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Shazam scoops ME Award for Best Music Services Provider (again)

London, UK - October 2nd, 2009 - Shazam, the world's leading mobile music discovery provider today celebrates winning the 2009 ME Best Music Services Provider Award for the second year running. Shazam accepted the award last night in recognition of Shazam's industry leading mobile music discovery application for the iPhone.

CEO Andrew Fisher says of the win; "This award is testament to the dedication of our team to offer our customers the very best mobile music discovery experience. We're continually developing our technology to deliver the applications and features our customers want, and it's really a great honour to be voted best music services provided by the readers of Mobile Entertainment."

Tim Green, executive editor at ME Magazine, said: "Well done to Shazam, which has had another amazing year. It's one of the few mobile content brands that has achieved mainstream recognition and - thanks to the app store phenomenon - is now enjoying a fresh surge in popularity. It was a clear winner, and I'm sure it will be back to defend its 'title' at next year's event."

Shazam has enjoyed rapid growth over the past year and is widely recognised as the leading service across the world for music fans to capture, share and purchase songs wherever and whenever they hear music using just their mobile. In just over a year since it launched, Shazam is still one of the most popular applications in the Apple App Store having been downloaded by over 8 million iPhone users worldwide.

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  • Art, Culture, Entertainment

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  • awards
  • mobile entertainment
  • best music service

About Shazam

Shazam is one of the most popular apps of all time, used by hundreds of millions of people globally to connect to the world around them. Building on its pioneering leadership in music identification, Shazam now helps people discover, interact with, and share video, audio, or printed content on TV, radio, movie screens, magazines, newspapers, packaged goods, and retail stores -- and now Shazam lets music fans follow their favorite artists to see their Shazams and share in the thrill of discovery. The app has exceeded 20 billion total Shazams since its launch, and users Shazam over 20 million times each day. For more information on how Shazam has created new technology tools for brands to utilize data visit www.shazam.com

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