With the support of their ELFs (Super Junior fandom) throughout Asia, all the tracks in the Replay album topped the K-Pop New Release Weekly Chart, making Super Junior the first and only artists ever to dominate the chart with all 15 songs from one album! Their first single, Lo Siento, a collaboration with American Latin singer, Leslie Grace, topped the Various New Releases Charts. With the song’s popularity in South Korea and unwavering support from the ELFs, Lo Siento emerged champion on the K-Pop Singles Yearly Chart. Super Junior has managed to stand consistently strong on the charts with their Play and Replay albums. Keep your eyes peeled for an exciting performance during the awards ceremony! Pop star Bii achieved exceptionally good results with his 5th studio album, Bii Your Light. Despite having only released digital singles this year, his single, Scars (聊伤), still achieved outstanding results and was in the Top 10 of Mandarin Weekly Singles Chart for 4 consecutive weeks and Top 100 Mandarin Singles in 2018! Busy with his concert tour, [My Best Moment], the heartthrob has had sell-out shows in Taipei Arena, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong and Malaysia! Always striving to improve himself, Bii’s performance is one to look out for in the upcoming KKBOX Music Awards. This will also be Bii’s fifth appearance at the KKBOX Music Awards. Sometimes, good things come to those who wait. 15 years since they first emerged in the scene, alternative rock band 831 finally made it to Taipei Arena this year! 2018 has been a fruitful year for the 5-member band. From being the ambassadors of KKBOX Future Stars风云之星活动 earlier this year, 831 went on to collaborate with Sammi Cheng on 眉飞色舞 PLUS, a remake of her record-breaking EDM hit song. In September, their concert, [The Great Nobody], was an immediate sellout. A second show was added and again, tickets were snapped up once ticket sales was launched. As part of their celebratory activity and true to their personable characters, the band members gave out 1500 sets of chicken cutlets in the middle of the bustling Ximending. 831 will also be holding their concert in Kaohsiung on 23 March 2019. This will be their first ever concert in Kaohsiung Arena. But before that, we can all look forward to see them rock the stage at the 14th KKBOX Music Awards!
OVER 12 BILLION PLAYS ANALYSED AND MOST SEARCHED KEYWORDS ON KKBOX REVEALED!
2018/12/03
OVER 12 BILLION PLAYS ANALYSED AND MOST SEARCHED KEYWORDS ON KKBOX REVEALED!
OVER 12 BILLION PLAYS ANALYSED AND MOST SEARCHED KEYWORDS ON KKBOX REVEALED!TIKTOK PROVIDES AN EDGE FOR SONGS TO GAIN POPULARITY Asia’s leading digital music subscription services provider KKBOX has launched its brand new “Top Yearly Singles Charts” after analysing 12 billion songs played over the course of 2018. These charts will feature alongside KKBOX’s existing charts and titles that contribute to the annual KKBOX Music Awards such as the daily and weekly charts, “Artist of The Year”, “Best Newcomer” and “Best Singer-Songwriter”. Through these charts, KKBOX users can observe the current trends in the pop music industry at one glance. Over the years, the KKBOX Music Awards has been ever-expanding. Beginning as a star-studded award ceremony, the annual event has introduced a series of exciting programmes such as the KKBOX Music Awards Pre-Party, which kickstarts the festivities of the event, and the KKBOX Future Star Stage, which showcases the brightest young talents new to the industry. This week, KKBOX has also launched a new application dedicated to the KKBOX Music Awards where users can view the most popular songs of the year. KKBOX has also announced the most searched keywords of 2018, which includes “JJ Lin”, “Jay Chou”, “Mayday”, “Dignified (体面)”, “Just Go (说散就散)”, “TWICE”, “BTS”, “We Were Once In Love (毕竟深爱过)”, “The Light Runner (追光者)” and “Perfect” among the top 10 most searched keywords. C-pop Top Yearly Singles Chart reveals that TikTok has large influence on popular songsKKBOX’s Yearly Singles Charts have just been revealed, with the most popular artistes continuing to rank among the charts. Taiwanese singer A-Mei was nominated for the “Best Female Singer” award at this year’s Golden Melody Awards with her album The Story Thief. Six of the songs in this album feature in Singapore’s Yearly Singles Chart, including hit song ‘Full Name (连名带姓)’, composed by Jay Chou. Other popular songs among fans in 2018 include Jay Chou’s ‘Waiting For You (等你下课)’, JJ Lin’s ‘Little Big Us (伟大的渺小)’ and ’53 Dawns (黑夜问白天)’, Jam Hsiao’s ‘A Love Song For You (让我为你唱情歌)’ and Crowd Lu’s ‘You Complete Me (几分之几)’. 