Shazam adds two million tracks to music discovery library
<br /><br />Mobile music discovery provider, Shazam, announced Thursday that it has increased its music database from six million tracks to eight million tracks, thanks to new partnerships with record labels.<br /><br />Shazam, which was the fourth-most popular Apple app store download of 2008, analyzes songs playing through a stereo or radio, and displays the song's title, artist, biographical information, and a link to purchase the track.<br /><br />According to the company, the new tracks added to the library include additional North American, Asian, and European content and will be linked to Shazam's existing products, which include an iPhone app and an Android app.<br /><br />"With our music alliances, we gain access to the most relevant music well before many other services, which ensures users can discover popular and niche music all over the globe," Will Mills, Shazam's Head of Music said in a statement.<br /><br />With the addition of two million tracks to its discovery engine, Shazam has become even more compelling. Although it works extremely well, my single gripe with the app is that its library is too small and at times, it isn't able to recognize songs. But now that Shazam has added tracks to its database, the company contends that those issues won't arise as often now.<br /><br />The two million new tracks have been added to Shazam's database and no additional app installation is required to access them.<br /> <br />
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