About CONNECT: Platform overview and updates

About CONNECT: Platform overview and updates

CONNECT is a cloud-based application that compiles trillions of data points on artists, songs and musical releases to build the industry’s most comprehensive resource for music consumption data and analytics. The CONNECT user interface presents performance metrics, metadata and data visualizations alongside a suite of powerful analytical tools.


Designed and implemented by Luminate, entertainment’s preeminent data and insights company, CONNECT has been engineered for the future of innovation in the music business.




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Our technology

CONNECT’s cloud-first infrastructure leverages best-in-class data lakehouse providers and modern data transformation techniques. to present next-day consumption data .


The platform enables real-time ingestion of structured and unstructured data through asynchronous processes across standard and non-standard formats. We’re able to receive direct data shares from over 500 providers around the world, process it continually and make next-day consumption data available in the platform UI. 


Meanwhile, CONNECT’s modular and scalable architecture enables rapid deployment and efficient maintenance as we develop and release new features. 


We also offer access to the redesigned Luminate API and Snowflake data sharing. 




Latest updates

We’re continually building a better CONNECT. New releases, fixes and improvements will be announced in our monthly Product Updates email. 



November 2024
  1. Trend Report: New feature. Compile and export consumption data for up to 500 entities at once within custom parameters. Read more: Trend Report 


October 2024
  1. Ranking Report filters: Ranking Reports now include options to filter by store strata, country, market and genre in the Data Controls menu. Read more: Ranking Report 
  2. Product Sales filters: More physical sales data and breakout views are now available within Activity Type:Product Sales. Use the Stacked Grid View for up to three levels of comparison at once. Read more: Data controls
  3. Historical data from 2014: Activity to Date now includes 10 full years of U.S. physical sales data (2014 to present) and eight years of U.S. market-level streaming data. For Canada, ATD includes physical sales data from 2016 and streaming data from 2019.
  4. Processing enhancements: Data processing has been improved; Ranking Reports are now faster to run.


September 2024
  1. Ranking Report filters: The Report Builder now includes filters for Store Strata and Purchase Method. Additionally, you can refine genre filters to include Main Genre only. Read more: Ranking Report
  2. Historical data from 2018: Activity to Date now includes historical consumption data dating back to 2018 (U.S. and Canada) or 2019 (Worldwide).
  3. Market-level API access: API users can now access market-level data for over 200 markets in the U.S. and Canada. Read more: Luminate Developer Hub​

August 2024
  1. Store Strata breakouts: Activity Type:Product Sales now offers a Breakout View:Store Strata option with stacked bar graph displays. Read more: Data controls
  2. Market-level data: Activity by Location now offers market-level data for the U.S. and Canada. Read more: Dashboards​



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