2018 has also seen the rise of many young starlets and newcomers, including Eric Chou, Xiao Bing Chih and Da Zhuang, all of whom did well on this year’s charts. Among them, Eric Chou even managed to clinch the third place with his song ‘The Chaos After You (如果雨之后)’. Another noteworthy thing observed from the charts is that the Chinese application TikTok has had a huge influence on the songs that become popular in 2018. With the rise of music variety shows in China, coupled with the popularity of TikTok, many songs have been “discovered” and started trending after being covered on these platforms. The most notable among these songs is Kelly Yu’s ‘Dignified (体面)’, featured on the soundtrack of movie The Ex-Files 3: The Return of The Exes. Boosted by the popularity of the movie, ‘Dignified’ beat out numerous hit songs to be the top-ranked song in this year’s Top Yearly Singles Chart. Other songs to find fame on TikTok include JC’s ‘Just Go (说散就散)’ and viral hit ‘Learn To Meow (学猫叫)’. Pop Singles Yearly Accumulation Chart: Movie soundtracks and EDM prove to be most popularAs for English songs, Ed Sheeran once again proves himself to be one of the best singer-songwriters. Five of his songs appear on the top singles chart, with ‘Perfect Duet’, performed with Beyonce, taking the third-placed spot on the chart. Singaporean fans can look forward to Ed Sheeran’s concert on 26 April! Recent years have seen the rise of electronic dance music (EDM) in the English music industry, and it is no surprise that many of these songs feature in the chart. Producers like Martin Garrix, David Guetta, Marshmello and Jonas Blue all have multiple songs that feature. Another category of songs that have done well are songs featured in movie soundtracks. Songs featured in last year’s popular movies The Greatest Showman and Fifty Shades of Grey have all done well, while the recent A Star Is Born sees many songs form its soundtrack entering the chart. The best performance comes from ex-Fifth Harmony member Camilla Cabello, who has enjoyed a successful solo career after leaving the group. Her single ‘Havana’ is well-loved by fans all over the world, and lands Cabello the top spot in the Pop Singles Yearly Accumulation Chart. J-Pop Chart gets dominated by Korean groups, BLACKPINK takes top spot in K-Pop chartAn interesting phenomenon can be observed on the J-Pop Singles Yearly Accumulation Chart. As many Korean idol groups such as BTS, TWICE and BLACKPINK have recently released Japanese songs, Japanese singers have been crowded out of the top spots of the J-Pop chart. In fifth place we can finally see Japanese singer Kenshi Yonezu’s ‘Lemon’, while J-Pop legend Ayumi Hamasaki, who is rumoured to be retiring, has multiple songs featured on the chart. Several songs from Japanese drama OSTs have also proven to be popular this year. The K-Pop Chart is also an exciting one to watch, with two-year-old girl group BLACKPINK surprisingly occupying the top spot with their single ‘DDU-DU DDU-DU’, which was only released in June this year, pushing down global sensation BTS’s ‘Fake Love’, released a month earlier. BLACKPINK even managed to outshine their label “seniors” iKON, pushing their song ‘Love Scenario’ to second place. In past years, songs featured in Korean drama OSTs tended to do better and take up multiple spots in the top ten. However, due to a lack of significant K-dramas this year, OSTs have not done well, except for the soundtrack of A Korean Odyssey. Look back on your 2018 music experience with KKBOX!As 2018 comes to an end, KKBOX will be introducing a new “Your Shape of Music 2018” this December, which will summarise the listening records of each user over the past year. Users will be able to find out the first song they listened to on KKBOX in 2018, as well as the 30 songs they listened to the most this year. Other statistics, such as listening duration, number of songs listened to, and personal “Artist of The Year” and “Top Three Songs” will also be shared with the users, who will then be able to share their results with their family and friends to seek out those with similar music tastes. Visit https://kkbox.fm/t2xAV8 for more information. 14th KKBOX Music Awards to be held on 26 January, stand to win tickets from December onwardsThe 14th KKBOX Music Awards will be held at the Taipei Arena on 26 January 2019. Premium users of KKBOX will stand a chance to win tickets from mid-December. Users will face the challenge of guessing a song from the Top Yearly SinglesChart of each language, and will need to save the particular song in their playlist to receive an opportunity to participate in the draw for the prize. For more information, visit the KKBOX Music Awards official website. (https://kma.kkbox.com/awards/news?terr=sg)
