
Spotify also has big acts missing such as 1970s music icons Neil Young and Joni Mitchell. For example, YouTube Music doesn’t have rock basics such as the 1976 album ‘Hotel California’ by The Eagles.

To be sure, it’s not to say that global services are perfect either. If you’re insistent on subscribing to a local provider, you can still be happy with JioSaavn, which scores close to a 9 in genres such as pop, rock, metal, and hip-hop.īut if you’re a fan of electronic dance music (EDM) or jazz or western classical, all homegrown services score less than 8 out of 10, so it’s best to go for a global service.

It’s not all doom and gloom though for homegrown services. “While western music is very much a part of our audience’s consumption, it's not a dominant sub-genre for the larger core consumer we cater to," Roy said. Siddhartha Roy, chief executive officer of Hungama Digital Media, said the company’s focus was on smaller cities and it was designed as per the taste of Indian listeners. For some Indian providers, it is important to offer more than just western music. The poor show of Indian apps is at odds with the growing interest in international music, which a 2021 report from trade body Indian Music Industry attributed to fewer domestic film releases during the pandemic. Why banks are buying more g-secs than they have to

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