Apple Music simply raised its subscription worth to $10.99 within the US. Will Spotify be subsequent?

Apple introduced on Monday (October 24) that it’s rising the pricing for Apple TV+, Apple One, and Apple Music worldwide. 

Within the US, a person Apple Music subscription will go up by $1, from the present $9.99 worth level to $10.99 monthly.

In the meantime, an Apple Music Household plan within the US will likely be rising by $2, from the earlier $14.99 charge, to $16.99. An Particular person Annual plan within the US is rising by $10, to $109 per 12 months (from $99).

Within the UK, the Particular person plan worth is rising to £10.99 monthly and the Household plan goes as much as £16.99, whereas in Europe, these costs are rising to €10.99 and €16.99, respectively (see under).

In an announcement offered to MBW, Apple stated that the change in its Apple Music pricing “is because of a rise in licensing prices” and that, “in flip, artists and songwriters will earn extra for the streaming of their music”.

The assertion added: “We additionally proceed so as to add modern options that make Apple Music the world’s greatest listening expertise.”

Options added by Apple music over the previous couple of years embody the rollout of Lossless Audio and Spatial Audio with help for Dolby Atmos to its service in Might 2021 at no further price.

Apple Music and Mercedes-Benz lately introduced that Spatial Audio with help for Dolby Atmos will likely be obtainable in Mercedes-Benz automobiles for the primary time natively.

Apple Music revealed earlier this month that it now has 100 million songs on its platform.

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Apple’s worth hikes to its Particular person and Household music plans in the US mark the primary time that the corporate has raised its subscription costs out there. (Apple Music launched in June 2015, priced at $9.99 monthly within the US.)

All eyes will now be on Apple Music rival Spotify forward of its Q3 earnings outcomes this week.

Spotify has raised costs – in the case of multi-user bundles like its Household Plan – in a number of markets, together with the UK and US, over the previous 12 months.

SPOT additionally raised its particular person Premium subscription charge in markets corresponding to Brazil, Argentina and Sweden final 12 months, as lined by MBW in an evaluation in Might.

But the $9.99/€9.99/£9.99-per month worth level – for particular person premium Spotify subscriptions within the service’s greatest markets – nonetheless stays the identical within the US, the UK, and in Europe’s greatest markets like Germany.

“The change to Apple Music is because of a rise in licensing prices, and in flip, artists and songwriters will earn extra for the streaming of their music.”

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In an announcement, Apple stated: “The subscription costs for Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple One will improve starting at present.

“The change to Apple Music is because of a rise in licensing prices, and in flip, artists and songwriters will earn extra for the streaming of their music.

“We additionally proceed so as to add modern options that make Apple Music the world’s greatest listening expertise. We launched Apple TV+ at a really low worth as a result of we began with only a few exhibits and flicks.

“Three years later, Apple TV+ is residence to an intensive collection of award-winning and broadly acclaimed sequence, function movies, documentaries, and children and household leisure from the world’s most inventive storytellers.”

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Apple isn’t the one tech large to announce subscription worth rises this week. Subscribers of YouTube Premium’s Household Plan should pay an extra $5 for his or her subscription after the video-streaming platform upped the month-to-month charge by 28% to $22.99.Music Enterprise Worldwide