Shazam Passes 75 Million Users

The ultra popular iPhone/Android App, Shazam, was first made popular when it was featured on Apple’s early commercials for the iPhone. Well it’s grown up quite a bit since then and has revealed that it has grown from 50 million to 75 million users in the last six months and has identified more than one billion songs. This notable milestone demonstrates Shazam’s continued development as one of the world’s leading mobile consumer services and brands. Shazam’s one billionth track was Gettin’ Over by David Guetta featuring Chris Willis.

Shazam has become a global phenomenon with a footprint in over 200 countries across six continents through partnerships with leading carriers and handset manufacturers. Combined with a recent ComScore survey naming Shazam the ‘most popular mobile application in Europe’, the Shazam brand is one of the biggest in mobile and is rapidly becoming ubiquitous in helping drive the discovery and purchase of music.

“Thanks to our loyal fan base and support from our partners Shazam has achieved an impressive 100% growth in the last year. We are confident that the user growth we have seen in the last six months will continue throughout 2010 and that we will exceed 100 million Shazamers by the end of the year,” concluded Andrew Fisher.

Shazam delivers a comprehensive and compelling music journey, to mobile users, which goes beyond music discovery. The service enables users to identify what song is playing, preview 30 second clips, buy the track, find local and international tour dates for the tagged artist and purchase tickets to the gigs. In addition Shazamers can find out what’s hot and popular through its proprietary Tag Charts, get track recommendations and share music moments by sending Tags as a Tweet, to a Facebook mini-feed or by email.