KKBOX Partners with Audio-Technica and Bandwagon in Support of Local Musicians
2018/09/03
KKBOX Partners with Audio-Technica and Bandwagon in Support of Local Musicians
KKBOX Singapore announces its collaboration with Audio-Techinica and Bandwagon today. Sharing the same passion to constantly innovate and provide quality to users,  KKBOX, Audio-Technica and Bandwagon launched their first collaboration with Music  Supper series.  Hosted by up-and-coming local talents StellaVee, the live-streamed series was broadcasted across social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter and featured a music chart countdown, as well as fun games and performances.The show looked to highlight the ever-growing local music scene in Singapore,  featuring homegrown local talents such as Boon HuiLu, Hubert and Joanna Dong as guests.Louise Lin, the Integrated Marketing Director of KKBOX, shared:  “As the leading streaming music service in Asia, KKBOX understands music fans’ insights and how to maximize the influence of artists and their music. We are excited to showcase the  musical talent working with Audio Technica and Bandwagon, to develop our music fan  community through Music Supper show!“ Teng Shaokai, Audio-Technica S.E.A. Sales  & Marketing Manager, Export Business Unit, stated: “Audio-Technica’s philosophy has always been to support local talents. As a company, we believe in heightening our connection to the world through sound, with music being one of the key connections that bring people together. With the synergy between our visions, we are excited to begin  our partnership with KKBOX through KKBOX’s Music Supper show and look forward to  building up our local music scene further through this platform.”  
Evolution in Music Listening Behavior - KKBOX Revealed Four Major Trends Identified by Big Data Analytics
2017/08/02
Evolution in Music Listening Behavior - KKBOX Revealed Four Major Trends Identified by Big Data Analytics
Evolution in Music Listening BehaviorKKBOX Revealed Four Major Trends Identified by Big Data Analytics 1. The most-searched keywords on KKBOX in the first half of 2017 are revealed and music relates closely to social buzz and current affairs2. Music streaming and online gigs go mainstream3. Mainstream music is diversifying and EDM is music hottest trend 4. Playlist have surpassed album listenershipWith 13 years of success in digital music streaming business, over 10 million members across the region and more than 50 billion clicks, Asia’s leading music streaming brand KKBOX, published its big data analytics from the Digital Music Survey, a collaborative project between KKBOX Research Center and AC Nielsen. Top search keywords received by KKBOX Singapore in the first half of 2017 are Big Bang、BTS、beauty and the beast、closer、Coldplay、Eric 周興哲、Ed Sheeran、Faded、Hebe田馥甄、Shape of You、TWICE、五月天、林俊傑、告白氣球、妮妮、周杰倫、张学友、梦想的声音、演員、薛之謙 (by order of stroke-counts, not in any order of ranking). Asian superstars May Day, Jay Chou and JJ Lin maintained their dominance as the top searched keywords, while new songs, such as “Actor”(演员) by Joker Xue (薛之谦)and “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran, rapidly rose to the top of the popularity chart. One of the greatest bands of all time, Coldplay has recently put on two blockbuster shows in Singapore National Stadium with an impressive crowd of 100 000 audiences. In the same month, the play count of Coldplay’s songs on KKBOX increased 62%, and their all-time hits such “Yellow,” “Scientist,” and “Viva La Vida” has also doubled in play count. Meantime Internet celebrities have taken the Internet by storm, thanks to their online popularity and spontaneous viral effect. Singapore’s very own songwriter-singer, Hubert Ng, has recently worked with an Internet celebrity couple from Taiwan, Nico & Kim to release a single called “Nini”. The song surged to the top of the KKBOX New Song Chart immediately after the release. The global music industry has undergone some pretty dramatic changes in recent years and Asia was no exception. The rapid rise of EDM (Electronic Dance Music) has created a brand new pop language within the young community. During the past year, the play count of EDM genre has grown by 1.5 times. In terms of the most frequently played songs by language in Singapore, the Chinese songs takes up more than 50%, followed by Western music which holds 24%. Korean music has also steadily grown as one of the most favored language and it occupies 10% of the total music consumption. Also, the volume of music listening is associated directly with social events and concerts as the play count of certain songs tend to increase before KTV visit as well as concert & post-concert period. 