- It is a free 2-month subscription to the Apple Music service and which is available to everyone who enters the app. It looks like Apple is continuing to run these types of promotions to encourage users to hire this service and this time around Shazam was the bridge.
- Shazam is a service that’s owned by Apple and hence, Apple Music is primarily recommended by the app over the competition. However, the app that’s used by millions of users to identify a song in the background simply cannot overlook the most popular music streaming platform which is Spotify.
- Now, Shazam for Android is adding Apple Music integration. Spotted first by our friends at Android Police, Shazam’s latest update on Android is expanding its integration with music streaming apps.
How Shazam Could Help Grow Apple Music The Mac maker just needs to convert a small fraction of users into Apple Music subscribers, all while getting access to a treasure trove of user data. Apple is offering up to a five months’ free trial of Apple Music to new users with the offer available through the company’s Shazam music identification app. The holiday offer was announced in.
Taylor Swift, Tones And I, The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa were ranked among the most popular acts for Australian listeners this year, according to new data released by Apple Music and Shazam.
For 2020, Swift, Sheeran, Eminem, Post Malone and Drake were the top five artists streamed by Australians. Billie Eilish, The Weeknd, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown and Khalid round out the top 10.
It comes as no surprise that ‘Dance Monkey’ took out this year’s most streamed song on Apple Music. The viral hit is followed on the chart by The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’, Dua Lipa’s ‘Don’t Start Now’ and ‘Circles’ by Post Malone.
Over on music identification app Shazam, users most wanted to know who was behind the Imanbek remix of ‘Roses’ by US rapper SAINt JHN. ‘Blinding Lights’ also made the list, as well as the Topic-A7s collaboration ‘Breaking Me’, Regard’s ‘Ride It’ and ‘Don’t Start Now’. Ultimately, The Weeknd was crowned the most Shazamed artist in Australia this year.
“As a central part of our lives, music provides a daily soundtrack as it motivates, inspires, comforts, and gives us a voice at times when we need the world to listen,” an Apple spokesperson said.
“In 2020, we turned to music in record levels, listening to and discovering more music than ever before.”
The charts arrive weeks after Tones And I was given the top spot on the most Shazamed tracks of all time with ‘Dance Monkey’, recording more than 36.6 million Shazams since its global release in May 2019.
“Shazam has been a huge platform for me in terms of reaching people,” the singer, real name Toni Watson, said in a statement to the BBC.
“I didn’t have a following when I released ‘Dance Monkey’, but it gave me the opportunity to reach more people and elevate my fanbase, which has all let to creating a career for myself.”
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Listen to your Shazams
After you've identified a song, tap the play button next to a Shazam to listen to a preview. To listen to the whole song, connect Shazam to Apple Music or another music streaming service that Shazam supports.
Apple Music
Tap the Apple Music button near a Shazam to listen to that song in Apple Music. If you’re an Apple Music subscriber, songs that you've Shazamed can be automatically added to a playlist called My Shazam Tracks in the Music app. On iPhone or iPad, swipe up to My Music from the main Shazam screen, tap the Settings button , then turn on “Sync Shazams to Apple Music.”
You can also add a Shazam to another Apple Music playlist without leaving the Shazam app. Just tap 'Add To' next to a Shazam, then tap the playlist. If you’re not already a subscriber, learn how to join Apple Music.
If you can’t add songs to a playlist, make sure to sync your music library with Apple Music.
Spotify
If you have the Spotify app on your device, you can connect Shazam to your Spotify account:
Apple Music Shazam Offer
- On iPhone or iPad, swipe up to My Music from the main Shazam screen. On Android, swipe left to the Library from the main Shazam screen.
- Tap the Settings button , then tap Connect next to Spotify.
- Tap Agree in Spotify. To automatically sync your Shazams to a 'My Shazam Tracks' playlist in Spotify, tap OK.
Once you’ve connected Shazam to your Spotify account, you can listen to your Shazams:
- To listen to the whole song in Spotify, tap Spotify next to a Shazam.
- Listen to Shazams in the My Shazam Tracks playlist in the Spotify app.
If you initially chose not to sync your Shazams to Spotify, you can choose to at any time in Shazam Settings.
Apple Music Shazam Integration
Deezer
If the Deezer app is on your device, you can also open songs with your Deezer account. Tap the More button next to a Shazam, then choose Open in Deezer.
YouTube Music
To listen to a Shazam in YouTube Music on your Android device, tap the More button next to a Shazam, then choose Open in YouTube Music.
YouTube Music is not available in Shazam on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Use Shazam in Snapchat
Shazam Apple Music Offer
Shazam is built in to Snapchat—you don’t need the Shazam app or a Shazam account to use Shazam with Snapchat.
- To identify a song with Shazam in Snapchat, open the camera screen, then press and hold on this screen to Shazam a song. You can send your new music discovery as a Snap.
- To see your previous Shazams in Snapchat, go to the Snapchat Settings screen, then tap on Shazam under Additional Services.
Learn more
- Learn about Shazam's Terms & Conditions
- Learn about Shazam and privacy