Apple Music is an audio music streaming platform launched by Apple in June 2015.<\/p>\n
The service had over 60 million subscribers<\/a> as of an announcement from Eddy Cue on June, 2019. This number included both paying users and free triallists.<\/p>\n According to Apple job advertising, Apple Music offers over 70 million<\/a> licensed tracks on its service.<\/p>\n Apple Music’s founding architects at Apple included the likes of Jimmy Iovine, Eddy Cue, Zane Lowe, and Trent Reznor.<\/p>\n The service’s own streaming ‘radio station’, Beats 1, was rebranded as Apple Music 1 in August 2020<\/a>. Alongside that rebrand, Apple launched two more ‘radio’ stations, Apple Music Hits, which will play songs from the \u201980s, \u201990s, and 2000s, and Apple Music Country.<\/p>\n Unlike competitors such as Spotify, Apple Music’s radio-esque strategy sees it employ dozens of on-air presenters.<\/p>\n Apple Music 1 presenters include the likes of Zane Lowe and Ebro Darden. Apple Music Hits is fronted by the likes of Jayde Donovan, Estelle, Lowkey, Jenn Marino, and Sabi. And Apple Music Country boasts on-air hosts such as Kelleigh Bannen, Ty Bentli, Bree, Alecia Davis, Ward Guenther, Nada, and Tiera.<\/p>\n In addition to his Apple Music 1 show, Zane Lowe is Global Creative Director at Apple Music<\/a>. And since January 2019, Ebro Darden has been Apple Music\u2019s Global Editorial Head of Hip-Hop and R&B<\/a>.<\/p>\n Apple Music was loosely led by Jimmy Iovine \u2013 alongside other key characters at Apple like Larry Jackson \u2013 following its launch in 2015.<\/p>\n In 2018, Oliver Schusser formally became global leader of Apple Music, as Vice President of Apple Music & International Content.<\/a><\/p>\n Schusser, now based in Los Angeles, was promoted from his prior London-based role at Apple, and reports to Eddy Cue.<\/p>\n In April 2020, Schusser took on the additional role of leading Apple’s Beats headphones division.<\/a><\/p>\n Another key figure within Apple Music is Elena Segal, who was named the platform’s Global Head of Music Publishing<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n In April 2020, Apple Music expanded into 52 additional countries \u2013 including a string of markets in Africa.<\/p>\n That took Apple Music’s global reach up to 167 markets in total.<\/p>\n Markets in Africa that Apple Music entered via the expansion<\/a> included Cameroon, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Libya, Morocco, Rwanda and Zambia.<\/p>\n Apple Music’s standard price in the US market is $9.99-per-month, following a three-month introductory free trial period.<\/p>\n A student membership tier is available for $4.99 a month<\/a>, while the Apple Music Family Plan \u2013 for up to six users<\/a> on a single account \u2013 costs $14.99 per month.<\/p>\n
\nBeats 1 and radio strategy<\/h6>\n
\nLeadership<\/h6>\n
\nGlobal reach<\/h6>\n
\nApple One bundle<\/h6>\n