Welcome to our first Insight Report of 2026, which looks at the music streaming ecosystem.

And the topic that dominates this year’s issue is, of course AI. But fret not: this isnโ€™t an โ€˜AI is brilliantโ€™ brovangelising report, but neither is it a โ€˜skyโ€™s falling inโ€™ doomread. 

The industry is now at a true inflection point, and our thinking has crystallised around five โ€˜Csโ€™, each of which is outlined in the report: Crunch Time; Creativity; Conversation; Context; and Coding.


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