This Amazon-mandated shuffling also means you can't listen to an album's tracks in sequence, which is practically sacrilege to many music fans. For worse odds, you could also shuffle play a playlist that includes the song you want, or shuffle play the artist's whole catalogue. So if you want to jam to 'Dream of You' by CHUNG HA (with R3HAB) (opens in a new tab) for example - and you absolutely should - you'll have to shuffle play the K-pop artist's album QUERENCIA and hope the RNG gods bless you. While Amazon Prime Music now has the same number of songs as Amazon Music Unlimited, Prime users won't be able to choose a specific song they want to listen to. However, Unlimited still has something arguably more important that Amazon Music Prime does not: the ability to play specific songs on demand. This enormous influx of potential bangers undercuts Amazon Music Unlimited's large library as one of its main selling points, potentially making the higher tier subscription less attractive to some. It probably won't be 98 million Gregorian chants, in any case.Īmazon Music Prime comes bundled in your Amazon Prime subscription (opens in a new tab), so you may consider checking it out if you've already signed up to stream Rings of Power and get next-day toilet paper deliveries.

It isn't clear exactly what tracks are being added to Prime, but with such a large boost to the numbers there's a good chance it will include a few songs you know. You'll only be able to play them on shuffle, though.Īnnounced today, Amazon Music Prime's catalogue of songs just grew to 50 times its size, its track count now matching that of its dedicated music streaming service Amazon Music Unlimited (opens in a new tab). Amazon Music Prime (opens in a new tab) is adding 98 million songs to its ad-free subscription streaming service, significantly increasing its catalogue from two million tunes to 100 million.

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