In January 2008, Amazon announced plans to roll Amazon MP3 out 'internationally'. Yellow is Amazon Music Unlimited, red-orange is Amazon Music Prime, and orange is both Amazon Music Prime and Amazon Music Unlimited Īs of January 2020, Amazon Music had 55 million subscribers. The HD streaming service was later made available to all unlimited customers for free on May 17, 2021. Amazon is now among Tidal and Qobuz who offer lossless music for audiophiles. On September 17, 2019, Amazon Music announced the launch of Amazon Music HD, a new tier of lossless quality music with more than 50 million songs in High Definition (16bit/44.1kHz), and millions of songs in Ultra High Definition (24(bit)/44(kHz), 24/48, 24/96, 24/192), the highest-quality streaming audio available.

The edition in Mexico was announced on November 7, 2018. The Spanish and Italian editions were launched on October 4, 2012. The Amazon MP3 store was launched in Japan on November 10, 2010. The German edition has been available in Austria and Switzerland since December 3, 2009. Īfter the United States, Amazon MP3 was launched in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2008, in Germany on April 1, 2009, and in France on June 10, 2009. Licensing agreements with recording companies restrict the countries in which the music can be sold.

All tracks were originally sold in 256 kilobits-per-second variable bitrate MP3 format without per-customer watermarking or DRM however, some tracks are now watermarked. Launched in public beta on September 25, 2007, in January 2008 it became the first music store to sell music without digital rights management (DRM) from the four major music labels ( EMI, Universal, Warner, and Sony BMG), as well as many independents. Windows, macOS, iOS, tvOS, Android, Fire OS, Amazon Alexa, Amazon Echo, HTML5Īrgentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States and UruguayĪmazon Music (previously Amazon MP3) is a music streaming platform and online music store operated by Amazon. Music streaming platform and online music store operated by Amazon

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