Music Business News: France

Founded in 1988 by José Da Silva, Paris-headquartered Lusafrica specializes in Portuguese-language African music and other world music genres

Platform has introduced what it claims to be the world’s first AI tagging system for music streaming

Animaj reports to have a monthly global audience of 242m unique viewers on YouTube

Exec was previously President of Label & Artist Solutions

French music listening now totals more than 64 million hours per month worldwide, according to Spotify’s latest Francophone Report for June 2025.

Upbeat Bidco increases the price of its take-private offer

France last saw a price rise from Spotify in May 2024 following the country’s implementation of a music streaming tax

Exec was previously Spotify’s Senior Director, Head of International Music