Apple Music Tops 100 Million Songs
Apple Music has topped the 100-million-song mark, seven years after the music-streaming service debuted, and almost 21 years since Apple released the first iPod.
Rachel Newman, Apple Music's global head of editorial, says(Opens in a new window) the milestone represents "the tectonic shift in the business of music making and distribution over these past two decades."
In the 1960s, only 5,000 new albums were released each year, Apple says. Now, more than 20,000 singers and songwriters drop tunes on Apple Music each day. "One hundred million songs is evidence of a more democratic space, where anyone, even a new artist making music out of their bedroom, can have the next big hit," Newman says.
To that end, Apple tipped a new Apple Music Today(Opens in a new window) series, "where we’ll be picking a new song every day and diving into its history, because we know that each of the 100 million songs in our catalog has its own story."
Rival streaming service Spotify says it has over 80 million tracks, including more than 4 million podcast titles. Amazon Music Unlimited has 90 million, as does Tidal.
Apple Music, which runs $9.99 per month, is a PCMag Editors' Choice pick for its lossless audio and Dolby Atmos support, plus a wide variety of radio stations, playlists, and other content.
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