Shazam’s one billionth track was Gettin’ Over by David Guetta featuring Chris Willis.
Andrew Fisher, Shazam’s CEO, said: “2010 marks ten years of Shazam’s innovation and leadership. During this time, Shazam has become synonymous with music recognition and discovery on mobile phones. Shazam is now a brand that consumers know and trust and our one billionth tag is testament to our ever growing fan base of users that enjoy Shazam’s unrivalled music experience. In the future our fans will continue to see further innovation from Shazam as we continue to expand our service and maintain our position as the most popular music application for mobile phones in the world.”
Shazam has a footprint in over 200 countries across six continents through partnerships with leading carriers and handset manufacturers.
“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 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.