QQ Music was established in 2005. It focuses on providing users with the latest, hottest and most comprehensive music content. With consistent innovation, it has initiated a variety of entertaining services that enable users to enjoy a trendy music entertainment experience integrating "listen, watch, and play". In 2021, with the new slogan as "Listen as I Wish", QQ Music completed an upgrade including the launch of functions such as M-PETS, Leap of Heart and Personalized Playlist, etc., each of which marked an industry first, further meeting the diverse needs of users for companionship, technological experience, and social interaction.
Kugou Music was established in 2004. Kugou is a pioneer and leader in the online music entertainment industry enjoying nationwide popularity and a broad user base in China. Kugou is recognized as the preferred destination for users to discover music content trending on the internet through:
Kugou Music: A leading online music service offering a comprehensive set of entertainment features;
Kugou Live: A music-centric live streaming platform where users can watch live-streamedmusic performances, concerts and music variety shows in an interactive and engaging setting.
Kuwo Music was established in 2005, focusing on exploring music’s companionship with people. In 2021, Kuwo Music completed the latest brand upgrade. In May 2022, Kuwo Music launched functions for four scenarios: sleeping, driving, working, and studying, to create a more practical and immersive experience for users to meet their needs, allowing the companionship of music everywhere. In in-vehicle music listening, over 60 car companies have established partnerships with Kuwo Music, covering more than 80% of the car brands on the market. Exclusive functions such as vinyl music and 5.1 surround sound have been introduced to the platform.
WeSing was officially launched in 2014. With the unique experience of "singing + socializing" and its leading technological capabilities, it is widely known as "an online KTV to party together anytime, anywhere". With singing and playing as the core, WeSing has continuously enhanced music and entertainment experiences based on the preferences of different types of users, forming a unique social ecosystem of music, and has become a music entertainment social platform suitable for all ages and families nationwide.
Lazy Audio (Lanren Tingshu) is the leading long-form audio platform in China established in 2012. The platform focuses on providing users with high-quality audio reading services. It has built up an extensive long-form content library that covers a broad range of categories including audiobooks, audio drama, audio programs, audio sharing knowledge, etc., fully meeting the listening needs of our vast users.
TME UniChart is a music chart designed to reflect the popularity of the latest songs in China. The list’s data is generated by users of the four major platforms of TME's QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music, and WeSing, as well as Sina Weibo. In addition to audio source, it also provides data relating to song collection, caching, sharing, MV playback, income from music payments, covering times in WeSing, and the number of times forwarded on Weibo. The chart strives to build the most comprehensive and credible dataset through multi-dimensional statistical algorithms.
Hundreds of outstanding Chinese music professionals across the fields of lyrics, melodies, arrangement, production, etc. gather once a moth to screen, nominate, and rank newly released Chinese music works from a professional perspective to select high-quality singles in China. In order to define good music in a professional way, the chart aims to set a quality benchmark for the Chinese music industry.
Ultimate Music is a platform where we provide services to various smart devices and automobile manufacturers, enabling them to develop built-in music players. Focused on bringing music to everything, Ultimate Music aims to create a vibrant B2B music ecosystem.
The Tencent Musician Program is an online service for aspiring artists to upload original music content, which can then be streamed and downloaded by users on our platform. In addition to helping these aspiring artists monetize their content, the Tencent Musician Program provides services such as music publishing, marketing, data management, copyright management and professionaltraining.
TME live is the new “panoramic music live entertainment brand” that was launched by Tencent Music Entertainment Group in March 2020. As of June 30, 2021, TME live has already hosted more than 70 online concerts for dozens of domestic and international musicians, including Mayday, A-Mei Andy Lau, JJ Lin, Jessie J, Dua Lipa, etc.. TME live is becoming the best bridge to connect well-known artists, rookie singers and fans.
Founding in 2019, Tencent Music Entertainment Awards (TMEA) is a yearly music awards ceremony held by Tencent Music Entertainment Group. The award show features six main award categories, namely Most Popular Of The Year Awards, Best Of The Year Awards, Best-Selling Of The Year Awards, Most Potential Of The Year Awards, Top Ten Golden Songs Of The Year Awards, and awards of the four major music platforms under TME.
TME Music Cloud is a digital distribution platform under Tencent Music Entertainment Group, providing services for global musicians, music labels, record companies, music platforms and applications. Currently, it covers more than 200 domestic and overseas platforms, such as Douyin, Youku, Omusic, JOOX, Apple Music, etc. TME Music Cloud provides global distribution, data analysis, customized operations, marketing, copyright licensing, and a cloud-based music library. It is highly automated and its services are remarkably customized. Customers can quickly acquire tailored music content and playlists without building their own music library.
Quyimai is a commercial music licensing platform under Tencent Music Entertainment Group providing one-stop licensing services. Contents open for authorization on the platform include works from well-known domestic music labels, music copyright owners and Tencent Musicians such as Producer Studio, Starry Music, Qigu Culture, Hikoon Music, etc. Quyimai provides music licensing for a wide variety of applications including commercial advertisements, film and TV, games, variety shows, animation, and short-form videos. The platform also provides customized lyrics and music creation services.
In June 2018, Tencent Music Entertainment Group announced the launch of the “Tencent Music for Nonprofits”. The program was centered on three strategies: caring for music, music education, and cultural heritage. It is established to break barriers with music, pass love and energy via music, inherit national culture, and achieve a greater society value of music.
TME Institute of Music was established in 2019 with the vision of cultivating music talents to create unlimited possibilities. We aim to build a bridge between music, technology, Internet, and commercialization, and focus on cultivating talents in technology and streaming media era of music industry as well. We pay attention to the employee development, and have established a talent training and development system; We pay attention to talent development in the industry, and continue to promote the ability cultivation of musicians, collaboration with universities, public music education and other methods.