Songkick

Songkick
Private
Industry Live Music
Predecessor CrowdSurge
Founded 2007
Founders
  • Adam Schiffer (COO)
  • Pete Smith
  • Michelle You
Headquarters New York, United States
Area served
 Global
Key people
  • Mark McIntyre (CTO)
  • Josh Block (CSO)
Brands Songkick, Tourbox
Website songkick.com

Songkick is an American technology company that provides concert discovery services and ticket sales for live music events. Songkick’s web and mobile app allows users to track touring artists, receive alerts for concerts in their area and purchase tickets to shows, using technology and services that power ticket sales on behalf of artists.

Songkick is headquartered in New York and has offices in London, Nashville and Los Angeles. Its service is available in 61 countries around the world.

Services

Songkick’s platform reaches 15 million visitors monthly, combining a concert discovery application with ticketing technology.[1]

Available for iOS, Android and online, Songkick’s concert discovery application allows users to track their favorite artists and set customized notifications to be alerted when they are playing shows in the user’s area, then purchase tickets directly through the app. Concert data is aggregated automatically via Songkick’s algorithm and also allows users to submit event listings, contributing to archives of more than 5 million upcoming and past shows. Users can also automatically track their favorite artists by linking their music library and Spotify account.

Songkick also provides software and services for artists to sell concert tickets directly to fans through their online channels. Artists who have used Songkick’s ticketing infrastructure include Paul McCartney, Adele, Metallica, Mumford & Sons, Pixies and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

In 2015 the company secured a patent for software that prevents known and suspected ticket scalpers and bots from accessing tickets. In 2016, Songkick found that tickets sold using this technology were 4x less likely to be listed on ticket resale sites.[2] During the pre-sales for Adele’s World Tour in 2015 and World Tour Finale in 2016, this program maintained that only 2% of the tickets sold through Songkick later appeared on resale sites[3] (versus the estimated market average of 20%).

Songkick also maintains a service for artists called Tourbox, which allows musicians and managers to control how their concerts are promoted to Songkick's users and across their distribution network.[4] It automates the process of publicizing tour dates on any of Songkick's partner sites.[5]

History

Songkick was founded in 2007 by Ian Hogarth, Michelle You and Pete Smith[6] as part of the 2007 Y Combinator program. Its initial business model, based on its concert discovery service, was based on referral fees from ticketing companies.[7] The company launched its first mobile application in 2011.

In June 2015, Songkick merged with CrowdSurge, an artist ticketing services provider.[8] CrowdSurge was founded by Matt Jones in 2008,[9] and he and Hogarth have said they decided to merge the two companies to correct “a massive inefficiency in the market.”[10] The combined company continues under the Songkick brand. Jones and Hogarth served as co-CEOs of Songkick until Jones took on the role of CEO in January 2016.[11][12]

The Warner Music group announced in July 2017 the they had acquired Songkick's app for finding concerts and the company’s trademark. The app will continue to operate as a standalone brand overseen by Warner Music’s artist and label services division.


API and Partnerships

Songkick provides a public API, which allows access to their data and integration with other services. Services that integrate with Songkick's API include Shazam,[13] Spotify,[14] SoundCloud,[15] Foursquare,[16] Deezer,[17] FanBridge,[18] Warner Music Group,[19] Yahoo! Search [20] and YouTube.[21]

Awards and Recognition

2017: Webby Awards Honoree for Best Music Mobile Site/App[22]

2017: Fast Company - Fifth Most Innovative Company in Music, 2017[23]

2017: Music Week Awards - Nominated for Best Ticketing Company[24]

2016: Matt Jones - Forbes “30 Under 30" Europe[25]

2016: Matt Jones - Billboard “10 Power Execs to Watch in 2016”[26]

2015: Technica.ly Brooklyn - Nominated for Brooklyn Innovation Awards[27]

2015: Matt Jones - Rolling Stone “17 Young Innovators Shaking Up the Music Industry”[28]

2014: Winner, Best Technology for Marketing an Event / Building Event Attendance[29]

2013: TIME’s 50 Best Android Applications[30]

2013: Ian Hogarth - The Guardian 100[31]

2012: Webby Awards Honoree for Best Music Mobile Site/App[32]

2011: Matt Jones - Forbes “30 Under 30”[33]

2011: Ian Hogarth - Forbes “30 Under 30”[34]

2011: Telegraph's top 100 startups in Europe[35]

2011: Matt Jones - Billboard Magazine "30 under 30"[36]

