Spotify Music Service Finally Live in U.S.

The much anticipated Spotify online music service has finally landed on U.S. shores Thursday. Spotify has previously only been useable in Europe but now joins a crowded U.S. marketplace of competing euphony services that include Amazon Cloud Instrumentalist, Google Music, iTunes, MOG, Pandora, Rhapsody, Rdio, and Slacker.

As of this writing the Spotify website wasn't allowing people to sign-language-up for the free version of service service – rather only soliciting invitation requests. Simply you can sign over up for the paid Spotify Premium ($10/month) operating theater Unlimited ($5/month) versions of Spotify.

Better than Pandora?

Spotify's got a some perks that users are looking for forrader to: for ace thing, it's unfixed. And another thing–it lets you play tracks on demand, as an alternative of hearing to a customized radio station ala Pandora. (See Related: Pandora Unveils Redesigned Site ) Spotify likewise allows users to create playlists, share tracks and playlists with friends, and import tracks from iTunes.

Spotify's free accounts are limited, though, to just 10 hours of medicine per month and solely five repeats of a single racetrack. Spotify reportedly plans to launch cardinal pricing options (both of which are cheaper than Spotify's European plans): a $5 a month Unlimited subscription and a $10 a calendar month Premium subscription. The paid subscriptions will lift the each month limits and allow users to stream medicine from mobile devices.

(See Related: Spotify's US Debut: Why You Should Care )

Prelude to Spotify

The promulgation is no surprise–last month Spotify's advertising chief same that Spotify's U.S. launch would come about in a subject of weeks, though not before July 5. And just cardinal days ago, Spotify's website started sporting a pretentious ad declaring it would soon be "landing on U.S. shores."

Spotify's U.S. launch has been highly anticipated for over a class–for the most part because of how the service wish challenge current subscription music streaming services, such American Samoa Pandora and Rhapsody. However, the service's U.S. launch was held up past (surprisal, surprise) register label licensing issues.

Spotify's U.S. debut leave initially be invite-only, and you bottom sign up for an invitation concluded at Spotify's landing varlet now. Spotify currently has 50 cardinal European users, 1 million of which are compensable customers.

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