Press Releases

2022

Beatport Group Announces New Executive Hires in London and Barcelona (06/28/22)

Beatport Announces ReConnect Summit in New York City this September with First Wave of Partners: Audius, The Art of Areté, DanceSafe, PIXELYNX and Women in Music (06/15/22)

Beatport and Technopol Launch Bi-Monthly KNAL Stream, Direct From Paris (06/09/22)

Introducing Beatport Mobile v1.2 (06/08/22)

Beatport and PIXELYNX Launch Derivative Synth Heads NFT Collection in Partnership with London’s Junction 2 Festival (05/31/22)

Beatport Acquires LabelRadar (05/26/22)

Beatport launches “Beatport Sounds” Offering Signature Sound Packs and Exclusive Samples from the World’s Leading Producers (05/12/22)

Beatport CEO Robb McDaniels Pledges To Invest $100,000 in Best Idea to Accelerate Gender Parity Across the Music Industry During Keynote Address at International Music Summit Ibiza 2022 (05/03/22)

Beatport Launches Newest Genre Amapiano (04/26/22)

Beatport and Microsoft Surface Team Up With IMS College and Point Blank Music School for Three Days of Educational Programming at International Music Summit in Ibiza (04/20/22)

Tiësto and Beatport Launch “The Motto Global Remix Challenge” (03/14/22)

Beatport Presents: ReConnect In Solidarity with Ukraine (03/09/22)

Rudimental to Headline Parallel 5G Partnership with Beatport: A 5G Powered Club Night in Leeds (03/03/22)

Plugin Boutique Celebrate A Decade In The Music & Technology Community (02/23/22)

Beatport Acquires ampsuite and Launches a Suite of Professional Products for Suppliers, Artists and Labels (02/23/22)

Beatport and PIXELYNX Synth Heads NFT Creation Launches Today (02/10/22)

Beatport’s Mobile App is now available on Android (02/08/22)

Industry Veteran Alex Branson Joins Beatport as Senior Vice President of Music Services (02/08/22)

Carl Craig Presents All Black Digital a Celebration of Black History Month in Support of Bridges For Music (02/03/22)

Beatport and Microsoft Surface launch a global search for the next emerging talent with  the Originals² Remix Competition, featuring Italian DJ duo, Giolì & Assia (02/01/22)

Beatport Announces the Beatport Next Class of 2022 (01/25/22)

Beatport and Gaming (Music Metaverse) Platform PIXELYNX Partner to Create Synth Heads, A Generative NFT Series for Electronic Music Fans (01/13/22)

2021

Beatport Launches The Beatport Plan, a New $9.99/Month Subscription Tier that Enables Anyone to Instantly DJ from Their Computer (12/15/2021)

DJ and Grammy Award Winning Producer, Tiësto, Partners with Eldohm and Beatport to Launch A DJ Midi Controller for Beginner DJs (12/10/2021)

Beatport and Microsoft Surface Launch “Originals²”: Empowering DJs and Producers across the World Through Remote Real-Time Collaboration (11/18/2021)

Loopcloud and Planet E Announce The Carl Craig Remix Challenge (11/03/2021)

Beatport and Arigami Release “Music Connects Us”, a Report on Wellbeing in the Music Industry in Support of Artist’s Mental Health (07/12/2021)

Beatport Launches Mainstage Genre: Bring DJ Sets to Life with Tracks Inspired by the Festival Experience (06/25/2021)

Beatport Celebrates Pride With A Club Called Rhonda, Community Bread, HE.SHE.THEY, Worthy and Others (06/17/2021)

Loopcloud, Beatport, Beatsource, LabelRadar and Plugin Boutique announce Global Producer Challenge with a $100,000 prize package (06/17/2021)

Beatport Unveils Powerful New Mobile App for DJs, Refreshes Brand Design in Collaboration with Award Winning Design Firm, Kurppa Hosk (06/08/2021)

Beatport Announces Second Installment of “Game Changers”; Livestream + Documentary Series on the World’s Most Exciting Electronic Artists (05/20/2021)

