Earlier this year, Amazon quietly launched an ad-supported tier of its own music streaming platform. The service remains available to users in the U.S. who have an Alexa-enabled device. Prior to the surprise launch, Amazon had already reached an agreem…
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Amazon Music Unlimited and Prime Music Have a Combined 32 Million Subscribers — And a 70% Yearly Growth Rate
Several weeks ago, Apple Music casually announced that it had reached 60 million subscribers. This milestone comes after just four years on the market and includes paying and trial users. After nearly eleven years in the market, Spotify quietly confir…
Amazon Music is the fastest growing streaming service – report
Look out Spotify and Apple Music – online retail giant Amazon has the fastest-growing music streaming service, with its Music Unlimited subscriber base growing by 70% year on year. That’s according to an article published in the Financial T…
Free Trials Get Longer As Apple Music Offers Students 6 Months At No Cost
Apple Music has extended its free trial for students from three months to six months. With the usual music streaming free trial lasting from 30, 60 and 90 days, this is the longest free trial of a premium service ever offered by Apple Music or any other major streamer. This…
Amazon Debuts ‘Handpicked’ Playlists with Katy Perry
Katy Perry has curated the inaugural playlist for Amazon’s new ‘Handpicked series. Perry’s twenty-one song playlist "Songs About Moving On" mixes a bit of her own music with Taylor Swift, Beyonce with Jack White, Ariana Grande and others. "My moving on songs," reads the tagline, "some are uplifting, while others…
Amazon Music Will Now Come to Comcast Xfinity X1 Set-Top Boxes
Amazon Music has scored its first major cable TV deal. The e-commerce company’s music service has confirmed Comcast will launch its music streaming service on high-end Xfinity X1 set-top boxes. This marks its first pay-TV distribution deal and comes o…
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Taylor Swift’s ‘Me!’ Shatters Multiple Records on YouTube Music and Amazon
Taylor Swift has made history anew. The 29-year-old pop singer’s recent music video, ‘Me!,’ broke several records across multiple platforms. The music video, which features Panic at the Disco’s Brendon Urie, broke YouTube’s record for most views in a 2…
Amazon, YouTube Just Launched Free Music Services But Neither Is A ‘Spotify Killer’
Amazon and YouTube each just launched free music streamers. Like Spotify’s free tier, both offer free ad-supported music. But despite the media hype, their goals are very different than Spotify. Spotify’s free tier offers on demand access to 40 million tracks across almost every platform imaginable. Whereas YouTube and Amazon…
Amazon Launches Free Ad Supported Music Service
Amazon Music customers in the U.S. who do not have a Prime membership or subscription to Amazon Music Unlimited can now listen to a free ad-supported selection of top playlists and stations for free with Amazon Music on compatible Alexa-enabled devices. It is expected that Amazon’s free music service will…