2011: Music Week Consumer-Facing Digital Music Service of the Year[37]

2010: Songkick founders Ian Hogarth, Michelle You and Pete Smith - Inc. 30 Under 30[38]

2010: #3 on Billboard Magazine’s 10 Best Digital Music Startups of 2010[39]

2010: Best Innovation Award at the 2010 BT Digital Music Awards[40]

2010: Ian Hogarth - British Council’s UK Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year award[41]

2009: Telegraph's best cultural websites[42]

2007: Summer 2007 Y Combinator Batch

See also

Other websites offering similar services to Songkick are:

References

  1. ↑ Stuart Dredge (23 December 2016). "Songkick Has Sold Nearly 500K Adele Tickets So Far".
  2. ↑ Stuart Dredge (23 December 2016). "Songkick has sold nearly 500K Adele tickets so far".
  3. ↑ Devin Leonard (14 December 2016). "Can an App for Concert Tickets Beat Out the Scalper Bots?".
  4. ↑ Bobbie Johnson (30 May 2012). "Songkick’s Tourbox is a one-stop shop for live bands".
  5. ↑ Kim-Mai Cutler (30 May 2012). "Songkick’s Tourbox Makes It Easier For Musicians To Trumpet Their Concerts Across The Web".
  6. ↑ Ben Sisario (1 May 2011). "A Go-to Site for Tracking Music Acts".
  7. ↑ Dave Lee (16 May 2013). "Songkick Detour 'Kickstarter for gigs' is launched in London".
  8. ↑ Josh Constine (4 June 2015). "Songkick And CrowdSurge Merge, Raise $16M To Combine Concert Discovery And Ticketing".
  9. ↑ Christine Lagorio-Chafkin (25 June 2014). "A Music Startup's New Brooklyn Home".
  10. ↑ Elizabeth Segran (17 November 2015). "How Songkick 2.0 Is Merging The Needs Of Fans And Artists".
  11. ↑ Biz Carson (28 December 2015). "How having two CEOs taught one startup a valuable lesson".
  12. ↑ IQ (7 January 2016). "Songkick Loses a CEO, Gains a Chairman".
  13. ↑ James Hanley (14 March 2017). "Songkick rolls out Shazam product integration worldwide".
  14. ↑ Billy Steele (26 August 2016). "Spotify adds a full list of tour dates to artist pages".
  15. ↑ Music Week (11 March 2011). "SoundCloud expands partnership deals".
  16. ↑ Bobbie Johnson (30 May 2012). "Songkick’s Tourbox is a one-stop shop for live bands".
  17. ↑ Samuel Gibbs (27 May 2014). "Songkick hits 10 million users and generates $100m in ticket revenue".
  18. ↑ "More Than 100 Million Fans Directly Engaging With Musicians Through FanBridge Platform". 10 April 2011.
  19. ↑ CNBC (2 May 2011). "Warner Music Group Artist Sites to Feature Concert Data Provided by Songkick".
  20. ↑ Jemima Kiss (7 October 2010). "Songkick's gig listings get a boost on Yahoo's new search".
  21. ↑ Samuel Gibbs (27 May 2014). "Songkick hits 10 million users and generates $100m in ticket revenue".
  22. ↑ "Webby Awards Honoree, Best Music Mobile Site/App".
  23. ↑ "Fast Company Most Innovative Companies".
  24. ↑ "Music Week Awards".
  25. ↑ "Forbes “30 Under 30" Europe".
  26. ↑ "Billboard “10 Power Execs to Watch in 2016”".
  27. ↑ "Brooklyn Innovation Awards".
  28. ↑ "Rolling Stone “17 Young Innovators Shaking Up the Music Industry”".
  29. ↑ "Event Technology Awards".
  30. ↑ "TIME’s 50 Best Android Applications".
  31. ↑ "The Guardian 100".
  32. ↑ "Webby Awards Honoree, Best Music Mobile Site/App".
  33. ↑ "Forbes “30 Under 30”".
  34. ↑ "Forbes “30 Under 30”".
  35. ↑ "Telegraph's top 100 startups in Europe".
  36. ↑ "Billboard 30 Under 30".
  37. ↑ "Music Week Consumer-Facing Digital Music Service of the Year".
  38. ↑ "Inc. 30 Under 30".
  39. ↑ "Billboard 10 Best Digital Music Startups".
  40. ↑ "Best Innovation Award".
  41. ↑ "UK Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year".
  42. ↑ "Telegraph's best cultural websites".
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