Amazon Music Archives

DiMA publishes Top 2021 lists

27/12/2021

DiMA publishes Top 2021 lists on Amazon, Apple Music, Pandora, Spotify and YouTube together with its own Streaming Joy holiday hits playlist. Established pop sensations, breakout stars, and collaborations featuring the top names in rap and reggaeton dominated the top of the streaming music charts in 2021 and appear throughout the ‘best of 2021’ lists, according to a new analysis by the Digital Media Association (DiMA). The review of year-end data and charts from DiMA’s […]

Sonos now supports Amazon Music in HiRes

11/12/2021

Sonos now supports Amazon Music in HiRes streaming at a maximum stream rate of 24-bit/48kHz joining Qobuz which was first HiRes streaming service on the platform. The Sonos products capable of playing 24-bit music at 48 kHz are Roam, Arc, Beam (both generations), Five, Sub (all generations), Move, One, One SL, Port, Amp, SYMFONISK Bookshelf, SYMFONISK Table Lamp, Play:5 (Gen 2), Connect (Gen 2), and Connect:Amp (Gen 2). Amazon Music Unlimited has two qualities HD (CD Quality) and Ultra HD (HiRes up to 24-bit/192kHz) but Sonos streams […]

Taylor Swift releases new version of ‘Christmas Tree Farm’

23/11/2021

Taylor Swift releases new version of ‘Christmas Tree Farm’ recorded at Abbey Road Studios, London as an Amazon Original, available for all Amazon Music listeners to stream around the world. ‘Christmas Tree Farm (Old Timey Version)’ arrives just in time for the holidays and fresh off of her #1 record-breaking release of Red (Taylor’s Version). Swift’s reimagined version of her beloved holiday hit features a new arrangement backed by a 70-piece orchestra. This is now available exclusively for all Amazon Music listeners globally, […]

HiRes on Amazon Music comes to LS50 Wireless II

15/11/2021

HiRes on Amazon Music comes to LS50 Wireless II supporting Amazon HD (CD Quality) and Ultra HD (HiRes) streams. KEF has been a pioneer in the development of acoustic technology for 60 years and the LS50 Wireless II benefits from KEF’s key developments such as Metamaterial Absorption Technology (MAT and 12th generation Uni-Q driver array. With the W2 platform, LS50 Wireless II also boasts comprehensive connectivity and supports streaming from all the major music services in addition to Amazon […]

Amazon Music launches in Colombia and Chile

11/11/2021

Amazon Music launches in Colombia and Chile bringing music fans millions of songs, thousands of locally programmed playlists and stations, top podcasts, live streaming in partnership with Twitch, and new Original shows produced exclusively for Amazon Music. Amazon are offering their premium ad free service in HD and Ultra HD (CD Quality and HiRes) and an ad-supported selection of top playlists and thousands of stations for free, no subscription or credit card required. Listeners can enjoy chart-topping […]

Amazon Music gets into the festive spirit

06/11/2021

Amazon Music gets into the festive spirit with new Christmas songs and covers released for the holidays from Alessia Cara, Norah Jones, She & Him, NEEDTOBREATHE, Switchfoot, JUDAH., Olivia Dean, La Oreja de Van Gogh, and Lang Lang! In its biggest season of holiday programming yet, the release contains Christmas music from artists across the globe. The release contains: Camila Cabello’s cover of ‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas.’ Dan + Shay – ‘Pick Out a Christmas Tree,’ A reimagined version […]

Amazon Music brings spatial audio to Alexa Cast devices

20/10/2021

Amazon Music brings spatial audio to Alexa Cast devices as well as iOS and Android devices with their existing headphones. Originally introduced to Amazon Music subscribers in 2019, spatial audio provides an immersive, multidimensional audio experience with new releases from artists including FINNEAS, Lil Nas X, and Remi Wolf. You will also be able to hear Alicia Keys’ full catalogue in 360 Reality Audio, including classic albums like Songs in A Minor and Girl on Fire. In November, Amazon Music will exclusively release Mercury – […]