Amazon Prime Musics top playlist: 50 Great Epic Classic Rock Songs
Despite a limited music library, Amazon Inc.s new Prime Music feature has streamed tens of millions of songs in the week-plus since its release, the company said Monday.
In a news release, the online retailer didnt specify how many of the tens of millions of members of the $99-a-year Amazon Prime program had tried out the new 1 million-song offering. But it said users had added tens of millions of songs and more than 1 million Prime Playlists to their music libraries.
Analysts have described the music service as more of an extra benefit to make a Prime subscription worthwhile rather than as being major competitor to Spotify, Pandora, Rhapsody, Rdio or Beats Music. Amazon Prime subscribers also get free two-day shipping, access to a digital books lending library and video streaming of some movies and TV episodes.
Prime Music doesnt have the newest music nor access to records from Universal Music Group, the worlds largest music corporation. That appeared evident in Amazons announcement Monday that listed the most popular tracks on Prime Music as the dance anthem Timber by Pitbull and Ke$ha and the emotional song All of Me by John Legend.
The top two tracks on Billboards top 100 list are not available on Prime Music: Fancy by Iggy Azalea and Charli XCX and Problem by Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea.
To get past the limited selection, Amazon has touted its curated playlists. On Monday, it said 50 Great Epic Classic Rock Songs has been the most popular, followed by Pop to Make You Feel Better and 50 Great Classic Rock Songs.
Prime members across the country have been rockin out this week, exceeding our expectations for how well this new benefit would be received, Steve Boom, Amazons vice president for digital music, said in a statement.
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Paresh Dave was a Los Angeles-based tech reporter for the Los Angeles Times from May 2013 to September 2017. He focused on business issues surrounding local tech companies, the digital media industry, e-sports and video games and occasionally cybersecurity. Dave previously covered the criminal courts system, national tragedies and sports business. He graduated from the University of Southern California and grew up in San Diego.
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