



It probably won't be 98 million Gregorian chants, in any case.Īmazon Music Prime comes bundled in your Amazon Prime subscription (opens in a new tab), so you may consider checking it out if you've already signed up to stream Rings of Power and get next-day toilet paper deliveries. It isn't clear exactly what tracks are being added to Prime, but with such a large boost to the numbers there's a good chance it will include a few songs you know. You'll only be able to play them on shuffle, though.Īnnounced today, Amazon Music Prime's catalogue of songs just grew to 50 times its size, its track count now matching that of its dedicated music streaming service Amazon Music Unlimited (opens in a new tab). Prime members can enjoy the annual Family Plan for £149/$149 a year, which represents a two-month discount.Amazon Music Prime (opens in a new tab) is adding 98 million songs to its ad-free subscription streaming service, significantly increasing its catalogue from two million tunes to 100 million. It allows up to six people to have their own individual account for £14.99/$14.99 a month if you're not a Prime subscriber, putting it on par with Apple Music's family plan option and Spotify's family plan. There's also a student plan for £4.99 ($4.99) a month, whether you're a Prime member or not.Īmazon Music Unlimited also offers a family plan. Amazon has several Echo models, all of which you can compare in our separate feature. If you own an Amazon Echo device, you can get the complete Amazon Music Unlimited service for just £3.99 ($4.99) per month to play on a single Echo device - with or without a Prime membership. In addition, you can stream millions of songs in Ultra HD (yes, it really has decided to use that name, but it means lossless audio so better than CD quality) up to 24 bits/192 kHz. Amazon Music HD offers more than 50 million HD songs, with a bit depth of 16 bits and a sample rate of 44.1kHz (akin to CD quality). As we mentioned above, Amazon Music HD no longer costs extra and is included in the main subscription.
