Shazam adds 15 million new users in six months

Mobile music discovery provider Shazam announced it has added 15 million new users in the last six months alone. According to Shazam, its userbase grew from 20 million worldwide in September 2008 to a current total of 35 million--in addition, users are now tagging more than a million tracks each day. A significant chunk of Shazam's growth is tied to its success on Apple's iPhone--in late September, the firm said more than 1.5 million users downloaded the application in the six weeks following its debut on Apple's App Store.

The Shazam service is now deployed across 75 carriers in 60 countries, including AT&T, T-Mobile and Vodafone. The application enables users to identify music from any audio source by holding their mobiles to the song for a few seconds--after pinpointing the track in question, Shazam offers premium downloads via the operator's dedicated music store.

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