March 18 (Reuters) - Tencent Music Entertainment ( TME )

beat analysts' expectations for fourth-quarter revenue

on Tuesday, backed by the strong growth of streaming services.

For the three months through December, the company's revenue

rose 8.2% from a year earlier to 7.46 billion yuan ($1.03

billion), above analysts' average estimate of 7.30 billion yuan,

according to data compiled by LSEG.

($1 = 7.2228 Chinese yuan renminbi)

(Reporting by Kritika Lamba in Bengaluru and Yelin Mo in

Beijing)