Amazon Prime Music Adds 100 Million Songs & Ad-Free Podcasts In Huge Move Against Spotify

The head-to-head battle between global streaming services Amazon Music and Spotify is officially heating up, with Amazon Music announcing some massive shake-ups to its platform today.

Prime members can now enjoy an increase from 2 million on-demand to 100 million songs in shuffle mode, ad-free, and at no additional cost to their membership. Prime members will also get access to the largest selection of ad-free top podcasts available, including the Wondery catalogue of premium shows.

Starting today, Prime members can shuffle-play any artist, album, or playlist, plus stream a selection of All-Access playlists on demand. They can also access the most extensive catalogue of ad-free top podcasts, including Amazon Originals and Exclusives.

 "When Amazon Music first launched for Prime members, we offered an ad-free catalogue of 2 million songs, which was completely unique for music streaming at the time," said Steve Boom, VP of Amazon Music. 

"We continue to innovate on behalf of our customers and to bring even more entertainment to Prime members on top of the convenience and value they already enjoy. We can't wait for members to experience not only a massively expanded catalogue of songs but also the largest selection of ad-free top podcasts anywhere, at no additional cost to their membership."

 The news comes off the back of Amazon's recent Livestream of Kendrick Lamar's Paris Concert, which celebrated the 10th anniversary of the release of the album that put Lamar on the map, "good kid m.A.A.d. city." The show was streamed around the world last week and followed in the footsteps of previous live-streamed concerts for Amazon, including Taylor Swift, Tyler, the Creator, Maluma (from Colombia), J. Cole, and last year's stadium concert in Los Angeles starring Kanye West and Drake.

Amazon Music also recently announced that The 1975's upcoming show at Madison Square Garden in New York will be available to watch via Amazon Music as part of the band's brand-new tour 'At Their Very Best', which comes in support of the band's latest album Being Funny In A Foreign Language.

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