1.     The most-searched keywords on KKBOX in the first half of 2017 are revealed and music relates closely to social buzz and current affairs The most-searched keywords on KKBOX in the first half of 2017 show indicated that songs are made popular by music programs has higher tendency of being searched by music lovers and fans, hence, casting a limelight to the original singer. For instance, after Hebe Tien performed her rendition of Joker Xue’s “Actor” at a Chinese music program, searches of the keyword “actor” on KKBOX  has skyrocketed, and brought the original singer to the center of attention, with 7 songs by Joker Xue has successfully charted in Top 50 songs. In 2017, the song “Actor” has peaked “KKBOX Daily Chart” for 103 consecutive days, as well as spending 34 weeks on the Top 10 of “KKBOX Weekly Chart”.  Internet sensations has extended well beyond its existing boundaries, and has contributed to the revolution of music scene. Internet celebrity Nico & Kim, who garnered 2 million LIKEs on their fan page, has successfully peaked “KKBOX Weekly Chart” for 6 consecutive weeks with the single “Nini”, which is written by Kim herself and composed by local uprising musician, Hubert Ng.2.     Music streaming and online gigs go mainstreamAccording to the 2016 Online, Digital Music Market Survey by AC Nielsen, it has proven that music consumption by Singapore consumers are shifting towards online streaming platforms. Although illegal and free music platforms are still dominating the market as a whole, the listenership has been pretty static. At the same time, the rate of downloads, physical CD purchases and radio listenership are declining. The only music source that has been progressing steadily is the monthly music subscription service, which has grown by 10% compared to the survey completed in 2015. In a detailed survey conducted recently, KKBOX has indicated that most members were attracted to the convenience of music streaming, where 37% members were enticed by the offline listening feature, 35% of them enjoy cross-devices listening pleasure, which include usage of smartphone, PC & tablet. 25% members are pleased by the diversity of music genre and extensive music database while another 23% are fascinated with the personalized recommendations feature. On the other hand, 44% of the respondents have previously enjoyed concert online, with age group of 25 – 34 years old, contributing to 47%.  This result suggests that online streaming technology provides convenience in music consumption and creates a unique listening experience. Mobile devices are widely consumed in Singapore and all respondents of this survey own at least one smart phone. 3.     Mainstream music is diversifying and EDM is music hottest trendK-Pop has taken the world by storm and this phenomenon is reflected in KKBOX too, whereby the play count of Korean music genre has surpassed 10% of total music consumption. The rise of Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is pretty significant where the play count has multiplied 1.5 times from 2.9% to 4.69% in 2016. 4.     Playlist have surpassed album listenershipPlaylists have surpassed albums as a format for music listening for the first time ever. Playlists are organized by theme, scenarios and music styles that make it convenient and easier to consume, satisfy users' music playing needs as well as offering more opportunities for music discovery. Data derived from the recent survey shows that 54% of KKBOX users are “playlist driven”, for example new songs that are created under “Mandarin New Singles” received over a million play count on a weekly basis. Among the various theme, the most popular ones are “love,” “relaxation,” “sports,” “rejuvenation,” “family” and “party.” *The Digital Music Survey conducted by AC Nielsen interviewed users of KKBOX in Singapore who are between 15 and 45 years old and have listened to music online in the past month. The period of survey started on January 5, 2017 and ended on January 17, 2017.  A total of 503 persons have been interviewed with a sampling error of 4.37%.