Beatport, Beatsource and Native Instruments Bring LINK Streaming Technology for DJs to TRAKTOR PRO 3 (05/06/2021)

Beatport and Wave Partner to Bring Live Interactive Electronic Music Performances to the World (04/29/2021)

Beatport to Become First Digital Music Retailer to Accept Bitcoin; Announces First Ever NFT Audio/Visual Compilation for April 23rd with Crypto.com (04/20/2021)

Beatport Spotlights Middle East Dance Music Scene with Month-Long Residency on Twitch Curated by Palestinian DJ and Producer Sama’ Abdulhadi (04/14/2021)

Beatport Celebrates Women’s History Month with Maya Jane Coles Residency Beginning on International Women’s Day (03/05/2021)

Beatport Launches Revolutionary Web App to Transform the DJ Experience (03/03/2021)

Beatport is Expanding its Bass Genres – Introduces 140 / Deep Dubstep / Grime, Bass / Club, and Breaks / Breakbeat /
UK Bass to its Genre Pages (02/04/2021)

Detroit DJ Seth Troxler is Beatport’s Artist in Residency for Black History Month. Curating an Incomparable lineup of Influential DJs for February on Twitch (02/03/2021)

Beatport Launches New Emerging Artist Program – Beatport Next (01/18/2021)

2020

Beatport Acquires Loopmasters, a Leading Global Provider of Soundpacks and Plugins for Music Producers (12/16/2020)

Beatport Press Release: Absolut and Beatport Reveal the Final Lineup for NYE 2020 – Honey Dijon, Nicole Moudaber, Patrick Topping Join Other Top DJs for #DanceAway2020 as They Each Ring in the New Year Live from Cities Across the Globe (12/10/2020)

Beatport Introduces New Genre – Electro [Classic / Detroit / Modern] (12/8/2020)

Absolut and Beatport Launch NYE 2020 – a 20+ Hour, 15-city, Global New Year’s Eve Live Stream Part to #DanceAway2020 (11/24/2020)

Beatport and TribeXR Bring Streaming for DJs to Virtual Reality for the First Time Ever with Beatport LINK Integration (11/23/2020)

Beatport Presents ReConnect x When The Music Stops: #YouAreNotAlone – A Virtual Music Festival Including Music & Educational Segments in Support of Mental Health (11/4/2020)

Beatport and Sentric Launch Powerful New Solution to Transform Electronic Music Publishing (10/27/2020)

Beatport, ADE, Bridges For Music and Pioneer, Join Forces With World’s Top DJs, Labels, and Music Industry Executives For a Virtual Cycle Relay Ride From Iconic Music Venues As Part Of An 8-Hour Virtual Fundraiser (10/8/2020)

Serato Makes Major Advancement In DJ Streaming Technology By Launching Beatsource LINK and Beatport LINK in Serato DJ Pro (10/6/2020)

Beatport and Twitch Announce Exclusive Live Streaming Music Programming Partnership (9/17/2020)

Beatport Expands Genre Categories With The Launch Of Dance / Electro Pop (9/15/2020)

Beatport and Loopmasters Announce DJ Harvey Remix Competition With $4000 Prize Package (8/13/2020)

Beatport and Denon DJ Launch Beatport LINK In All Standalone Engine OS Enabled DJ Gear (8/3/2020)

Beatport Reinstates Hard Techno Genre Category (7/28/2020)

Beatport Announces Full Track Playback For LINK Alongside Pro and Pro+ Tier Price Drops (7/10/2020)

Beatport X HE.SHE.THEY: Pride2020 (6/25/2020)

Beatport Launches New Organic House / Downtempo Genre Category (6/23/2020)

Beatport Presents: ReConnect Part 2, A Global Music Event For COVID-19 Relief (4/15/2020)

Beatport Announce ReConnect Drum & Bass (4/30/2020)

Beatport’s 34-hour Live Stream Raises Over $180,000 (3/30/2020)

Beatport Presents: ReConnect, A Global Music Event For COVID-19 Relief (3/23/2020)

Beatport to Host Two International Women’s Day 2020 Events (3/4/2020)

