New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Amazon today announced the launch of Amazon
Music Unlimited for Canada, bringing customers a catalogue of millions of songs and thousands of playlists and personalized stations, combined with the magic of voice controls powered by Alexa. Joining the previously launched Prime Music, Amazon
Music Unlimited unlocks millions more songs to customers, including the newest music from artists including
Ariana Grande, Drake, Arkells, Shawn Mendes,
Carrie Underwood and more, as well as thousands of playlists and stations, and a variety of localized programming curated by Amazon
Music experts. Now music listening is easier than ever before in Canada with today's launch of more ways to access music through voice with Alexa on the Amazon
Music app for iOS and Android, and on all Echo devices. To learn more visit amazon.ca/music/unlimited.
"We've seen such a positive customer response from the launch of Prime
Music for Canada last year, and with today's launch we're excited to bring more customers even more choice and ways of discovering music with Alexa," stated Sean McMullan, Head of International Expansion for Amazon Music. "We're thrilled for our Canadian customers to start streaming with Unlimited today, and begin enjoying expanded voice controls to play music for every moment."
Now in more than 40 countries, Amazon
Music brings the most natural and simple way to access and discover favourite songs by today's chart-topping artists, completely ad-free with unlimited playback and skips. Amazon
Music Unlimited launches for Canada less than a year after Prime
Music launched, the ad-free music streaming service with more than one million songs available to Prime members at no additional cost. Amazon
Music Unlimited is available to all customers, offering even more music and ways to ask for it through Alexa. On Amazon
Music Unlimited and Prime Music, customers have the ability to ask for music on any Alexa-enabled device, including in the Amazon
Music app for iOS and Android, by mood, era, genre and title. Customers are also now able to request a playlist based on activity, set music alarms to wake up to, build and add a song to a new playlist just by asking, or return to a song you were listening to earlier in the day. With hands-free listening in the Amazon
Music app, customers can simply ask Alexa to play music, anywhere they go.
Customers can just ask Alexa:
Interested in a playlist for a specific activity? Try, "Alexa, play music for working out" or "Alexa, play music for cleaning"
Prefer a certain song or genre to wake you up in the morning? Try, "Alexa, set an alarm at 6 a.m. to the new song by Alessia Cara" or "Alexa, wake me up with relaxing music at 7 a.m."
Hear a song you love and want to save it? Just ask, "Alexa, add this song to my running playlist" or "Alexa, create a new playlist with this song"
Want to listen to music you haven't heard in a while? Ask, "Alexa, play the
Metric playlist I was listening to three weeks ago" or "Alexa, play music I was listening to earlier today"
In addition to a range of locally curated playlists and stations featuring international chart-topping artists, from "Brand New Music" to "All Hits," Amazon
Music Unlimited offers numerous playlists and stations featuring Canadian artists from all genres including Cœur de pirate,
Celine Dion, The Weeknd, Blue Rodeo and
Jessie Reyez. Subscribers can also find the best in top genres, from
Tory Lanez on "Fresh Hip-Hop" to The Reklaws on "Fresh Country," as well as explore a range of globally available playlists, including "Pop Culture," which spotlights the latest pop music releases.
Eligible customers will enjoy a free 90-day trial for a limited time and can choose between a variety of plan options: the exclusive Prime member price of CDN$7.99/month or CDN$79/year, the Individual Plan for non-Prime members at CDN$9.99/month; the Family Plan, which allows up to six members of a household to share a subscription for just CDN$14.99/month for Prime and non-Prime members, or CDN$149/year for Prime members; the Single
Device Plan, offering full access to Amazon
Music Unlimited at CDN$3.99/month on one Echo device, including the recently announced Echo Dot, Echo Plus, Echo Show and more. All plans are subject to applicable sales tax. Learn more about pricing and features at amazon.ca/music/unlimited.
About Amazon Music
Amazon
Music reimagines music listening by enabling customers to unlock millions of songs and thousands of curated playlists and stations with their voice. Amazon
Music provides unlimited access to new releases and classic hits across iOS and Android mobile devices, Fire tablets and the Fire TV Stick Basic Edition, PC, Mac, Echo and all Alexa-enabled devices. With Amazon Music, Prime members have access to ad-free listening of more than one million songs at no additional cost to their membership. Listeners can also enjoy the premium subscription service, Amazon
Music Unlimited, which provides access to millions of songs and the latest new releases. Engaging with music has never been more natural, simple, and fun. For more information, visit amazon.ca/music/unlimited or download the Amazon
Music app.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit amazon.com/about and follow @AmazonNews.