KKBOX Unleashes The Brand New “Music Recognition” Feature
2017/07/21
KKBOX Unleashes The Brand New “Music Recognition” Feature
KKBOXUnleashes The Brand New “Music Recognition” FeatureMusicSearching Can Be Done Within Seconds Asia's leading music streaming service, KKBOXpartners with ACRCloud to launch a brand new “music recognition” feature, wheremusic searching in KKBOX app can be easily done by singing or humming to aparticular song. This new feature allows users to search and download musicfrom KKBOX extensive music library just by singing a song, humming a tune orputting a smartphone close to the source of music. When users hear a good songbut uncertain about the title, they can just turn on “music recognition”feature on KKBOX app and place it close to the source of music. Alternatively,users can also sing or hum parts of the song and let the “music recognition”feature work its way out. More details. Multi-talented heartthrob Bii has personally attempted this featureby singing his own hit “Love More” as well as “Falling”, a song from his favoritesinger, Tanya Chua and the “music recognition” feature successfully identifiedthe title of the song just within a few seconds.  Bii, who recently completed his solo concert“Bii With You LIVE In Singapore 2017” organized by KKBOX, is now gearing up on preparationof new album, which is set to release this summer as well as his first everconcert in the prestigious Taipei Arena this December. KKBOX and ACRCloud come together to introduce this digitalfingerprinting technology where searching of music can be easily done in KKBOXapp by giving a little clue like singing a song, humming a tune, or putting asmartphone close to the source of music. “We are very excited to partner withKKBOX to offer music and humming recognition feature to larger audiences inAsia, this feature brings a whole new experience for users to consume music.” -Tony Li, Co-Founder of ACRCloud. In addition to partnering with ACRCloud, KKBOX has also optimizedthe post-function of “Music Recognition“ feature, where users can convenientlyreview the artist or album once the intended song is being identified.Moreover, users can directly share the search result through social media aswell as save or collect the song for offline listening pleasure. “KKBOXcontinues enhancing user experience to fulfill user’s needs in various context.With music and humming recognition feature, you can identify a song morequickly and intuitively, and then you can collect or share the song easily.”Sophia Lin, Vice President of KKBOX Product Develop Center.  About KKBOXKKBOX,Asia's leading music streaming service, was established in 2004 by a group ofTaiwanese software programmers with a shared passion for technology and music.With the support from more than 500 international major and local independentmusic labels, KKBOX features 30 million legal tracks, including the mostcomprehensive Asia-Pop music library, and is currently available in Taiwan,Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand with over 10 million usersand 2 million paid users. KKBOX is committed to creating a truly immersiveonline music experience to users, and to empower artists and their musicthrough technological innovation. With its advanced product technology,strategic vision and strong local partnerships, KKBOX is aggressively expandinginto international markets. For more information, please visit http://www.kkbox.com/about/en. AboutACRCloudACRCloud (https://www.acrcloud.com/) is a Beijing basedcomprehensive automatic content recognition provider that has indexed over 40million tracks in its music fingerprinting database.  For 2015 and 2016, it was ranked #1 in audiofingerprinting technology, which was recognized by the prestigious MusicInformation Retrieval Evaluation eXchange (MIREX). ACRCloud offers musicrecognition solution to Xiaomi and Musixmatch etc.
Every album of the immortal Beatles is now on KKBOX
2016/02/26
Every album of the immortal Beatles is now on KKBOX
Join all Beatles fans for 14 studio albums and 3 collections at 00:00 on February 29thFollow KKBOX on the Abbey Road, or wherever you are, for the legendary BeatlesThe all-time bestseller, first mega rock concert and first world-touring band – it’s the BeatlesInnumerable artists covered Hey Jude, Yellow Submarine, Yesterday, Let It Be and other classics to pay tribute to the BeatlesAll the 17 albums from the years of the Beatles – the legendary British rock band – are coming to KKBOX at 00:00 on February 29th. In addition to bringing the immortal classics to every Beatles aficionados, the KKBOX debut is expected to ignite another Beatlemania as well.You may have listened to many Beatles masterpieces such as Hey Jude, Yellow Submarine, Yesterday, Let It Be, Across The Universe, I Want to Hold Your Hand and In My Life covered by other celebrated artists, but now you can find all the originals on KKBOX and enjoy wherever you are.Many great musicians around the world, such as Radiohead, Oasis and more, considered the Beatles their mentors. Mayday, a popular Taiwanese band that claims to have been influenced by the British group, also said, “there wouldn’t be Mayday without the Beatles”.In “The Beatles, Tomorrow” stage and behind-the-scene exhibition held in Taipei last year, Mr. Shihfang Ma, a music commentator dubbed “the walking Beatles encyclopedia”, and Matthew Tsai from Mayday joined to share their enthusiasm.