Beatport Expands Techno Categories (2/19/2020)

Beatport Looks Back at 16 Years of Achievements (1/7/2020)

2019

Beatportal Launch Announcement (11/29/2019)

Beatport LINK Playlist Announcement (10/2/2019)

Beatport LINK Announces New Partnership: Virtual DJ (9/25/2019)

Beatport and Loopmasters Join Forces In Sounds Partnership (8/1/2019)

Beatport Launches Groundbreaking Offline Locker for DJs in Pioneer DJ’s rekordbox Public Beta (7/1/2019)

Beatport LINK to Bring Standalone Streaming and Offline Storage Direct to Denon DJ Hardware (5/21/2019)

Beatport Announces Beatport LINK Subscription Service For DJs (5/14/2019) 

Beatport Launches New ‘Bass House’ Genre Category (3/21/2019)

Beatport & DJcity Combine Forces To Launch Beatsource (2/13/2019)

Beatport Announces 2019 Beats In School Winners (02/04/2019)

Benny L Scores Beatport’s First-Ever Drum & Bass No. 1 (01/17/2019)

Beatport Brings Back Jonas Tempel as Creative Advisor (01/15/2019)

Beatport Reveals Its Best Selling Tracks of 2018 (01/08/2019)

2018

Beatport Announces 2018 Season of Beats In School (11/12/2018)

Beatport Announces Launch of New Podcast Series (10/10/2018) 

Heiko Hoffmann Joins Beatport as Director of Artist & Label Relations (09/04/2018) 

Beatport Backs Rising Labels With New Hype Charts (5/23/2018)

Beatport Acquires Leading DJ Streaming & Subscription Service, Pulselocker, Inc. (4/4/2018)

Beatport Announces Launch of Beatport Creative Services (3/21/2018)

Beatport Launches New Melodic House & Techno Genre Category (3/20/2018) 

Beatport Announces Two Promotions on Leadership Team (1/16/2018)

Beatport and Anjunabeats Announce the Next Beats In School Winner (1/10/2018) 

2017

Beatport Launches New Afro House Genre Category (12/4/2017) 

Robb McDaniels Announced as Chief Executive Officer of Beatport (10/18/2017) 

Beatport and Anjunabeats Join Forces for Beats In School (10/3/2017)

Beatport and Circus Recordings Select First Beats In School Winner (9/27/2017)

Beatport Goes ‘Back to Bass’ With Three New Genres (8/15/2017)

Beatport Announces Beats In School, A Producer Contest Unlike All The Others (6/19/2017)

2016

Beatport and Scratch DJ Academy Partner to Educate DJs and Producers (4/21/16)

Get Started Producing Music With Beatport’s First BitTorrent Bundle (2/29/16)

Beatport News Launches Original Video Series As Part of Expanded Coverage, Mission (2/23/16)

Beatport Expands Into The Netherlands With Locally Focused Curation, Content and Staff (1/28/16)

Beatport and Looplabs Team Up to Empower Producers with Music, Tools, and Promotion (1/21/16)

2015

Beatport Rallies DJs Worldwide to Help Fight Climate Change With #ListenParis2015 (12/3/15)

Beatport Delivers Video Highlights of the Amsterdam Dance Event (10/28/15)

Beatport Brings the Amsterdam Dance Event Experience to Fans Worldwide (10/12/15)

Beatport & T-Mobile Launch “T-Mobile Backstage” (8/28/15)

Beatport Launches New Genre Pages (7/14/15)

Beatport Launches Embeddable Streaming Music Player, Paying Artists for Each Track Played (6/23/15)

DJs Offer Fans Trips to Iconic Dance Music Events Worldwide via Beatport (5/18/15)

Beatport Introduces Free Mobile Apps with Unlimited Streaming Music (3/26/15)

2014

Premier Networks and Beatport Announce The Evolution Beatport Show with Pete Tong (8/13/14)

Beatport Joins Vans Warped Tour as Official Stage Host (6/11/2014)

Beatport Revolutionizes Music Management for DJs with Beatport Pro for Mac (4/16/14)