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## Apple music


* ![2016 American Music Awards - Roaming Show](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfd627c757cb0d8a3/6988bf36a988ca635a6bb6d1/gettyimages-624755554.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 21, 2017  
## [Drake's New Album Breaks Spotify and Apple Music Streaming Records](https://time.com/4707627/drake-more-life-spotify-ed-sheeran/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
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* ![Actors Sophie Turner \(L\) and Maisie Williams attend onstage at 'Featured Session: Game of Thrones' during 2017 SXSW Conference and Festivals at Austin Convention Center on March 12, 2017 in Austin, Texas.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt76fe22d37b76eb32/6988be1d0b72e36f476ecef8/sophie-turner-maisie-williams-carpool-karaoke.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 13, 2017  
## [A _Game of Thrones_ _Carpool Karaoke_ Starring Maisie Williams and Sophie Turner Is Coming](https://time.com/4699433/carpool-karaoke-maisie-williams-sophie-turner/)  
by Megan McCluskey
* ![Amazon.com Inc. Launches Its Echo Home Assistant In The U.K.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0e1314840db040d8/6988a9a8cd1bba32cf702ac8/gettyimages-605578884.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 12, 2016  
## [Amazon's Answer to Spotify and Apple Music Has Arrived](https://time.com/4527833/amazon-music-app-unlimited-2016/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Lisa Eadicicco
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Sep 22, 2016  
## [Listen to the Weeknd's New Single 'Starboy' With Daft Punk](https://time.com/4503770/weeknd-new-single-starboy-daft-punk/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Rishi Iyengar
* ![Amazon Music And Spotify](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81532ea7dade8f01/69888ec8bc6cfc00493dc8bb/gettyimages-506028328.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 5, 2016  
## [Here's Spotify's Latest Move Against Apple Music](https://time.com/4440608/spotify-new-feature-release-radar/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Lisa Eadicicco  
* ![Key Speakers At The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference \(WWDC\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2521c094d47186b7/6988979a0b72e3f1976e9c93/gettyimages-539912268.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 13, 2016  
## [The New Features Coming to Your iPhone This Fall](https://time.com/4366200/apple-iphone-ios-10-features-wwdc-2016/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Lisa Eadicicco
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May 12, 2016  
## [Taylor Swift Has a Dance Party for One In Her Latest Apple Music Ad](https://time.com/4327657/taylor-swift-apple-music-ad-darkness/)  
by Cady Lang
* ![Social Media Apps And Computer Keyboards](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltad0116d102c20edd/69887878524fc07243df6398/apple-music-logo-dancing.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 6, 2016  
## [Apple Music is Getting a Half Price Discount for Students](https://time.com/4320792/apple-music-student-discount/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Lisa Eadicicco
* ![Social Media Apps And Computer Keyboards](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt037eb623160edb3c/698891cecf40a839fec431b7/502404714-2.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 4, 2016  
## [Big Changes Are Coming to Apple Music](https://time.com/4317620/apple-music-changes-wwdc/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Victor Luckerson
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Apr 29, 2016  
## [Apple Music for Android Just Got a Little Better](https://time.com/4312191/apple-music-android-features/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Lisa Eadicicco  
* ![ROC NATION SPORTS: Rn. 1st Annual Roc City Classic Starring Kevin Durant x Kanye West](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2ca216a9350b21eb/69888e85524fc0659fdf7859/gettyimages-463639762.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 11, 2016  
## [Kanye's Album Hit a Huge Streaming Music Milestone](https://time.com/4288553/kayne-west-life-pablo-streaming-billboard-debut-record/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Victor Luckerson
* ![Taylor Swift attends the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party hosted By Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt582e8fafc08817ee/69888d56196cf4322103b000/taylor-swift.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 1, 2016  
## [Watch Taylor Swift Fall Off a Treadmill While Rapping to Drake](https://time.com/4279075/taylor-swift-falls-treadmill-drake-future-apple-music/)  
by Megan McCluskey
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Jan 11, 2016  
## [Apple Music Hits 10 Million Subscribers](https://time.com/4175396/apple-music-subscribers-record/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Fortune
* ![\(L-R\) Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison of The Beatles pose for a portrait in circa 1964.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb91da7feb369a364/6988762c196cf465ca0398c7/the-beatles1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Dec 18, 2015  
## [Report: Beatles to Finally Start Streaming](https://time.com/4155809/the-beatles-streaming/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Billboard
* ![Adele pictured on Nov. 17, 2015, in New York City](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte0ead8fbf4d14f58/6988721c8e06014e084636d9/gettyimages-497529862.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 20, 2015  
## [Adele's _25_ Won't Be Available for Streaming: Reports](https://time.com/4121613/adele-album-25-spotify-apple-music-streaming/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Rishi Iyengar

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