“If there were no Beatles, rock music might not have been the way as we knew it,” said Mr. Ma. “They were forerunners of ‘bands of original creations,’ and they experimented different styles to expand and explore new possibilities of pop music, while making rock a new form of artistic expressions.”KKBOX members can now listen to a total of 17 Beatles albums released through the years – from Please Please Me, Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road to the last group album Let It Be, along with several collections.Originally a rock band, the Beatles was formed in Liverpool, England in 1960 by John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. According to RIAA, the “greatest, most influential band ever” was the best-selling band in American history, and it holds the record of the most top-chart albums and market-leading singles in England.In 2004, the Rolling Stone Magazine bestowed the “Greatest Artists in History” title to the Beatles, and Billboard Magazine listed the Beatles as top of the “100 Most Successful Artists in History”. In 2014, the Beatles was presented the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.• A complete list of the 17 studio albums and collections to appear on KKBOX:Year        Album1963        Please Please Me, With the Beatles1964        A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles for Sale1965        Help!, Rubber Soul1966        Revolver1967        Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magic Mystery Tour1968        The Beatles1969        Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road1970        Let It Be1973        The Beatles 1962-1966, The Beatles 1967-19701988        Past Master2000        1  
KKBOX raised USD 104 million from GIC
2014/08/28
KKBOX raised USD 104 million from GIC
Taipei and Singapore, August 28, 2014 – GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, has invested USD104 million in KKBOX, Asia’s top music streaming service provider. The investment proceeds will be used to fund the company’s overseas expansion, as well as refine its technology and service, said Chris Lin, co-founder and CEO of KKBOX.The investment stems from GIC’s confidence in the long-term growth potential of KKBOX given its unique music streaming service and strong franchise in its home markets. With the rising demand of consumer technology in the region, there will be exciting opportunities for the company as it embarks on its expansion.As a pioneer and the leading digital music platform in Asia, KKBOX is available in Taiwan, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Apart from the management team, KKBOX’s major shareholders include Japanese telecom giant KDDI, GIC, and HTC. ChungHwa Telecom, Taiwan's largest telecom carrier, will remain as a 30% shareholder of KKBOX's Taiwan subsidiary. About KKBOXKKBOX, Asia's leading music streaming service, was established in 2004 by a group of Taiwanese software programmers with a shared passion for technology and music. With the support from more than 500 international major and local independent music labels, KKBOX features the most comprehensive Asia-Pop music library and is currently available in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand with over 10 million users.KKBOX is committed to creating a truly immersive online music experience to users, and to empower artists and their music through technological innovation. With its advanced product technology, strategic vision and strong local partnerships, KKBOX is aggressively expanding into international markets. For more information on KKBOX, please visit http://www.kkbox.com/about/About GICGIC is among the world’s largest fund management companies. It was established in 1981 to manage Singapore’s foreign reserves. GIC strives to achieve good long-term returns on assets under its management, so as to preserve and enhance Singapore’s reserves. Since its inception, GIC has grown from managing a few billion dollars to well above US$100 billion today. GIC’s investment framework capitalises on its strengths which include the ability to take a long-term investment perspective, a global presence, capabilities to invest in cross- asset opportunities, and a skilled and experienced team. It has investments across 40 countries and in assets such as equities, fixed income, real estate and private equity. GIC has been investing in emerging markets for over twenty years. GIC is headquartered in Singapore with a network of offices in ten cities worldwide. For more information on GIC please visit www.gic.com.sg.
