Everyone in Canada has access to Spotify as invite-only testing period ends

September 30, 2014

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Canadians, today is your lucky day. The wildly popular music streaming service Spotify has arrived in your country. After an invite-only testing period to work out any potential issues, Spotify is available to each and every person in Canada. A subscription costs $10 CAD to access the more than twenty million songs in Spotify's catalog. Not your thing? At no cost, you can use Spotify as a radio-like tool or a hub for your existing music library.

Hit the break for the full press release.

Spotify is Live in Canada!

Comprehensive Music Service Includes the Best Canadian Music For All Canadians

TORONTO, Sept. 30, 2014 /CNW/ – Hello everybody. We are pleased to announce that Spotify is officially live inCanada on mobile, tablet and desktop!

“Spotify is launching in Canada with a comprehensive catalogue featuring the best local music from every genre, region and generation,” said Ken Parks, Chief Content Officer, Spotify. “This is a Spotify that has been tailor made for Canadian music fans.”

Starting today, from Vancouver to Winnipeg, Montreal, St. John's and everywhere in-between, fans have immediate access to:

An unbeatable music experience: listen to whatever music you want, whenever you want, on any device. Discover, organise and share. Offering amazing audio quality of up to 320kbps and with a sleek design, playing your favourite music never looked and felt this good.

Unrivalled music access: over 20 million songs at your fingertips and updated daily, mixing global hits with one of the most extensive Canadian music catalogues available including a comprehensive Quebecois library. Check out music from your friends and favourite celebrities. Add in our unbeatable music discovery and organisation tools and Spotify has all your music needs covered.

Play your way: Download the Spotify app and listen to any song, album or artist, on any device on our fully licensed free tier. Shuffle play on mobile or play any song on tablet or desktop. Alternatively, upgrade to Spotify Premium for $10CAD per month and enjoy the ultimate music experience: download and listen to you music offline, fully on-demand, without ads, in highest quality audio.

Diet Coke, Honda Canada, Heineken, SUBWAY® Restaurants, and TD are Exclusive Launch Partners

Spotify is live today in Canada with the kind love and support of our exclusive launch partners including Diet Coke, Heineken, Honda Canada, SUBWAY® Restaurants, TD, as well as global launch partner The Coca-Cola Company. All brands began seeding invitation codes to their fans prior to today and will continue to leverage the power of music to connect with their customers across Canada.

Justin Herrick Author

Born and raised in New Jersey, Justin is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University where he studied marketing with a focus on digital marketing. He's very talkative and enjoys discussing anything from technology and sports to video games and television. As for Justin's current device rotation, he carries around the Google Pixel and Nexus 9. In the rare case that his phone or tablet is not in his hand, he is either flicking through cards on his Moto 360 (2015) or typing away on the Microsoft Surface Book. Justin is patiently waiting for the day that Google replicates the Galaxy Nexus with modern day specifications.