Aaand it looks like the day has finally come for Spotify to launch its music service!
From the information seen so far, it looks like they’ve managed to sign deals with seven music record companies, including Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, EMI Music, Warner Music Group, Merlin, The Orchard and Bonnier Amigo.
Spotify launches today, 7 Oct 2008, in Sweden, Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Finland and Norway, with the services to be rolled out to more countries over the course of the remaining months of 2008 and 2009. Unfortunately for us in Singapore, only the paid, ad-free, Premium service is available for now, at €9.99/month.
Screenshot of the Spotify client (taken from TechCrunch)Check out the Spotify story on video
Spotify – the story from Spotify on Vimeo.
TechCruch UK covered a rumor a few days back the Spotify might have received a huge round of funding, something to the tune of €15m, citing their recent huge party as an indicator of their success. For all we know though, that celebration might just have had something to do with their imminent launch.
That said, a HUGE round of congratulations to the Spotify team. You guys rock!