KKBOX replaces “LISMO unlimited” in June in the world’s biggest music market--Japan
2013/04/21
KKBOX replaces “LISMO unlimited” in June in the world’s biggest music market--Japan
Asia’s leading online digital music provider, KKBOX, and Japanese telecoms giant KDDI announces that in June they would re-brand the joint cloud music service “LISMO unlimited,” which they launched in 2011, to KKBOX. This is the sixth region in which KKBOX has officially provided services following Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore and Malaysia. In addition to KDDI, telecoms customers such as NTT Docomo and Softbank will be able to use KKBOX services. This is the company’s second major overseas expansion after it launched in Singapore and Malaysia earlier this year.KKBOX provides more than 10 million tracks for consumers, allowing them to listen to music on multiple devices anywhere they go. In addition to expanding its presence in the Japanese pop music industry, KKBOX will take advantage of its close relationships with Asian record labels to provide music from international artists as well as the newest singles, giving Japanese music lovers more unique choices. The Japanese music market has great potential, even surpassing US music market as the world’s largest market in recent years. KKBOX began to actively expand cooperation with Japan’s KDDI in 2011. Using state-of-the-art cloud music technology, the two companies launched the music subscription service “LISMO unlimited”. This became a key international stepping stone for KKBOX to branch out into the global music market. KKBOX has spread its roots far and wide in Asia for years, gaining wide recognition among the region’s music lovers. To provide a consistent worldwide platform and services, the company will change LISMO’s name, integrate resources, and provide the popular music social feature “Listen With” to Japanese users. On top of providing the world’s largest, most abundant Chinese-language music database, KKBOX also actively cultivates links with local record labels. Because of this, KKBOX provides localized music info, artist interviews and entertainment news. In addition, KKBOX provides the social feature “Listen With,” which allows users to enjoy the unique experience of interacting with their favorite idols. With this combination of unique features, KKBOX provides a globalized product with localized content. KKBOX membership is growing steadily in Singapore and Malaysia. Partnered with StarHub in Singapore, KKBOX and StarHub co-branded service “Music Anywhere” has prepared a series of exciting promotions in the pipeline starting this May, including concert tickets giveaway and meet & greet with artists, to satisfy local music fans.In the near future, KKBOX will continue to release services in other Asian markets. Through close cooperation with local record labels, KKBOX will offer consumers their favorite music and information about their favorite artists, not only making it possible for them to enjoy music, but also giving them a chance to get closer to their idols.
KKBOX launches its cloud music platform in Japan
2011/05/16
KKBOX launches its cloud music platform in Japan
KKBOX Inc. today announced that it will launch its mobile cloud music platform in the middle of June 2011 with Japan's telecom giant, KDDI, in collaboration with RecoChoku, Japan's largest music contents provider. By utilizing KKBOX's cloud music platform and service operation infrastructure, KDDI will launch an on-demand, unlimited music streaming service on its Android-based smartphones. The music subscription service will carry the brand of "LISMO unlimited. RecoChoku, Japan's largest digital music content provider established by Japan's major music labels, will be providing music licensing and content in this partnership. "Cloud music is the up-rising trend in digital music industry, and it is also a killer-application for smartphone. KKBOX's cloud-music technology and service operation experience will turbo-charge KDDI's LISMO unlimited service on smartphone with the best user experience," said Chris Lin, KKBOX's CEO. "We are very excited to be in this partnership with KDDI and RecoChoku, in which we have allied the best possible resources in this industry to offer a very compelling cloud-music experience on smartphones." ----------------------------------------------------About KKBOX Inc. KKBOX, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is Asia's leading cloud music service provider. Its cloud-based music subscription service has market-dominating position in Taiwan and Hong Kong with over 8 million registered members. KDDI made a strategic investment to acquire majority share of KKBOX during December, 2010.
KDDI acquires KKBOX Inc, the digital music service provider
2010/12/14
KDDI acquires KKBOX Inc, the digital music service provider
KKBOX Inc (KKBOX, CEO Chris Lin) today signed a definitive agreement to sell its majority shareholdings to KDDI, the second largest telecom carrier in Japan.Under the agreement, KDDI will purchase 76 percentage shareholdings in KKBOX on December 24th 2010 while the management team continues to own the remaining 24% of the company. After the completion of this acquisition KKBOX will become a consolidated subsidiary of KDDI.KKBOX provides a multi-device digital music service which is accessible from such devices as PC, Smartphones and Mobile phone in Taiwan and Hong Kong. KKBOX has strong and established relationship with music labels in Taiwan, the heart of the Chinese music industry, and also holds the respectable position as music information media. KKBOX already provides service for more than 7million users in Taiwan and customer base in Hong Kong is on the increase as well.KDDI, through this acquisition, utilizing the service delivery platform and know-how of KKBOX, aims to provide new contents service for Smartphone users, and also intends to enter into China-market thorough the already established business platform of KKBOX around the region.