From the press release:
By adding Amazon Music Unlimited, Prime Student members can now get over 50 million songs, thousands of curated playlists and stations, and discover new music through voice with Alexa
- Amazon Music: 50 million songs
- Apple Music: 50 million songs
- Spotify: 35 million songs
This is no small thing. Amazon is quickly gaining on both Apple Music and Spotify. In part, this is due to the wild success of Echo and Alexa. Imagine how this would be if Amazon had a successful phone and watch to add to the mix.
By what speed is Amazon “quickly gaining” on Apple Music?
Good question. This is paywalled, but FT did an article last month on the details:
https://www.ft.com/content/60633178-a282-11e9-974c-ad1c6ab5efd1
70% growth in the past year.