price increase “is one of the things we would like to do.” Spotify has not raised its standard price from $9.99 since launching in the U.S. On the heels of Apple’s announcement, CEO Daniel Ek said during the company’s Oct. Spotify, the largest music subscription service, could soon follow suit.
In May 2022, Amazon raised the price of Amazon Music Unlimited for Prime subscribers from $7.99 to $8.99 per month, and from $79 to $89 annually. Deezer, a small player in the U.S., raised the price of individual plans to $10.99 per month in 2022. It also increased the price of family plans, which offers up to six accounts under a single subscription, from $14.99 to $16.99 per month. Apple Music also raised individual subscriptions from $9.99 to $10.99 per month in the U.S. Download Music AppsTerms and Privacy NoticeContact UsHelp © 1996-2023,, Inc. Go to Your Amazon Music Settingsto select a different plan or renewal option. The e-commerce giant’s decision follows Apple’s move in October to charge higher prices for Apple Music as well as other cloud-based entertainment platforms and services. If you are switching to an Amazon Music Single-Device Planfrom a Monthly Amazon Music Unlimited Individual Plan, you can say 'Alexa, downgrade Amazon Music'. However, Prime members listening on Amazon Music (who don’t subscribe to an unlimited plan) are now mostly limited to shuffle-play mode, based on artist, album or playlist, whereas previously the 2 million songs were available to stream on-demand.Kacey Musgraves, Reese Witherspoon Talk Country's Global Reach in First 'My Kind of Country' Trailer Meanwhile, last fall Amazon Music increased the number of songs available as part of Prime from 2 million previously to its full catalog of 100 million tracks and added hundreds of thousands of podcast episodes ad-free, including the entire slate of Wondery’s shows.
Spotify chief Daniel Ek has said the company also is considering a price increase in the U.S., where it still charges $9.99 per month for an individual plan. The latest price increase by Amazon Music comes after Apple in October 2022 raised the price of Apple Music for the first time, increasing from $9.99 to $10.99 per month for the individual plan (and increasing the price of the family plan with up to six accounts from $14.99 to $16.99 per month). In May 2022, the company raised the price of the Amazon Music Unlimited individual plan for Prime members from $7.99 to $8.99 per month (or from $79 to $89 per year). That came after Amazon raised the price of Prime memberships in the U.S. in early 2022 for the first time in nearly four years, hiking the annual fee for the program 17%, from $119 to $139.
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