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.
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.
We’re continually building a better CONNECT. New releases, fixes and improvements are announced in our monthly Product Updates email.
Calendar updates: We redesigned the Time Frame menu and calendar selection tool to be sleeker and easier to use. Read more: Data Controls
Stacked Grids: Add dynamic, hierarchical layers to Grid Views to see more detailed breakouts within your chosen parameters and categories. Read more: Data Controls
Trend Report filters: Release Type, Product Format and Compilation Type filters are now available. Read more: Trend Report
ISNI integration: New metadata category. Artist Dashboards now include searchable ISNI identifiers to disambiguate and confirm artist identities. Read more: External IDs
Full historical data for Canada: All sales and streaming data for the U.S. and Canada is now available from 2014 to present.
New export format: Trend reports now export to Excel as well as CSV.
Trend Report: New feature. Compile and export consumption data for up to 500 entities at once within custom parameters. Read more: Trend Report
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
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
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.
Processing enhancements: Data processing has been improved; Ranking Reports are now faster to run.
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: Report Builder
Historical data from 2018: Activity to Date now includes historical consumption data dating back to 2018 (U.S. and Canada) or 2019 (Worldwide).
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
Store Strata breakouts: Activity Type:Product Sales now offers a Breakout View:Store Strata option with stacked bar graph displays. Read more: Data Controls
Market-level data: Activity by Location now offers market-level data for the U.S. and Canada. Read more: Dashboards
Reporting sales and streaming: Become a data provider
Troubleshooting music registration and reporting
Read next: Luminate Developer Hub: API documentation and more