Believe it or not, Shazam turns 20.. The popular song identification service, owned by Apple since 2018, celebrates two decades of life in August. For this reason, the platform has decided to celebrate this important anniversary in a special way: with an Apple Music playlist that recalls the most Shazamida every year from 2002 to the present.
playlist in question is titled “20 Years of Shazam Success” and includes titles such as the shape of you ed Sheeran, Rolling In The Deep Adele Read more Mayor Laser and Bring me to life Evanescence, among others. This is a good opportunity to remember some modern hits, as well as go down the path of nostalgia and relive the soundtrack that accompanied many in their teens or early adulthood.
But this celebration also allowed us to learn some very interesting and curious facts about the 20th anniversary of Shazam. For example, that Drake is the most Shazamed stories; the Canadian has amassed over 350 million Shazams in his career. On the other hand, the most popular song on the service is dancing monkeyby Tones And I, with over 41 million Shazams.
The first song to hit 1 million Shazams was tik takby Ke$ha, in February 2010. oilof BTS who only took 9 days to achieve this.
These are just some of the most striking statistics that Shazam released on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. And the company boasts even more amazing numbers as it has 225 million monthly users worldwide and has just surpassed 70 billion song confessions. Not bad for a service that has been able to adapt to technological evolution without losing the essence of its original purpose.
Shazam, the quintessential song ID
The Shazam case gets attention because it worked very differently in the beginning than it does today. In 2002, when it was launched, the iPhone was still a utopia that would not see the light of day for another five years, and Android was still far from conquering the global smartphone market. And in the golden age of Internet Explorer, an alternative called Google Chrome with extension support was not even thought of.
In fact, the original work of the song ID was limited to the United Kingdom. Users had to call “2580” and not pick up the phone for a while in order for the microphone to pick up the song being played. After the call ends the service sent a text message containing the name of the song and the name of the artist. New for that time, of course, but archaic by modern standards.
The advent of smartphones has allowed Shazam to take the necessary step to adapt to new digital platforms. So in 2008, her iOS app debuted in the Apple App Store, and an Android app was released the same year. In 2015, the company took another leap when it came to the Apple Watch, which was acquired by Apple in late 2017. Along the way, it added new features to get more out of Apple Music, though it also lost its integration with Spotify.
Meanwhile, earlier this year, the company released a new extension for Google Chrome that lets you recognize songs right from your web browser.
Source: Hiper Textual
