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. Licensing agreements with recording companies restrict the countries in which the music can be sold.

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. 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. The service was launched in the United States as a public beta on September 25, 2007, and the final version followed in January 2008. 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. It was 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. As of January 2020, the service had 55 million subscribers. 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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