Spotify

Spotify

Spotify is a music service in the computer which is now also available for mobile phones. You download the program from their website and create an account. There is a search function that allows searching for artists, album and single songs. You can also bring your own playlists with the music you like and share it with other users on Spotify, through Facebook, etc. There you can also listen and save other people's playlists. There are also a lot of websites you can listen, save, and to rate other people's lists.

There are four different versions of Spotify, two free verson of advertising since May 1, 2011 can only be listened to 10 hours a month and one song you just listened to it five times. Then there are two premium versions, one where you have to pay a monthly fee to get access to unlimited music and without advertising. Then there is a bit more expensive version  and in this you have access to the same thing as the previous one although you can also listen to the IPhone and Android phones.

History.

Spotify launched in April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. Headquarters is in London, but they also have offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Borås. Spotify were released initially in Sweden, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Finland and Norway. In March 2009 had Spotify 1.4 million users. And now March 8 2011 had spotify over one million paying members, which means that it is the largest music service in the world. The year 2009 was the first year it went well for the company and then joined it at a profit of 14 million crowns. While in 2008 they had a loss of over 32 million.

                                                                                                             By: Johanna Zaman