August 19, 2022
UPDATE
Shazam turns 20
Shazam turns 20 at this time, and as of this week, it has formally surpassed 70 billion track recognitions. A mainstay in fashionable tradition, the platform has modified the way in which individuals have interaction with music by making track identification accessible to everybody. For greater than 225 million international month-to-month customers, to “Shazam” is to find one thing new.
To mark the event, Shazam invitations followers to make a journey down reminiscence lane with a particular playlist comprised of probably the most Shazamed track of every calendar yr for the previous 20 years. That includes all the pieces from Prepare’s “Hey, Soul Sister” to Sia’s “Low cost Thrills,” the playlist is a real reflection of the music followers throughout the globe actively looked for over the previous 20 years. Hear now completely on Apple Music.
Through the years, Shazam’s international charts have performed a vital function in serving to to determine breaking new expertise like Masked Wolf, who was one in all Shazam’s 5 Artists to Watch in 2021 and ended up having probably the most Shazamed observe globally that yr with “Astronaut In The Ocean.”
“The truth that individuals all around the world took day out of their day to drag out their telephone and Shazam my songs is a big honor for me as an artist,” mentioned Masked Wolf. “You realize you’ve bought one thing particular should you see the Shazam stats shifting.”
Shazam’s charts have additionally turn out to be a barometer for sudden popular culture moments. Kate Bush’s 1985 track “Working Up That Hill” being featured in “Stranger Issues” led to an all-time peak in Shazams of the singer, and the observe took No. 1 on the Shazam World Prime 200 for 10 days. It ended up reaching the highest of 25 nationwide charts — greater than every other track in 2022.
Retaining its finger on the heartbeat of music, Shazam has additionally performed a key function in bringing native artists to a worldwide viewers. The longest-running international No. 1 track of 2021 was “Love Nwantiti [Remix]” by Nigerian artist CKay, which turned the second track to ever surpass a million Shazams in per week.
“Shazam has performed an impactful function in my profession,” mentioned CKay. “It allowed thousands and thousands of individuals all around the world to find me and my distinctive Nigerian sound. It made me a worldwide sensation even earlier than I began to carry out all around the world. The story of CKay can’t be advised with out Shazam connecting me to the world.”
With its continued dedication to innovation over the previous 20 years, Shazam is pioneering new methods to convey followers nearer to the music and artists they love with new instruments just like the live performance discovery function, which spotlights live performance data and tickets on sale for exhibits close by, just by Shazaming a track, or by looking for it within the Shazam app or web site.
Whereas Shazam stays targeted on the way forward for music discovery, at this time’s anniversary gives a chance to look again on the notable moments and milestones that make up its two-decade historical past.
Necessary Dates
UPDATE
Shazam turns 20
Shazam turns 20 at this time, and as of this week, it has formally surpassed 70 billion track recognitions. A mainstay in fashionable tradition, the platform has modified the way in which individuals have interaction with music by making track identification accessible to everybody. For greater than 225 million international month-to-month customers, to “Shazam” is to find one thing new.
To mark the event, Shazam invitations followers to make a journey down reminiscence lane with a particular playlist comprised of probably the most Shazamed track of every calendar yr for the previous 20 years. That includes all the pieces from Prepare’s “Hey, Soul Sister” to Sia’s “Low cost Thrills,” the playlist is a real reflection of the music followers throughout the globe actively looked for over the previous 20 years. Hear now completely on Apple Music.
Through the years, Shazam’s international charts have performed a vital function in serving to to determine breaking new expertise like Masked Wolf, who was one in all Shazam’s 5 Artists to Watch in 2021 and ended up having probably the most Shazamed observe globally that yr with “Astronaut In The Ocean.”
“The truth that individuals all around the world took day out of their day to drag out their telephone and Shazam my songs is a big honor for me as an artist,” mentioned Masked Wolf. “You realize you’ve bought one thing particular should you see the Shazam stats shifting.”
Shazam’s charts have additionally turn out to be a barometer for sudden popular culture moments. Kate Bush’s 1985 track “Working Up That Hill” being featured in “Stranger Issues” led to an all-time peak in Shazams of the singer, and the observe took No. 1 on the Shazam World Prime 200 for 10 days. It ended up reaching the highest of 25 nationwide charts — greater than every other track in 2022.
