Amazon wasn't expecting so much popularity for the service

Jul 23, 2014 14:26 GMT  ·  By

Amazon is trying to stifle all the complaints about how few tracks there are available on Prime Music and has decided to expand the music catalogue.

Just recently, Amazon has decided to launch its own music streaming service. Much like many of its services, this one comes as a perk for Amazon Prime members who pay to have their items delivered for free in just two days.

The company has added more services, trying to make sure that users were happy, adding access to movies and Kindle books, and most recently, to music.

Starting in mid-June, Prime Music has become available to users with a gallery of some 1 million songs from top artists. Now, Amazon is expanding its service to include “hundreds of thousands of songs,” although a clear count isn’t revealed.

“The newly-added selection includes songs from artists new to the Prime Music catalog, as well as additional tracks from artists already in the Prime Music catalog, such as David Guetta, Al Green, Miles Davis, Kendrick Lamar, Linkin Park, Shakira, Deadmau5, Ella Fitzgerald, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Neil Young, DJ Snake & Lil Jon, Young the Giant, A$AP Rocky, Elvis, Oasis, Kacey Musgraves, Ray Charles, Panic! at the Disco, Wyclef Jean, Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Skrillex, John Coltrane and many more,” reads the company’s announcement, listing some impressive artists.

In addition, new Prime Playlists have been added to the list as well, including some named “Rainy Day Jaz,” or “Electronic Beats for Work.”

The company’s Steve Boom, VP of Digital Music for Amazon, says that there’s been a great response to Prime Music which has exceeded the company’s expectations. “Prime Music was introduced just over a month ago and we’ve already significantly expanded the Prime Music catalog. Prime members have been telling us how much they love Prime Playlists, so we’re also pleased to offer hundreds of great new playlists to make it easier to enjoy the best of Prime Music,” he states.

The service is only available to US customers of Amazon, making the rest of the world jealous. Prime members have the possibility to have their products delivered within two days for free. While the option is not available to absolutely all products on Amazon, there are some 20 million items on the list.

Furthermore, via Amazon Prime Video, users can stream tens of thousands of popular movies and TV episodes, as well as 500,000 books they can borrow for free for their Kindle.