Amazon Music Archives

Radio and Prime Music plays added to German charts

13/12/2020

From the 7th December radio and Amazon Prime Music plays have been added to the official German singles charts according to BVMI, the German recorded music industry association. These have been added to the weekly charts compiled with GfK Entertainment which already record physical sales, downloads and premium music streams. The airplay charts are recorded for the top 300 titles with a week as determined by MusicTrace. According to the BVMI, “The aim of the […]

Amazon Music expands its HiRes catalogue

05/10/2020

Amazon Music expands its HiRes catalogue with a partnership with Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group to remaster thousands of songs and albums in HiRes. Music from Eagles, Marvin Gaye, Nirvana, Tom Petty, Diana Ross, Linkin Park, J. Cole, Waylon Jennings, Ramones, 2 Chainz, Lady Gaga, The Notorious B.I.G., Ariana Grande, Selena Gomez and more, has been newly remastered in Ultra High Definition – Amazon’s branding of its HiRes service. In addition, music from […]

Amazon Music launches podcasts

16/09/2020

Amazon Music launches podcasts in the US, UK, Germany and Japan and available on all subscription tiers at no additional cost. Customers will be able to stream top podcasts they already know and love, as well as new, original shows produced exclusively for Amazon Music and hosted by creators including DJ Khaled, Becky G, Will Smith, Dan Patrick, and more. Amazon Music customers can access podcasts in the Amazon Music app for iOS and Android, on Amazon Echo devices, and at music.amazon.com/podcasts. Steve Boom, VP of Amazon Music said […]

Amazon Music launches [Re]Discover playlists

07/08/2020

Amazon Music launches [Re]Discover playlists containing artist catalogues across all music genres starting with Bob Marley as [Re]Discover Artist of the Month. Later in the year Marley’s iconic Legend album will be available to stream in 3D Audio exclusively on Amazon Music HD. [Re]Discover showcases carefully curated artist playlists across various genres and takes listeners on a career-spanning journey of musical discovery, or re-discovery, through the featured artist’s entire body of work. In addition, there […]

Warner Classics launches 3D Classical Collection

11/07/2020

Warner Classics launches 3D Classical Collection exclusively on Amazon Music in Dolby Atmos format designed to be played on Amazon’s Echo Studio Device. The 3D Classical Collection is a playlist of 35 classical tracks recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir conducted by British conductor Ben Gernon. The 3D Classical Collection was recorded at Studio One, Abbey Road Studios where it was also mixed in Dolby Atmos. Listeners will be able to stream the […]

Amazon Music hits 55 million subscribers

24/01/2020

Amazon Music hits 55 million subscribers globally with subscriptions to Amazon Music Unlimited growing by more than 50% last year alone. Amazon Music grew nearly 50% year-on-year across the US, UK, Germany, and Japan and has more than doubled in recently added countries such as France, Italy, Spain, and Mexico. In the second half of 2019, Amazon Music also launched in Brazil and introduced Amazon Music HD, its high quality audio streaming option, as well […]

YouTube music app is the most used in India

15/12/2019

YouTube music app is the most frequently used in India according to a recent survey* by leading market research and data company, YouGov. The main reasons given for using YouTube are access to the latest soundtracks and ability to share music according to the research. Around a quarter of Indians (23%) claim YouTube Music is the most frequently used app by them in order to listen to music followed by Gaana (17%), Google Play Music […]