Do you remember the time when you were completely helpless when you heard a song that you didn't know, but whose name you absolutely wanted? Hopefully, someone nearby knew the song in question, but we imagine that you rarely experienced this relief.
This is why Shazam was a real revolution when it was launched, first by telephone in 2002, before becoming a popular mobile application. All you have to do is “shazame” a piece of music and the app will recognize it in a few seconds and provide you with its name.Apple, which bought Shazam in 2018, reveals that the application has identified100 billion pieces since its creation.
Shazam reaches 100 billion recognized titles and reveals several telling figures
Apple proudly reveals that Shazam has exceeded 100 billion song recognitions since its launch. To give even more relief to this figure, the apple brand adds that this is equivalent to 12 songs identified for each person on Earth and that it would take one personidentifies a song on Shazam every second for 3,168 years to reach 100 billion.
«This major milestone reflects not only the pleasure people have in using Shazam, but also their appetite for new musical releases. Music discovery is at the heart of everything we do, and we continue to innovate so that music lovers everywhere can hit the Shazam button, no matter where they hear music!said Oliver Schusser, vice president of Apple Music and Beats.
Note that the song most often recognized by Shazam is“Dance Monkey” by Tones and I with over 45 million likes.During the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Kavinsky's "Nightcall" became the most identified song in one minute thanks to the performance of the French DJ, the group Phoenix and Angèle.
In 2008, the launch of Shazam's App Store and iOS app took the app to new heights. However, in the summer of 2011,Shazam had “only” recognized a little over a billion songs.In 13 years, she has managed to reach a simply dizzying mark. The app continues to welcome new features to satisfy its 300 million monthly users. OniOS 18.2, Shazam can even tell you where you discovered a song.
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