{"id":222247,"date":"2025-01-30T11:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T11:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/?p=222247"},"modified":"2025-01-30T12:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T12:03:44","slug":"amazon-hikes-prices-for-music-unlimited-streaming-service-in-the-us-uk-and-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/amazon-hikes-prices-for-music-unlimited-streaming-service-in-the-us-uk-and-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon hikes prices for \u2018Music Unlimited\u2019 streaming service in the US, UK and Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amazon Music has raised the prices for its music streaming service in the US, the UK<\/a> and Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This marks the service\u2019s first price adjustment for Amazon Music Unlimited<\/strong> \u2014 Amazon\u2019s paid music streaming service \u2014 since August 2023<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the US, individual non-Prime members will now pay $11.99<\/strong> monthly, up from $10.99, while Prime members will see their monthly rate rise to $10.99<\/strong> from $9.99<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Family plan subscribers face a larger increase, with monthly rates growing to $19.99<\/strong> from $16.99, and annual subscriptions increasing to $199<\/strong> from $169, according to Amazon Music\u2019s updated FAQ page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The new pricing structure puts Amazon Music Unlimited’s non-Prime rates in line with major competitor Spotify<\/strong>, which raised<\/a> the price of its Premium subscription in the US to $11.99<\/strong> in June 2024.<\/p>\n

However, Amazon maintains a competitive edge by offering Prime members a $1<\/strong> monthly discount on individual plans.<\/p>\n

Other major streaming services currently charge varying rates. YouTube Music<\/strong> offers<\/a> individual plans at $10.99<\/strong> monthly, with family plans at $16.99<\/strong>. Apple Music<\/strong> and Tidal<\/strong> maintain<\/a> similar pricing structures, charging<\/a> $10.99<\/strong> for individual subscriptions and $16.99<\/strong> for family plans.<\/p>\n

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According to research firm MIDiA, Amazon Music is the fourth largest music streamer globally, or third if excluding China-only Tencent Music<\/strong>. Amazon has around 11% market share of global subscriber volume, per MIDiA’s report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amazon’s streaming service has undergone several price adjustments in recent years. The company began increasing rates<\/a> in May 2022 when it raised Prime member fees to $8.99<\/strong>. This was followed by increases<\/a> for non-Prime members to $10.99<\/strong> in January 2023 and another adjustment for Prime members to $9.99<\/strong> in August 2023.<\/p>\n

Amazon continues to offer multiple tiers of music streaming services. Besides the premium Unlimited service, users can access Amazon Music Free, an ad-supported option, and Amazon Music Prime, included with Prime memberships, offering podcast and shuffle music listening.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmazon Music Unlimited offers 100 million songs in lossless HD quality, millions of tracks in Ultra HD, and thousands of expert-programmed playlists and stations,\u201d Amazon Music says on its FAQ page.<\/p>\n

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The price rise comes just over a month after Universal Music Group and Amazon Music renewed<\/a> their worldwide licensing deal.<\/p>\n

According to a press release about UMG’s Amazon agreement, the deal encompasses an “expanded global relationship<\/strong> that will enable further innovation, exclusive content<\/strong> with UMG artists, and advancement of artist-centric principles<\/strong> including increased fraud protection<\/strong>“.<\/p>\n

The PR claimed that the deal will ensure that “UMG\u2019s artists achieve their commercial potential<\/strong> through [Amazon Music’s] continued product enhancements<\/strong> and exclusive content<\/strong> that elevate authentic engagement<\/strong> between artists and fans<\/strong>“.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Amazon price adjustments reflect a broader trend in the streaming sector, where major providers have rolled out similar increases to keep up with rising inflation and to expand their offerings.<\/p>\n

Video streaming giant Netflix<\/strong> recently increased<\/a> its subscription prices in the US for the first time in nearly a year-and-a-half<\/a>. The cost of Netflix\u2019s ad-free Standard plan, which allows for two simultaneous HD streams, has been raised by\u00a0$2.50\u00a0<\/b>per month, to\u00a0$17.99\u00a0<\/b>from\u00a0$15.49<\/b>. The Premium tier, meanwhile, now costs\u00a0$24.99<\/b>, up $2 from\u00a0$22.99<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, video on-demand streaming service Discovery+<\/strong>, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery<\/strong>, also raised<\/a> prices for both its ad-free and ad-supported tiers by $1 to $5.99<\/strong> and $9.99<\/strong> a month, respectively.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The update puts Amazon Music Unlimited\u2019s non-Prime rates in line with Spotify, which raised the price of its Premium subscription in the US to $11.99 in June 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":222290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[839,2758,2712,1804,131237,130977],"class_list":["post-222247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-amazon","tag-amazon-music","tag-amazon-music-unlimited","tag-amazon-prime","tag-price-hike","tag-price-hikes"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/222290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicbusinessworldwide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}