Retaining its finger on the heartbeat of music, Shazam has additionally performed a key function in bringing native artists to a worldwide viewers. The longest-running international No. 1 track of 2021 was “Love Nwantiti [Remix]” by Nigerian artist CKay, which turned the second track to ever surpass a million Shazams in per week.
“Shazam has performed an impactful function in my profession,” mentioned CKay. “It allowed thousands and thousands of individuals all around the world to find me and my distinctive Nigerian sound. It made me a worldwide sensation even earlier than I began to carry out all around the world. The story of CKay can’t be advised with out Shazam connecting me to the world.”
With its continued dedication to innovation over the previous 20 years, Shazam is pioneering new methods to convey followers nearer to the music and artists they love with new instruments just like the live performance discovery function, which spotlights live performance data and tickets on sale for exhibits close by, just by Shazaming a track, or by looking for it within the Shazam app or web site.
Whereas Shazam stays targeted on the way forward for music discovery, at this time’s anniversary gives a chance to look again on the notable moments and milestones that make up its two-decade historical past.
Necessary Dates
- August 2002: Shazam launches as a textual content message service primarily based within the UK. On the time, customers might determine songs by dialing “2580” on their telephone and holding it up as a track performed. They had been then despatched an SMS message telling them the track title and the title of the artist.
- July 2008: Shazam launches on the brand-new App Retailer. Shazam later launched its Android model in October 2008.
- April 2015: Shazam turns into accessible on the primary Apple Watch.
- September 2018: Shazam joins the Apple household.
- June 2021: Shazam surpasses 1 billion Shazams per 30 days.
- Might 2022: Shazam surpasses 2 billion lifetime installs.
- August 2022: Shazam celebrates 20 years of music discovery and hits 70 billion all-time Shazams.
Notable Firsts
- First-ever Shazamed track: “Jeepster” by T. Rex (April 19, 2002)1
- First Shazamed track on the iOS app: “How Am I Completely different” by Aimee Mann (July 10, 2008)
- First observe to succeed in 1,000 Shazams: “Cleanin’ Out My Closet” by Eminem (September 2002)
- First observe to succeed in a million Shazams: “TiK ToK” by Ke$ha (February 2010)
- First observe to succeed in 10 million Shazams: “Any person That I Used to Know” by Gotye feat. Kimbra (December 2012)
- First observe to succeed in 20 million Shazams: “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)” by Lilly Wooden & The Prick and Robin Schulz (October 2015)
- First artist to hit 1 million Shazams: Lil Wayne (February 2009)
- First artist to hit 10 million Shazams: Lil Wayne (June 2011)
- First artist to hit 100 million Shazams: David Guetta (Might 2015)
Quickest Tracks to Accumulate Shazams
- Quickest observe to succeed in 1 million Shazams: “Butter” by BTS (9 days)
- Quickest observe to succeed in 10 million Shazams: “Form of You” by Ed Sheeran (87 days)
- Quickest observe to succeed in 20 million Shazams: “Dance Monkey” by Tones And I (219 days)
Most Shazamed of All Time
- Drake is probably the most Shazamed artist of all time with over 350 million Shazams throughout songs the artist has led or featured on. “One Dance” is Drake’s hottest observe at over 17 million Shazams.
- “Dance Monkey” by Tones And I is probably the most Shazamed track ever with over 41 million Shazams.
- “Loopy” by Gnarls Barkley was probably the most Shazamed track utilizing the “2580” textual content service.
Prime Shazamed Songs by Style
- Prime Hip-Hop/Rap: “Can’t Maintain Us” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton
- Prime Dance: “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Radio Edit)” by Lilly Wooden & The Prick and Robin Schulz
- Prime R&B/Soul: “All of Me” by John Legend
- Prime Latin: “Mi Gente” by J Balvin and Willy William
- Prime Pop: “Let Her Go” by Passenger
- Prime Different: “Dance Monkey” by Tones And I
- Prime Singer/Songwriter: “Take Me to Church” by Hozier
- The primary Shazamed track used the service’s prelaunch public beta.
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